| 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 |
 |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 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 |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("European issues") [challenge & opportunity] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("European issues") [as annotated by MT] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("Energy Issues") [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 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: NSC memo for Carter (congratulatory call to MT to end talk of rift) [declassified 2000] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT (congratulations on election result) [“tremendous personal victory for you”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Broadcasting: Michael Cole letter to MT (hopes to conduct first interview with her as PM) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury briefing for Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Overall Economic Outlook: Note by the Central Unit") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Central Policy Review Staff paper ("The Economy of the United Kingdom - Problems, Constraints, Opportunities") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Nationalised Industries: William Lithgow letters to MT and Dennis Thatcher (congratulations on election victory) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Cartledge minute to MT ("Chancellor Schmidt's Visit: 10/11 May") [arrangements and draft programme] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Cartledge minute to MT ("Guest List for your Dinner for Chancellor Schmidt") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: FCO minute to No.10 ("Administrative Plan for the Visit of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Herr Helmut Schmidt...") [arrangements and programme] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Hunt minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor Schmidt") [MT: "there are really too many" of these kinds of visits] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Elections: Joan Varley note on election results ("Local Government Election Results 4th May 1979 as at 17.30") [released 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Hunt briefing for MT ("Teachers' Pay") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Hunt briefing for MT ("Comprehensive Test Ban") [MT: "Am very unhappy and suspicious about this"] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Hunt briefing for MT ("Strategic Arms Limitation Talks") [MT: "I am less complacent [about supposed positive benefits of SALT II] - but will do nothing and say nothing to undermine the authority of the President"] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Bancroft minute to Stowe ("Special Advisors") [rules for appointment of special advisors] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Austin Pearce of Esso Petroleum letter to MT (congratulations on election victory, and planned meeting with Clifton Garvin of Exxon) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: NSC memo for Brzezinski ("Evening Report") [response to MT's election victory] [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: Brzezinksi minute to Carter ("Information") [MT's election victory] [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("Questions of Procedure for Ministers") [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ministers: Sanders note to MT ("Ministerial Travel") [issuance of rules on Ministerial travel; MT: "I really think the whole thing is far too detailed"] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England letters (from Governor of the Bank of England to Chancellor of the Exchequer) [domestic monetary policy, exchange rate, etc.] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Britain and the EC") [Taoiseach unsympathetic to British budget complaints] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 letter to FCO (forwards letter from Muzorewa) [asks advice on response] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 minute for MT (attaches Muzorewa letter) [declassified 2009] |
| 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 5 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Hunt minute to MT (industrial relations legislation) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Hunt minute to MT ("Chancellor Schmidt's Visit") [British nuclear deterrent, NATO, Turkey] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Trade Unions: Hunt briefing for MT (industrial relations) [initial briefing] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Bangladesh: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Zia of Bangladesh) [congratulations on MT's election, Lusaka CHOGM] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Teddy Taylor letter to MT (reflections on Scottish political scene and the election result) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (messages of congratulations) [press told of Carter call] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: FCO letter to No.10 (response to Muzorewa letter) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
NHS: Lankester minute to MT ("Doctors' and Dentists' Pay") [letters from British Medical Association and British Dentral Association regarding Report of Review Body on pay] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Israel: Prime Minister Begin of Israel letter to MT (congratulations on MT's election) [Egypt-Israel peace treaty] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to US Ambassador to UK Kingman Brewster (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to King Hussein of Jordan (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Taoiseach Lynch (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Martens of Belgium (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Richard Nixon (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England note (Beverly) [Governor’s contacts with new government] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 6 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (Rhodesia - line on message from Bishop Muzorewa) [claims of an envoy to Rhodesia “pure speculation”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Note for the Record (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer meeting) [Budget, etc] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Nott minute to MT ("Queen's Speech: Abolition of the Price