Mitterrand and Bush to Meet
President Bush and French President Francois Mitterrand will meet March 14 on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. A statement from the Elysee Palace said the two leaders will have INFORMAL TALKS and lunch together. Mitterrand, whose country was part of the allied coalition against Iraq, proposed on Sunday a summit of the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to discuss restoring peace to the Middle East after the Gulf War. Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said Britain has agreed to the meeting, the Soviet Union and China supported it and the United States is not opposed.
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