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Mr Jackson, Stockholm

VISIT BY THE SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER: 1 DECEMBER 1983

1. The Swedish Foreign Minister, Mr Lennart Bodstrom, is having lunch and talks with the Secretary of State on 1 December. The last exchange at Foreign Minister level was between Lord Carrington and Mr Ullsten in June 1981.

2. The Agenda for the talks has now been approved. With apologies. for yet another request for Nordic briefs, I should be grateful if briefing could be prepared as follows with lead departments consulting other departments, both Whitehall and FCO, as necessary:

East/West political relations East/West economic relations

(including technology transfer)

INF, Arms Control and Disarmament,

including CDE

Cyprus

Lebanon and Arab/Israel

Iraq/Iran

Grenada

Falklands

Central America

Lead Department

Soviet Dept

TRED

Defence Dept/ACDD

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NENAD

MED

WIAD

FID

MCAD

Southern Africa (Namibia and

South Africa internal)

Zimbabwe

Sweden/EC Relations

SAFD

CATD

ECD(E)

CODE 18-77

3. The East/West relations brief should cover Poland and Afghanistan and Soviet submarine invasions (WED will assist with this). The Swedes have indicated that Mr Bodstrom will wish to discuss CDE. Other current arms control issues involving the Swedes, i.e. the BW convention, should also be covered. The EC brief should deal with wood, paper and herring quotas. Would MAED and UND please provide defensive inputs on 'cabotage and remnants of war' for the steering brief. If other recipients of this minute feel that additional briefing should be provided on subjects for which they are responsible, please let Alan Collins know.

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