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Long buildup to two leaders’ eventual meeting in July 1990 included phone call on 17 June

Margaret Thatcher dismissed Nelson Mandela as having “rather a closed mind” and expressed her disappointment after their first telephone conversation, according to secret files released at the National Archives.

The long buildup to the two leaders’ eventually successful meeting in July 1990 – five months after his release from a South African prison – is revealed in official prime ministerial records.

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from Top stories | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Q45K9X
28 Dec 2018
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