1.
LV GERMAN FOOD CENTRE
0.04

2.
GV WINDOW OF FOOD CENTRE
0.07

3.
SV TO SCU ERHARD ARRIVES AND SHAKES HANDS WITH STAFF (2 SHOTS)
0.20

4.
SCU TILT UP ERHARD & SCHROEDER EATING CAKES
0.27

5.
LV PAN DISPLAY OF GERMAN FARE
0.32

6.
CU ERHARD LIGHTS CIGAR
0.41

7.
SV PAN ERHARD OUT OF BUILDING INTO CAR
0.46

8.
SV TO GV CAR DRIVES OFF
0.51

9.
LV DOWNING STREET
0.54

10.
SV DOOR OF NO. 10
0.56

11.
GV CROWD WAITING FOR ERHARD TO COME OUT
1.00

12.
SV ERHARD & SIR ALEC OUT OF NO. 10 AND SHAKE HANDS-ERHARD WALKS TOWARDS CAR
1.18

13.
SV SIR ALEC WAVES GOODBYE..PAN TO CAR DRIVING OFF
1.25

14.
GV PAN ERHARD IN CAR DRIVING OFF
1.29

15.
MV INT..CHANDELIER TILT TO GUESTS AT EMBASSY LUNCH
1.31

16.
CU ERHARD AND SCHROEDER
1.34

17.
CU SIR ALEC GREETED BY ERHARD AND SCHROEDER
1.43

18.
HAROLD WILSON
1.45

19.
CV ERHARD WITH SIR ALEC
1.49



Initials JT/V-B/MGT-JF/EEH



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Background: A VISIT BY QUEEN ELIZABETH TO WEST GERMANY. IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR, BUT NO ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE UNTIL ONE OR TWO MONTHS AFTER THE BIRTH OF HER BABY, EXPECTED IN MARCH.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF PROFESSOR LUDWIG ERHARD'S OFFICIAL VISIT TO LONDON. HE FLEW BACK TO BONN TONIGHT (THURSDAY).

AND SO ENDED TWO DAYS OF INTENSIVE TALKS BETWEEN THE WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR AND HIS HOST, SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME, THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER.

THEY MET AGAIN THIS MORNING AT NO. 10 DOWNING STREET, THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICIAL LONDON RESIDENCE, AND AT A LUNCH GIVEN BY PROFESSOR ERHARD AT THE WEST GERMAN EMBASSY.

A COMMUNIQUE SAID THE TALKS - HELD IN A "MOST CORDIAL" ATMOSPHERE - ALSO RESULTED IN GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT ON STRENGTHENING ANGLO-GERMAN TIES. BRITAIN PROMISED THAT SHE WOULD MAINTAIN THE PRESENT STRENGTH OF THE RHINE-BASED FORCES, WHILE WEST GERMANY AGREED TO SETTLE BY THE END OF MARCH OUTSTANDING PAYMENTS ON CURRENT TROOP STATIONING COSTS.

PROFESSOR ERHARD INVITED SIR ALEC TO PAY A RETURN VISIT TO WEST GERMANY. THE PRIME MINISTER AGREED, BUT NO DATE HAS BEEN FIXED.

EARLIER TODAY, THE WEST GERMAN LEADER, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY FOREIGN MINISTER GERHARD SCHROEDER, BROKE OFF THE OFFICIAL ROUTINE TO PAY A FIVE-MINUTE VISIT TO LONDON'S GERMAN FOOD CENTRE.

THERE HE AND DR. SCHROEDER SAMPLED SOME HOME BAKED COOKING - JUST THE THING FOR MORNING TEA. AFTERWARDS, HE LIT UP ONE OF HIS BIG CIGARS.