The 9th G7 summit was held in Williamsburg in 1983 . The summit participants discussed the growing debt crisis , arms control and greater co-operation between the Soviet Union and the G7 ( now the G8 ) . At the end of the meeting , Secretary of State George P. Shultz read to the press a statement confirming the deployment of American Pershing II-nuclear rockets in West Germany later in 1983
9th G7 summit
9th G7 summit
Williamsburg, Virginia