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FOLLOWING POINTS ARE FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION :-

(A) WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL UNTIL VERY NEAR THE TIME HOW LONG

WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE MIDDLE EAST OR PRECISELY WHAT LINE WILL BE

TAKEN. THERE ARE TO BE FURTHER MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS HERE ON

PROBLEMS ARISING OUT OF THE FOUR POWER TALKS.

(B) THE PRIME MINISTER WILL WISH TO DISCUSS SOME ASPECTS OF SALT

WITH THE PRESIDENT IN PRIVATE. IT MIGHT BE DESIRABLE TO DISCUSS

THE SUBJECT FURTHER IN **PLENARY!* BUT NOT TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL

NOR TO HAVE NUMEROUS EXPERT ADVISERS PRESENT. IF NECESSARY THE MORE GENERAL IMPLICATIONS OF SALT COULD BE COVERED IN THE TALKS BETWEEN MR. ROGERS AND MR. STEWART UNDER THE EAST/WEST HEADING. (C) ON RHODESIA THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD PROBABLY WISH TO RAISE BOTH THE QUESTION OF THE CONSULATE-GENERAL AND THAT OF CHROME. (IF ASKED YOU COULD SAY THAT YOU THINK THE PRIME MINISTER MAY WISH TO RAISE BOTH THESE POINTS.)

(D)

DEPENDING IN PART ON HOW THE TALKS WITH THE PRESIDENT GO,

MR. STEWART WILL PROBABLY WISH TO RAISE UNDER THE BILATERAL TRADE

MEADING OUR DISAPPOINTMENT AT UNITED STATES POLICIES ON A NUMBER OF

ITEMS. WE WOULD NOT ENVISAGE THAT HE WOULD GO INTO MUCH DETAIL, EUT THAT HE WOULD REFER BRIEFLY TO E.G. TEXTILES, CHOCOLATE CRUMB AND SHIPPING, AND INDICATE THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE OF CONCERN TO US AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. HOWEVER, THIS WILL NEED CAREFUL HANDLING

SINCE WE DO NOT WISH TO ENCOURAGE THE AMERICANS TO RESPOND BY

PRODUCING THEIR OWN LIST OF COMPLAINTS:

(E) IN SPEAKING ON EUROPE THE PRIME MINISTER AND MR. STEWART WILL

WISH TO CONCENTRATE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE ON DEPLOYING THE

POLITICAL CASE FOR OUR ENTRY.

(F) ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ETC, YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT

IT WAS AGREED AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING WITH MR. STEWART

AND MR. FREEMAN THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE NCT TO ENCOURAGE A

LONG SESSION, SINCE DISCUSSION MIGHT BECOME TOO DIFFUSE AT THIS

STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.

6. MR. FREEMAN HAS SEEN THIS TELEGRAM.

STEWART

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