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(i) to achieve a full review, takin; account of recent events in Afghanistan, of the implementation of the Final Act since Belgrade. It was the British view that discussion of Afghanistan fell squarely within Madrid's terms of reference and was necessary if the present conference was to lead to any new agreements;

(ii) to promote a British concept of the indivisibility of détente, so that CSCE was not seen as an end

in itself but as part of a wider process. Europe and the Neutral and the Non-Ali med countries agreed with this view, but it was contested by the Soviet Union; and

(iii) to reach agreement on a limited number of substantial proposals which could contribute to the better implementation of the Final Act. These included human rights matters, improved trading and economic contacts, family reunification, and journalists' working conditions. There was also the French proposal for a conference on disarmament in Europe which envisaged the negotiation of militarily significant, verifiable and binding confidence building measures. These too the UK supported. We were now exploring President Brezhnev's proposal (in his speech to the 26th Congress of the CPSU) that CBMs should apply across European Russia as far as the Urals.

It was difficult to forecast how the Conference would con- clude, but it looked very much as though it would not agree on all the proposals before it. At the very least there should be a firm agreement to meet again; CSCE was a valuable process which should continue.

North/South Matters

The Summit

Th. UK supported the proposal for a Mexico Summit and believed that the world's current economic problems deserved treatment at the highest level. The UK would do all it could to contribute to the Summit's successful outcome. It was encouraging that participants in the Summit would include seven Commonwealth countries; this indicated the Commonwealth's valuable rôle in international discussion of economic questions. would now follow the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting,

This delay having been postponed to allow US participation. was a price worth paying for American participation. hoped that the Summit could be conducted in an open and informal way, rather in the manner of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings. He did not favour a detailed agenda but it was useful to identify the main themes in advance.

Mr Blaker

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