| 36 Jul 6 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts address as Rotary President ("a manacled age") |
| 39 Jan 26 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts Rotary address (Chamberlain's "will intent on peace") |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Mahogany & Child") [123K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Strength comes from within") [132K high quality scan] |
| 44 May 1 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: 1944 Employment White Paper [MT's annotated copy] |
| 45 Dec 1 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1943-47 (Oxford): Oxford University Conservative Association Report (reacting to 1945 election defeat) [329K scan] |
| 48 Dec 17 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (offers interview for Dartford "short list") |
| 49 Jan 3 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (chosen for Dartford "short list") |
| 52 May 21 We |
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Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
Early life Photo of Alfred Roberts laying down his robes as Alderman (voted out by Labour) |
| 52 Jun 12 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to John Hare ("without exception the best woman candidate I have known") |
| 52 Jun 19 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): John Hare interview with MT ("immense personality & charm") |
| 52 Nov 19 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook note on MT ("an amazing young woman") |
| 55 Jan 3 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (not thinking of a parliamentary career for "many years") |
| 55 Jan 13 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (mind made up to pursue law "to the exclusion of politics") |
| 56 Feb 28 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry (asks to meet) |
| 56 Mar 14 We |
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Key |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Donald Kaberry Interview with MT (wishes to return to list) |
| 58 Aug 18 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry ("anti-woman prejudice") |
| 60 Feb 5 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Private Member's Bill: MT notes for her maiden speech |
| 70 Oct 13 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Private Office minute to Heath (not practicable to exclude MT from discussion of education policy) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Jan 12 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Minute of Chequers meeting with Heath [declassified] [240K scan] |
| 72 Feb 18 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Miners' strike: Hailsham diary (government's hand forced) [coded diary with translation] |
| 72 Feb 18 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Miners' strike: Cabinet minutes (government's hand forced) [CM (72) 8th Conclusions] |
| 73 May 22 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (US State Dept) |
Conservative Party: State Department record of MT conversation (lunch at the Connaught) [declassified 1998] |
| 73 Jun 24 Su |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip note to PM (MT would like to leave Education but not go to Health) [reshuffle recommendations] [declassified 2002] |
| 74 Mar 1 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
General Election: Hailsham diary (MT & Keith Joseph oppose deal with Liberals) |
| 74 Mar 2 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Heath: Robert Armstrong note (“Note for the Record”) [Heath meeting with Thorpe] [declassified 2005] |
| 74 Mar 4 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
General Election: Hailsham diary (note of failed negotiations with Liberals) |
| 74 Mar 7 Th |
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Key |
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Education: MT to John Vaizey (despite the problems thoroughly enjoyed her time at the DES) |
| 74 Mar 14 Th |
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Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Ralph Harris record of conversation (visit from Keith Joseph) [plans "a new 'crusade' for private enterprise", acknowledging 'guilt' for Heath Government failings] |
| 74 Mar 16 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Heath: Robert Armstrong note (“Events leading to the resignation of Mr Heath’s Administration on 4 March 1974”) |
| 74 Mar 21 Th |
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Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph note ("The Erhard Foundation") [Fabian Society for Conservatives, Howe among managing trustees] |
| 74 Jun 7 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph draft prospectus ("Centre for Policy Studies Limited") ["denationalisation ... not politically feasible"] |
| 74 Jun 28 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Ralph Harris letter to Keith Joseph (attacks his ruling out denationalization) ["blinkered vision"] |
| 74 Jul 4 Th |
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Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (agrees on denationalization) ["strong grounds for your complaints ... strong wish of several subscribers that we should be realistic"] |
| 74 Aug 8 Th |
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Key |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (update - CPS in existence but not yet active) ["steeping myself in Hayek"] |
| 74 Oct 28 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Hayek MSS) |
Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph to Hayek (thanks for praise of Preston speech) ["most grateful for your blessing"] |
| 74 Nov 12 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative leadership: Hailsham diary (close allies discuss Heath's future) |
| 75 Feb 3 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Vaizey MSS) |
Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (senses a "yearning to get things right again among people of many political views") |
| 75 Feb 11 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative leadership election: MT’s notes on handling Ted Heath |
| 75 Feb 16 Su |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative leadership: MT letter to Hailsham (warm thanks) [realises magnitude of her task] |
| 75 Apr 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Joseph "Notes towards the definition of policy") [464K] |
| 75 Apr 11 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative policy: Hailsham diary (Shadow Cabinet squabbles over Keith Joseph paper) |
| 75 Apr 11 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 57th Meeting |
| 75 Apr 30 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (fall of Saigon) [released 2003] [127K scan] |
| 75 May 13 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 27th Meeting |
| 75 May 18 Su |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Fentiman Road seminar (principles of economic policy) |
| 75 May 19 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Maudling on economics) |
| 75 Jun 9 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 29th Meeting |
| 75 Jul 21 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Heath: Hailsham letter to MT (coalition risks) |
| 75 Jul 27 Su |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Heath: MT letter to Hailsham (coalition risks) |
| 75 Jul 29 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Heath: Hailsham letter to MT (danger of Wilson recruiting Heath) |
| 75 Aug 3 Su |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT to Professor Merrett (economic & political outlook) |
| 75 Nov 13 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Minutes of Meeting 9 |
| 75 Nov 20 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Minutes of Meeting 10 |
| 76 Jan 20 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Heath: Hailsham diary (Heath says MT no good) ["I am much better and I ought to be there still"] |
| 76 Feb 13 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 97th Meeting |
| 76 Feb 16 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 98th Meeting |
| 76 Mar 1 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Lawson to MT ("benign neglect" of trade union leaders) |
| 76 Mar 2 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT to Lawson (incomes policy cannot work without union support) |
| 76 May 24 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Maudling "Incomes Policy") |
| 76 May 26 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Thorneycroft note for MT (suggestions for an economic speech) |
| 76 Jun 3 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Heseltine "Industrial Policy Recommendations") [325K] |
| 76 Jul 13 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Heseltine on nationalised industries; Nationalised Industries Policy Group - Report) |
| 76 Oct 1 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Labour: Hailsham diary (Brian Walden offers support to bring down government) [coded entry with translation] |
| 76 Oct 4 Mo |
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Key |
Conservative Party |
The Right Approach (Conservative policy statement) |
| 76 Oct 21 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Joseph & Maude on next stage of policy work) |
| 76 Nov 20 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative Party: Hailsham diary (criticism of Keith Joseph) ["You wear too much sackcloth"] |
| 76 Dec 7 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Joseph "Our Tone of Voice & Our Tasks") [273K] |
| 76 Dec 8 We |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Hailsham diary (threatens to resign over devolution) [likely to go "if the Scots went"] |
| 76 Dec 12 Su |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Hailsham letter to Angus Maude (devolution) [still thinks of resigning] |
| 77 Mar 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Howe on pay policy) |
| 77 Mar 23 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 156th Meeting |
