MT: "Thatcher drops a few names" (lunchtime speech in Bonn goes wrong) [officials cause her embarrassment]
Document type:
Press
Source:
The Times, 19 Nov 1981
Journalist:
Patricia Clough, The Times
Editorial comments:
MT's speech had been drafted by officials in the Foreign Office, whose head (Sir Michael Palliser) afterwards wrote her a letter of deepest apology. In the audience, among others, seems to have been Helmut Kohl.
Importance ranking:
Minor
Word count:
1p
Themes:
Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Executive
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MT: "Thatcher drops a few names" (lunchtime speech in Bonn goes wrong) [officials cause her embarrassment]
MT's speech had been drafted by officials in the Foreign Office, whose head (Sir Michael Palliser) afterwards wrote her a letter of deepest apology. In the audience, among others, seems to have been Helmut Kohl.
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