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adherence to the relevant legal instruments. We urged the

media to exercise due care in their reporting so as to avoid

giving unwitting support to terrorism.

The communique also deals with a number of other issues,

including the world economic situation.

I visited New York from 22-24 October on the occasion of

the 40th Anniversary of the United Nations. I addressed the

General Assembly on 24 October and have arranged for a copy of

my speech to be placed in the Library of the House. I also

held bilateral meetings with President Reagan, Mr Craxi,

and

Mr Peres and Premier Zhao Ziyang, And attended a meeting and a dinner given by President Reagan with the Heads of

Government of Canada, the Federal Republic, Italy and Japan.

We had a very worthwhile exchange of views on the prospects

for President Reagan's forthcoming meeting with Mr Gorbachev.

We hoped that those talks would achieve progress across the

full range of East/West issues and give a strong impetus to

current negotiations, particularly the arms control discussions

in Geneva.

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