| 77 Mar 29 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
MT: Hailsham diary (discussion with Peter Carrington) [serious doubts about MT & Keith Joseph] |
| 77 Apr 7 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to Sir Keith Joseph (general economic approach) |
| 77 May 26 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT ("Concerted Action" frightens MT to death) |
| 77 May 31 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Jim Prior (conversation with union leader, John Lyons) ["in general terms a monetarist"] |
| 77 Jun 30 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Report of Nationalised Industries Policy Group (leaked Ridley report) |
| 77 Aug 11 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Alcon Copisarow (advisers) [“I shall have to take most of the major decisions myself”] [released 2010] |
| 77 Oct 8 Sa |
|
Key |
Conservative Party |
The Right Approach to the Economy (Conservative policy statement) |
| 77 Oct 25 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: Sherman letter to MT (initiatives) [proposes Tories bid for social democracy as Labour becomes marxist] |
| 77 Oct 28 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: Richard Ryder letter to Sherman (speech outline on Conservatives as “heirs to the Social-Democratic heritage”) [MT ‘very impressed’ - go ahead as soon as possible] |
| 77 Nov 1 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Hailsham diary (devolution meeting) [MT moving towards federalism with England a single unit] |
| 77 Nov 14 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: “Stepping Stones” Report (final text) |
| 78 Jan 11 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe speech draft on trade unions (MT: "the press will crucify you for this") |
| 78 Jan 15 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Strategy: Lawson paper (Patten paper on "Stepping Stones") [513K] |
| 78 Jan 19 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Hoskyns on "Stepping Stones") |
| 78 Jan 30 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 51st Meeting (argument over "Stepping Stones") |
| 78 Feb 10 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Whitelaw on control of immigration) |
| 78 Feb 16 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Whitelaw "The Control of Immigration") |
| 78 Feb 23 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Patten on "Stepping Stones" & strategy) |
| 78 Feb 24 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Whitelaw "The Control of Immigration" - supplementary paper) |
| 78 Feb 27 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 54th Meeting ("Stepping Stones") |
| 78 Apr 18 Tu |
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Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Strikes: “Mrs Thatcher warned in secret report of defeat in confrontation with unions” (leak of Carrington Report - Authority of Government Policy Group) |
| 78 Jul 19 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Lawson to MT (denies Conservative economic plans will increase unemployment) |
| 78 Aug 30 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Conservative Party Manifesto for 1978 General Election - 2nd draft) [1,436K] |
| 78 Oct 4 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 220th Meeting (Rhodesia discussion - extended minute) |
| 78 Oct 16 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Strategy: Lawson to MT (importance of her faith & resolve) |
| 78 Oct 25 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Meeting of Shadows (Conservative view of European Monetary System) |
| 78 Oct 30 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Ronnie Millar to MT (right approach between now & election) [stress failure of pay policy while giving Ted his dignity] |
| 78 Oct 30 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Lawson note on EMS |
| 78 Oct 31 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (Conservative line) |
| 78 Nov 15 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of
Meeting (attitude to European Monetary System) |
| 78 Nov 30 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Bundesbank) |
EMS: Bundesbank Council meeting with Chancellor Schmidt (assurances on operation of EMS) [declassified 2008] |
| 79 Jan 15 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 61st Meeting (Commons debate on industrial situation) |
| 79 Jan 16 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT's notes for her Commons speech (offer to HMG) [391K] |
| 79 Feb 23 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to John Nott (Bank sympathise with exchange control abolition) |
| 79 Mar 5 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 64th Meeting (manifesto drafting) |
| 79 Mar 28 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of
239th Meeting (Government defeated on confidence motion) |
| 79 Mar 31 Sa |
|
Key |
Henderson (Sir Nicholas) |
Economy: The Henderson Despatch (British decline, causes & consequences) [leaked 1979; declassified 2006] |
| 79 Apr 11 We |
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Key |
Conservative Party |
Conservative General Election Manifesto 1979 |
| 79 May 2 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Richard Ryder note for MT (meeting with Ken Stowe) [handover of power] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Draft remarks on becoming Prime Minister (St Francis's prayer) |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Aide-memoire for St.Francis prayer ("Where there is discord ...") |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (Energy, EC, East/West, etc) [master copy of whole briefing set][declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“Summary and Timetable of Urgent Economic Issues”) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“The Budget”) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“Pay and Cash Limits”) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary incoming brief for MT ('Rhodesia') [MT: "I agree we need care but a little courage is necessary too"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT notes for cabinet-making (near final copy?) [Heseltine refuses Energy; alternative names for other jobs, etc] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) |
General Election: MT to Ronnie Millar (letter of thanks) [“I could not have done it without you”] |
| 79 May 9 We |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Vance-Brown memo to Carter (urging TNF modernization) [declassified 1997] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Ronnie Millar letter to MT (congratulations) [“At least three Parliaments’ worth of work to do”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 12 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: Brzezinski memo for Carter (Thatcher no longer "the dogmatic lady" who visited in 1977) [declassified 2000] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Daily Mail editor David English (thanks for congratulations) [“You have been a wonderful friend in recent years ... I hope I will not let you down”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Sun editor Larry Lamb (thanks for congratulations) [“your encouragement meant so much”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 30 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Europe: Ronne Millar draft Party Election Broadcast (European Elections) [MT: “This is NOT a script for me”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Jun 12 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1979 Budget (Howe 1) |
| 79 Jun 20 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The European Monetary System") [economic considerations should have primacy in UK decision] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jun 24 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: MT note to Chancellor of the Exchequer (press reports possible increase in mortgage rates) [“This MUST NOT happen” - if necessary cap by subsidy] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jun 26 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: MT meeting with Soviet PM Kosygin (record of conversation) [stop-over in Moscow en route to Tokyo] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jul 4 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: MT meeting with ministers (record of conversation) [mortgage rates - possible subsidy] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jul 13 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington-Zimbabwe/Rhodesia PM Bishop Muzorewa) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 5 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Commonwealth: MT notebook (conversation at Lusaka CHOGM retreat) [case for British initiative on Rhodesia] [released 2010] |
| 79 Aug 15 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington) [Carrington regards success in constitutional conference as "virtually inconceivable"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter letter to MT (Mountbatten) [“tragic death”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lawson minute to Howe ("Economic and Financial Situation Report") ["strong £ is the biggest thing we have going for us"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Sep 3 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Carter (Mountbatten) [“brutal and senseless murder”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Oct 3 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: MT notes for conference speech (“Thoughts on the Moral Case I”) [“There is no such thing as a collective conscience ...”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Oct 3 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: MT notes for conference speech (“The First Few Months”) [“Not just actions but attitudes”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Oct 31 We |
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Key |
