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1983 Apr 25 - 1983 May 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1008
Economic policy (G7 Summit - Williamsburg) (Part 12)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 325
Any docs withheld? No

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83 Apr 25 Mon Economic Policy: Walters minute to MT ("Your Washington and Williamsburg conversations with the President of the United States (27 May - 1 June)") [exchange rate intervention; tax increases: "according to Feldstein, the President has enormous admiration and respect for you; he would take your advice on this matter very seriously"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 29 Fri Economic Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1172 to FCO (2116Z) ("Williamsburg Summit: press handling") ["Americans are only now developing their basic public themes for the Summit... Rentschler's visit will be a useful opportunity for us to get across the White House our concerns"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 29 Fri Economic Policy: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's bilateral meetings at the Williamsburg Summit") [Nakasone] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 29 Fri Economic Policy: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Joint meeting of Trade and Finance Ministers") [possibly not going ahead due to non-attendance of several key countries; "Our objective in all of this has been to respond constructively to the US initiative without getting out of step with our Community partners"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 4 Wed Economic Policy: President of the Overseas Development Council letter to MT (Williamsburg Economic Summit) ["enclosed statement... urging that you and the other industrial-country leaders... directly address the serious condition of the global economy"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 4 Wed Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Edwin Meese) [Williamsburg Economic Summit: managing expectations; exchange rates; East/West relations; arms control; media; Lebanon; Central America] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 4 Wed Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Meetings in Washington") [IMF/IBRD: "the key issue was, of course, whether the US will honour its financial commitment to IDA; G7: exchange rate intervention; G5: "Don Regan tried to deny the causal relationship between high interest rates, a strong dollar and high deficits"; protectionism; forthcoming Williamsburg economic summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 9 Mon Economic Policy: President Reagan letter to MT (Williamsburg Economic Summit) ["Since this is the first time that we have sought to avoid a pre-negotiated communique, I wanted to lay out for you, in some detail, how I envision... our discussions... May I stress that this paper is merely a point of departure, not a formal agenda... a successful Summit requires... flexibility"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 9 Mon Economic Policy: MT letter to President Reagan (Williamsburg Economic Summit) [possible non-attendance due to announcement of General Election in June] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 9 Mon Economic Policy: Prime Minister Gandhi letter to MT (Williamsburg Economic Summit) ["I thought I should share with you the concerns of the Non-aligned Movement about the prevailing world economic situation and our ideas of resolving the crisis"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 10 Tue Economic Policy: President Reagan message to MT (Williamsburg Economic Summit) [issue of MT's availability, following announcement of General Election on June 9th] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 10 Tue Economic Policy: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Williamsburg and Stuttgart") [statement to Parliament regarding representation at the events] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 10 Tue Economic Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Williamsburg and Stuttgart") [representation at the events; message from President Reagan] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 10 Tue Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Williamsburg Summit") ["advice on the line which I propose to take at the forthcoming Sherpa meeting on the President's thematic paper"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 11 Wed Economic Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Political preparations for Williamsburg") [report from the meeting of Political Directors] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 13 Fri Economic Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Bilateral at Williamsburg") [Economic Summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 13 Fri Economic Policy: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Williamsburg: political preparation") [Economic Summit: report on pre-meetings of Political Directors] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 13 Fri Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Williamsburg Economic Summit: meeting of Personal Representatives, 11-13 May") [records of conversations: arrangements for, and topics for discussion at, the Summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 16 Mon Economic Policy: MT letter to Lord Lever (Williamsburg Economic Summit) [Lords Lever & Roll meeting with Helmut Schmidt to discuss economic issues likely to arise at the Summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 16 Mon Economic Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Meeting on Williamsburg & Stuttgart") [schedules] [declassified Aug 2013]