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PRIME MINISTER

Well, the British economy has plenty of demand in it. Trade in the shops is at a very very high level and the problem is to see that a greater proportion of that demand is met from home production. Alternatively, to see that we get

a greater proportion of the demand of other countries.

There

is certainly no shortage of overall demand in the British

economy.

QUESTION

Prime Minister, did President Reagan express any concern to you that perhaps not Great Britain, but other Western allies,

are not behind his even in either France or West Germany,

terms of research in Star Wars.

PRIME MINISTER

allies.

No we were not discussing the reaction of other Weston I do stress that what is being embarked upon at the

I can say moment is research. That is permitted by treaty. to you that I have been very perturbed by some of the very - to some extent - misleading accounts that have appeared and to some extent confused, which is why I have deliberately tried to set out the view which was hammered out with the President

So I think you now and agreed with him on the four points.

have got something which you cannot escape from, I hope!