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Grenada: Reagan message to MT (US intervention in Grenada) ["I well appreciate the dangers inherent in a military operation...but, on balance, I see this as the lesser of two risks"] [released 2013]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR 3/1/33 Part 3 f15 (T163/83)
Editorial comments: 0656. A copy of this document can also be found at PREM19/1048 f196, here. A text-only version of this letter, taken from the Reagan Library, can be seen here.
Importance ranking: Key
Word count: 1p
Themes: Commonwealth (general), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (USA), MT contacts with Ronald Reagan, MT messages to and from world leaders