6. CANADA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF SDI RESEARCH AS A PRUDENT MEASURE AND WILL ALLOW FIRMS TO TAKE PART. NR CLARK WAS. CONCERNED THAT NEITHER THE DECISION AGINST GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNEMNT PARTICIPATION IN SDI NOR EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN EUREKA SHLOULD LEAD TO CANADA'S TECHNOLOGICAL ISOLATION. SAID THAT WE HAD TO FIND WAYS TO MOBILISE AND EXPLOIT HICH TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. OUR ATTITUDE IN EUREKA WAS OUTWARD- LOOKING AND YOU NOTED CANADA'S CONCERNS.
YOU
7. ON AFGHANISTAN YOU AND MR CLARK AGREED THAT THE PRESSURE ON THE
SOVIET UNION SHOULD BE MAINTAINED.
US/CANADA TRADE
3. MR CLARK STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO PURSUE THE POSSIBILITY OF FREER TRADE WITH THE US DID NOT MEAN THAT THEY WERE BACKING AWAY FROM OTHERTRADING PARTNERS. THEY WERE OUT TO KEEP WHAT THAY DID CONSISTENT NOT ONLY WITH THE GATT BUT MORE WIDELY WITH LIBERAL WORLD TRADING ARRANGEMENTS. THEY WOULD RE LOOKING FOR VIGOROUS WAYS TO MANIFEST THEIR INTEREST IN TRADING ARRANGEMENTS WITH COUNTRIES OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA, INCLUDING THROUGH
MTN.
FALKLANDS
3. MR CLARK ASKED FOR ADVICE ON WHAT TO SAY TO CAPUTO, DUE HERE FROM 29 SEPTEMBER TO 1 OCTOBER. YOU ASKED HIM TO PUT OVER CUR GENUINE WISH FOR RETTER RELATIONS AND OUR INABILITY TO NEGOTIATE
ON SOVEREIGNTY.
UNESCO
10.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE EXPLAINED THAT WE WERE NOT SPOILING TO QUIT UNESCO RUT NEEDED MORE REFORM, AND CANADIAN HELP TO THAT END, IF WE WERE TO STAY IN MR CLARK EMPHASISED UNESCO'S POPULARITY HERE, AND CANADIAN WORRIES ABOUT THE UN SYSTEM UNRAVELLING.
CENTRAL AMERICA
·
11 THE CANADIANS REPORTED THAT SEPULVEDA HAD SUGGESTED THAT OTHER US PREOCCCPATIONS MIGHT BE LEADING TO GREATER FLEXIBILITY, BUT MR CLARK HAD SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF THAT IN MR SHULTZ'S ATTITUDE DURING
THE MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR.
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