Thatcher Toasts Reagan as ‘One of Greatest’ Presidents

LONDON — Hailed by trumpet fanfares and cheering crowds, President Reagan today savored London’s pageantry-filled tribute to his performance at the Moscow summit and a toast from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as “one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.”

On his way to address the scarlet-robed city fathers at Guildhall, the President rode triumphantly through the streets of the British capital near the end of a two-day stopover en route home from Moscow. Londoners waved at his motorcade from along the River Thames, from the tops of double-decker buses and from boats in Hyde Park’s Serpentine Lake.

At a dinner at No. 10 Downing Street Thursday night, Thatcher told her guests that Reagan “will take his place in history as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.”