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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1655
USA (Visits to UK by George Shultz, US Secretary of State: meetings with Prime Minister)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 271
Any docs withheld? 6
Themes: British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Middle East), Commonwealth (general), Commonwealth (South Africa), European Union (general), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Defence (Falklands), Terrorism

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Date Value Title
84 Jan 15 Su Major US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Shultz, Acland) [US elections, East/West relations, Central America, Falklands, Middle East] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 18 We Major US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“President Reagan’s Message to the Prime Minister: US/Soviet Relations”) [proposed draft reply: “We cannot expect rapid changes. The Soviet system is too rigid for that”] [declassified 2014]
84 Nov 19 Mo Major US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with Shultz) [Middle East, NATO, Soviet Union, Central America, US economy, US stance on main foreign policy issues ] [declassified 2014]
84 Nov 22 Th Major US: Chancellor of the Exchequer Principal Private Secretary letter to Howe PS (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with George Shultz) [economic issues] [declassified 2014]
84 Nov 23 Fr Minor US: Jopling PS letter to Howe PS (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with George Shultz) [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 5 We Major US: Tebbit PS letter to Howe PS (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with George Shultz) [protectionism; BA anti-trust case; export controls; GATT] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 3 Mo Major US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Visit of Mr. Shultz”) [East/West relations; arms control; sanctions against South Africa] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 5 We Major US: UKE Lisbon telegram to FCO (“Secretary of States bilateral meeting with Shultz: tête-à-tête”) [arms control: SDI concept] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 6 Th Major US: UKE Lisbon telegram 289 to FCO (0119Z) (“Secretary of States bilateral with Shultz: Northern Ireland”) [Shultz asked about UK talks with Irish government; Howe asked about extradition treaty in Congress, Burt said did not expect serious problem; Irish lobby continually pressing USG to take more direct role in Irish negotiations; "The U.S. Government was quite determined not to do this"] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 6 Th Major US: UKE Lisbon telegram to FCO (“Secretary of States bilateral with Shultz: Southern Africa”) [sanctions against South Africa “ineffective and damaging”] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 7 Fr Major US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, George Shultz) [Middle East; East/West relations; economic questions] [declassified 2014]
85 Oct 24 Th Major US: UKMIS New York telegram 935 to FCO (2320Z) (“President Reagan’s meeting with allied leaders”) [arms control negotiations at Geneva] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 29 Fr Major US: N0.10 minute to MT (“Visits by Secretary Shultz and Secretary Weinberger”) [possible meetings with each] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 5 Th Major US: UKE Washington telegram 3345 to FCO (1645Z) (“Shultz’s visit to Europe next week”) [Shultz “satisfied that the alliance is in pretty good shape after the Geneva summit, and that trade problems between the community and the US manageable”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 10 Tu Major US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Shultz) [Reagan-Gorbachev arms control talks: movement on Arab/Israel conflict] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We Major US: Shultz letter to MT (resumed talks with Soviet Union) [“we see eye-to-eye on almost all of the busy international agenda ahead”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th Major US: MT letter to Shultz (discussions with the Soviet Union) [“we must keep in close touch”] [declassified 2014]