Commission") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Henry Ford II letter to MT (congratulations on election) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 letter to FCO ("Chancellor Schmidt's Visit, 10/11 May 1979") [MT's comments on arrangements for visit] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Hunt minute to MT (appointment of Derek Rayner to head review into promotion of efficiency and elimination of waste in Government departments) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Hunt minute to MT (briefing notes for meeting with Derek Rayner) [Rayner "should be a hatchetman"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: MT letter to Cardinal Hume (appointment of Ministers to Northern Ireland Office) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Hunt minute to MT ("Teachers' Pay") [response to MT's comments] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Andreotti of Italy (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Joergensen of Denmark (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Henry Kissinger (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Ghandi of India (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Chancellor Schmidt (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: Vance minute to Carter (Vance meets with Carrington) [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: No.10 letter to Cabinet Office ("Questions of Procedure for Ministers") [MT's comments on Hunt's draft 'Procedure' document] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 7 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (Schmidt visit to London) [visit programme] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Cabinet, Queen’s Speech, Budget Date, Moving to No.10) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Cabinet: Ken Stowe minute to MT (list of newly-appointed Cabinet Committees) [membership & remit] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Cabinet: Ken Stowe minute to MT (“Cabinet Tuesday 8 May: Points to Make”) [“there must be no leaks, and no gossip”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Tokyo Summit (Hunt briefing on advance planning) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Cardona note (public expenditure plans in opposition) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Minute to MT ("Extract from Informal Cabinet Meeting 8 May 1978, 2:30pm") [delay to abolition of Price Commission] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Future of the Price Commission") [abolition of the price commission] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Lankester minute to Cabinet Office ("Energy Issues") [MT's comments on Hunt's briefing] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Lankester minute to Department of Energy (priority energy issues) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 1 (Committee Composition and Terms of Reference) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt note circulated to OD Committee - OD(79) 1 (Committee Composition and Terms of Reference) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Stowe minute to Bancroft ("A Freeze on Manpower") [Civil Service recruitment freeze] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Cartledge note to MT ("Chancellor Schmidt's Visit: Your Speech After Dinner on 10 May") [MT: Draft speech "is excellent"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 to FCO ("Chancellor Schmidt's Visit, 10/11 May: Briefs") [MT's comments on briefs] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("New British Government: Irish Press Reactions") [press reactions "cautious and restrained"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Cardinal Hume letter to MT (letter of congratulations and request for meeting) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Hunt minute to MT ("Teachers' Pay") [comment on Clegg Commission] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: National Association of Head Teachers letter to MT (teachers' pay negotiations) [appeal to MT to "break the impasse" in pay negotiations] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Comprehensive Test Ban") [MT's comments on Cabinet Office paper] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("SALT") [MT's comments on Cabinet Office paper] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
No.10: Stowe minute to No.10 political staff ("Access to papers") [arrangements for submission of papers to MT] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
No.10: Derek Howe minute to MT (Director of Information job description) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
No.10: List of No.10 Staff for Ryder ("10 Downing Street Staff At May 1979") [includes Adam Ridley, Michael Portillo] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Archbishop of Canterbury, Donald Coggan (thanks for message of congratulations) ["I love the prayer of St Francis, and it seemed so right"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Carter (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Pay: Lankester minute to Cabinet Office ("Pay and Cash Limits") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(79) 1 (Draft Queen’s Speech) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ian Gilmour-Foreign Secretary) [EC budget] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (MT comments on Hunt's incoming brief) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 8 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: Muzorewa letter to MT (assurance of support) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Ken Stowe minute for MT (establishment of Policy Unit under John Hoskyns) [“help to keep the strategy clear”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Gordon Reece minute for Richard Ryder (favours merchandising) [MT: “NO permission to be given at all on any goods of any kind”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Gordon Reece minute for Caroline Stephens (MT’s first major tv interview as PM) [suggests should be after Queen’s Speech] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter letter to MT (SALT II agreement to be announced) [would value help with Senate ratification] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Adam Ridley minute to MT ("Economic Strategy") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Queen's Speech - Abolition of the Price Commission") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT (letter to MT from Deputy Chairman of the Price Commission, Leslie Pincott) [Pincott "expresses concern at reports that the Price Commission may be abolished"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt minute to MT ("Standing Commission") [Clegg Commission on pay comparability] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Nationalised Industries: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("The Nationalised Industries: Notes for Ministers") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Freeze on Manpower") [Civil Service recruitment freeze] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Cartledge to MT ("Chancellor Schmidt's Visit 10-11 May") [arrangements for visit] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Goodchild note to MT ("Dinner for Chancellor Schmidt: Thursday, 10 May") [MT comments on seating plan] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Hunt minute to MT ("Visit of Chancellor Schmidt: EEC Budget") [briefing of proposed solution to budget problem] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Rayner letter to MT (accepts invitation to become an adviser) ["I shall do my utmost to bring about the changes that are needed"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit by the Taoiseach: 10 May") [brief for MT] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: HMT letter to No.10 (problems inherited by the Chancellor of the Exchequer from previous government) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister: British Council of Churches letter to MT (request for meeting) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Devolution: Unsigned note to MT ("Scotland Act and Wales Act") [proposed repeal] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Germany: Chancellor Schmidt of Germany letter to MT (30th anniversary of the end of the Berlin blockade) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Berrill minute to Hunt ("Teachers' Pay") [urges against use of Clegg Commission to settle pay dispute] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Carlisle minute to MT (paper on teachers' pay) [pay negotiation and teachers' unions industrial action] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Hunt briefing for MT ("Teachers' Pay") [pay negotiation, Clegg Commission and arbitration] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Adam Ridley minute to Lankester ("Teachers' Pay") [comments on Carlisle's minute to MT] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Walden minute to MOD ("SALT") [MT's comments on draft press release] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
No.10: Stowe minute to MT ("No.10 Policy Unit") [briefing note and announcement at Cabinet] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Elections: Minutes of meeting at the Foreign Office (Gilmour-Thorneycroft-Hurd and others) [European Election Campaign] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Chief Rabbi Jakobovits (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Pattison minute to MT ("Special Advisors") [memorandum on appointment of special advisors] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: NSC memo for Brzezinski ("Evening Report") [interagency meeting at the State Department on foreign policy of MT's government] [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England note (Beverly) [Governor’s agenda for meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Political Staff, Government’s Programme, Moving to No.10, Budget Date) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (Schmidt visit) [likely topics for talks & press arrangements] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Vance-Brown memo to Carter (urging TNF modernization) [declassified 1997] |
| 79 May 9 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Hunt briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Foreign Affairs and Community Affairs") [procedures for EC business] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (immediate monetary prospect) [monetary growth at top of range] [declassified 2009] |
| 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 10 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Lankester minute to MT (Announcement of the Budget Date) [MT: “as soon as possible”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Adam Ridley note for MT (public expenditure decisions in opposition) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Joseph minute to MT (abolition of the Price Commission) [Joseph favours immediate abolition] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Nott memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 2 (Future of the Price Commission) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Jenkin note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 3 (Report on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Gilmour memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(79) 2 (Gilbert Islands Independence) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Extract of minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 1st (freeze on Civil Service manpower) [MT's annotations] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Hunt minute to Cartledge ("Fisheries") [briefing for talks with Chancellor Schmidt] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: MT speaking notes for discussion with Chancellor Schmidt ("First Session of Talks with Chancellor Schmidt") [Anglo/German relations, EEC, defence, Turkey, plans for Plenary Session] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Agriculture minute to No.10 ("UK and German Interests in the Common Agricultural Policy") [briefing for talks with Chancellor Schmidt] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [first session of discussion] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: UKE Tehran to FCO ("Iran Internal Situation") [political developments] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Taoiseach Lynch) [Northern Ireland, economic issues] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Thorneycroft letter to MT (candidates for Vice Chairmen for the Conservative Party) [Thorneycroft suggests Charles Morrison, MT objects] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Nationalised Industries: Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (Government policy towards the nationalised industries) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Pym minute to MT ("The Defence Budget and Cash Limit") [meeting of NATO defence ministers] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: No.10 letter to Department of