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1983 May 27 - 1983 Oct 2
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1009
Economic policy (G7 Summit - Williamsburg) (Part 13)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 221
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83 May 29 Su Key Economic Policy: Armstrong record of conversation (MT, Howe, Reagan, Kohl, Trudeau, Mitterrand, Fanfani, Nakasone, Regan and others) [Williamsburg Economic Summit: plenary session] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 29 Su Major G7: Armstrong record of conversation (plenary session - morning) [discussion of arms control] [declassified 2013]
83 Jun 27 Mo Major Economic Policy: MT letter to President Reagan (Williamsburg Economic Summit) ["successful demonstration of... unity and purpose... resist[ed] Soviet attempts to drive a wedge between us... We shall take all the necessary action in the new Parliament to fulfil our part of the commitments which we made"; comments on Bush] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 15 We Major Economic Policy: President Reagan letter to MT (Williamsburg Economic Summit) ["I particularly appreciated your taking time out from your busy campaign schedule... Your firm support and leadership were vital... [sent] the Soviets a clear signal...Your government's economic policies have proved the wisdom of the key principles laid out in the declaration"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 13 Mo Major Economic Policy: MT letter to President Figueiredo (Williamsburg Economic Summit) ["We aim to sustain recovery, and to spread its benefits beyond the Summit countries, by strengthening the open trading system"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 10 Fr Major Economic Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation (President Mitterrand: invitation to the Prime Minister for an informal bilateral meeting and his views on the economic summits) [Robert Armstrong, Jacques Attali] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 8 We Major Economic Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1589 to FCO (1939Z) ("US reactions to Williamsburg summit") ["opinion - though still somewhat sceptical about the operational effectiveness of economic summits as such - seems willing to accept that Williamsburg was indeed a modest success.... [Reagan] demonstrated to the sceptics that he could master the issues and chair the discussions effectively"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 8 We Major Economic Policy: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("The Soviet government statement of 28 May on nuclear weapons and the Williamsburg summit") ["signs that the Russians were wrong-footed by the unity and firmness of the Williamsburg statement... the fact remains that... The Russians continue to draw more attention to the possibility of Soviet counter-deployment"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 7 Tu Major Economic Policy: MT message to President Betancur (Williamsburg economic summit) ["it is vital that the recovery in the developed nations should be sound and that its benefits should be shared widely through an increase in international trade and a strengthening of the open trading system"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 7 Tu Major Economic Policy: MT message to President of UNICE (Williamsburg economic summit) ["I do not share the view that the structure of the international financial system is fragile"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 3 Fr Major Economic Policy: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Williamsburg: messages to the Prime Minister") [draft replies to President of Colombia & President of UNICE] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 2 Th Major Economic Policy: MT letter to President Reagan (Williamsburg Economic Summit) [thanks & congratulations on Summit's success] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 2 Th Major Economic Policy: MT letter to President Mitterrand (Williamsburg Economic Summit) [apologies for having to depart Summit early due to Election campaign commitments] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 1 We Major Economic Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Williamsburg") ["one or two reports that Mitterrand is feeling a bit bruised after Williamsburg and that Kohl is worried about the consequences of this for Stuttgart"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 31 Tu Major Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS minute to Middleton (Chancellor of the Exchequer's Statement at the Williamsburg Economic Summit) ["This Summit has been an undoubted success... stress by all participants on the importance of securing growth without rekindling inflation"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 30 Mo Major Economic Policy: UKDel Williamsburg telegram to FCO ("Williamsburg Summit: Secretary of State's bilateral with Shultz") [record of discussion: the Summit & agreement to follow-up meeting in Washington for discussion of wider issues] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 30 Mo Major Economic Policy: UKDel Williamsburg telegram to FCO ("Williamsburg Economic Summit: final declaration") [full text] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 30 Mo Major Economic Policy: UKDel Williamsburg telegram to FCO ("Western stance on arms control") [MT comments to media on joint declaration and on the success of the Economic Summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 30 Mo Major Economic Policy: UKDel Williamsburg telegram to FCO ("Namibia") [Economic Summit: "Genscher... emphasised how high were the stakes in a Namibian settlement. The Soviet hope was to bring about a race war in Southern Africa"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 30 Mo Major Economic Policy: UKDel Williamsburg telegram to FCO ("Williamsburg Summit: statement on defence and disarmament") ["a striking statement to emerge... from an economic summit including countries whose position on these questions is as individual as those of France, Japan and the United States. You may find useful some explanation of how it happened... atmosphere... "rancid"... lessons to be drawn on the procedural side"] [declassified Aug 2013]