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1982 Oct 12 - 1985 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1654
USA (Economic situation in the United States) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 411
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83 Feb 1 Tue US: UKE Washington telegram 251 to FCO (1745Z) (“Which Reagan?”) [“Was the President’s widely-noticed conciliatory tone merely cosmetic?”] [declassified 2014]
83 May 29 Sun US: UKE Washington telegram 1805 to FCO (0205Z) (“President Reagan’s press conference of 28 June: US economy”) [“The US economy was beginning to sparkle”] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 23 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 614 to FCO (0436Z) (“President’s press conference: economic issues”) [“it was ironic that those who had demanded negotiations were now proving reluctant to enter them”] [declassified 2014]
83 Oct 20 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 3036 to FCO (0139Z) (“President Reagan’s press conference: the US economy”) [Reagan said that “1000 days into his administration a strong recovery was under way”] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 17 Sun US: UKE Washington telegram 152 to FCO (2315Z) (Regan statement on G5) [commitment to greater exchange market stability] [declassified 2014]
82 Oct 25 Mon US: UKE Washington telegram 12 to FCO (2140Z) (“US economy”) [“the immediate prospects for the US economy may be less optimistic than the recent behaviour of the New York Stock Exchange might indicate”] [declassified 2014]
83 Feb 28 Mon US: UKE Washington telegram 484 to FCO (2050Z) (“US economy”) [“A gradual US economic recovery appears now to be underway”] [declassified 2014]
82 Nov 23 Tue US: UKE Washington telegram 3790 to FCO (1645Z) (“Prospects for US economic policy”) [unemployment to be the focus of the upcoming lame duck congressional session] [declassified 2014]
83 Mar 3 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 512 to FCO (2330Z) (“US economy: short-term prospects”) [“the administration will revise upwards its economic forecasts for 1983”] [declassified 2014]
83 Mar 14 Mon US: UKE Washington telegram 620 to FCO (1920Z) (“U.S. economy: views of private forecasters”) [“have become more optimistic during the past month”] [declassified 2014]
83 Mar 22 Tue US: UKE Washington telegram 721 to FCO (2245Z) (“US economy: GNP growth in the first quarter of 1983”) [“The main factors behind the recovery so far seem therefore to be a deceleration in inventory drawdown and the recovery in housing”] [declassified 2014]
83 Apr 22 Fri US: UKE Washington telegram 1099 to FCO (2340Z) (“US economy: recent developments”) [“There is now confirmation that a US economic recovery is under way”] [declassified 2014]
83 Dec 5 Mon US: UKE Washington telegram 3660 to FCO (2254Z) (“U.S. economy: latest developments”) [“the U.S. economy is undergoing a rapid expansion”] [declassified 2014]
83 Jun 29 Wed US: UKE Washington telegram 1813 to FCO (2200Z) (“US economy: higher growth forecasts”) [deficit reduction proposals, tax reform] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 26 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 306 to FCO (2347Z) (“State of the Union address: President Reagan and the US budget deficit”) [“he does not wish to make hard economic choices in an election year”] [declassified 2014]
84 Aug 31 Fri US: UKE Washington telegram 2590 to FCO (2245Z) (“The US economy: movements in the leading index of economic indicators”) [two consecutive months of decline; a third would signal a downturn] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 1 Mon US: UKE Washington telegram 29 to FCO (“United States monthly economic report for September”) [real GNP, consumer spending up; interest rates down; dollar surged] [declassified 2014]
82 Dec 23 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 4039 to FCO (2350Z) (“Congress: the lame duck session”) [passed resolution on government funding] [declassified 2014]
83 May 14 Sat US: UKE Washington telegram 1345 to FCO (1840Z) (“Prospects for reducing the US budget deficit: latest developments in Congress”) [“The annual US budget battle if anything is proving more than usually dis-orderly”] [declassified 2014]
83 Jul 7 Thu US: UKE Washington telegram 1903 to FCO (2254Z) (“Call on Secretary Regan”) [Regan “saw no case for cooling down the economy when it had not yet had a chance to hot up”] [declassified 2014]