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RHF Jones
CSCE Unit
13 February 1990
PS/PUS
PS/Mr Weston
Mr Tait
Mr Ratford
Mr Synnott, WED
Mr Gowan, Soviet Dept
Ms Lewis, EED
Ms Pierce, Sec Pol Dept Mr Roland, Research Dept
Mr Powell, Planners
NAD (para 7)
ECD (E) (para 7)
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UND (para 9)
APD (para 9)
HKD (para 10)
Mr Summerscale
Mr Wilson
CALL BY HERR SUDHOFF, FRG PUS, ON PUS: FCO: 9 FEBRUARY: CSCE
CSCE
1. Mr Summerscale commented that the CSCE process was now considered in both Eastern and Western Europe as having acquired new value as the result of the recent momentous changes in Eastern Europe: it was the only pan-European forum with a good track record and could be developed. Attention had been focussed by the proposal for a Summit in 1990, but the Bonn and Copenhagen intersessionals would now have an enhanced importance. Our objectives at a Summit might be to register the conclusion of a CFE agreement, to outline the ..way ahead on arms control, to address opportunities in the
economic field, and to develop ideas on the human dimension, specifically on free elections and the rule of law. For the longer-term future of the CSCE process, we were looking less to a cumbersome super-structure for CSCE, and more towards a changed pattern of shorter, more frequent meetings, some of which might be at a higher level.
2. Herr Sudhoff commented that the UK and FRG positions largely coincided. He said that Herr Genscher's suggestions on institutionalisation were possible long-term goals: they were not minimum achievements for a 1990 Summit. In the shorter term, the German view was that the CSCE process could provide an anchor to freely elected governments in Eastern Europe. In particular, the CSCE process might appear to have greater importance for Moscow, struggling with internal
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