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CONFIDENTIAL

WASHINGTON: POST OBJECTIVES:

POLITICAL

Long Term

1.

To help to

ensure that successive United States Administrations

and Congresses continue to regard the freedom and prosperity

of Western Europe as essential to the United States' own freedom

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and prosperity, and hence retain an active interest in the

health of the North Atlantic Alliance.

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2.

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To help ensure that in the conduct of its own external is adequately and correctly briefed on and adequate policies worldwide the United States/continues to take/account

of UK and European concerns, values, and interests.

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3.

To sustain US support for the development of the European

to contubate to the management and serriution & 13/{! problems as they arise. Community and, where problems arise in that relationship to

ensure the support is not undermined by them.

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4.

By following the development of policy within the

Administration, changes of balance in Congress, and new political

currents in the country at large, to ensure that Departments

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in London are fully informed of political changes in the United

States.

5.

To help ensure that successive United States Administrations

and Congresses remain aware of, and concerned to assist, UK

policies designed to counter internal threats in the UK, eg.

terrorism (Irish or otherwise), communist subversion, drug

trafficking.

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