MARGARET ROBERTS THATCHER - UNITED KINGDOM

Approved for Release: 2014/10/24 001430551 Margaret Roberts THATCHER Prime Minister (since May 1979) Leader of the Conservative Party since 1975, Margaret Thatcher is the first woman ever to serve as prime minister of Britain or of any European country. She is a self-proclaimed crusader for free enterprise, free trade, and economic revival. She has frequently declared her support for a strong NATO, an independent British nuclear deterrent, and the need for balanced and verifiable arms control me...