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031405Z AUG 79FM^ THE :u I TE O SE, H UTO CABINET OFFICE, LONDON! 7-77-Z EvlC 0 N F I D E N T I A L VIA CABINET OFFICE CHANNELS ':A!H91605
DEAR MADAME PRIME MINISTER:
AMBASSADOR HENDERSON HAS SPOKEN TO ME OF YOUR DESIRE TO MAKE AWORKING VISIT TO WASHINGTON DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 16 - 18 .
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE DATES FALL IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF MY MOSTHECTIC PERIODS -- THE EARLY WEEKS OF THE AUTUMN SESSION OF THECONGRESS. I WOULD MUCH PREFER I T I F WE COULD MEET AT A T I fOE WHENTHIS AND OTHER COMMITMENTS WOULD NOT CURTAIL THE TIME I WANT TODEVOTE TO YOUR VISIT.
AM, HOWEVER, EAGER FOR US TO MEET AGAIN BEFORE THE END OF THEYEAR. COULD YOU POSSIBLY COME IN THE MIDDLE OR LATTER PART OFNOVEMBER? I F THAT SEEMS CONVENIENT FOR YOU, I WOULD BE GRATEFULIF YOU COULD SUGGEST SOME POSSIBLE DATES. I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU Al') RENEWING THE DISCUSSIONS I FOUND SC FRUITFUL I NTOKYO.
SINCERELY,
JIMMY CARTER
THE RIGHT HONORABLEMARGARE f THATCHERPRIME MINISTERLONDON0195£6423
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