Papers reveal Thatcher kept Reagan's doodles
March 16, 2012
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policy. And it was very crudely done."
Thatcher addressed the issue head-on in her first phone call with Reagan on Jan. 21, 1981 the day after his inauguration.
"The newspapers are saying mostly that President Reagan must avoid Mrs. Thatcher's mistakes so I must brief you on the mistakes," she told him.
But the overall tone of the call was warm. "We will lend strength to each other," Reagan said.
And when the two leaders met in Washington, they struck up an immediate rapport. Thatcher considered the visit a triumph.
"The relationship gets warmer and warmer," Collins said. "After
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