Personal and party papers, Cambridge
Lebanon: MT message to Reagan (bombing of US Marines barracks in Beirut) ["I am horrified at the news of the barbarous attack on your marines in Lebanon"] [released 2013]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR 3/1/33 Part 2 f60 (T157/83) |
| Editorial comments: | 1202. The 'incident on the golf course' to which MT refers was a minor hostage situation at the Augusta National Golf Course. Some of Reagan's staff were held by a gunman who demanded to speak to Reagan. Reagan was playing golf at the time. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 1p |
| Themes: | Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (USA), Terrorism, MT contacts with Ronald Reagan, MT messages to and from world leaders |
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