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EC: Donald Maitland minute to Foreign Secretary (state of EC-UK relations) ["the mood is sober, if not sombre"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 19 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT & Giscard (Iran) [asks UK to reduce its diplomatic presence in Iran] [released 2010] |
| 79 Nov 30 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Europe: Speech to Dublin European Council (urges British budget rebate) [“arrangement would last as long as the problem”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Dec 17 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
US: MT plenary meeting with President Carter (record of conversation) [Iran, Rhodesia, Middle East, energy, Northern Ireland, defence] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Dec 17 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
US: MT restricted meeting with President Carter (record of conversation) [Diego Garcia; China; Cambodia] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Dec 23 Su |
|
Key |
Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary |
US: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington) |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [“extremely grave development”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter phone call to Giscard (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter phone call to Schmidt (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
| 79 Dec 29 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Brezhnev (Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) [“profoundly disturbed”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Dec 29 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Brezhnev letter to Carter (defending Afghanistan invasion) [declassified 1995] |
| 79 Dec 31 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (PM’s letter to Brezhnev) [MT “profoundly disturbed at recent developments in Afghanistan”] [released 2010] |
| 80 Jan 29 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter note (British & European reaction to Afghanistan invasion “very weak”) [unclassified] |
| 80 Feb 17 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Trade Unions: No.10 record of conversations (MT phone calls with Joseph, Whitelaw, Havers, Howe) [picketing at Hadfields] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Mar 26 We |
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Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1980 Budget (Howe 2) |
| 80 Apr 24 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sherman minute to MT ("Need for Better Economic Advice - in re Alan Walters") [Walters ready to return from US if made a reasonable offer] [released 2011] |
| 80 May 27 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Trade Unions: Gow minute to MT (“Employment Bill”) [Chief Whip knows Ian Percival is behind dissent to Clause 16] [released 2011] |
| 80 Aug 4 Mo |
|
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: The New Conservatism (Lecture to the Bow Group) |
| 80 Sep 10 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falklands (Ridley-Cavandoli secret meeting in Geneva) [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Sep 19 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Governor phone call to Lankester) ["uncomfortable meeting ... the Governor should not be alarmed about it"] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Sep 25 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Ryrie & McMahon) [Wass, Ryrie & Burns urge public sector pay freeze] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Oct 23 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: SCC meeting on “Polish Contingencies” [declassified 2000] |
| 80 Nov 19 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: Treasury minute to No.10 ("The financial effects of a 2 point cut in MLR") [markets getting ready to accept - medium-term will depend on budget] [released 2011] |
| 80 Nov 20 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 4 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Ingham minute for MT ("Note for the Record") ["Rupert Murdoch Lunch"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Jan 14 We |
|
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: Thatcherism in Practice: A Progress Report (Speech to Zurich Society of Economics) |
| 81 Jan 19 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Economy: Alan Walters diary (first meetings with MT as economic adviser) ["What should she do about Geoffrey?"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Jan 20 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (inaugural congratulations) [unclassified] |
| 81 Jan 21 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: No.10 telcon (Reagan phone call to MT on inauguration day) [MT promises to brief him on her mistakes] [declassified 2010] |
| 81 Jan 30 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("The 1981 Budget") [urges £1b "industrial package" & direct action to reduce sterling 5-10 per cent] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 6 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Treasury minute (Chancellor's meeting with Governor) ["Monetary Policy & the Budget"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 10 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (MT meeting with Chancellor, Wass, etc) [Budget discussion - no decisions] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 13 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (MT meeting with Chancellor, Wass, etc) [Howe thinks PSBR below £11b not "politically possible"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 13 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns diary (budget discussion) [MT & Howe rejecting draconian budget as "not on politically"] |
| 81 Feb 16 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Lawson minute for Chancellor ("Competitiveness & the Exchange Rate") [response to Wass working group] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe now wants to raise basic rate in order to increase allowances; MT agrees] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 20 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Walters, Hoskyns & Wolfson minute to MT ("Budget Strategy") [necessity of a tough budget] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 23 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Budget: Alan Walters diary (MT-Howe-Wass budget meeting) [MT telling Howe get down PSBR or "you are for the chop"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 24 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor & Wass) [MT 'dismayed' at £11.25b PSBR, but accepted Howe rejection of increased basic rate] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 25 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Treasury minute (Chancellor's meeting with ministers & officials) [decisions to freeze income tax & CTT thresholds, reducing PSBR by further £1b] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 25 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe reports decision to freeze thresholds & reduce PSBR below £11b] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 25 We |
|
Key |
Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary |
Cold War: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: No.10 briefing for MT (Reagan-Thatcher discussions) [topics to raise] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: No.10 note of conversation (Reagan-Thatcher meeting) [plenary session] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Walters letter to Sir Douglas Wass (disappointment at budget measures) [budget proposals "too little and of the wrong kind"; maximum 1 per cent MLR cut] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns diary (Cabinet reaction to budget) [Prior strongly attacks but with little support] |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1981 Budget (Howe 3) |
| 81 Mar 13 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [report on Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Mar 20 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns diary (Reece warns MT to be ready) [Macmillan, Thorneycroft and du Cann will tell you to stand down in the summer] |
| 81 Jun 30 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands: Strategy Meeting") [draft record of meeting of FCO officials, Falklands Governor Hunt and UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 8 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Northern Ireland Office) |
Northern Ireland: MT meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary (record of conversation) [authorises communication with PIRA over hunger strikes] [declassified 2009] |
| 81 Jul 18 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Northern Ireland Office) |
Northern Ireland: MT meeting/phone exchange with Northern Ireland officials & Secretary of State (record of conversations) [decision not to take further initiative on hunger strikes] [declassified 2009] |
| 81 Jul 31 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Richard Allen memo for President Reagan (“Britain Drifts”) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play regarding Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 9 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: President Reagan meeting with US Ambassador to London (possible Thatcher defeat) [declassified 1998] |
| 81 Nov 20 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Gow minute to MT ("Drinks for backbenchers") [Dorrell letter; now gives assurances "he will NOT be joining the SDP"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Nov 25 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: "Gang of 25" letter to Chief Whip (collective protest against government economic policy) [will vote against any measures "which deflate aggregate demand"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Dec 1 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play regarding Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Gow minute to MT ("Tuesday's Debate") ["disturbing note" from Jopling; 45 possible rebels] [released 2012] |
