Speeches, etc.

Margaret Thatcher
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

Written Statement on de Klerk’s speech (warmly welcomes decision to release Mandela, changes "vindicate a policy of contact rather than isolation")

Document type: Speeches, interviews, etc.
Venue: No.10 Downing Street
Source: PREM19/3171 f309
Editorial comments:

Issued by the Press Office at No.10. Full text untraced when Oxford CD-ROM of Complete Speeches was published, but now available on PREM19/3171. Read other documents from PREM19/3171.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Trade, Foreign policy (International organizations), Commonwealth (South Africa), British policy towards South Africa