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...next day, the women split up. Mrs. Kennedy went to London and was warmly received by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She also talked with Opposition Leader James Callaghan and Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie. Barbara Rosen of New York City, the wife of Embassy Press Attaché Barry Rosen, talked at length in Bonn with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who stressed the necessity for patience in the embassy impasse. Jeanne Queen of Lincolnville, Me., the mother of Vice Consul Richard Queen, met in Rome with Vatican and Italian government officials. The fourth member of the group, Pearl Golacinski...
...assessment of Thatcher's first tough year in office...
...year ago, Margaret Thatcher triumphantly moved into the Prime Minister's office at No. 10 Downing Street, promising "a new direction for Britain." She also cautioned: "It will not be easy." Right on both counts. Britain has undergone a sea change in government policies, and the British people, jolted by her stern conservative measures, consistently favor the Labor opposition in opinion polls. Last week TIME London Bureau Chief Bonnie Angelo cabled this assessment of Thatcher's first year in office...
Beyond the disapproving statistics there is widespread, if grudging, admiration for the audacious leadership of Britain's first woman Prime Minister. In a time when many political leaders have blurred images, Thatcher stands out in bold outline. "Even people who don't like her policies admire her," says a Cabinet minister who frequently differs with her, "because she says what she thinks and she knows what she stands...
...Thatcher flinches from no one. She has shaken a fist at Leonid Brezhnev, warning him against Soviet expansionism. She has served an ultimatum on her partners on the Continent, protesting the unfair financial burden imposed on Britain by the European Community. She has taken on Britain's powerful trade unions, reducing them from their self-appointed role as a partner in government to just another pressure group. With every hair and vowel in place, Thatcher may seem to be cut from the same bolt as the Queen, but she would rather be respected than loved...