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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 1850 OF 4 OCTOBER

INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA.

COREPER 5 OCTOBER: M.F.A.

OBJECTIVES.

1. A. TO ENSURE FURTHER TIME IS GIVEN FOR STUDY OF THE EVOLVING

SITUATION AND PARTICULARLY OF THE PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE IN

YOUR TELNO 5789.

B.

TO OBTAIN SATISFACTION FOR THE U.K.'S GENERAL OBJECTIVES,

C. TO OBTAIN SATISFACTION ON POINTS IN OUR INITIAL REACTIONS.

LINE TO TAKE.

WE ARE

2. WE RECOGNISE THE NEED FOR SPEED, THE SITUATION HAS BEEN EVOLVING

VERY RAPIDLY OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. THE PRESIDENCY COMPROMISE

PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD ON 4 OCTOBER CONTAINS MANY IMPORTANT AND

DETAILED ELEMENTS WHICH WILL NEED CAREFUL STUDY IN CAPITALS.

PREPARED TO MAKE THAT STUDY RAPID PUT, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT, IT MUST BE COMPREHENSIVE. WE ARE NOT THEREFORE IN A POSITION NOW TO FORMULATE FINAL U.K. VIEWS.

3. THE U.K.'S GENERAL OBJECTIVES FOR THE MANDATES FOR BILATERAL

NEGOTIATIONS ARE WELL KNOWN AND WERE LAST STATED BY MR DELL IN THE

COUNCIL ON 20 SEPTEMBER.

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