General Election: State Department memo to White House (“President’s congratulatory telephone call to Prime Minister Thatcher”) [“a victory not only for your party but also for Britain, the NATO alliance and US/British relations”] [declassified 2003]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | US State Department FOI 2001-01860 |
| Editorial comments: | The election came a week later, 9 June, so the State Department was to a degree prejudging the outcome, though it was not alone in that. Read other documents selected from this file. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 2pp |
| Themes: | General Elections, Foreign policy (USA), Labour Party & socialism, British relations with the US |
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