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Monda

9 June

MAIN EVENTS

Prime Minister meets Chinese Party Secretary EC Industry

Council,

EC Education

Luxembourg

Council,

EC Informal

meeting

Sir Geoffrey

Howe

Luxembourg Agriculture

attends

Ministers,

Eureka

The Hague

Conference,

ACAS

round

Future

Preparatory

Negotiating

Co mmittee,

Machinery

Geneva

Group

10)

Scotland

European Parliament Plenary Session, Strasbourg New GATT

(to June

(to June 13)

(to June

12)

Meeting

Meeting of United Nations Development Progra mme, Geneva attends)

(Mr Raison

Association of Municipal Engineers annual conference, Bournemouth June 13) Society-of Stella

Telecom Executives annual conference, Harrogate Artois

Tennis

Championships,

Queen's

Club

(to June

(to

(to June 13) 15)

STATISTICS DTI:

Producers

price

DTI:

Credit

DTI:

Retail sales (April-final)

business

index

numbers

(May-prov)

(April)

?AY DE.M:

Civil

Service

industrial

.grades;

(105,000 ); substantial

pay

and

allowances increase sought; settlement date 1.7.36 PARLIAMENT Commons

Questions:

Wales; Energy

Business:

National

Health

Service

(Amendment)

Bill:

Remaining

Stages

Resolutions relating to the Finance Bill Ad'ournment Debate Rural bus services Select

Committees

(Mr G Dickens)

: PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Subjects : Control

of Local

Authorities'

Capital

Expenditure Witness : Department

Mr Terry Heiser , CB, of the Environment

Permanent

Secretary,

TREASURY AND CIVIL SERVICE Subject: Head of Government Accountancy Service Witnesses : Mr A Wilson, Head of Government

Accountancy

Service

1986

Lords

Public

Trustee

and

Family Law Bill:

Administration

of Funds

Bill:

Third

Reading

Committee

Dockyard Services Bill: Committee British Shipbuilders (Borrowing Powers ): Committee Consumer Safety (Amendment ) Bill Second Reading . Cutlery and Stainless Steel Flatware Industry (Scientific

Research

Levy)(Abolition) Order 1986: Motion for Approval.

Ministers Visits

-

See Annex

Radio an d TV

-

See Annex

PRESS

DIGEST

SDP / ALLI ArTCE -

At loggerheads in public.

over

nuclear

defence

policy

-

Steel says there will be profound an election split on defence.

-

Peter Walker unilateralism

-

D/Star says that slowly but surely as a sham - and not before time.

-

Sun P4: "I could kill him" - an alleged reference to Steel's exasperation with Owen; Mirror P2: "I could murder Owen".

-

Today P6: Steel's fury over the polls unless Owen backs

-

Express has Steel doing his best to paper over the cracks; 830 of Liberal candidates against replacing Polaris, according to poll; leader says Owen may be right but he will pay dearly for it.

-

Mail says Alliance is facing its biggest crisis in 5 years of the Government; Owen is castigated not only by Liberals three other members of original Gang of Four.

-

Telegraph:

-

Guardian says Owen shows no sign of backing down and the nature of the report will leave Owen less isolated; Gang of Four trying to provide Owen with a graceful retreat; leader says the row is rather daft.

damage

- Owen

if the Alliance

says a vote for the Alliance would since Owen would be defeated.

Steel

warns

the Alliance

Dr No - Alliance down.

Alliance

and Steel

on nuclear

mean

goes

a vote

is being

warned

arguing

into

for

found

of disaster

out

at

to the glee but also by

split.

3. SOUTH

AFRICA

-

South

African

-

Pressure

sanctions

sanctions

there

the

anxiety

great

blackmail examples -

for

Government

considering grows

the

by Commonwealth of

democracy

or

investment

will

leader

state

says

if you

that the Commonwealth

Queen.

But

countries, racial

Telegraph leads with story on views demands for restrictions

and new

- Mail

is the threat of

reimposing

Britain

many

should

of which

of emergency. don't

will resist

impose

break

up to

moral

are no shining

equality. pressure

build-up

- in deference

on air services and curbs not be called sanctions. action

until

it hears

to

your

on imports

-

EC decides to take no further of the Commonwealth EPG.

the recommendations

-

FT says EPG will say that a dialogue between blacks and whites has proved impossible to arrange and further joint measures may be required

AUSTRIA -

Waldheim easily (Mirror).

