Conversation between Dutch Prime Minister van Agt and British Prime Minister Thatcher. Also present were advisors Merckelbach and Alexander. Conversation centers on the political situation in the Netherlands, where resistance to TNF modernization has become widespread. Thatcher questions why the Dutch people fail to recognize the possible threat from the Soviet Union, suggesting "those who prefer being red over being dead ignore the many who are both red and dead."

Creators

Agt, A. A. M. van

Thatcher, Margaret

Subjects Discussed

• Euromissiles Crisis
• Nuclear weapons--North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Nuclear nonproliferation
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Nuclear proliferation
• Arms race

Locations discussed

• Netherlands
• Western Europe

Appears in Collections

• Euromissiles Crisis

Source

• Archive of A.A.A.M. van Agt, box 41, TNF file, Catholic Documentation Centre, University Nijmegen. Translation from the Dutch by Ruud van Dijk

Original Archive

• Catholic Documentation Center, Radboud University Nijmegen

Type

• Memorandum of Conversation

Language

• Dutch

Publishers

• Cold War International History Project (CWIHP)

Rights

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Record ID

• 113552