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1981 Feb 23 - 1981 Jul 10
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/534
Middle East (Arab ambassadors' dinner, July 1981: invitation declined by PM as PLO representative would be present)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 30
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Date Value Title
81 Apr 13 Mo Major Middle East: Iraqi Ambassador to London letter to MT (invites MT to Council of Arab Ambassadors dinner) [declassified 2011]
81 Jun 15 Mo Major Middle East: FCO letter to No.10 ("Arab Ambassador's Dinner") [PLO representative to attend dinner; MT: "I cannot go. I have been absolutely firm about British Ministers not meeting the PLO"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jun 16 Tu Major Middle East: No.10 letter to FCO ("Arab Ambassador's Dinner") [PLO representative to attend dinner; MT will not attend] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 10 Fr Major Middle East: FCO to UKE Beirut ("Prime Minister's Dinner with Arab Ambassadors") [press reporting of MT's cancellation of dinner "after she made it clear that the presence of the PLO London representative would be politically embarrassing"] [declassified 2011]