AIR
NG KONG CLASSIFIED
TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO BIS 6 OF 15 FEBRUARY
CONFERENCE THREE ASKED WHAT DID BRITAIN FEEL WOULD
HAPPEN SHOULD SHE WITHDRAW ALL HER TROOPS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND COMMA SIR ALEC REPLIED COLON QUOTE THAT EYE WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS STOP AND THERE WOULD BE
AYE VERY UGLY SITUATION THERE CREATED IN
WHICH TWO COMMUNITIES RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES FACE EACH OTHER
AND BOTH ARE ARMED STOP AND SO FUNCTION OF BRITISH TROOPS
13 TO KEEP PEACE BETWEEN TWO COMMUNITIES STOP IT IS AYE VERY
UNPLEASANT FUNCTION STOP ON THE WHOLE EYE THINK ARMY HAS
SUCCEEDED IN AYE REMARKABLE WAY IN PREVENTING AYE CONFLICT
WHICH COULD BE CATASTROPHIC IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND THAT IS
FUNCTION OF ARMY AND IT 13 AYE VERY UNPLEASANT ONE TO FULFILL
STOP PARA ASKED ABOUT HIS CONCERN ABOUT RUSSIAN MILITARY
BUILDUP ABOUT THE WORLD ESPECIALLY AFTER PARTIAL SUCCESS
OF MANSFIELD RESOLUTION COMMA SIR ALEC SAID COLON QUOTE LET ME
DEAL WITH LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION FIRST STOP WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT PARTIAL SUCCESS OF MANSFIELD RESOLUTION YOU ARE
ANTICIPATING THAT MANSFIELD RESOLUTION MIGHT LEAD TO SUBSTANTIAL
AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL FROM WESTERN EUROPE STOP EYE AM NOT SURE
THAT THIS IS TRUE STOP AND SO THEREFORE THAT THIS IS AYE
LITTLE BIT OF SPECULATION AND ANTICIPATION WHICH MIGHT NOT
BE JUSTIFIED STOP BECAUSE EYE THINK AMERICANS ARE JUST AS AWARE
AS ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY OF IMPORTANCE OF BALANCE OF POWER
ON GROUND IN EUROPE THAT IS THE CONVENTIONAL BALANCE OF STRENGTH
STOP MORE INFORMS
FILES
NEWS D
IRELAND D
GIPD
IRD
DEFENCE D
EESD
I AM D
%OD
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MR WILFORD
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