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VISIT OF AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT: 9/10 FEBRUARY

1.

I submit briefing for the Secretary of State's meeting

with Mr Bush at 10.00 am on 9 February.

2. Hong Kong and General Department will consider whether

any briefing should be provided on Hong Kong in the light

of the outcome of Mr Shultz's current visit to China.

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3. A brief on defence/disarmament issues for the Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Bush will be submitted separately

by Defence Department.

4.

We agreed earlier, with Cabinet Office concurrence,

that in view of the limited nature of the Vice-President's

programme, we would not on this occasion follow the standard

briefing procedures for a full-scale visit involving

the Prime Minister. Apart from the briefing on defence/

disarmament, No 10 have requested no briefing for the

Prime Minister. However, Mrs Thatcher will no doubt

wish to see the programme and personality notes prepared

for the visit and I attach a draft letter to No 10 forwarding

these.

5. We have learned that the Department of Trade are exploring with the American Embassy the possibility of a separate meeting between Lord Cockfield and Mr Martin Feldstein, the President's chief economic adviser, to pursue the

question of extra-territoriality.

4 February 1983

Noël Marshall

N H Marshall

North America Department

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