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4. Genscher expressed some concern about the German community in Libya, which numbered 1,400. He was worried too about the effect on the Arab world of a US military strike, and also by what would follow if some US planes were shot down. The FRG believed that pressure from outside of the kind now being applied would simply sustain Qadhafi's position in Libya.
5. The Secretary of State asked about the two Libyans from the Bonn LPB whom the FRG had expelled from the country. Genscher replied that they had had a long list to choose from. He thought neither had been involved in the Berlin bomb incident. They had been expelled to give Qadhafi a signal. Genscher had also sent him a message stressing that it made no difference to the FRG whether bombs which went off in their country harmed Germans or Americans: an attack on US citizens would cause just as much outrage.
Namibia/Angola
6. It was agreed that British and German policies were very similar. Genscher noted that the more Savimbi received inter- national support, the more the Angolan Government was forced to depend on the Cubans. Support for Savimbi was thus misguided. The South Africans presumably did not want to see Savimbi win; their aim must be to maintain the present state of civil war. For the West the main aim was surely to get the Cubans out, and everything that was done to prevent that could be said to be against the western interest. It therefore seemed right to conclude that Savimbi should not be supported.
European Community
7. Genscher reported that he had discussed EC issues on 11 April with Kohl and Stoltenberg, in preparation for the following week's Cabinet. They had agreed that the FRG should not accept any increase beyond 1.4% before 1988. They had also considered how best to use the budgetary margin which was left once one had dealt with CAP. They had concluded that the aim should be to concentrate not on the different existing funds but on "future oriented developments" - ie the research programme. The Secretary of State thought some focus on the future was of course necessary, although the current Commission proposals were too ambitious.
8. Turning to EC/US, the Secretary of State said it was essential to get the Americans to withdraw the anti-EC measures they were now contemplating, by finding some way to enable them to save face. It was surprising that the USA, who had supported the politics of enlargement, were now opposing its economic consequences. It was important that UK and FRG should both say to the Americans that while we were among their champions inside the Community in fighting the proposed tax on fats and oils, we
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