§ Q42. Mr. Lathamasked the Prime Minister whether she will seek an official meeting with President Andropov, in advance of the deployment of ground-launched cruise missiles at RAF Greenham common, to discuss the lack of progress in the Geneva negotiations.
§ The Prime MinisterNo. I do not believe that a meeting at this time would induce the Russians to repair204W their omission of the last four years. They have failed to realise that NATO will not accept a Soviet monopoly of medium-range missiles.