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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Reference | FCO 7/1843 |
| Department/Office | Foreign Office |
| Title | Despatch about Alaskan Governor's wish for closer links with Britain (1970) |
| Description | BP North America Inc. British Petroleum. Oil and natural gas. Meeting with Mr Philip Ford of BP (Alaska) and purchasing for BP's Alaskan operation. Report of visit to Alaska by R H Willmott, British Embassy, Washington D.C. Economic Development in Alaska. Meetings in Houston. British officials want to play down the idea of closer links with Britain and avoid making any promises. A visit by an Alaskan trade delegation to the UK deemed to be of limited value. Conversations with Governor Miller in Alaska; use of the British Consulate General in Seattle to deal with Alaska and views of Hamish McGhie and correspondence with K D Jamieson of the Export Promotion Department at the FCO. Hamish McGhie's despatch from Seattle "Alaska - Future Developments: The Governor's wish for closer links with Britain. |
| Date | 1970 |
| Collection | The Nixon Years, 1969-1974 |
| Region | North America, Europe |
| Countries | United Kingdom |
| Places | Alaska; Britain; Canada; China; Europe; Ireland; Japan; Kuwait; Libya; Middle East; Panama; Persian Gulf; United Kingdom; United States of America |
| People | Freeman, John; Heath, Edward; Jamieson, K D; McGhie, Hamish |
| Topics | Aid; Balance of Payments; British Embassy; Communist; Congress; Conservation; Department of State; Department of the Interior; Draft; Economy; Education; Energy; Environment; Health; Inflation; Japanese; Oil; Payments; State Department; The Nine; Trade; Treasury; Unemployment; Vice President; Welfare |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