| 81 Dec 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip minute to MT ("The Prime Minister") ["we are facing a very serious situation which we must discuss"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Dec 22 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: National Security Council minutes (Poland) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Dec 29 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Gow letter to MT (support & encouragement) ["a giant among pygmies"] [released 2012] |
| 82 Feb 5 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
US: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's Visit") [Deaver suggests that "we had better drop the idea of a visit to the UK at this time"; Henderson doubts that "crying off at this stage would be understood in London"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 15 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [British and Argentine negotiating positions prior to New York talks] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 26 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (First Session) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 26 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (Second Session) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 27 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (Third Session) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 27 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (Fourth Session) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 27 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (Annexes) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 2 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falklands Talks") [Argentine statement following Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 3 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falklands Talks") [further Argentine press comment following Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 8 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") ["On her copy of Buenos Aires telegram no. 60 of 3 March the Prime Minister minuted: "we must make contingency plans""] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 9 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1982 Budget (Howe 4) |
| 82 Mar 9 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Budget: Walters notes ("Cabinet on Budget 1982") [views of Ministers on the Budget] [released 2013] |
| 82 Mar 24 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") ["we may now face the prospect of an early confrontation with Argentina"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Rentschler MSS) |
Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (imminent Argentine invasion) [Reagan calls Galtieri; writes result to MT] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: Reagan telegram to Thatcher (will contact Galtieri) [declassified 2000] [20K scanned image] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan message to MT (apparent Argentine moves against the Falklands) ["we are contacting the Argentine Government at the highest levels to urge them not to take military measures"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (US State Dept) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to Thatcher (Galtieri intends to use force) [US neutral on sovereignty but not on Argentine use of force] [declassified 2001] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (US State Dept) |
Falklands: State Department to USE Buenos Aires ("UK-Argentine confrontation - Secretary calls in Argentine Ambassador") [if force used "we will have to side with the British"] [declassified 2001] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (US State Dept) |
Falklands: State Department to USE Buenos Aires ("President's conversation with Argentine President") [use of force "would gravely compromise US-Argentine relations"] [declassified 2002] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: FCO note ("Falklands") [British Antarctic Survey vessel intercepts Falkland Island radio broadcasts saying that Argentines have landed: "We must accept this as confirmation of an Argentine landing"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [Mitterrand expresses support for MT] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Gow notes (1922 Committee Meeting: The invasion of the Falkland Islands) [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Gow notes (1922 Committee Meeting: The invasion of the Falkland Islands) [transcript of Gow's notes] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Falklands Governor Rex Hunt-Major Norman-Major Noott) [Argentine invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT note to ?Gow (appointment of new Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary) ["It was Francis or George Younger...I realise your worries"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Jopling minute to Pym (reaction within the Parliamentary Party to Falklands situation) [account of views of individual MPs] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT notes made during conversation with Macmillan (advice on handling the crisis) [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 7 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Jopling minute to Pym (further reaction within the Parliamentary Party to Falklands situation; Labour and SDP reactions) [account of views of individual MPs] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Rentschler MSS) |
Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (US decision to launch mediation; Haig's first visit to London) [MT: "Interim authority? - to do what?"] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (US State Dept) |
Falklands: USE London to State Dept ("Secretary's Meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher April 8: Falkland Islands crisis") [MT: "impossible to be neutral in the face of unprovoked aggression"] [declassified 2009] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Haig) [dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 9 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: Haig telegram to Reagan (negotiations) [declassified 2000] |
| 82 Apr 12 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Rentschler MSS) |
Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (Haig shuttle back in London) [MT: "the fleet must steam on!"] |
| 82 Apr 12 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Haig) [First Meeting: discussion of Haig proposals] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 12 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Haig) [second meeting: further discussion of Haig proposals] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 12 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Haig) [third meeting: discussion of American draft agreement] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 13 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Haig) [discussion of further Argentine demands; Argentina moving closer to USSR; concerns about UK public opinion] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 14 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Haig) [full transcript of first call: dispute over British use of Ascension Island] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 14 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Haig) [full transcript of second call: further discussion of UK use of Ascension Island] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 14 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Robilliard note to MT ("Constituency Day Friday 21 May 1982") [MT would rather not agree to operate forklift at Michael Gerson Ltd. event given Falklands situation; "unless it has all been resolved by then"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 15 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (account of Reagan's conversation with Galtieri) ["He said that the advance of your fleet and the blockade of the Islands were making his situation difficult"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 16 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Rentschler MSS) |
Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (Haig in Buenos Aires again) [Haig: "a charade ... a f***ing charade - these guys are diddling me"] |
| 82 Apr 16 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT message to Reagan (Reagan's conversation with Galtieri) ["it is essential that America, our closest friend and ally, should share with us a common perception of the fundamental issues of democracy and freedom at stake"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 17 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [Reagan does "not think [MT] should be asked to go any further" in order to reach compromise] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 17 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Pym-Nott) ["it was decided that authority should be given to the SSNs to attack any Argentine naval warships which entered the Maritime Exclusion Zone"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 18 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Parsons) [possible UN resolution requiring UK Task Force to "drop anchor, to turn around, to hold off as it were, which obviously we couldn't accept"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 21 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Jopling minute to MT (views within the Parliamentary party on Falklands crisis) ["no surrender" group, pro-negotiations group, fears about "military disaster", pro-UN group, anti-violence group] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 23 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: US draft of peace agreement (as of 23rd April) [Haig proposals delivered via Pym & unacceptable to MT] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 25 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Nott statement (recapture of South Georgia) ["The White Ensign flies alongside the Union Jack"; annotated by MT] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: State Department paper for NSC meeting ("Next Steps on Falklands") [range of possible measures] [declassified 2002] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (Argentina rejects US plan) (extract) [will make clear UK "worked with us in good faith", acting on self-defence] [declassified 1993] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (position of US Administration given Argentina's failure to accept US proposals) [US "tilt" towards UK] [with MT annotations] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT message to Reagan (apparent rejection by Argentina of latest peace proposals) ["I cannot conceal from you how deeply let down [we] would feel if under these circumstances the U.S. were not now to give us its full support"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan message to MT (Argentina rejects US peace proposal) [Argentina's refusal "to negotiate in good faith [has] made it necessary for the United States to adopt a new posture toward Buenos Aires"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: NSC meeting minutes ("South Atlantic Crisis") [US 'tilt' towards Britain] [declassified 2011] |
