Economy: Alan Walters diary [lunch with Reagan] [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: | 110 |
| Themes: | Foreign policy (USA), Monetary policy |
Tuesday 8th June 1982
Base Rates down NatWest first move to 12½% - Barclays eventually followed
PM was running fan in study - very noisy and sent papers flying all over the place
G men all over the place - very nervous
Paddie
Lunch with Pres Reagan - Paddie very thrilled. Saw Ed Meese, wearing the same Adam Smith tie - he asked us to the White House
Robert Armstrong crowed about my gaucheries in complaining to him about my exclusion from the Summit briefing
Dinner at the Chowns - Olive Dawson, very enthusiastic about my policy