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Petersen described a typical fort-night during which he travelled across two continents and met with President Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi...
Although Petersen met with Thatcher right on the heels of the "nonsummit summit" in Iceland, she still spent a full hour talking about business with him, he said...
...they believe has rescued them from political extinction. From Labor's perspective, the tribute was richly deserved. Neil Kinnock, 44, the copper-haired Welshman with a silver tongue, inherited a divided and demoralized party three years ago. Militant leftists threatened his leadership, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives, fresh from a landslide election victory, held a commanding lead in opinion polls. Kinnock has changed all that. At Blackpool he gave a masterly demonstration of his authority over a party that for the first time in seven years sniffs victory in the general elections, which must be held by June...
...Pretoria's. "Well, it's done," said Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha. "Now maybe they'll leave us alone." Other foreign leaders who have opposed sanctions in the past showed little inclination to be swayed by the new U.S. policy. Said a top aide to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who led resistance to the E.C. measures: "Her determination to resist further sanctions remains as strong as ever...
Reagan's veto was supported by some American allies but criticized by others. Like West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was sympathetic to the President's action because she too disapproves of sanctions. The British were enthusiastic about sending Shultz to southern Africa and urged that he meet with Oliver Tambo, president of the outlawed African National Congress, South Africa's leading black political movement. Chester Crocker, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, met with Tambo two weeks ago in London. Other countries, in the meantime, were stepping up their support of sanctions...