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(i)

Vietnamese refugees.

(j)

Security,

including

(k)

the

forthcoming

renegotiation of the Defence Costs Agreement.

A brief look at events in the coming year other

than those already dealt with in earlier

sections.

(1)

Conclusion.

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Last year we inspired a PQ in order

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inform

Parliament of our intentions concerning the Annual Report. I believe it would make sense to give Parliament similar

warning of our intentions this year, particularly if it

was decided that the report should not be laid before

early 1987. There is the further consideration that in a

letter sent to Mr Paddy Ashdown MP on 31 July Mr Renton stated that the report would be published "towards the end of the year". (For what it is worth, I have said the same

to Lord Maclehose.) Before a PQ was answered Mr Renton

might wish to tell Mr Ashdown of our changed intentions:

and I could do the same with Lord Maclehose.

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