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PREM19/941
USA (Economic situation in the United States) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 275
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82 Jan 22 Fr Major USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Lord Carrington (“US economic policy and the Alliance”) [concerns about US budget deficit] [declassified 2012]
81 Oct 8 Th Major USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (US economy) [scepticism about anti-inflation programme] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 3 Th Key USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“President Reagan and the US budget debate”) ["I am sorry to go on about this"; urges MT to intercede with Reagan, to get interest rates down] [declassified 2012]
81 Aug 11 Tu Major USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“US economic policy”) [concern about high interest rates] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 26 Tu Major USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“US interest rates”) [concerns about US budget deficit] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 21 We Major USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“Volcker’s statement: 20 July”) [US economic policy] [declassified 2012]
81 Aug 3 Mo Major USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS minute to Rosalind Gilmore, Treasury (statement by Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve System) [endorsed by Howe] [declassified 2012]
81 Sep 27 Su Major USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer telegram to MT (“The state of policy in the United States”) [“pressing the Americans… to reduce their budget deficit”] [declassified 2012]
80 Mar 26 We Major USA: FCO letter to No.10 (reply to Carter letter announcing economic package) [reducing inflation and oil consumption] [declassified 2012]
79 Aug 2 Th Major USA: FCO telegram to MT via UKHC Lusaka (“US defense budget”) [“higher inflation levels than originally estimated”] [declassified 2012]
82 Sep 23 Th Major USA: FCO telegram to UKE Beijing (“US economy: recent developments”) [signs of recovery] [declassified 2012]
82 Sep 6 Mo Major USA: Jeffrey Sterling PS letter to No.10 (“USA economy”) [‘Business Week’ article on deficit] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 27 We Major USA: Lord Carrington minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“US economic policy and the Alliance”) [“increasing strain… between the United States and Europe”] [declassified 2012]
81 Apr 16 Th Major USA: UKA Washington despatch to Lord Carrington (“The Reagan Administration’s economic policy - an initial assessment”) [assesses content, prospects in Congress & chances of success] [declassified 2012]
82 Sep 21 Tu Major USA: Walters minute to MT (“United States monetary policy”) [has not become more expansive] [declassified 2012]
82 Mar 28 Su Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 1013 to FCO (0110Z) (“President Reagan, Congress and the economy”) [“at loggerheads and… at a standstill”] [declassified 2012]
82 Mar 31 We Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 1054 to FCO (0305Z) (“President Reagan’s press conference”) [defense of economic policy] [declassified 2012]
80 Feb 29 Fr Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 11 to FCO (“US economic problems”) [“crisis stage”] [declassified 2012]
80 Mar 21 Fr Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 1190 to FCO (0435Z) (“President Carter’s anti-inflation package: initial reaction”) [not well received] [declassified 2012]
81 Jul 2 Th Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 2023 to FCO (2207Z) (“President Reagan’s economic recovery programme: the present position”) [declassified 2012]