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JUSSI ANTHAL

LONDON EDITOR

EXPRESSEN

Largest Daily Newspaper of Scandinavia

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

Mr. Gordon Johnston

News Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

King Charles street

London S.W. 1.

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43, Fleet Street, LONDON E. C. 4.

Tel. 353-8849 (office)

Tel. 435-7915 (home) (α.m.).

London 13th April, 1983

Dear Mr. Johnston,

As I said, Thank you for your advice on the telephone. my paper, the largest daily in Sweden, is preparing a special Great Britain issue in connection with Her Majestys and Prince Fhilip's visit to Sweden in Hay.

We are a liberal paper, the main opposition paper in Sweden. My Editor Hr Bo Strömstedt and myself would be very grateful if Mr. Francis Pym would grant me an interview.

Britain.

1.

Hereby the questions I would like to put to Kr. Pym:

There has always been a great interest in Sweden for Great How do the British look upon Sweden and the Swedes?

X 2.

How do you see Sweden's role in Europe and the world? 3. Is there a danger that neutral Sweden is getting isolated

in the process of growing Western European integration?

4. What do you think about suggestions of a nuclear free zone in orthern Europe?

£5. What is the political significance of Soviet nuclear sub- marines in Swedish waters which we experienced several times recently?

X6. Do you think Sweden should stick to its traditional neutral policy in view of the recent happenings in the Baltic Sea?

7.

be a world power?

8.

Is Great Britain still a world power and should she try to

The Falklands war aroused tremendous interest in Sweden.

How do you see the future of the Falkland Islands?

the world?

talks?

9. What do you think will be the future of Hongkong?

10.

11.

12.

How important a role do you think the Commonwealth has in

How optimistic are you about the outcome of the disarmament

What are your views on the nuclear arms situation in Europe? Are the peace women damaging Western interests during the disarmament negotiations?

13.

14. What can be achieved by such State visits as the British Monarchs to Sweden and earlier the Swedish Kings to England?

./.

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