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such as the fees charged to Canadian students in Britain (see Brief No. PMVA (83)4(b)) might be raised If Kopportunity occurs the Prime Minister might wish to
raise the question of admission into Canada by holders of British Overseas Citizen's passports (Brief No.
PMVA (83) (E)).
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EAST/WEST RELATIONS & DEFENCE/ARMS CONTROL ISSUES
The Prime Minister's talks will give us an opportunity to encourage the Canadians to involve themselves more in the common defence of the West through NATO. From the discussions of the Statement on Defence and Disarmament at Williamsburg, the Prime Minister will be aware that Mr Trudeau's attitude to East/West relations and disarmament is not as robust as we would wish, though his recent statements in support of his government's decision to permit the testing of American Cruise Missiles in Canada and on INEO deployment have been firm enough. His idiosyncratic views are not entirely shared by his cabinet colleagues nor by the
opposition Progressive Conservative Party, and the Prime
Minister's meeting with Trudeau's cabinet colleagues over lunch and the speech to Parliament will give Mrs Thatcher an opportunity to put her own views to a wider and
possibly more receptive audience.
ECONOMIC ISSUES
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Canada is very vulnerable to fluctuations in the
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