From the S&S archives:
President's security people lose skirmishes with U.K. counterparts

WINDSOR. England (S&S) — London is not regarded as a particularly safe city by President Reagan's security people, and the shooting last Thursday of Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Argob has added to their anxieties.

Scotland Yard reportedly insists that the presidential bodyguard not carry weapons in London this week, but Secret Service observers have little doubt that Reagan's men will be discreetly armed.

The British Public were to get only fleeting glimpses of Reagan during the president travels Tuesday in a fast motorcade in :London between Buckingham Palace (to which he will fly by helicopter from Windsor) and Westminster Hall, where he was to address members of both houses of Parliament. Also on his schedule was a visit with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at her official residence. No. 10 .Downing Street.

Members of Reagan's security force are already said to have lost several skirmishes with their British counterparts.

Among the persons accompanying the Reagans are four "food coordinators," introduced in the security reorganization after last year's assassination attempt on the president.

These presidential food tasters tested the cuisine at Versailles and the Elysee Palace last week, but, for Monday night's private dinner with the queen, the tasters had to remain in the pantry.

Buckingham Palace's view is that, if the food served up by the royal Chef, Peter Page, is fit for a queen, then it is fit for the president, despite security considerations.

The other incident in which White House advance staffers were balked was a request that senior members of the president's group be allowed to accompany the president and the queen during their horseback ride on the castle grounds early Tuesday morning. That was politely denied because the queen was said to be anxious not to appear to be leading a posse.

At about the time of the horseback ride, Nancy Reagan was to be taken for a carriage ride by Prince Philip, an internationally ranked driver in competitive carriage events. Next, the president was to leave for his address at Westminster.

More than 30 Labor members of Parliament are reported to be planning a banner-waving ration against the president they have called an "enemy of peace" when he leaves Parliament to lunch with Thatcher.

After a free afternoon, world affairs permitting, the president will be guest of honor at a state banquet in Windsor Castle, where he and his wife will again spend the night.