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Cold War: Thatcher message to Reagan (fingers crossed for his reelection) [unclassified]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: 10 Downing Street
Source: Reagan Library: NSA Head of State File (Box 35)
Editorial comments: MT saw Justice Day O'Connor on the afternoon of 25 July 1984.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 94 words
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), MT contacts with Ronald Reagan

The White House
Washington

Memorandum for the President
From: Fred F. Fielding

During a recent trip to London, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor met with Prime Minister Thatcher, who sends you the following message regarding her wishes for your reelection:

“Tell him I've got my fingers crossed, my toes crossed, my everything crossed.”
Justice O’Connor asked that I pass along Prime Minister Thatcher’s message to you.

[Annotated:]
“RR has seen”