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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1355
Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meetings with Paul Volcker, Chairman of US Federal Reserve)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 83
Themes: Conservatism, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Monetary policy, Public spending & borrowing, Taxation, Trade, Economic policy - theory and process

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Date Value Title
81 Jan 27 Tu Major Prime Minister: Caroline Stephens minute to MT (Paul Volcker visit to London) [meeting with MT & Lawson] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Feb 10 Tu Major Prime Minister: Treasury briefing for Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Meeting with Mr Volcker") [US economy; UK financial policies] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Feb 11 We Major Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Volcker) [US economy; monetary control issues; Volcker findings as to opinion in London ("pretty nervous") and Europe (recesssion thought to be deepening)] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Apr 7 Th Major Prime Minister: Willie Rickett minute to MT ("Paul Volcker") [visit to London; meetings with Lawson & MT] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Apr 13 We Major Prime Minister: Treasury briefing for Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Discussions with Mr. Volcker") [latest World Economic Prospects brief; Volcker testimony to House Banking Committee] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Apr 14 Th Major Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Volcker, Newman) [interest rates; US budget deficit; international banking situation; growth of US money supply; South America; oil prices; exchange rate] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jun 28 Tu Major Prime Minister: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson, Volcker) [US deficit; Argentine restrictions on UK firms; US legislation on the IMF quota; exposure of US banks in developing countries] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Nov 24 Sa Major Prime Minister: UKE Washington telegram 3503 to FCO (0335Z) ("New York Council on Foreign Relations") [Volcker visit to London] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Nov 27 Tu Major Prime Minister: Alan Walters minute to MT ("The Debt Problem") [meeting on the international debt problem] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Nov 27 Tu Major Prime Minister: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Visit of Mr. Volcker") [MT requests meeting during his visit to London] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 12 We Major Prime Minister: Alan Walters briefing for MT ("Volcker Meeting US Deficit and the Treasury's "Proposals"") ["I fear a major collapse"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 12 We Major Prime Minister: Treasury briefing for MT ("Visit of Paul Volcker") [Volcker speeches in debt and US growth; Ambassador Wright despatch on US prospects] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 12 We Major Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr. Volcker") [US economy: dollar, interest rates, deficit, banking system; international debt] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 13 Th Major Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Volcker, Price, Newman) [banking situation in the US; prospects for US growth; US interest rates; US deficit; international banking situation; industrial action] [declassified Jan 2014]