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PRIME MINISTER

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No, research is outside the Treaty.

Research is

outside the Treaty. They may well discuss it, they may

well not. I imagine the question will arise, but the

research is not one-sided. The United States is researching,

the Soviet Union has done research.

QUESTION

Based on those same conversations with the Soviet

and American leaders, do you have the impression that both sides are comfortable with the idea that they will be making

concessions to each other in order to achieve these gains?

PRIME MINISTER

But disarmament is about making concessions in return

for concessions of an equal amount and that is just exactly

why you do not make concessions without getting other

concessions in return. But that is exactly what negotiations

are about. I must have misunderstood your question somehow!

QUESTION

Is there a feeling of trust between the two parties đo you have a sense, now,/having talked to them?

PRIME MINISTER

I have a sense that there is a feeling on the side of

the Soviet Union and of course, as you know, there is on the United States, that they would both like to have balance at a