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1984 Feb 9 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1656
USA (UK/USA relations) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
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
85 Mar 28 Thu US: Lord Bethell letter to No.10 (dinner for US Senate delegation) [list of attendees] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 29 Fri 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 Mar 29 Fri 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 1 Mon 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 1 Mon US: Charles Price telegram to Bob Dole (visit to London by Republican leadership) [request to reschedule] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tue 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 Tue 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 Apr 3 Wed US: Hurd minute to MT (“Visit to the United States 24 March - 2 April”) [“The level of general public interest in Irish matters is low”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 8 Mon 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]
85 Apr 9 Tue 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 20 Sat US: UKE Washington telegram 1335 to FCO (0120Z) (“Chancellor of the Exchequer’s bilateral meeting with Secretary Baker”) [“Unitary taxation and international monetary reform were the main issues discussed”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 24 Wed US: FCO briefing for MT (“Call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro: 29 April”) [Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 24 Wed Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Gorbachev’s speech at the Central Committee plenum of 23 April: International Affairs”) [“disappointing… no new perspectives”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 26 Fri US: Howe PS briefing for MT (“Call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro”) [Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 10 Fri US: UKE Washington telegram 1532 to FCO (1550Z) (“Visit to Washington of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry”) [Tebbit pressed “the need for the Americans not to take out on others the consequences of domestic policies which have led to the high budget deficit, the high dollar and vast trade deficit”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 14 Tue US: Tebbit minute to MT (“Visit to the United States 7-11 May”) [“in trade and the related financial policies the Administration is developing clearer ideas of where it wants to go, but is unsure how to get there”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 28 Tue US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Visit to London by Senator Baker”) [MT declines meeting, Howe agrees to meet] [declassified 2014]