-

Today

-

Mail says British Labour MPs want Government to treat him as an outcast and to refuse him entry into Britain; leader, on his "bitter triumph", says he will be a lame duck president and like Austrian wine he will not travel.

-

Telegraph leader says the war criminal accusations against Waldheim, a very junior Staff Officer, are grossly wrong headed; but Waldheim's response to campaign against him has been wrong too - the truth had to be wrenched from him.

feature

wins

presidency;

describes

Waldheim

"Nazi"

wins

race

for president

as "The Pariah".

Guardian finds Waldheim's election pro foundly depressing an d leaves a bitter after taste which will last a long time. His massage of his cv was a moral disqualification for the office he persisted in seeking;the country's standing has been damaged. Times leads paper with a "resounding victory for Waldheim"; Israel reacts with sorrow and disappointment.

4.

HIPPIES -

2,000 said to be planning own festival site.

-

Refusing

-

Sun explains

-

Guardian says a Government working party has recommended of all social security claims by hippies.

to move

nude demo on Salisbury

from New

the Workforce

Forest,

though

idea as a means

demanding

police

move

of beating

their

in this morning. hippies. a register

ECONOMY -

Inflation news

all

to fall below the

and mortgage

way

for

rates

you

3% - to 2.75% this

are likely

week

on

(Today); inflation,

Mail

says

it is good

unemployment,

strikes

to drop too.

-

wants new development agencies for run down parts of Leon Britain Britain - says gulf between different parts of the country is unjust and divisive.

-

Hattersley

-

City University Business School says Labour would need to raise income tax to nearly 50% to avoid a return to double figure inflation as a consequence of its policies. Institute of Directors want UK to join EMS on July 1 when we take over Presidency.

-

-

claims

you are increasingly

isolated

over

tax cuts.

Sarah Hogg in Times says if Britain cannot match German cost control in next phase of expansion it is going to have a hard time earning its share of the cheap oil growth bonus.

-

5. PAY Disquiet over MPs 'feathering next 18 months.

-

Anthony Beaumont-Dark says it is appalling to see MPs awarding themselves increases while urging restraint on everyone else.

-

Jack Dormand, chairman of Labour's Backbenchers, warns resistance to any move to break link with Civil Service

-

Express takes the view that if we wish to see the quality of our MPs improve we should also accept that better pay will attract better candidates.

-

Tel eg raph:

-

Guardian kills the story with the Treasury pointing out that MPS are linked with the senior principal grade and this is likely to produce rises of little more than the rate of inflation.

-

Times says substantial backdated pay rises for many being slipped through while doctors and nurses have frozen for 3 months.

Pay restraint

their

dented

own nest'with

21 7. increase

-

by 21

over

of strong pay.

for MPs.

NHS managers are had their pay

INDUSTRY -

Ian Frase4 whose cut price furniture customers, back in the business with their money.

-

Tory MEPs to try to persuade EuroParliament mining industry is a strategic industry

-

Government England.

-

FT says British

-

France

survey

shows

Gas

most

aid.

owing still

this week which should

of self employed

is to be floated

may cut shipyard

stores crashed 8000 creditors

with

are

Elm to demanding

Cornish tin be saved

in the South

£2. 5bn debt.

of

6. UNIONS -

Sun says breakaway UDM feels betrayed because under NCB rules+only members where UDM is in majority get a negotiated £5.50 increase. Ian MacGregor has an opportunity to right this wrong when he addresses the UDM next week.

-

Rolls today

-

SOGAT thought likely to try to step up boycott against Murdoch papers; Z'GA allows its leaders £50,000 a week, by means of 50p levy, to sustain dispute by 53-47% vote; Telegraph says the Wapping pickets have an almost Thatcherite spirit of free enterprise, selling memorabilia from a stall.

-

NU Seamen executive preserves Jim Slater's by recreating president's job for him.

Royce aero engine workers in Derby to strike for 30 minutes against privatisation; they want company to stay British.

employment

with union

MEDIA -

D/Star TV.

says you have

-

Today claims first pictures out of Chernobyl [300 injured and 400 arrested on weekend of anti-nuclear demos in West Germany].

-

Sport

Aid claims

secretly

BBC censored

given

the go-ahead

some 'of

for round

its promotional

the clock

films.