| 82 May 2 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Nott-Parkinson-Havers-Lewin-Fieldhouse-Acland) [Rules of Engagement widened to permit attack on General Belgrano] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 4 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (MT proposes US enact complete ban on imports from Argentina to US) ["with so many young lives at risk - British and Argentine - I feel that we must make a supreme effort to prevent a major military clash"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 5 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan urges MT to consider new US peace proposals) [need to seize chance for a peaceful settlement "before more lives are lost"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 5 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan commends Haig's latest peace proposals) ["The decisions I made last Friday were aimed at putting you in the strongest position to achieve a peaceful settlement"] [released 2013] |
| 82 May 5 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan commends Haig's latest peace proposals) ["The decisions I made last Friday were aimed at putting you in the strongest position to achieve a peaceful settlement...I believe there is now a chance to realise that aim"] [released 2013] |
| 82 May 5 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT draft letter to Reagan (MT: "The letter to Reagan that was never sent...") [US proposals not "faithful to the basic principles we must protect"] [released 2013] |
| 82 May 5 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (MT expresses serious concerns about US/Peruvian peace proposals; proposes amendments) ["I am writing to you...because I think you are the only person who will understand the significance of what I am trying to say"] [released 2013] |
| 82 May 5 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (MT expresses serious concerns about US/Peruvian peace proposals; proposes amendments) ["I am writing to you...because I think you are the only person who will understand the significance of what I am trying to say"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 14 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: National Security Decision Directive (NSDD34) ("U.S. Actions in the South Atlantic Crisis") [measures arising from 30 Apr tilt] [declassified 1990] |
| 82 May 30 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT message to President Mitterand (possible delivery by France of Exocets to Peru) ["If it became known...that France was now releasing weapons to Peru that would certainly be passed to Argentina for use against us...this would have a devastating effect on the relationship between our two countries"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 30 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT message to President Mitterrand (French supply of Exocet missiles to Peru; Peru passing Exocets on to Argentina) [if French supply of Exocets became publicly known "this would have a devastating effect on the relationship between our two countries"] [released 2013] |
| 82 May 31 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [Reagan urges MT to consider ceasefire; MT refuses: "[MT] had lost valuable British ships and invaluable British lives. She was sure that the President would act in the same way if Alaska had been similarly threatened"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 31 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: White House record of telephone conversation (Reagan call to MT urging ceasefire plan) [declassified 2010] |
| 82 Jun 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT draft telegram to Galtieri (coming Battle for Port Stanley) ["On my side, grief will be tempered by the knowledge that these men died for freedom, justice, and the rule of law. And on your side? Only you can answer that question"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 8 Tu |
|
Key |
Reagan Public Papers |
Cold War: Reagan speech to the Houses of Parliament [external link] |
| 82 Jun 12 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: No.10 note to MT (HMS Glamorgan struck by suspected EXOCET missile) [released 2013] |
| 82 Jun 14 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT notes of telephone conversation (MT receives news from Northwood of Argentine surrender and situation in Falklands) [released 2013] |
| 82 Jun 14 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT notes for Commons speech on Argentine surrender (report from Northwood of Argentine surrender and situation in Falklands) [released 2013] |
| 82 Jun 15 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Major General Moore message (surrender of Argentine forces in Port Stanley) ["The Falkland Islands are once more under the Government desired by their inhabitants. God Save The Queen"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 18 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan message to MT (congratulations on victory in the Falklands) ["A just war requires a just peace"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Jun 18 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: Reagan telegram to Thatcher (victory congratulations & need for "a just peace") [declassified 2000] |
| 82 Jun 19 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Falklands Governor Rex Hunt letter to MT (message of thanks) ["without your resolution, courage and singleness of purpose, victory would not have been achieved"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Jun 22 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
UN: Anthony Parsons Valedictory Despatch ("Britain at the United Nations: A Valedictory Despatch") ["some reflexions on the influence and standing of Britain in the bizarre world of the United Nations"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 27 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada letter to MT (message of congratulations) ["Throughout this crisis you have demonstrated both your strength and your integrity"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Jul 27 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Henderson Valedictory Despatch ("US Policy in the Falkands Crisis with some Valedictory Comments on US/UK Relations") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Sep 8 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Weinberger note of meeting with MT (Middle East; John Brown Engineering; Falklands) [declassified 1998] |
| 82 Sep 23 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
China: Record of conversation (MT-Premier Zhao Ziyang of China) [bilateral relations, future of Hong Kong, Guangdong Nuclear Project, trade, defence, consulates, technical co-operation] [released 2013] |
| 82 Sep 24 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
China: Record of conversation (MT-Vice Chairman Deng Xioaping of China) [future of Hong Kong] [released 2013] |
| 82 Sep 29 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Franks Enquiry evidence transcript (Carrington testifies - 1st time) ["much more sensible for them gradually to build up the pressure against us"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Sep 29 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Franks Enquiry evidence transcript (Nick Ridley testifies) [leaseback not accepted "but there was every chance in due course it would have been"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Oct 25 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Franks Enquiry evidence transcript (MT testifies) [invasion "the worst ... moment of my life"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Oct 25 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: Thatcher letter to Reagan (U.N. resolution unacceptable to UK) [summary declassified 2000] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan message to MT (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) [US will vote for resolution] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT message to Reagan (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) [UK "dismayed" by Reagan's message: "A vote by the United States for the resolution would be received here with incomprehension"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan message to MT (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) [Reagan argues for keeping open possibility of "a solution by negotiations sometime in the future"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to Thatcher (defends US stance at UN) [declassified 2000] |
