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South Africa: Admiral Poindexter telegram to Powell (MT-Reagan privacy channel exchanges) [their recent messages on South Africa reached US Ambassador from a source in London, not from Washington] [declassified Feb 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1968 f48
Editorial comments:

Powell's reply follows Poindexter's telegram. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-1968.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Foreign policy - theory and process, Foreign policy (USA), Commonwealth (South Africa), Executive, British policy towards South Africa, British relations with the US, Charles Powell minutes