Cold War: NSC memorandum for McFarlane ("The President's Meeting with Mrs Thatcher: Gorbachev") [MT's impressions] [declassified 2000]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Venue: | White House |
| Source: | Reagan Library: European and Sovet Directorate NSC (Thatcher Visit - Dec 84 [2] Box 90902) |
| Editorial comments: | Declassified 17 May 2000. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 213 words |
| Themes: | MT contacts with Ronald Reagan, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states) |
Declassified F97-013#29
By SMF, NARA, Date 5/17/00
National Security Council
December 24, 1984
SECRET
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT C. McFARLANE
FROM: PETER R. SOMMER
SUBJECT: The President’s Meeting with Mrs. Thatcher: Gorbachev
During the private, tete a tete session, Charles Powell the British notetaker passed me the attached paper outlining Mrs. Thatcher’s impressions of Gorbachev and Soviet attitudes toward the Geneva talks (Tab A).
Powell enjoined with me not to give the British paper wide circulation within the USG. The British paper contains such interesting points as “Gorbachev made much of the difficulties the Soviet Union had faced in deciding to go to Geneva” and “he claimed that the Russians would be ready to come to Geneva with serious new proposals”.
RECOMMENDATION
That you review the British paper.
Attachment
Tab A Mrs. Thatcher’s Impressions
CC: Jack Matlock
Ron Lehman