"Margaret Thatcher has blazed into national prominence almost literally from out of nowhere," announced a 1975 US State Department cable on the former British prime minister, who died Monday, according to a Monday release from the renegade pro-transparency group WikLleaks.
The cable paints a fascinating early portrait of a woman who would go on to become one of Britain's most controversial leaders.
Here are some of the Americans' juicer observations on the Iron Lady, as told by the cables released by WikiLeaks:
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