TLS as president, one page, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, April 15, 1985. A cordial letter to Lord Harold Wilson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in full: "Thank you very much for your kind letter. Your generous words about the United States and especially my Administration were most gratifying; all the more so coming from a former Prime Minister and renowned British politician. I wish to reiterate how highly we value our close ties with Great Britain. We truly consider the British-American relationship to be special. Your current lecture tour serves to reinforce our bonds by helping to make America's youth more aware of the challenges before us. Again thank you for writing; it was most thoughtful." In fine condition.
A charming signed letter from President Reagan, for many the defining voice of modern American conservatism, directed to Wilson, one of the most high-profile Labor Prime Ministers, whose dealings with President Lyndon B. Johnson all but cooled the 'special relationship' once shared by the United Kingdom and the United States. According to British historian John Dickie, 'even the most ardent Atlanticists were surprised at the sudden cooling of the Special Relationship so soon after the end of the Kennedy-Macmillan era.' In particular, Wilson's prime ministership 'set the scene for a decline which continued for fifteen years until Margaret Thatcher rekindled the special warmth of the partnership with Ronald Reagan.' The inherent ideological differences between the two make this letter all the more amusing given that Reagan and Wilson, in theory, would have been at odds on many political issues of the time.
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