37. Before I finish on the Middle East, I want to re-emphasise that the
Government finds recent Libyan terrorist incidents in this country totally
unacceptable. We have told the Libyan authorities so in unequivocal terms.
We have thrown out five Libyans suspected of involvement. Four more are the
subject of criminal charges.
Transatlantic Relations and European Defence
38. The key to better East/West relations lies in a strong and confident
transatlantic relationship. Differences arise from time to time between
ourselves and the Americans, just as they arise between ourselves and other
allies. The Western alliance does not demand uniformity. But it does
require that each should play his part in finding solutions to problems
which can be solved and in managing those that cannot. There are Hon
members and Rt Hon members on the benches opposite who know this very well,
but who seem to have lost a sense of shared responsibility in the matter.
I get the impression sometimes that they think the worst of every proposal
by the Alliance and the best of every one by the Soviet Union. The Labour
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