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10. To seek an indication of the new Administration's domestic economic policies and objectives and of their views of the prospects for international economic relations (including aid questions), particularly in advance of the forthcoming North/South Summit in Mexico and the Summit of industrialised countries in Ottawa,

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To seek an agreed approach to international energy issues including the role of the IEA and to press hard for earlier deregulation of United States natural gas prices.

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To ensure that the President is aware of Her Majesty's Government's continued belief in the rightness of our domestic economic policies and our confidence in their ultimate success; and to administer an antidote to recent criticism of those policies in the United States.

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To give the President and his advisers an account of the realities of the Northern Ireland situation and Her Majesty's Government's policy there and of the efforts we and the Irish are making to develop the "unique relationship",

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To ensure that the President and his advisers understand our objectives in Belize and to win their support for early independence for that country with some kind of international defence guarantees.

PROBABLE UNITED STATES OBJECTIVES

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To demonstrate to us the sincerity of President Reagan's undertaking to consult with America's allies.

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To show the American public that the conduct of United States foreign policy is in capable hands, and that their new President can perform effectively with, and is respected by, a foreign leader who is herself widely respected in the United States.

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To demonstrate the essential solidarity of the Alliance, while persuading us to increase or at least maintain our contribution to Western defence and ensuring that we give our full support to the American defence posture in Europe and elsewhere.

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To persuade us to put pressure on other allies to make a more effective contribution to the allied defence effort overall.

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To ensure that Britain takes account of United States views on

relations with the Soviet Union.

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To exchange views on a co-ordinated Western response in the event of a Soviet invasion of Poland, including significant economic sanctions by the Europeans as well as the Americans.

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