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YOUR VISIT TO OTTAWA 27 SEPTEMBER: CONVERSATIONS WITH CLARK
SUMMARY
1. YOU HAD A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS WITH MR CLARK FOR 3 HOURS
SPANNING A WORKING LUNCH.
2.
WHILE THE MAIN FOCUS WAS ON SOUTH AFRICA SEE MIFT THERE WERE
ALSO USEFUL EXCHANGES ON EAST WEST RELATIONS, SDI, AFGHANISTAN
US/CANADA TRADE, THE FALKLANDS, UNESCO, CENTRAL AMERICA,
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND RILATERAL MATTERS.
DETAIL.
3.
EAST/WEST PELATIONS: US/SOVIET SUMMIT: 3DI: ARMS CONTROL
GORBACHEV WAS CLEARLY MAKING PROPAGANDA HEADWAY, PARTLY
BECAUSE HE WAS NEW AND PARTLY, MR CLARK SAID, BECAUSE HE SEEMED
TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE PROPOSALS. MERE REITERATION OF THE US
POSITION LOOKED LIKE IMMOBILISM. YOU SAID THAT IT WAS GOOD THAT
MR SHULTZ HAD RECENTLY LAID STRESS PUBLICLY ON CONTINUING ATTACH-
WENT TO THE TREATIES.
4. THE CANADIANS SUGGESTED THAT THE WEST COULD BE PARTICULARLY
VULNERABLE IF THE SOVIETS PROPOSED SAY 40 PERCENT CUTS IN EXCHANGE
FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF SDI. THEY WERE SCEPTICAL AROUT THE USEFUL-
NESS OF AN AMERICAN IDEA FOR A SPECIAL PRE-SUMMIT MEETING OF MATO
FOREIGN MINISTERS IN BRUSSELS TO DISCUSS ANY SUCH SOVIET OFFER.
THE EVIDENCE FROM LISBON, AGREEMENT AT SUCH A MEETING MIGHT RE
VEPY HARD TO ACHIEVE AND IT COULD LEAD TO WESTERN DISARRAY ON THE
EVE OF THE SUMMIT.
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5. YOU AND MR CLARK AGREED THAT WE SOULD THINK ABOUT WAYS OF
IMPROVING OUR PRESENTATIONAL KIT, AND ESPECIALLY WAYS OF GETTING AWAY FROM CONCENTRATION ON SDI. MR CLARK SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD
CONSIDER WHETHER WE COULD DEPLOY A BIT MORE OF THE EVIDENCE ABOUT
SOVIET RESEARCH IN THIS AREA. THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF
THE SOURCES: BUT A LITTLE EVIDENCE WOULD GO A LONG WAY WITH THE
PUBLIC. (ADMITTEDLY, DEPENDING ON TIMING, THIS MIGHT NOT HELP THE
ATMOSPHERE FOR THE SUMMIT).
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