| 82 Nov 4 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT message to Reagan (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) ["The British people would see your vote for this resolution as an American decision to...support a dictatorship against the home of democracy"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 4 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Reagan message to MT (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) ["I realize that our understanding of these events is indeed quite different"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 12 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: MT letter to President Reagan (reaction to death of Brezhnev) [agrees his view that "a more constructive East/West relationship is available" if new leaders "adopt a new approach"] [declassified 2010] |
| 82 Dec 29 We |
|
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Franks Enquiry evidence transcript (Carrington testifies - 2nd time) ["I take it that I am the only person who is being criticised"] [declassified 2012] |
| 83 Jan 18 Tu |
|
Key |
UK State Paper |
Falklands: Falkland Islands Review ("the Franks Report") |
| 83 Mar 15 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1983 Budget (Howe 5) |
| 83 May 18 We |
|
Key |
Conservative Party |
Conservative General Election Manifesto 1983 |
| 83 Sep 8 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (FCO) |
Cold War: Chequers Soviet seminar (minute of meeting) [declassified 2007] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Grenada: Reagan letter to Thatcher (thinking of intervening) [declassified 2000] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Grenada: Reagan letter to Thatcher (decided to intervene) [declassified 2000] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Grenada: Reagan letter to Thatcher (intervention goes ahead) [declassified 2000] |
| 83 Oct 26 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Grenada: Reagan phone call to Thatcher (record of conversation) [declassified 2000] |
| 83 Dec 7 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to Thatcher (resuming US arms sales to Argentina) [declassified 2000] |
| 84 Mar 13 Tu |
|
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: 1984 Budget (Lawson 1) (Hansard) |
| 84 Jun 18 Mo |
|
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: The British Experiment (The Mais Lecture) |
| 84 Jul 31 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reagan letter to Ambassador Charles Price (defends MT style in foreign policy-making) [declassified 2000] |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Northern Ireland: Reagan letter to Thatcher (Brighton bomb sympathies) [declassified 2000] |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Northern Ireland: Reagan call to Thatcher (Brighton bomb sympathies) [briefing declassified 2000] |
| 84 Nov 7 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Thatcher telegram to Reagan (congratulations on his reelection) [declassified 1998] |
| 84 Nov 13 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (congratulations on his reelection) [declassified 1998] |
| 84 Dec 22 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting at Camp David (record of conversation) [declassified 2000] |
| 84 Dec 22 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Camp David Declaration (draft) [declassified ?2000] [23K scanned image] |
| 85 Feb 20 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Weinberger briefing for President Reagan (MT stopped sensitive technology exports to USSR) [declassified 2002] |
| 85 Mar 11 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (affirms “personal commitment ... to serious negotiations”) |
| 85 Mar 19 Tu |
|
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: 1985 Budget (Lawson 2) (Hansard) |
| 85 Mar 24 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Gorbachev to Reagan (declares “positive attitude to ... a personal meeting ”) [declassified 2000] |
| 85 Apr 4 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (value of “political meetings” in building trust) [declassified 2000] |
| 85 Oct 4 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (drift towards international sanctions against SA) [declassified ?2005] |
| 85 Oct 21 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (outcome of Nassau Commonwealth Meeting) [declassified ?2005] |
| 85 Oct 31 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (account of Nassau CHOGM & way ahead; urges release of Mandela) [declassified ?2005] |
| 85 Nov 12 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: President P.W. Botha to MT (cannot cooperate with Commonwealth initiative; alternatives) [declassified ?2005] |
| 85 Nov 17 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (dismayed at his reply) [declassified ?2005] |
| 85 Nov 19 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 1st Session [declassified 2000] |
| 85 Nov 19 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 85 Nov 19 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 85 Nov 20 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th Session [declassified 2000] |
| 85 Nov 20 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 5th Session [declassified 2000] |
| 85 Nov 20 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 6th Session [declassified 2000]
|
| 85 Nov 20 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Geneva (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (closing conversation) [declassified 2000] |
| 85 Dec 14 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (urges he meet Eminent Persons Group) [declassified ?2005] |
| 86 Jan 8 We |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (encouraged by his response to EPG) [declassified ?2005] |
| 86 Jan 9 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Cabinet Office) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 1st (extract on Westland affair) [Heseltine resigns] [declassified 2010] |
| 86 Feb 10 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (praises his new reform initiative) [declassified ?2005] |
| 86 Mar 5 We |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (welcomes end of state of emergency) [declassified ?2005] |
| 86 Mar 18 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1986 Budget (Lawson 3) |
| 86 Mar 20 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (South African DFA) |
South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (urges constructive response to Eminent Persons Group) [declassified ?2005] |
| 86 Jun 23 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
South Africa: Reagan letter to Thatcher (concerting policy) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 11 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 1st Session [declassified 2000] [500K scanned image] |
| 86 Oct 11 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000] [606K scanned image] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th Session [declassified 2000: the crucial session] [550k scanned image] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th session [declassified 2000; second version] |
| 86 Dec 3 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: NSC note for ?Poindexter (MT letter to Reagan urging NATO commit to Camp David points) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Dec 4 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (Iran-Contra -"anything which weakens you weakens America") [declassified/released 2000] [35K scanned image] |
| 87 Mar 17 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1987 Budget (Lawson 4) |
| 87 Oct 22 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Thatcher letter to Reagan (concern at US deficit) [declassified 2007] |
| 87 Nov 4 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Reagan letter to Thatcher (concern at US deficit) [declassified 2007] |
| 88 Mar 15 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1988 Budget (Lawson 5) |
| 88 Jun 23 Th |
|
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: Tax Reform (The Government's Record) (CPC pamphlet) |
| 88 Sep 1 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (FCO) |
Europe: Stephen Wall minute (Geoffrey Howe’s criticisms of No.10 draft of MT Bruges speech) [“plain & fundamental errors”] |
| 88 Sep 6 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (FCO) |
Europe: John Kerr to Patrick Wright (state of play on MT Bruges speech) [CDP “reasonably responsive” to view that too controversial a speech would meet rebuttals] |
| 88 Sep 14 We |
|
Key |
Archive (FCO) |
Europe: Charles Powell to FCO (MT Bruges speech) [final draft - “PM now broadly content with it”] |
| 88 Sep 16 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (FCO) |
Europe: John Kerr (FCO) note for Patrick Wright (MT Bruges speech) [“looks as if our damage limitation exercise is headed for success”] |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Colin Powell NSC briefing for President Reagan (MT visit to Washington) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: President Reagan briefing cards for MT visit (one-on-one meeting) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Nov 25 Fr |
|
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: Minute to the Prime Minister (An independent central bank) [published 1992] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: MT letter to Reagan ("you stood for all that is best in America") [declassified 2000] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (farewell) [declassified 2000] |
| 89 Mar 14 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1989 Budget (Lawson 6) [Hansard extract] [218K file] |
| 89 Apr 13 Th |
|
Key |
Archive (National Security Archive) |
Cold War: Politburo discussion of MT-Gorbachev meeting (document from Gorbachev Archive) [“I like the independence of Thatcher”] |
| 89 May 19 Fr |
|
Key |
Reagan article |
Ronald Reagan: Margaret Thatcher & the Revival of the West: Her Real Legacy [external link] |
| 89 Sep 23 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (National Security Archive) |
