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Papers reveal Thatcher kept Reagan's doodles
March 16, 2012
March 16, 2012
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having an out-of-body experience?
"The eye means I'm watching what's going on, I'm observing, but I'm not altogether there."
The documents confirm the immediate warmth between the two conservative leaders, who forged a strong anti-communist alliance during the 1980s. But they also reveal a lesser-known story — the lengths the U.S. administration went to distance itself from Thatcher's then-unpopular government, which was facing a recession, rising unemployment and inner-city riots.
Thatcher, Britain's prime minister between 1979 and 1990, was the first foreign leader invited to Washington by Reagan for a state visit. The papers reveal she was briefed extensively ahead
having an out-of-body experience?
"The eye means I'm watching what's going on, I'm observing, but I'm not altogether there."
The documents confirm the immediate warmth between the two conservative leaders, who forged a strong anti-communist alliance during the 1980s. But they also reveal a lesser-known story — the lengths the U.S. administration went to distance itself from Thatcher's then-unpopular government, which was facing a recession, rising unemployment and inner-city riots.
Thatcher, Britain's prime minister between 1979 and 1990, was the first foreign leader invited to Washington by Reagan for a state visit. The papers reveal she was briefed extensively ahead
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