Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography - Plot & Excerpts
Following a later meeting with Schmidt, one US official reported to the Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, that the German Chancellor had a ‘terrible view of Margaret Thatcher. He says that she is a bitch, she is tough, she lacks scope and cannot lead’ (Memorandum of Conversation, ‘British and Italian Economic Situations’, 3 Nov. 1976, The Kissinger Transcripts, Item 02123, National Security Archive, Washington DC). † Helmut Kohl (1930–), educated Heidelberg University; Minister-President, Rhineland Palatinate, 1969–76; leader, CDU/CSU,1976–98; Chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany, 1983–90; of reunified Germany, 1990–8.
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