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1982 Sep 21 - 1983 Apr 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1007
Economic policy (G7 Summit - Williamsburg) (Part 11)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 229
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83 Apr 28 Thu Economic Policy: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Meeting of Finance and Trade Ministers of the Seven Summit Countries") [US invitation "to meet in Paris in the margins of the forthcoming OECD Ministerial meeting" declined by the French; UK asked to confirm its intention] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 20 Wed Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Economic summit: Williamsburg") [report on "further meeting of Personal Representatives for the preparation of the... Summit... characterised by a mood of extreme mutual suspicion, amounting almost to hostility, between the United States and French delegations"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 18 Mon Economic Policy: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Williamsburg summit") ["Japanese would clearly like to engineer a meeting... in the margins of the summit"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 13 Wed Economic Policy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (Williamsburg summit) ["Italian draft papers for the 17th April Sherpa meeting"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 13 Wed Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Pym, Rees, Armstrong) ["Economic summit: Williamsburg"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 13 Wed Economic Policy: Ingham briefing for MT ("Washington/Williamsburg media") [Economic summit: "this visit... will certainly be invested by the media with enormous significance whether or not you have called an election by then"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 12 Tue Economic Policy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Mr Julian Critchley MP") [press report that MT to ask President Reagan, at Williamsburg economic summit, for dual key control of UK-based cruise missiles] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 12 Tue Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting of Ministers at 1700 hours on Wednesday: Williamsburg") [Economic summit: general economic situation; international trade & debt financing ; East/West economic relations] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 11 Mon Economic Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO (Meetings of Trade and Finance Ministers of the Seven) [EC summary of US ideas on Trade for the Williamsburg summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 28 Mon Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Williamsburg Economic Summit) [Alan Walters' attendance at meeting of Personal Representatives] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 23 Wed Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Economic Summit: Williamsburg") [Armstrong report on meeting of Personal Representatives to discuss agenda for the Summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 22 Tue Economic Policy: Walters minute to Coles ("US economy and the Williamsburg Summit") [confusion over US stance on exchange rate mechanisms and foreign aid] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 22 Tue Economic Policy: UKMIS Geneva telegram 114 to FCO (1435Z) ("Preparations for the Williamsburg Summit") [summary of "US Deputy Secretary of State... address here yesterday": his assessment of world economic context for the Summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 16 Wed Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Pym ("US economy and Williamsburg Summit") ["thought I should let you know at once that I am a little worried about some of the ideas you report from George Shultz and Don Regan"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 15 Tue Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Armstrong) ["Economic Summit": MT "concern[ed] about our current approach as illustrated by the briefs... each country must take the necessary internal measures to solve its own problems"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 14 Mon Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Economic Summit") [covering minute for attached background/steering brief: MT primarily unhappy with briefing's indication that the Summit will aim to produce a communique outlining a joint economic strategy for the G7] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 8 Tue Economic Policy: Pym minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Economic Summit") [Pym: "Summit countries should demonstrate that they possess both the will and the capacity to help bring the world out of recession"; however MT condemns "vague" ideas ascribed to Shultz & Regan] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 8 Tue Economic Policy: FCO record of conversation ("Secretary of State's [Pym] Talks with Secretary Regan: 4 March") [US economy; oil prices; international banking system; Mexico; Williamsburg G7 Summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Feb 25 Fri Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Williamsburg Economic Summit) [transcription of Shultz press conference regarding the forthcoming Summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Feb 24 Thu Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The US economy") ["Monetary policy appears to be in some disarray... We also discussed growing pressure on the major low inflation countries... it will be important before Williamsburg to reduce expectations that the Summit will produce reflationary measures"] [declassified Aug 2013]