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1979 May 4 - 1984 Nov 7
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1405
USA (Internal political situation; 1980 and 1984 Presidential election campaigns) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 457
Any docs withheld? 1

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81 Jan 14 We Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 132 to FCO (2250Z) ("Confirmation Hearings on Alexander Haig") [report; Cambodia; Chile; Watergate] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Jul 29 Tu Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 2620 to FCO (0100Z) ("U.S. Presidential Election: consequences of Anderson's candidacy") ["the peculiar circumstances of this election, and of Anderson's candidacy in particular, are likely to provoke more than the usual nervousness and distraction within both Congress and Administration over the next few months"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 27 Mo Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 25 to FCO ("Republican Party Platform: Industrial, Agricultural and International Trade Policy") [summary & analysis] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Sep 23 Tu Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 4087 to FCO (2358Z) ("US Presidential Campaign") [first televised debate] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 Sep 13 Th Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 2657 to FCO (0002Z) ("Senator Edward Kennedy") [consideration of candidacy for the Presidency] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Nov 5 Th Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 3301 to FCO (0025Z) ("The Reagan Administration") [analysis] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Nov 13 Fr Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 3430 to FCO (2355Z) ("David Stockman") [dressing-down from Reagan after interview with 'Atlantic' criticising US government's economic policy] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Jan 29 Tu Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 5 to FCO ("US Presidential Election Campaign: Senator Edward Kennedy") [report on Washington speech designed to relaunch troubled campaign] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Feb 8 Mo Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 408 to FCO (2352Z) ("Annual State Department Report on Human Rights") ["gives a favourable account of the [UK]"; details] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 18 Tu Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 2762 to FCO (1430Z) ("The Presidential Election: the early running") [state of play/analysis] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Dec 11 Th Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 4879 to FCO (2055Z) ("The Reagan Cabinet") [appointees; biographies] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 4 Th Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 3552 to FCO (0030Z) ("US Mid-Term Elections") [analysis of provisional results] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Jan 9 Fr Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 73 to FCO (2100Z) ("Visit to the US of the Reverend Ian Paisley") [Paisley keen to accept accidental invite to Reagan's inauguration] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Nov 7 We Major USA: Ambassador Wright despatch to Howe ("The 1984 US Presidential Election: Why Reagan Won") [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 2 Th Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 374 to FCO (2330Z) ("The Presidential Race: 1984") [assessment of contenders] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Sep 29 We Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 3189 to FCO (2215Z) ("US Welfare Programmes") [response to information requested by No.10] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Jul 29 Tu Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 2619 to FCO (0030Z) ("U.S. Presidential Election") [Democratic Party Nominating Convention/Billy Carter affair] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 25 Sa Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 2522 to FCO (1840Z) ("Republican National Convention") [report] [declassified Jan 2014]
80 Apr 30 We Major USA: UKE Bonn telegram 370 to FCO (1418Z) ("Muskie") [West German reaction to appointment as Secretary of State] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Jan 27 Tu Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 257 to FCO (0030Z) ("President Reagan's Government") ["some preliminary comments on the conduct of business, particulary foreign affairs"] [declassified Jan 2014]