Economy: Alan Walters diary (Falklands) [Reagan visit briefing for PM; MT has “silly ideas” about development of Falklands with tourism] [released 2012]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/2 |
| Editorial comments: | Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 127 |
| Themes: | Foreign policy (USA), Defence (Falklands), Monetary policy |
Thursday 3rd June 1982
Chancellor saw our draft overnight - John Kerr thinks it is OK.
Pronab Sen - just wanted to get his foot in No 10
Lunch with PM + private secretaries. Very relaxed but annoyed at questions by corres
- she apparently told them of the need to defend the rights which they insisted on exercising
Reagan visit briefing for PM. Falklands dominant
USA wants (Nico Henderson) some long term decolonisation or self-governing status - get rid of the Governor - joint guarantee of security by USA + Brazil - want to rebuild L.A.
PM has silly ideas about dev of Falklands with Tourism etc.
use prisoners as bargaining counter - we keep them while hostilities proceed.