The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Reference | FCO 82/305 |
| Department/Office | Foreign Office |
| Title | Possible visits of Prime Minister Edward Heath to the USA (1973) |
| Description | Pros and cons of a visit by the Prime Minister to Washington before Christmas. Early discussion between the Prime Minister and President Nixon could be viewed as an advantage from a Middle East point of view however the Israeli Government would probably feel anxious and might stimulate a campaign that the Prime Minister was going to Washington in response to blackmail by his Arab masters. Notes for Supplementaries on Watergate/criticism of President Nixon; Assurances about future tape recording of the Prime Minister's conversations; procedures in the UK; telephone conversations; Oil and Energy cooperation; the US state of alert/failure to help the US in promoting ceasefire; Britain in the fire line; transatlantic relations; future of the Alliance; the Middle East; Anglo/US consultation on the Middle East; European Declaration and the Oil threat. |
| Date | 1973 |
| Collection | The Nixon Years, 1969-1974 |
| Region | North America, Europe |
| Countries | United States, United Kingdom, Israel |
| Places | Britain; Cuba; Eastern Europe; Egypt; Europe; Geneva; Hanoi; Ireland; Israel; Middle East; New Zealand; Northern Ireland; Soviet Union; Spain; Suez Canal; United Kingdom; United States of America; Vietnam |
| People | Callaghan, James; Cromer, 3rd Earl of; Douglas-Home, Sir Alec; Heath, Edward; Sadat, Muhammad Anwar Al; Wilson, Harold |
| Topics | Agriculture; Arab; Coal; Congress; Defence; Department of State; Detente; Draft; Economic policy; Education; Elections; Energy; foreign policy; Impeachment; Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR); North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO); Oil; The Nine; Trade; troops; United Nations; Watergate; White House; withdrawal; Year of Europe |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
