Luncheon for Prime Minister John Major, December 21, 1990

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Luncheon for Prime Minister John Major, December 21, 1990

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1990-12-21

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1990-12-21

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101st (1989-1991)

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International Affairs

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Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021

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See all items with this value Major, John, 1943-

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eng

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Collection 007, Box 399, Folder 47

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Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

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Robert J. Dole Republican Leadership Collection, 1985-1996

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John Roy MAJOR
Prime Minister (since November 1990)
Addressed as: Prime Minister
Former banker John Major is Britain's head of government and the leader of the Conservative Party. Before assuming his current duties, he had served since October 1989 as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Major has also served briefly as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (July-October 1989). He was Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the deputy to the Chancellor, from 1987 until July 1989.
UNITED KINGDOM
Major was born on 29 March 1943. He left school when he was 16 and eventually began a 14- year career with the Standard Chartered Bank. C During 1981-83 he was a parliamentary private secretary in the Home Office. A member of the Conservative Party since his teens, Major was first elected to Parliament in 1979. He then served as an assistant in the Government Whips' Office and held a series of posts in the Department of Health and Human Services.
Major enjoys cricket and opera. Married to the former Norma Johnson, he has a son and a daughter.
13 December 1990
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UNITED KINGDOM
Sir (Frederick Edward) Robin BUTLER Secretary to the Cabinet (since January 1988) Addressed as: Sir Robin
Sir Robin Butler is Britain's highest ranking civil servant. As Secretary to the Cabinet, he draws up the agenda for Cabinet meetings, monitors the flow of business through ministerial committees, and serves as an arbiter of interdepartmental disputes. He also heads the Home Civil Service. Before assuming his current post, Butler served during 1985-87 as second permanent secretary in the Treasury, with responsibility for public expenditure.
Butler was born on 3 January 1938. After obtaining a degree in classics from Oxford, he 0 joined the Treasury in 1961. During 1971-72 he was seconded to the Cabinet Office as a member of the Central Policy Review Staff. From 1972 until 1975 he served successively as private secretary to then Prime Ministers Edward Heath and Harold Wilson. He subsequently spent seven years al the Treasury. From 1982 until 1985, he was principal private secretary to then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Butler enjoys golf and bicycling, as well as squash, soccer, and sailing. Married to the former Gillian Lois Galley, he has a son and two daughters.
13 December 1990
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Charles David POWELL (Phonetic: pole) UNITED KINGDOM
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (since 1984)
Addressed as: Mr. Powell
Career diplomat Charles Powell, who served former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for almost seven years, is currently advising Prime Minister John Major on foreign affairs matters. Before joining Thatcher's staff, he had served since 1980 as a counselor with the delegation to the EC in Brussels.
Powell was born on 6 July 1941. After obtaining a degree from Oxford, he joined the diplomatic service in 1963: He subsequently served ® abroad as a second secretary in Helsinki, a first secretary and private secretary to the Ambassador in Washington (1971-74), and a first secretary in Bonn. At the Foreign Office in London, he has worked in the Near East and North Africa Department (1978-79), and he served as a special counselor for Rhodesia (1980). In the latter post, he was involved with the transfer of political power for black majority rule in the former British colony.
Powell enjoys walking. Married to the former Carla Bonardi, he has two sons. His family likes to vacation at their summer home in Italy,
13 December 1990
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Sir Antony ACLAND UNITED KINGDOM
Ambassador to the United States (since August 1986)
Sir Antony Acland has had more than 30 years of diplomatic experience. He was the first serving diplomat selected to head the Washington Embassy in 10 years. Before assuming his current post, he had served since 1982 as permanent under secretary of state in the Foreign Office-the highest civil service post in that department-and head of Britain's Foreign Service.
Acland was born on 12 March 1930. He holds a master's degree from Oxford. In 1953 he joined the Foreign Office and the following year studied Arabic at the Middle East Center for Arab Studies 13 in Shemlan, Lebanon. He has served in Dubai and ® Kuwait and with the British Permanent Missions to the UN in New York and Geneva. He headed the Arabian Department in the Foreign Office during 1970-72 and was principal private secretary to two successive foreign secretaries-one Conservative and one Labor -- from 1972 until 1975. Acland served as Ambassador to Luxembourg during 1975-77 and to Spain during 1977-79. From 1980 until 1982 he was deputy under secretary for defense and security policy.
Acland was named a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1976 and of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1982. His leisure interests include tennis, reading, and gardening. He has two sons and a daughter by his first wife, who died in 1984. In July 1987 Acland married Jennifer Dyke McGougan.
11 July 1989
(handwritten)
Acland, Sir Antony
(End Handwritten)
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1990 LUNCHEON - H-207
Dole Cochran Lugar Nickles Kasten Pressler
Mitchell Nunn - drop by Ford Pryor Daschle Sarbanes
Foley Hoyer Fazio Aspin Broomfield
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SENATOR: Re: luncheon for British Prime Minister Major, Friday, December 21, 12:30 pm, H-207.

