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SECRET FOLLOWING h:ESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER TO PRESIDENT CARTER BEGINS: DEAR M ,:R. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR NESSAGE OF 1 OCTOBER ABOUT THE SOVIET COMBATBRIGADE IN CUBA, SENT BEFORE YOUR TELEVISION ADDRESS

TO THE AMERICANPEOPLE.

I HAVE READ THE TEXT CAREFULLY.

I SHAPE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT CUBAN AND SOVIET INTEN;TI•TNS IN THE CARIBBEAN. BRITAIN TGO HAS SIGNIFICANT INTERESTS TH-Y"E. I ALSO AGREE THAT THIS DANGER EXISTS MORE WIDELY It; THE DEVELOPING '..;ORLD . I T I S ESSENTIAL THAT THE SOVIET UNION SHOULD RECOGNISE YOUR RESOLVE I+ THIS NATTER. I AM THEREFORE ESPECI ALLY ENCOURAGEDBY YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU APE ACCELERATINGEFFORTS TO IN-CREASETHE CAPADILI Ty OF THE UNITED STATES TO USE ITS MILITARY FORCES . , ;MLD 1, I DE. AFTER 'THAT THERE (S AN HAS HAPPENED IP ANGOLA, ETHIOPIA AND ELS F't, R Ih"PEPATIVE "HERD TO t'EMONSTRATE T^ THE RUSSI

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