Word: thatcherism
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...ceremonies in Britain, France and West Germany were solemn commemorations that played down military pomp. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was reluctant to celebrate a military victory over a now important ally, but agreed to an official service in Westminster Abbey after the Royal British Legion and other patriotic groups insisted on marking the anniversary. Before Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and other members of the royal family, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, reminded the congregation that the war had a noble purpose: "The victory which closed down Belsen, Buchenwald and Auschwitz is, itself, sufficient cause for thanksgiving...
Leaders of most nations attending the economic summit, including other victorious World War II Allies, carefully distanced themselves from the U.S.-German ceremony. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, normally a loyal supporter of Reagan policies, responded to a Labor M.P.'s attack in Parliament on the Bitburg visit by noting that "I have considerable sympathy with what the honorable gentleman said." In Paris, the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Catherine Lalumiere, said her government "shares the emotion" unleashed by the cemetery imbroglio. Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney called Reagan's determination to proceed "a most unfavorable situation...
Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany, the summit host, and Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher of Britain, Brian Mulroney of Canada, Bettino Craxi of Italy and Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan were willing to accommodate Reagan. But Mitterrand, who appeared to relish playing France's traditional role of odd man out at economic summits, adamantly refused to set an early--or any--date for trade negotiations. He voiced varied objections: that the talks had to be carefully prepared; that they ought to be linked to a monetary-reform conference, about which the U.S. is dubious; most of all, that trade talks might...
...during these talks. The leaders produced a statement applauding the "positive proposals" of the U.S. in the Geneva arms-control talks with the Soviet Union. They also pledged to study new ways to crack down on international traffic in narcotics. That topic arose unexpectedly at dinner Thursday night when Thatcher politely asked the American President about the progress of Nancy Reagan's antidrug campaign; the question touched off an animated discussion in which all seven heads of government joined...
...cases skeptical, about just what contributions the U.S. wanted. Said Italy's Craxi: "We don't want to make just the carpets and - the screws for the spaceships." Kohl gave SDI a personal endorsement; though the British government is known to be worried about the strategic implications of SDI, Thatcher indicated a desire to share in the research effort. Said she: "Our inventiveness is excellent." The dissenter was (who else?) Mitterrand. He refused to have anything to do with SDI research...