Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor-Governor-officials plus Sir Alan Walters) [agreement with reluctance to increase base rates by 2 percent] [declassified 2010]

1030. Walters joined the meeting having visited No.10 that morning already: see Lawson The View From Number Eleven (p463) "Halfway through the meeting my office heard from Number 10 that Alan Walters was over on one of his occasional visits to London (he was by then living in Washington) and the Prime Minister would like him to join us. I replied that he was welcome to do so". Read other documents selected from this file.