8 · NS 'l'TVE '10' '1 -EC SENB I 'JI l'E THE SCCRE TA V 0 · STA1'E WA$HIN 1'0N r l H PR CS 11 �S t� ENT 7 Jr� JI' A1exan er M H�i Pr nk C Carlu�c I AQ 61 f' Di CUB ione w�th ha Brit Conc er in Purchaae o h T UDE r 0-5 lJBJ CT Sh LaBt ugust hcn you aunow 1ced the U S AV'Y would v 1 p 1 o-S rn' ' e you OIJre aell i to the d Kingdom we'· know t it P imc Minist e Tha eher ia un anxioue o anncHui'O c on to buy he D-5 lllisaila f WC on a priae can a gr The s sonding a de1cqa tion to Washington be on w s • n xt k Our de he aea by Bild McFarlane Cow sel Or of t he St te Departm�t now actjng as Judge Cl -�k' Oepu ty at the ti onal Security Coun · 1 The Brit'$h pow �h the pr ce o the miebiles them­ selveB will be a out $3 7B n dd' on our law requ1res a'Easl re or h r s rch and deve 1op­ th11t we eh r ge men coa s of the sille wbich depending on the nuiaber o mis iLes hey purchas� could amoW t to about $700M - $900 • h s mount Howeve� you have the discretion to wa·ve so100 o efil '-lld web lieve h 1t is in th� a s int� es do �o We he Bri ti h will milke a f- s ot fer of �tioipa te th t pa ckage of c sh and offsets ac ions th y w 11 take which to about $215 n That leavcs moun will save us money a sho tf-aU c al ou $40-0 l - $600 M open the ncgoti tion rrangemen im l r o na in t end to Britisb an b h ago or he TRIDENT I C-4 mi s ile in which we fo gave on the order in nd rece·v of 251 of be R D recovered -bou 25 ffect o -th is would be to The SO% in the fQrm o cf sets ROS-3 2 5 2002 sh • ET Stl SIT IV'E 2 pp roxim t e y dO l blc both wbat thu • will pa y o r a a aqct w J at oi wU l forg-i lC 1'he now o fset s wc 1'fi 1 aak for · a l in wo tl'nportan ar as in whioh the Br tish are cu ·nq forces and wo uld o hc�wiae h ve to takc u the slack �in t ainü1e hrlace nav il fo e-l' e 1 1 t ho ort h Atlantic ancl peaceti me prP sen Qe l n th Indian Ocean If the Briti Sh � ree o do more than t y bad planncd im· t hcse two arees will sa e ho U $ Govexnment moncy an� bolster Western 4-efen� We d'o not cmticipate that we w 11 J e able o �let o the egotiat ions at next week s seS1sion ite W'i ll make our firat offcr t5e Dritish wi -mak� t e· x-s o �4 b ' IIOJlle cla'l 'i yirrg d • ac us'Vions we i ll ke cp you 1D fonMa4 as he egot · a tion Progresses SE SITIVE