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Defence: MT letter to President Carter (visit by emissary to discuss TNF) [shares his view of need for “firm decision this year to modernise LRTNF in Europe”] [declassified 2009]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: White House
Source: PREM19/15
Editorial comments: For the convenience of the reader a series of follow-up documents is appended to the initial letter, including the FCO draft of MT’s by no means speedy reply to the President’s letter. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), MT contacts with Jimmy Carter, British relations with the US