1984 Feb 9 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1656
USA (UK/USA relations) (Part 3)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 333 |
| Any docs withheld? | 6 |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Dec 22 Sa | Key | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Reagan) [Strategic Defence Initiative, civil aviation, US economy, Middle East, famine in Africa, UK-Irish relations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 8 Mo | Key | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Announcement by Gorbachev of moratorium on deployment of medium range weapons”) [“each of the systems will prove by strength of example and not by strength of arms which of them is better”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 18 Fr | Major | US: Shultz letter to Howe (Prime Minister’s speech in Perth) [“U.S./U.K. relationship and the absolute centrality of the Alliance in Western security”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 3 Sa | Major | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Shultz) [funeral of Indira Gandhi, terrorism, Cold War, Laker case] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 29 Fr | Major | US: Brittan letter to Howe (“UK/US extradition”) [US seeks removal of Article IV on refusal to extradite where offence is punishable by death] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 9 Tu | Major | US: Brittan letter to US Attorney General (UK/US extradition treaty) [would be “very difficult” to agree to US request for removal of Article IV on refusal to extradite where offence is punishable by death] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 1 Mo | Major | US: Nicholas Scott letter to Brittan (“UK/US extradition”) [“It could be argued that in effect we are asking the United States to return murderers”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 2 Tu | Major | US: Michael Havers letter to Brittan (“UK-US extradition treaty”) [“The retention of Article IV should not … be seen as essential to satisfy our obligations under the Convention”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 2 Tu | Major | US: Howe minute to Brittan (“UK/US extradition”) [“There is no way of discovering to what extent the Americans want to press their demand without being frank with them about the difficulties it would cause us”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 29 Fr | Major | US: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Request for a call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro: 29 or 30 April”) [MT agrees to short meeting with Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 26 Fr | Major | US: Howe PS briefing for MT (“Call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro”) [Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 24 We | Major | US: FCO briefing for MT (“Call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro: 29 April”) [Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 19 Mo | Major | Cold War: Professor Brezezinski letter to MT (“The Future of Yalta”) [“Yalta is unfinished business”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 4 Fr | Major | Cold War: MT letter to Professor Brzezinski (“The Future of Yalta”) [“it is only with unambiguous American military backing that Western Europe will be able successfully to resist Soviet pressure”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 7 We | Major | US: No.10 briefing for MT (“Call by American Ambassador”) [Reagan’s priorities for second term, MT meeting with Shultz, Freddie Laker case, IRA] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 8 Th | Major | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, US Ambassador) [Reagan’s domestic priorities for second term, goals on East/West relations and arms control] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 21 We | Major | US: Price note to MT (MT’s meeting with Under Secretary Wallis) [conveys Reagan’s gratitude] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 20 We | Major | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mayor Feinstein of San Francisco) [“Contributions from United States to Irish causes”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 28 Th | Major | US: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Contributions from United States to Irish causes”) [Howe says “it needs to be related to the idea of setting up a fund for economic reconstruction and development in Ireland”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Oct 19 Fr | Major | US: Consulate-General NY telegram 56 to FCO (1930Z) (“Call on Archbishop O’Connor”) [visit to Ireland] [declassified Dec 2014] |