Education ("Teachers' Pay") [MT's comments on Carlisle's minute of 9th May] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Younger minute to MT ("Teachers' Pay") [comments on Carlisle's minute of 9th May] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Fraser of Australia (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Prior minute to MT (appointment of Rob Shepherd as special advisor) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Ure minute for Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [background briefing on Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt minute to MT ("Questions of Procedure for Ministers") [Cabinet Committees] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 1st (Government Business, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Queen’s Speech, Collective Responsibility) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Cabinet, Armed Forces’ Pay, Cabinet Committees, David Wolfson) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (Irish PM Lynch courtesy call on MT) [Lynch’s statement went “slightly further than we would have wished”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe:No.10 minute for MT (Carrington wants early meeting of OD) [MT agrees] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: FCO letter to No.10 (proposes Duff visit Rhodesia) [MT agrees] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Trivial |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Notes for move to flat at No.10 (list of items) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Milton Friedman (thanks for congratulations) [“The battle has now begun”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for MT ("Public Expenditure") ["early report on the seriousness of the situation"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt draft briefing for Ministers ("Pay and Cash Limits") [MT: "Discussion on this paper in Cabinet would be futile..."] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Future of the Price Commission (E(79) 2)...") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(79) 3 (Rhodesia) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Australia: Wall letter to Cartledge ("Overseas Visits by the Prime Minister") [FCO advises MT to visit Australia] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Heseltine minute to MT ("Manpower") [local government manpower reductions] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 ("Freeze on Civil Service Manpower") [draft paper by Soames, annotations by MT] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [Plenary Session] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [partial record of Plenary Session, nuclear matters] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Transcript of MT/Schmidt press conference ("Press Conference on 11 May 1979 given by Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher & Chancellor Schmidt") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Text of MT speech for Chancellor Schmidt ("The Prime Minister's Luncheon For The Federal German Chancellor and his Delegation, Friday 11 May 1979") [relections on meetings] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.11 record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-FRG Minister of Finance) [economic issues, EEC budget, Turkey] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 minute to FCO ("Prime Minister's Dicussions with Chancellor Schmidt on 10 May: Fisheries") [details of meeting] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Maureen Harris, secretary to Rayner, letter to Stowe (second copy of Rayner's acceptance letter) [Stowe: "This procedure does not commend itself to me as an example of efficiency and avoiding waste!"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Meeting Between the Prime Minister and Mr Lynch: Press Reaction") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Heseltine minute to MT ("Manpower") [staffing restraint in local government] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (defence expenditure) [some increase required, but decisions should not be rushed] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Stephens note to MT ("European Elections") [MT: "I shall have no recess at all"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Commonwealth: Prime Minister Pindling of the Bahamas letter to MT (invitation to 250th Anniversary of Parliament in the Bahamas) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Biffen minute to MT ("The Defence Budget and Cash Limit: NATO Meeting") [Pym should not commit himself to a precise level of defence spending] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("Defence Budget and Cash Limit") [meeting of NATO defence ministers] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Hunt briefing for MT ("Economic Strategy Committee: Teachers' Pay") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: FCO record of conversation (Carrington-FRG Minister of Foreign Affairs Genscher) [SALT, MBFR, TNF] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: UKE Washington to No.10 ("SALT") [US Administration anxious about HMG position on SALT II] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Carrington minute to MT ("SALT: The Government's Public Response") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("SALT") [HMG's public position on SALT II] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB)") [views of MOD officials] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Kenneth Stacey (Chequers) ["I wish to avail myself of my right under the Deed of Settlement...to occupy and use Chequers"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Fishing: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [fisheries] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Hall minute for Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [options for future policy] [declassified 2012] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: Carter letter to MT (congratulations on election victory; SALT II; Toyko G7) [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ministers: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 ("Ministerial Travel") [rules on Ministerial travel simplified; MT: "Excellent - it was worth while being "difficult"!"] