1982 Oct 12 - 1985 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1654
USA (Economic situation in the United States) (Part 2)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 411 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 61 - 80 of 86
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Jun 5 Tu | Key | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Reagan) [East/West relations - “Mrs Thatcher’s general impression was that the US Government was rather at a loss as to how to proceed”; Middle East; Central America; Northern Ireland; trade issues; Laker case] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 7 Th | Major | US: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson, Japanese Finance Minister Takeshita) [unitary tax, US deficit, international debt, Japanese capital markets, IDA supplemetary] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 28 Th | Major | US: No.10 letter to US Embassy (US tax reform measures in relation to imported cars) [“not discriminatory”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 9 Mo | Major | Economy/US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“Feldstein’s parting shots”) [“How long can this awful trinity of high deficit, dollar and interest rates continue?”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 13 Fr | Major | US: Rolls-Royce letter to MT (US car tax legislation) [“your personal intervention with President Reagan was crucial in achieving amendments”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 14 Sa | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 2151 to FCO (1535Z) (“1984 Democratic platform: growth, prosperity and jobs”) [“hardly sets out a coherent, let alone costed, economic programme”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 26 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 2271 to FCO (0125Z) (“US monetary policy”) [Volcker warning of slower growth, call for deficit reduction, relationship between deficits and interest rates] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 31 Fr | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 2590 to FCO (2245Z) (“The US economy: movements in the leading index of economic indicators”) [two consecutive months of decline; a third would signal a downturn] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 1 Sa | Major | US: Alan Walters article (“Dollars and Deficits”) [“One tries not to think about the deficit. It is just too distressing”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 17 Mo | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 2750 to FCO (1637Z) (“US economy: prospects for deficit reduction and tax reform”) [further deficit reduction next year unlikely, prospects for fundamental tax reform highly problematical] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 20 Th | Major | US: President of the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders letter to MT (“Selective Distribution Block Exemption”) [“The regulation will place in the hands of bureaucrats in Brussels the right to be judge and jury over prices”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 29 to FCO (“United States monthly economic report for September”) [real GNP, consumer spending up; interest rates down; dollar surged] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Nov 27 Tu | Major | US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“A banking crisis in the United States”) [“The balance sheets of US banks … are in a parlous state and cannot be quickly recapitalised”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Dec 5 We | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 3625 to FCO (2347Z) (“Shultz at Chevening: US trade policy”) [“The US external account has continued to deteriorate”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Dec 12 We | Major | US: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchquer, Paul Volcker) [US economy, deficit, banking system] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 10 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 88 to FCO (2310Z) (“US budget deficit: latest developments”) [administration faces “the prospect of presenting a budget dead on arrival in Congress”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 3 Su | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 360 to FCO (0205Z) (“The United States FY86 Budget”) [“contains few surprises”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 11 Mo | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 463 to FCO (2352Z) (“US FY86 Budget: latest developments”) [Reagan’s “proposals are in for a rough ride and will be substantially altered by the Congress”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 14 Th | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 511 to FCO (0626Z) (“Prime Minister’s visit - economic aspects”) [“there is no sense in the administration’s top echelons of emerging crisis or need for urgent action”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 17 Su | Major | US: UKE Washington telegram 152 to FCO (2315Z) (Regan statement on G5) [commitment to greater exchange market stability] [declassified 2014] |