Japan planned 'karate ladies' escort for Margaret Thatcher

[T_i_B]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8433689.stm

Japan was asked not to greet Britain's first female prime minister with a security escort of 20 "karate ladies", newly-released government papers show.

Margaret Thatcher visited Tokyo for an economic summit in June 1979 - a month after winning the general election.

After Japanese officials confirmed the "karate ladies" story, the Lord Privy Seal wrote to the Foreign office. He said Mrs Thatcher wanted "to be treated in exactly the same manner" as other leaders and not "singled out".

The letter, written on 21 May 1979, is among government papers released by the National Archives under the 30-year rule

[daleo]

1. 20 karate ladies

"looking after" Margaret Thatcher in 1979. Imagine how different the history of the 1980's might have been.

[Lasher]

2. Hey, I saw a movie about that.

This evil guy was trying to close their karate school. The karate ladies kicked his ass.

[T_i_B]

4. I can just imagine....

The Japanese Karate girls all dressed up as Margaret Thatcher, waving handbags about. :silly:

[ZombieHorde]

3. Awesome. nt