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 Britain is backing President Reagan's  
 stance at the Iceland summit, Foreign  
 Office minister Mr Tim Kenton has said.
                                        
 Speaking in Brussels, Mr Kenton said   
 Britain was fully behind Mr Reagan's   
 insistence on the right to go ahead    
 with "Star Wars" research efforts.     
                                        
 Defence Secretary Mr George Younger has
 said President Reagan was "absolutely  
 right" not to accept a one-sided deal. 
                                        
  Mrs Thatcher is to meet chief Soviet 
 arms negotiator Mr Viktor Karpov in    
 London tomorrow. A Government statement
 will bj made in the Lords on Wednesday.
                                        
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