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US: Reagan message to MT (Trident II Sale) [Reagan regrets embarrassment caused by "premature press reports concerning my visit to London"] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/942 f126 / Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR 3/1/19 f55 (T47/82)
Editorial comments: 2021. A copy of this message can be found in both TNA and the Thatcher MSS. The version in the Thatcher MSS is almost entirely illegible, so the TNA version has been used here. All documents relating to Reagan's 1982 visit to the UK can be found here. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Parliament, Defence (general), Foreign policy (USA), MT contacts with Ronald Reagan, MT messages to and from world leaders