Eastern European and Soviet Department: West-West Relations: Relations between Western European Countries and the USA; The State of the North Atlantic Alliance

A file containing documents concerning relations between NATO member states. Subjects covered in the file include anti-Americanism and opposition to nuclear weapons in Western Europe; the American decision not to supply equipment for a Soviet gas pipeline project; and economic differences between the United States and Western Europe. Other subjects discussed in the file include a period of poor relations between the United States and France; a possible agreement with the Soviet Union on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions; and the formation of a new government in West Germany. Documents in the file include the foreign policy section of a speech by the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher; a speech by the Foreign Office minister Douglas Hurd, entitled "Europe and the Atlantic: Current Perspectives"; and a statement by the new West German chancellor, Helmut Kohl.