Cold War: MT conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev (extract from Soviet memcon in Gorbachev Archive) [“Britain & Western Europe are not interested in the unification of Germany”] |
| 89 Oct 31 Tu |
|
Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: Resignation speech (Hansard) |
| 89 Dec 3 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Cold War: Bush-Kohl meeting record [memcon] (German unification) [declassified] [105K scan] |
| 89 Dec 6 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Younger MSS) |
Leadership election: George Younger’s “Post Mortem Meeting Notes” (MT campaign team’s secret discussion) |
| 89 Dec 8 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Younger MSS) |
Leadership election: George Younger’s “Report and Recommendations” (conclusions from leadership campaign) [“The result is not as good as the figures”] |
| 90 Jan 20 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Cabinet Office) |
German unification: No.10 memorandum of conversation (MT & President Mitterrand) [prospect of unification had turned them into "the 'bad' Germans they used to be"] [declassified 2010] |
| 90 Jan 26 Fr |
|
Key |
Horst Teltschik diary |
Cold War: Horst Teltschik diary (Kohl angry at MT’s criticisms in Wall Street Journal interview) [translation] |
| 90 Feb 9 Fr |
|
Key |
Horst Teltschik diary |
Cold War: Horst Teltschik diary (Charles Powell explains MT’s point of view on German unification) [translation] |
| 90 Mar 19 Mo |
|
Key |
Archive (Cabinet Office) |
Cold War: Charles Powell letter to Timothy Garton-Ash (agenda for Chequers German seminar) [declassified 2007] |
| 90 Mar 20 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1990 Budget (Major 1) [Hansard extract] [139K file] |
| 90 Mar 24 Sa |
|
Key |
Archive (Cabinet Office) |
Cold War: Chequers Seminar on Germany (“Summary Record”) [declassified 2007] |
| 90 Apr 11 We |
|
Key |
Archive (US State Dept) |
Cold War: US Ambassador (London) telegram to President Bush (British hopes for Thatcher-Bush Bermuda meeting) [declassified 1997] [external link] |
| 90 Apr 13 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (State Department) |
Cold War: Bush-Thatcher meeting in Bermuda (record of conversation) [declassified 2003] |
| 90 Aug 3 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: National Security Council minutes [declassified 2000] |
| 90 Aug 5 Su |
|
Key |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: National Security Council minutes [declassified 1999] |
| 90 Oct 18 Th |
|
Key |
Bush & Scowcroft memoir |
Gulf War: MT letter to George Bush ("we should go sooner rather than later") [excerpt] |
| 90 Nov 9 Fr |
|
Key |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: Jim Baker note for President Bush (meeting MT & Hurd) [declassified 1999] |
| 90 Dec 4 Tu |
|
Key |
Archive (Younger MSS) |
Leadership election: MT to George Younger (thanks for help & advice) [“What has happened is now in the past”] |
| 91 Mar 19 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1991 Budget (Lamont 1) [external link] |
| 92 Mar 10 Tu |
|
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1992 Budget (Lamont 2) [external link] |
| 25 Oct 13 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Notice of birth |
| 38 Mar 2 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): "Stormy budget night meeting" (Grantham 2d rate cut) |
| 38 Jul 6 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): "No Games in the Grantham Parks on Sundays" |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (sermon notes a) |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (sermon notes b) |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (sermon notes c) |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("The Inner Life") [292K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Preachers study") [287K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Snail & cherry tree") [128K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Uniformity") [436K high quality scan] |
| 41 May 7 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): "Dictatorship methods refuted" (criticism of War Emergency Committee) |
| 42 Apr 28 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Margaret Roberts (school exercise book) ("Qualitative Chemistry") [587K high quality scan] |
| 42 May 6 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): "Sunday Games in Grantham Parks" |
| 44 Jan 1 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Margaret Roberts (Methodist Catechism) [587K high quality scan] |
| 49 Jan 19 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (invitation to final interview) |
| 49 Feb 1 Tu |
 |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to J.P.L. Thomas ("she is a winner") |
| 49 Feb 1 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Interview with Marjorie Maxse ("quite a good candidate there") |
| 49 Feb 1 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Letters of reference ("a grand young candidate") |
| 49 Feb 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Margaret Roberts to Marjorie Maxse |
| 49 Feb 19 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Marjorie Maxse to J.P.L. Thomas, etc (MR searching for a new job) |
| 49 Jul 18 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.P.L. Thomas to Margaret Roberts (Dartford party funds) |
| 49 Jul 21 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Margaret Roberts to J.P.L. Thomas (Dartford) |
| 49 Aug 12 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Report on Dartford Conservative Association ("hard work rousing our people from their defeatist attitude") |
| 49 Oct 1 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Dartford: Article introducing "Miss Margaret Roberts" (Young Conservative Forum) [587K high quality scan] |
| 50 Jan 1 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Early life: Alfred Roberts (sermon notes d) |
| 50 Feb 3 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Winston Churchill's letter of support for Margaret Roberts |
| 51 Nov 19 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook report on Margaret Roberts ["an amazing young woman ... quite outstanding"] |
| 52 Jun 23 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.P.L. Thomas to John Hare (commending MR but anticipating "nursery difficulties") |
| 53 Aug 27 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Hare to MT (birth of her twins) |
| 53 Sep 2 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to John Hare (no candidature for "at least six months") |
| 54 Dec 15 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): John Hare to MT (putting her forward for Orpington) |
| 56 Mar 16 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry ("I seem to have done very little in 30 years") |
| 56 Apr 13 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Central Office to MT (readmitted as a candidate) |
| 57 Dec 2 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry (wants to be considered for South Kensington) |
| 58 Mar 18 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Maidstone selection committee report (MTs performance) |
| 58 Jul 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Harris note (MT selected for Finchley) |
| 58 Aug 7 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Kaberry to MT (congratulations on selection) |
| 59 Nov 1 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Report on MTs performance as Finchley candidate |
| 59 Dec 2 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Evelyn Sharp minute (meeting MT) ["she would be content with any Bill that meant a real advance"] |
| 59 Dec 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Henry Brooke paper for Home Affairs Committee (recommends government draft MT's Bill) ["something of a problem"] |
| 60 Jan 7 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Official minute of meeting (MT rough on parliamentary draftsman) [holds "low opinion of local authorities, their members and officials"] |
| 60 Jan 11 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: MT to Sir Keith Joseph (drafting the bill) ["I have made one or two suggestions"] |
| 60 Jan 11 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Evelyn Sharp minute for Minister (MT meets draftsman) ["extremely unsatisfactory discussion"] |
| 60 Jan 15 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Private Member's Bill: MT letter to other MPs (asks for support on Second Reading) |
| 60 Jan 18 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Brooke meeting with Local Authority Associations (MT's Bill) [Brooke "in no way responsible for it"] |
| 60 Jan 29 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Pearce minute (adjournment debate on trade union issue) |
| 60 Feb 2 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Cabinet Legislation Committee (government line on Second Reading) |
| 60 Mar 30 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Pearce minute (possible amendment to Bill) [removal of council committees from scope] |
| 60 Apr 1 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Brooke minute (possible amendment to Bill) [removal of council committees from scope] |
| 60 Apr 6 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Brooke minute (possible amendment) [MT seems agreeable & Deedes says otherwise Bill will be lost] |
| 61 May 4 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): R.A. Butler to MT ("I hope we shall see more of you") |
| 61 Sep 1 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MTs party Curriculum Vitae |
| 67 Feb 20 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (US Dept of State) |
US visit: State Department program for MT's 1967 US tour (20 Feb-31 Mar) [unclassified] [221K scan] |
| 67 Feb 20 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (US Dept of State) |
US visit: State Department file on MT's 1967 US tour (20 Feb-31 Mar) [unclassified] [376K scan] |
| 67 Feb 20 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (US Dept of State) |
