Economy: Alan Walters diary [worked on speech - PM “solid except tit-for-tat protectionism”; PM alarmed by memo on tax avoidance][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: | 77 |
| Themes: | Employment, Monetary policy, Taxation |
Wednesday 10th November 1982
Alfred S
Agreed the Brit Oil Tender - seems OK and should sell well
All afternoon on Speech - PM still solid except for tit-for-tat protectionism - she likes my run-in as a peroration.
PM alarmed by any memo on IR’s activities on tax avoidance and the “Yellow Peril”
Walter Salomon said PM had never had such high praise for anyone as for me.
Favoured Haddon-Cave as Gvr