Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (Polish sanctions) [summary declassified 2000]
| Document type: | archive |
|---|---|
| Document kind: | Archive |
| Venue: | White House |
| Source: | Reagan Library: NSA Head of State File (Box 35) |
| Journalist: | - |
| Editorial comments: | MT's letter of 29 Jan 1982 is closed. Clark's memo on the letter was declassified on 27 March 2000. (Clark was National Security Adviser.) |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 179 words |
| Themes: | Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR and successor states), Trade, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non - EU) |
By SMF, NARA, Date 3/27/00
Confidential with Secret attachment
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
From: William P. Clark
Subject: MESSAGE FROM MRS. THATCHER
Attached at Tab A is a long letter from Margaret Thatcher requesting a meeting of the United States, the French, the Germans, and the Italians on Polish sanctions. It would be a secret meeting to agree on a set of sanctions which then would be adopted by the other NATO countries. She proposes that if this meeting agrees on a tough set of sanctions, the United States would lift its present sanctions on exports by subsidiaries in Western European countries, and would not take a next unilateral step.
Al Haig’s cable at Tab B says that he is presently arranging for the meeting MT requested and that he will discuss with you on his return our strategy for that meeting.