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1986 Mar 6 - 1986 Jun 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1816
Israel (Prime Minister's visit to Israel, May 1986)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 239
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86 May 22 Th Major Israel: UKE Cairo telegram to FCO ("Egyptian views on Arab/Israel") [MT visit to Israel, May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 22 Th Minor Israel: Joint Israel Appeal briefing for MT (Prime Minister's visit to Israel, May 1986) [MT visit to city of Ashkelon, part of "Project Renewal, started in 1978... designed to raise the quality of life in over 100 Israeli communities living below the poverty line"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 22 Th Major Israel: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Presidency meeting with Arafat") [van den Broek meeting in Tunis coinciding with MT visit to Israel, May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 22 Th Major Israel: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to Israel") [Israelis expected to ask MT to suggest to King Hussein of Jordan that he engage in secret talks with Israel; MT advised not to comply] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 23 Fr Major Israel: MT letter to Julian Amery MP (Prime Minister's visit to Israel, May 1986) ["...your thoughts about what I might say in Israel"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 23 Fr Major Israel: Israeli Embassy letter to MT (Prime Minister's visit to Israel, May 1986) ["...may I take this opportunity to wish you a most successful visit to our country"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 25 Su Major Israel: MT letter to Israeli Ambassador to the UK (Prime Minister's visit to Israel, May 1986) [courtesy letter] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 25 Su Major Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Yitzhak Shamir) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: PLO, Jordan] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 25 Su Major Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Shimon Peres) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: Gazan, Jordan, Syria, Marshall Plan, Iran/Iraq, US role] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 26 Mo Major Israel: UKA Jerusalem telegram to FCO (Prime Minister's visit to Israel, May 1986: Jordan) [Jordanian/Palestinian negotiations with Israel; King Hussein visit to UK in June] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 26 Mo Major Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Yitzhak Rabin) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 26 Mo Major Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Palestinian delegation) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: focus on roles of PLO and Jordan in negotiations with Israeli government] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 26 Mo Major Israel: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Palestinians: 26 May") [MT visit to Israel: focus on roles of PLO and Jordan in negotiations with Israeli government] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 27 Tu Major Israel: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's visit to Israel: talks with Mr. Peres") [confidential documents handed to MT by Peres on Middle East economic development programme and West Bank] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 27 Tu Major Israel: No.10 letter to Department of Trade and Industry ("Prime Minister's visit to Israel: Industrial Research Foundation") [MT invites Israeli delegation of scientists to UK in response to Peres proposal for Anglo-Israeli project] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 27 Tu Major Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Shimon Peres) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: meeting with Palestinian delegation; West Bank; Gaza; Lebanon; US hostages; Jordan; USSR; SALT II] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 27 Tu Major Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Shimon Peres) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: Egypt; Gaza; Jordan; Syria; Middle East economic development programme; Anglo-Israel reasearch foundation] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 28 We Major Israel: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit: Palestine reactions") ["...very positive indeed... I report these Egyptian comments as a cross-check on what the Palestinians are saying to us..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 28 We Major Israel: UKA Jerusalem telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's meeting with Palestinians") ["All greatly appreciated the opportunity to meet Mrs Thatcher, and her comprehension of their concerns"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 28 We Major Israel: UKA Jerusalem telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit: Occupied Territories") [controversy over MT comments on alternative leadership to PLO, during May 1986 visit] [declassified Dec 2014]