JOHN MAJOR - UNITED KINGDOM

Approved for Release: 2019/02/12 C06789903 John MAJOR Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (since July 1989) Perhaps the only British Cabinet member ever to have been on the dole, John Major has been held up as a shining example of the self-made men who are the epitome of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's meritocratic Britain. His appointment as Foreign Secretary continues his meteoric rise in the ranks of the Conservative Party and has already renewed speculation that Thatch...