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QUESTION

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Madame Prime Minister, would you share

your views on

this problem? Analysts here in Washington seem to feel that

the northern flank of NATO is sort of weak, especially as we

have another Europe now than 40 years ago: your oil fields,

the Norwegian oil fields and so forth. There are gentlemen's

Some people produced

agreements between Norway and the Soviet.

the idea to station some weapons into England. Could you share

your view on that?

PRINE MINISTER

There

Well this is a matter for discussion among NATO.

has just been a NATO Ministerial Conference where I have no

doubt that these matters were discussed. I think there is no

reason to change the broad general strategy of NATO and whether

or not there should be any shift from one front to another

would be a matter for discussion by all countries there and

now Peter Carrington is in charge I am very happy that such

matters will be discussed.

QUESTION

Nr. Gorbachev was quoted in this country as having

said in England that it would be futile to have any arms

controls without including a ban on weapons in space.

did you respond to him when he said this to you?

HOW