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1983 Apr 18 - 1983 May 19
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1149
USA (Visit to UK by Edwin Meese, Counsellor to President Reagan: meeting with Prime Minister, May 1983)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 56
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Date Value Title
83 Apr 22 Fr Major USA: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Visit to London by Mr Ed Meese") [proposed meetings/schedule] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 29 Fr Major USA: UKE Washington telegram 1170 to FCO (2019Z) ("Visit of Ed Meese") [key issues; "Meese's call on the PM provides a unique opportunity to clear the air"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Apr 29 Fr Major USA: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Mr Edwin Meese: 3-7 May") [personality note; points to make; anti-trust action against British Airways & British Caledonian] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 3 Tu Major USA: FCO briefing for MT ("Call on the Prime Minister by Mr Meese: 4 May") [additional briefing on Middle East] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 4 We Major USA: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Edwin Meese, Sir Anthony Parsons) [Williamsburg summit; exchange rates; US protectionism; Middle East; Central America] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 6 Fr Major USA:Treasury record of conversation (Howe, Edwin Meese, Geoffrey Littler) [economic issues for the Williamsburg summit] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 19 Th Major USA: Ambassador Wright letter to Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Export Administration Act 1979) ["The Bill now before Congress leaves intact the provisions for extraterritorial jurisdiction which were present in the 1979 Act": British Government's objection] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 19 Th Major USA: No.10 letter to Sir Rodric Braithwaite (US Export Administration Act 1979) [countering US protectionist trends] [declassified Aug 2013]