RNMENT -

Lambeth's housing director sacked Black activist and former Lambeth

after 6 months councillor.

- his wife

is leading

7.

EDUCATION -

Express prints report by a research student on brain washing of British schoolchildren by Left wing teachers - now "commonplace"; leader says the report chillingly confirms what many parents have long

suspected

and

underlines

the

need

to ban

classroom

politicking.

HEALTH/WELFARE -

Mirror afford

-

Worries about aspirin helping to develop Rayes Syndrome, a killer disease, in children. Professor claims Whitehall uses Official Secrets Act to put pressure on doctors to keep quiet about issues affecting public health.

-

says a woman operation.

heart

patient

died because

her family

could

not

LAW AND ORDER -

Now Kaufman says Labour would maintain firm control over in spite of Kinnock's pledge to scrap "racist" laws.

-

Kinnock, in Mirror, says immigration this Government's laws are not fair; and in practice.

-

Today

-

Prison Reform Trust claims rate of imprisonment.

starts

campaign

against

puppy

immigration

laws must be firm but fair and they discriminate in purpose

farming.

that Britain

has West

Europe's

highest

8. NORTHERN

IRELAND

-

Police looking for a solicitor in connection with Irish gun gang incident in Mayfair; he was Enoch Powell's assistant for three years.

-

Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester to be told why he has been suspended today; Today says he caused fury in ranks of RUC by recommending two anti-terrorist units should be disbanded

-

Labour

Party

Ireland

National

in opposing

Women's

conference

leadership's

joins

support

party's

Committee

for Anglo-Irish

on

Agreement.

SPORT -

Disquiet over England's World Cup performances for replacement of manager Bobby Robson.

-

Joey McLaoghlin

-

Jon

Akass,

and resign

first

in Express,

- he holds

Briton wants

to win Milk Minister

a pointless

for

Race

in Mexico,

(cycling)

Sport

and ridiculous

to do

with

calls

for 10 years.

something

useful

office.

RUSSIA -

Sun : wants us to beware spacemen - it would give

-

Today however says the offer is worth looking at - it presents an excellent opportunity for us to gain experience of manned flights.

BERNARD

INGHAM

the Russians offer to launch one Kremlin a propaganc field day.

of our

ANNEX MINSITERS

(UK 7ISTTS,

SPEECHES

visits

ETC)

DE.N:

Mr Clarke

Notting

SO:

Mr Rifkind addresses Aberdeen Chambers of Commerce ; later interview to Grampian TV: visits Dril Quip, Aberdeen

HMT:

Mr Lawson

DTI:

Mr Channon

DTp:

Mr Moore

MAFF:

Mrs Fenner presents London; later meets

DEM:

Mr Lang

DEM:

Mr Trippier

DEN:

Mr Hunt

addresses names

meets

visits

Hill

Bow Group

'industrial

French

visits

year

Transport

locomotive',

Minister,

Euston

London

prizes for the livestock worrying Ivorian Minister Mr Bra Kanon

Pinewood

addresses

gives

competition,

Studios

HSE , Bootle Monergy

Seminar , Bristol

Chamber

North

and

of Commerce,

Bristol DEN:

Mr Goodlad

addresses

LEB,

Thames

Gas

SEGAS

on energy

efficiency year HO:

Mr Mellor

DTI:

Mr Clark European

DTp:

Mr Bottomley

MINISTERS

opens

new

stage

of drugs

attends lunch with Business Institute visits

(OVERSEAS

Czech

Haringey

campaign, deputy

BAFTA

Prime

'Dial-a - Ride',

Minister;

addresses

London

VISITS)

MAFF:

Mr Jopling and Mr Gummer The Hague (to June 10)

attend

MOD:

Mr

(to June

DES

Mr Walden

FCO:

Mrs Chalker departs Kinshasa for European Parliament , Strasbourg

DTI:

Mr Butcher

TV AND

RADIO

"Money Leeds.

Box :;

Younger

"The Marketing

visits

Greece

attends

EC Education

visits

BBC Radio

Mix"

EC Informal

Agriculture

Council,

10)

Council,

Luxembourg

Netherlands

4

Channel

(10.00):

4

Repeat

(1830):

the

of Saturday'

techniques

s programme

from

of exhibition

and

display "Panorama"

BBC

1

"World in Action " hospitals

(21.30):

looks

ITV (2130):

at public

expenditure

The conditions

in two Scottish mental