Matt Kennard on February 8, 2010 1 Comment
1979: Reluctant UK snub for Iran’s ousted shah
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Margaret Thatcher was angry at Carter over RUC gun ban
Matt Kennard — January 27, 2010 0 Comments
The issue dominated a large part of her first trip to the US as prime minister in December 1979. The minutes of her initial meeting with the president reveal that she “handled both the gun which the RUC at present used and that which was on order. There was no doubt that the American Ruger was much better.”