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YOUR TELNO 171: MEETING WITH GENSCHER 1430 ON 4 MARCH
1. WE AGREE YOU SHOULD RAISE EAST/WEST, TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS, AND ASK ABOUT THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL
SCENE. GENSCHER'S PERSONAL REACTION TO THE RECENT EVENTFUL WEEKS
IN EAST/WEST AND INNER GERMAN RELATIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
INTERESTING.
2. ON PRESIDENT REAGAN'S RESPONSE TO GORBACHEV'S 15 JANUARY
PROPOSALS YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FCO TEL 330 TO WASHINGTON.
GORBACHEV'S REACTION AT THE CPSU CONGRESS IS WELL SUMMARISED IN
PARAS 3 AND 4 OF MOSCOW TEL 235 TO FCO. WE AGREE WITH SIR B CARTLEDGE. DESPITE GORBACHEV'S CAREFULLY BALANCED COMMENTS, WE
REMAIN SCEPTICAL ABOUT US CLAIMS (EG BY ADELMAN) THAT PROGRESS IS
'MOST LIKELY' ON INF.
3. THE TIMING OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S REPLY TO GORBACHEV IS
UNCERTAIN. IT IS UNLIKELY TO BE DELIVERED BEFORE YOU SEE
GENSCHER.
A COPY OF A BRIEF PREPARED FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE
SOVIET PARTY CONGRESS HAS BEEN SENT BY BAG ON 28 FEBRUARY TO
4.
CONNOR.
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