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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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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]
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]
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 Jun 7 Fr Major US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, George Shultz) [Middle East; East/West relations; economic questions] [declassified 2014]
82 Jul 7 We Major US: UKE Washington telegram 2370 to FCO (2339Z) (“George Shultz”) [“he is lying low reading papers and not seeing anybody until his confirmation by the Senate”] [declassified 2014]
83 Dec 21 We Major US: UKE Washington telegram 3827 to FCO (1516Z) (George Shultz’s visit) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
83 Dec 30 Fr Major US: UKE Washington telegram 3899 to FCO (2154Z) (“Shultz’s visit to London”) [news beginning to leak, State Department to issue statement] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 13 Fr Major US: UKE Washington telegram 134 to FCO (0320Z) (“Your meeting with Shultz: East/West relations”) [“the handling of the relationship with the Soviet Union will be a major theme”] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 13 Fr Major US: UKE Washington telegram 135 to FCO (0322Z) (“Your meeting with Shultz: Middle East”) [“domestic pressures for withdrawal of US land forces are likely to grow strongly in an election year”] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 13 Fr Major US: UKE Washington telegram 133 to FCO (0310Z) (“Your meeting with Shultz”) [Soviet Union, Middle East] [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]
82 Dec 28 Tu Major US: UK Ambassador to US letter to FCO (“George Shultz: the calming influence”) [Shultz “shares the President’s conservative attitudes in foreign and domestic policies”] [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]
82 Dec 15 We Major US: UKE Paris telegram to FCO (“Shultz’s visit to Paris”) [“it seems that Shultz did a very competent job in repairing bilateral relations and enabling discussion to move forward”] [declassified 2014]
82 Dec 16 Th Major US: UKE Paris telegram to FCO (“Shultz’s visit to Paris”) [US/USSR negotiations; East/West economic relations] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 6 Th Major US: UKE Lisbon telegram to FCO (“Secretary of States bilateral with Shultz: Northern Ireland”) [UK talks with Irish government; impact of terrorism] [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 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]
85 Nov 29 Fr Major US: N0.10 minute to MT (“Visits by Secretary Shultz and Secretary Weinberger”) [possible meetings with each] [declassified 2014]