Economy: Alan Walters diary [speechwriting - PM insists on fair tax system; Brezhnev dies - Reagan sent letter saying there might be opportunities][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: | 121 |
| Themes: | Monetary policy, Taxation, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states) |
Friday 12th November 1982
PM’s speechwriting most of day - Death of Brezhnev - Reagan sent a letter saying that there might be opportunities now - rewriting the Foreign Policy part of speech - Balance budget part remains in, approved by Peter M
Lunch at home!
More speechwriting - PM insists that we put in a piece on “fair tax system” in order to reassure the city that we would not introduce the Yellow Peril.
Peter Middleton - about yellow peril - and revenue letter of July on “depositions” for dividends receipts from abroad.
Dinner Hans Keller, Geoffrey …, at the Letwins