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ANNEX C

PRIME MINISTER'S MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF TRANSYLVANIA

Our Objectives

To persuade the President:

(a) to order BAe Trainer Aircraft for the Transylvanian Air

Force;

(b)

(c)

to maintain Transylvania's abstention on the Falklands at the

UN;

to explain why we cannot change our policy on student grants.

Arguments:

(a)

the BAe Trainer has been bought by X countries including

neighbouring Lusitania and Carpenthia: is 15 per cent cheaper

than the French competitor: might enable us to take back ་་ aging Hunters' as part of the deal;

(b)

흐흐

(c)

the arguments will be well-known to the Prime Minister;

pressure on public expenditure: anyway 50 scholarships reserved for Transylvanians: ready to discuss use of higher

proportion of our aid programme for student grants.

Tactical Arguments

Attention can be drawn to Transylvania's human rights record and the forthcoming vote at the X Committee of the UN, on which our position

has not been decided.