PRESS SUMMARY
EAST/WEST-ARMS CONTROL
Prepared for Foreign & Commonwealth Office by Lincoln Hannah Limited
TUESDAY 7 June 1988
1 Romanians may block Vienna agreement [CSCE] (FT)
2: Tête-à-tête, toe to toe [human rights and Moscow summit] (FT)
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Carlucci warns [Japan] of Soviet threat (IND)
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UN special session picks up threads of Moscow summit [Howe to speak on chemical weapons]
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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Community ministers set today to clear four more hurdles to free trade/EC wrestles with creation of integrated market in banking (FT) Tilting at EC cereal windmills (FT)
MPs doubt barriers will all disappear [poll among parliamentarians in Europe] (FT) An EEC merger policy is essential to keep out Europe's free riders [McMillan-Scott] (T) Takeshita to seek closer ties with Brussels (FT)
12 Norwegian minister hints at EC entry 'in long run' (FT)
WESTERN EUROPE
13 Malta nuclear objection [by opposition leader] over UK Royal Navy visit (FT IND)
Unionist politicians snub Dublin overtures (FT)
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UN letter brings hope of Cyprus talks (T)
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Nazi Mohnke faces new inquiry [by Lubeck Public Prosecutor and UK MOD] on Dunkirk massacre (DML)
17 Waldheim hails verdict of British television 'trial' (ALL, not DT)
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Kremlin castigates Italy over receipt of Nato F16 force (T)
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21 Mexico plans novel debt bond scheme [Japanese government guarantee sought] (FT) SOVIET UNION/EASTERN EUROPE
22 Perestroika flares brightly-and briefly-in Sakhalin/Pravda reports 'election rigging'
protest [in Omsk] (FT T IND G DML)
26 Soviet blessing for church celebration (DT T IND)
29 Time bomb ticks away as Poland faces fresh crisis (DT)
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Yugoslavia gets approval from World Bank (FT)
AFRICA
31 Bomb attacks in white city areas to be stepped up [Tambo] (T)
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South African strike obeyed by 2m workers (ALL)
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'Sharpeville six' face fight for new trial (DT G IND T)
40 Pretoria prepares for battle over Cuban build-up (DT IND G)
43 Britain 'pushing S African trade' [BOTB Chief Executive toured SA earlier this year] (G) 44 Battle [in House of Representatives] over [US] SA trade sanctions (IND)
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Algeria may again avoid debt rescheduling (FT)
MIDDLE EAST
46 Iran sends senior envoy [to London talks] (IND + Leader DML + Leader + Cartoon) 49A British contacts with Iran on Beirut hostages/Hostages: Assad's gamble (T)
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Ayatollah's man for all seasons [profile of Rafsanjani) (G)
Shultz says Palestinian state is 'unworkable'/West Bank schools open/Shamir and Shevardnadze to hold New York talks /Militant Jews to keep arms despite protests/ Shultz calls for a check on [human] rights/Japanese peace mission has an eye on trade/ Palestinians return to centre of stage at emergency Arab summit (FT DT T G)
ASIA & AUSTRALASIA
58 Boat people to be returned to Vietnam when possible [Howe to talk to Nguyen Co Thach
in New York today] (T)
59 MEPs to hear Dalai Lama on Tibet plan (IND DT T)
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30 held in Fiji as police find tons of Soviet arms (DT TG IND) Singapore frees lawyer to stand in elections (FT)
64 Another version of the Singapore detainees [from High Commission] (IND Letter)
Bhutto urges opposition unity (FT T IND G)
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CONSULAR
69 Sudan killers 'were trained in Lebanon'
70 Four charged with failing to assist drunk [UK] sailor [in France] (DT T)
[Burma supreme court to rule on Briton's appeal] (T G)
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My swim ordeal, by shipwreck survivor (DML)
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MISCELLANEOUS
Forward-looking speech puts Howe back in arena (DT T IND G DML TO) Debtor countries disagree on cartel move (FT)
79 Air travel curbs ripe for inclusion in Uruguay Round [of Gatt] (FT)
80 UK supports Opec's $18 a barrel target (FT)
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IMF chief seeks better balance (IND)
82 Whitehall dons protective cloak [leaked documents show PQ preparation stages] (G)
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