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WELL, I THINK THAT THE END OF MAY, THAT WEEK THERE, DOES GIVE THE NATO MEMPERS, ALSO THE OECD MEMBERS, AN OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING A COHERENT STRUCTURE TO THEIR POLICY ON SUCH MATTERS AS ENERGY

ND FOOD AND COMMODITIES, BECAUSE THE WHOLE THING, THE WHOLE OF IT,

IS MOVING TOGETHER AT ONE TIME, TOGETHER WITH THE NATO SUMMIT.

THAT SHOULD NOT BE A CONFRONTATIONAL APPROACH EITHER ON THESE

QUESTIONS OF COMMODITIES AND RAW MATERIALS, OR ON THE QUESTION OF

THE SUMMIT IN RELATION TO THE CSCE. IN BOTH CASES THE WESTERN

INDUSTRIALISED POWERS WOULD BE SEEKING ACCOMMODATION: IN THE ONE

CASE WITH THE OTHER 30 ODD NATIONS IN EUROPE, ON THE SECOND ON THE CSCE, THAT IS, IN THE OTHER CASE WITH THE GROUP OF 77. WHAT I THINK COMES OUT OF KINGSTON QUITE CLEARLY IS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK

FOR A LONG HAUL. THE DEVELOPING NATIONS CLEARLY ARE WEDDED TO THE

IDEA OF THE NEW WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER. AS THE PRIME MINISTER HAS

SAID, YOU CAN'T TEAR DOWN GATT AND IMF AND HOPE TO REBUILD IT

OVERNIGHT. BUT WHAT THE WESTERN COUNTRIES HAVE GOT TO DO IS TO SHOW HAT (A) THEY UNDERSTAND THESE ASPIRATIONS AND (B) THAT IN UNDER-

STANDING THEM WE ARE READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY OPPORTUNITES

THAT OFFER TO REACH ACCOMMODATION THAT WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO BOTH

OF US AND WHICH DOES INVOLVE A TRANSFER OF RESOURCES. NOW, THATS ON THE ECONOMICS SIDE. ON THE ENERGY SIDE, WEVE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY

AGAIN OF STATING OUR POSITION AND GETTING A CONSOLIDATID WESTERN APPROACH, AND ON NATO, WEVE GOT THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHICH, I THINK, OFFERS TO EVERYONE,

TO THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE ITS POSITION CLEAR TO ITS ALLIES IN WESTERN EUROPE, AND AS THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, WE ARE IN NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. AND ON THE OTHER HAND FOR THE NATIONS OF EUROPE, WESTERN EUROPE, BOTH THE OECD NATIONS, WHO OF COURSE GO MUCH WIDER, THEY INCLUDE JAPAN AND OTHERS, AND SWEDEN AND THE REST OF IT, TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE UNITED STATES

WIERE WE STAND IN RELATION TO THE IR PROBLEMS, OUR UNDER-

STANDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE FACT THAT

OUR FAITH IS UND IMMED IN HER CAPACITY, AND I HOPE THAT THE

CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDERSTAND.

A THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF GLOOM AND DOOM STORIES IN THE

MERICAN PRESS AND ON TELEVISION RECENTLY. THE LATEST

COMMENTARY WAS BROADCAST LAST NIGHT AND HEARD BY MILLIONS

WHICH SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN THE TRADE

UNIONS IS GROWING VERY STRONGLY AND THAT ALTOGETHER BRITAIN

WAS SINKING FAST. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS STORY?

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