ARRANGEMENTS. Joint Congressional Leadership arrangement. Joyce will give you a list of the Hill participants. On the British side, the key participants are:
PRIME MINISTER MAJOR
SIR ROBIN BUTLER, Cabinet Secretary to Major
CHARLES POWELL, Personal Secretary to Major
GUS O'DONNELL, Press Secretary to Major
SIR ANTONY ACLAND, British Ambassador to the U.S.
Major gets in tonight (Thursday night). Prior to the luncheon, he will have seen Brady, Quayle, Greenspan and Baker, in that order. After the luncheon, he goes to the White House to meet Bush, and then the two go off to Camp David.
BACKGROUND. As you know, this is Major's "get acquainted" visit, aimed at letting Washington know that it still has a staunch, decisive and courageous friend in London. It is interesting that he comes without his Foreign Secretary, Douglas Herd, who was also a candidate for PM -- it may reflect Major's desire to (1) underscore the point that he, not Herd, will run foreign policy and (2) personalize the visit as much as possible, to derive as much personal political benefit as he can.
ISSUES. The Persian Gulf. Likely the focus of the discussion. The British -- as usual -- have been our most supportive ally, providing more forces (projected total of about 30,000) than any of the others. You can urge Major to keep the heat on the other Europeans, especially the Germans, to do more.
Situation in Moscow/Shevardnadze. You may want to ask Major his views -- both on the future of Gorby/Shevardnadze and the Soviet Union in general; and on the desirability/efficacy of trying to help Gorby/the USSR with economic aid. (Incidentally, my own conspiratorial view is that the Shevardnadze resignation looks suspiciously like a Gorby ploy -- Shevardnadze establishes his independent, reformist credentials; Gorby "listens" and takes him back as Vice-President, thereby "proving" he is a reformer, too; and then they both have more freedom to crackdown, or do whatever else they need to do.)
Future of NATO. You can get Major's views on the future "architecture of security" in Europe.
GATT. Carolyn will give you some background -- the key point is that the British have "talked a good game" in support o four philosophy, but in the showdown voted with the Europeans.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1990 LUNCHEON - H-207
(Handwritten: Domenica [illegible] drop by)
Dole Cochran Lugar Nickles Kasten Pressler Mitchell Nunn - drop by Ford Pryor Daschle Sarbanes
Foley Hoyer Fazio Aspin Broomfield Michel Petri Hyde Bereuter
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SENATOR: Re: luncheon for British Prime Minister Major, Friday, December 21, 12:30 pm, H-207.
ARRANGEMENTS. Joint Congressional Leadership arrangement. Joyce will give you a list of the Hill participants. On the British side, the key participants are:
PRIME MINISTER MAJOR SIR ROBIN BUTLER, Cabinet Secretary CHARLES POWELL, Personal Secretary to Major GUS O'DONNELL, Press Secretary to Major SIR ANTONY ACLAND, British Ambassador to the U.S.
Major gets in tonight (Thursday night). Prior to the luncheon, he will have seen Brady, Quayle, Greenspan and Baker, in that order. After the luncheon, he goes to the White House to meet Bush, and then the two go off to Camp David.
BACKGROUND. As you know, this is Major's "get acquainted" visit, aimed at letting Washington know that it still has a staunch, decisive and courageous friend in London. It is interesting that he comes without his Foreign Secretary, Douglas Herd, who was also a candidate for PM -- it may reflect Major's desire to (1) underscore the point that he, not Herd, will run foreign policy and (2) personalize the visit as much as possible, to derive as much personal political benefit as he can.
ISSUES. The Persian Gulf. Likely the focus of the discussion. The British -- as usual -- have been our most supportive ally, providing more forces (projected total of about 30,000) than any of the others. You can urge Major to keep the heat on the other Europeans, especially the Germans, to do more.
Situation in Moscow/Shevardnadze. You may want to ask Major his views -- both on the future of Gorby/Shevardnadze and the Soviet Union in general; and on the desirability/efficacy of trying to help Gorby/the USSR with economic aid. (Incidentally, my own conspiratorial view is that the Shevardnadze resignation looks suspiciously like a Gorby ploy -- Shevardnadze establishes his independent, reformist credentials; Gorby "listens" and takes him back as Vice-President, thereby "proving" he is a reformer, too; and then they both have more freedom to crackdown, or do whatever else they need to do.)
Future of NATO. You can get Major's views on the future "architecture of security" in Europe.
GATT. Carolyn will give you some background -- the key point is that the British have "talked a good game" in support of our philosophy, but in the showdown voted with the Europeans.
AL
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SENATOR:
Great Britain's new Prime Minister (Handwritten: John) Major will be in Washington next Friday, December 21.
Foley and Mitchell have taken it upon themselves to set up a Joint Congressional Leadership luncheon for him, from (underlined: 12:00) noon - 2:00 pm, over on the House side.
The Senate will have 14 seats -- Mitchell seven, and you seven.
One Senator I believe will be here, and I know is interested is Nickles. I would assume you'd want to invite the Leadership that's here, and fill it in with Foreign Relations, Armed Services, Intelligence, Finance, etc.
(handwritten: no
Rayburn room of the Capitol H-207
[illegible]
OH
Yes Dole
NO Simpson Domenici ? NO rest cancel
NO Helms NO Chaffee - ? NOT SURE
YES Lugar Cochran YES
Nickles YES
Warner NO)

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GPO: 1990 29-507(m)

Luncheon for Prime Minister John Major, December 21, 1990

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