Archive

1982 Apr 9 - 1985 Dec 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

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

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 271
Any docs withheld? 6

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82 Dec 16 Th Minor US: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Meeting with Mr. George Shultz: 17 December 1982”) [international economic situation] [declassified 2014]
82 Dec 15 We Major US: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Visit of the American Secretary of State 16th-19th December 1982”) [East/West relations; defence/arms control; Middle East; agriculture; trade] [declassified 2014]
82 Dec 16 Th Major US: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute MT (link between US deficit and interest rates) [further to his own, and prior to MT’s, meeting with Shultz] [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 Jan 13 Fr Major US: Howe minute to MT (“Visit of Mr Shultz: 15/16 January”) [“I do not propose to tackle George Shultz about transatlantic relations as such”] [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 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]
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]
84 Nov 23 Fr Minor US: Jopling PS letter to Howe PS (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with George Shultz) [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]
85 Nov 29 Fr Major US: N0.10 minute to MT (“Visits by Secretary Shultz and Secretary Weinberger”) [possible meetings with each] [declassified 2014]
82 May 7 Fr Major US: No.10 letter to Pym PS (message to the Prime Minister from President Reagan) [Versaille and Bonn summits; proposal to open START talks with USSR] [declassified 2014]
82 Apr 30 Fr Major US: No.10 letter to Pym PS (“Visit of Mr. George Shultz”) [possible lunch at Chequers] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 11 We Major US: No.10 note to FCO (MT meeting with Shultz) [MT requests Howe and Acland attend] [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]
82 Dec 17 Fr Major US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, George Shultz) [US economic policy, congressional elections, cruise missiles, Falklands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong] [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]
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]
83 Jul 3 Su Major US: Shultz letter to Howe (developments in Middle East require his presence) [regrets meetings with Howe and MT cancelled] [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]