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13.
Is Britain likely to take up the question of Berlin before the two Germanies unite?
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We shall be discussing the future of Berlin in the Two plus Four Group I mentioned before. It is clearly a complex issue, but the aim is that our rights and responsibilities there should be wound up at the same time as the two German states unite although I would not exclude the possibility that some Allied forces would remain there, if that is what a united Germany itself wished.
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With East Europe opening up as a market, will Britain and other European nations dilute the flow of investment aid and technology to other countries say in Asia?
No. We take a very close interest in developments in Eastern Europe. But the aid we are directing there, both bilateral and Community, is new money to be disbursed entirely separately from traditional aid programmes, to which we remain fully committed. Inevitably, businessmen will decide on where to invest, with commercial considerations in mind. It is more important than ever to make investment attractive to foreign companies, and to compete effectively for it.
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How do you view Indo-British relations at this time?
They are excellent, as the State Visit by President Venkataraman shows. We have much to share, and welcome the broadest possible exchanges with India, as a leading member both of the Commonwealth and of the developing world.
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