US visit: International Exchange Program file on MT's 1967 US tour (20 Feb-31 Mar) [unclassified] |
| 70 Jan 31 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
Conservative Party: Selsdon Meeting transcript (morning session) |
| 70 Jan 31 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
Conservative Party: Selsdon Meeting transcript (afternoon session) |
| 70 Feb 1 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
Conservative Party: Selsdon Meeting transcript (morning session) [‘rough’ transcript] |
| 70 Feb 1 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
Conservative Party: Selsdon Meeting transcript (morning session) ['smooth' transcript] |
| 70 Sep 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Vaizey MSS) |
Education: MT to John Vaizey (welcomes his letter & urges they meet) |
| 70 Nov 8 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Vaizey MSS) |
Education: MT to John Vaizey (nursery school charges) |
| 70 Dec 19 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Minute of Chequers meeting with Heath (& Joseph) [declassified 2003] [155K scan] |
| 71 Feb 3 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Economy: Hailsham diary (nationalisation of Rolls-Royce) [coded diary] |
| 71 Mar 16 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
MT: Hailsham diary ("bad day for Margaret T") [coded diary] |
| 71 Mar 17 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Thatcher minute to Heath (student union finance) [declassified 2003] [151K scan] |
| 71 Mar 22 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Northern Ireland: Hailsham diary (Ulster PM resigns) [coded diary with translation] |
| 71 Aug 5 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Exchange of Notes between HMG and Argentine Government ("Communications between the Falkland Islands and the Argentine Mainland") [MT copy of 1971 White Paper] [released 2013] |
| 71 Oct 22 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip letter to PM (“Ministerial Changes”) [reshuffle recommendations] [declassified 2002] |
| 71 Nov 20 Sa |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Heath minute (student union finance) [declassified] [125K photo] |
| 71 Nov 25 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Chief Whip's minute (student union finance) [declassified] [328K photo] |
| 72 Mar 7 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Northern Ireland: Hailsham diary (Cabinet divided over direct rule) [coded diary with translation] |
| 72 Mar 7 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Cabinet minutes (discussion of direct rule) [CM (72) 13th Conclusions] |
| 72 Sep 25 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip letter to PM (list of junior figures) [reshuffle recommendations] [declassified 2002] |
| 72 Sep 25 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip letter to PM (key offices) [reshuffle recommendations] [declassified 2002] |
| 72 Oct 9 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Thatcher-Campbell minute to Heath (Education White Papers) [declassified] [111K scan] |
| 72 Oct 18 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Brandt-Heath meeting (record of bilateral at Paris European Summit) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 18 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Pompidou-Heath meeting (record of bilateral at Paris European Summit) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 19 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Paris European Summit record of conversation (Session 1) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 19 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Paris European Summit record of conversation (Session 2) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 20 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Paris European Summit record of conversation (Session 3) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 20 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Paris European Summit record of conversation (discussion of regional policy after lunch) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 20 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Paris European Summit record of conversation (Session 4) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 20 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Paris European Summit record of conversation (Session 5 - communiqué) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 20 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Paris European Summit record of conversation (annexes to record) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 20 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Paris European Summit final communiqué (including excerpt from French meeting record) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 25 We |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Cabinet (Heath report on Paris European Summit) [declassified 2003] |
| 72 Oct 29 Su |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Sir Antony Part note for Sir William Armstrong (MT as possible Minister for Fair Trading) [frank view of her relations with colleagues, etc] [declassified 2002] |
| 72 Nov 3 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip note to PM (MT as possible Minister of Trade) [reshuffle recommendations] [declassified 2002] |
| 72 Nov 5 Su |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: No.10 Press Office “Note for Editors” (Howe appointed Minister of Trade) [reshuffle] [declassified 2002] |
| 72 Nov 29 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Cabinet Secretary's minute (Education White Papers) [declassified] [76K scan] |
| 73 Feb 9 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Brandt-Heath phone call (possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Feb 10 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Brandt-Heath phone call (possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Feb 10 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Ministerial Meeting on currency crisis (possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Feb 11 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Barber-Schmidt phone call (possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Feb 14 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: UKE Paris to Treasury (French sceptical about reserve pooling) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Feb 26 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: No.10 to UK Ambassador in Washington (Heath “thinking big” on European monetary arrangements) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 1 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Heath-Brandt meeting (possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 1 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Heath-Brandt meeting - resumed (possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 1 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Derek Mitchell note on “Common float” (questions about possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 1 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Heath telegram to Chancellor of the Exchequer (discussions on possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 2 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Heath-Brandt meeting (possible EC joint float) [extract] [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 2 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Heath-Brandt meeting (possible EC joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 2 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Ministerial Meeting on possible joint float (UK favours in principle) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 3 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Ministerial Meeting on possible joint float (Germans drawing back a little) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 3 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Nixon letter to Heath (attacks European unilateralism in currency crisis) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 4 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: UKE Washington to FCO (Brandt letter to Nixon, 2 Mar - currency crisis) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 4 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Ministerial Meeting on possible joint float (British terms decided) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 4 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Heath letter to Nixon (defends EC line in currency crisis) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 4 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Nixon letter to Heath (thanks for swift response) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 6 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Heath letter to Brandt (“great decisions” needed on European monetary affairs) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 8 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Brandt letter to Heath (UK position “not without its problems”) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 11 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Schmidt-Barber meeting (Germany “could not possibly accept” UK conditions on joint float) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 11 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: UKE Bonn to FCO (Pöhl explains West German reservations) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 12 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Armstrong minute for Heath (meetings in Brussels) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 12 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Heath minute for Chancellor of the Exchequer (future policy for sterling) [declassified 2004] |
| 73 Mar 13 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Ministerial meeting on future policy for sterling (decison to plan for rejoining snake) [declassified 2004] |
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