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NATO: FCO conversation record (Pym-Haig) [following MT conversation with Chancellor Schmidt, Pym mentioned Carrington as possible successor to Luns as NATO Secretary-General; Haig said US would back him] [declassified Dec 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/4858 f166
Editorial comments:

Preceding the conversation record is a note by Whitmore recording that MT had raised the matter with Chancellor Schmidt. They had talked for an hour at the Versailles G7 on 5 June. Read that conversation here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: MT's meetings as PM, Foreign Secretary’s meetings, Executive (appointments), British relations with the US, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Foreign policy (USA), Defence (general), Defence (Falklands)

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