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Cabinet Secretary Note circulated to Cabinet - CC(79) 2 (Queen’s Speech) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe & Prior memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(79) 3 (Standing Commission on Pay Comparability) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England letter (from Governor of the Bank of England to Chancellor of the Exchequer) [exchange control] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Littler & Bank of England) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Vile minute to Cartledge ("European Issues") [Bonn, Barcelona Conventions] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 11 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT (OD discussion of Rhodesia) [next steps] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 12 Sa |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 12 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: MT's programme at Scottish Conservative Party Conference (Perth Conference, 1979) [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 13 Su |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 13 Su |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter letter to MT (SALT II; South Africa; Middle East; energy) [kicking off discussions] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Pym-Apel meeting in Brussels (record of conversation) [including theatre nuclear forces] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hailsham minute to MT ("Price Commission") [cabinet procedure] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Prior minute to MT (industrial relations legislation) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 1st (Price Commission, Teachers' Pay) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(79) 1st (Rhodesia, SALT, EEC Matters) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Cartledge minute to MT ("Meeting with President Gisard D'Estaing") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Conservative Central Office letter to Ryder (announcements of new appointments in the Conservative Party Organisation) [MT: "We must first consult with Prof. Hugh Thomas"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Lankester minute to MT ("Teachers' Pay - Arrangements for Arbitration") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 minute to FCO ("SALT II: The Government's Public Reaction") [MT comments on Carrington's minute] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Nick Ridley (MT no longer able to attend Economic Dining Club Dinners) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: MT letter to Austin Pearce of Esso Petroleum (thanks for message of congratulations, meeting with Clifton Garvin of Exxon) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Nick Ridley minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands") [Ridley's comments on options for future policy] [declassified 2012] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 4 (Public Expenditure: Scope for Cuts) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (House Business, Resignation Honours, MP’s Pay, Policy Unit Appointment) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (Cabinet Committee meetings & composition) [“this Government may want more rather than less secrecy” about them] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 14 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Boyd) [receives his report] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Note for the Record (MT-Adam Ridley meeting) [Budget] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter letter to MT (safety of Iranian Jews) [join me in demanding] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Carter (SALT II; CTB; Turkey; South Africa; Middle East; G7; Vietnamese Boat People) [pre-Tokyo discussions] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: UK Delegation NATO to FCO (account of Eurogroup ministerial meeting) [“TNF Modernisation/Grey Areas”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Pattison minute to Hoskyns (overall economic strategy) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Meeting of NEDC on 6 June") [MT will not attend] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Federal Chancellor's Visit to London: German Media Reactions") ["The overwhelming consensus is that the meeting between the two heads of government was a success"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prior) [extension of Mortimer's term as Chairman of ACAS] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (appointment of Michael Portillo as special advisor) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Zimbabwe: Vance minute to Carter (MT and Rhodesia) [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 5 (Cash Limits) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 6 (The Way Forward on Pay) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Soames memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 7 (The Adjustment of Cash Limits to Take Account of Civil Service Pay Settlements) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Rhodesia, Legislation, Hanging, Price Commission) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 15 Tu |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 minute for MT (Drinkwater's separate report) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Note for the Record (MT-Treasury Ministers & Officials meeting on public spending) [Treasury approach “not nearly tough enough”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
No.10: Colin Peterson minute to PM & Stowe (“Cars at No.10”) [“We have a problem about replacing our cars”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury note for Chief Secretary ("Proposals on Public Expenditure") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Cash Limits") ["fatal ... to take brave decisions now, only to run away from them later"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure: Scope for Cuts" ) ["dreadful inheritance"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("The Way Forward on Pay (C(79) 6)") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Howell minute to MT (main energy issues) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Standing Commission on Pay Comparability (C(79) 3)") [Clegg Commission] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Lankester minute to MT ("Visit of Henry Ford") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Hunt briefing for MT ("Civil Service Manpower (C(79) 7)") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Hunt briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure 1979-80: Cash Limits 1979-80 and Civil Service Manpower") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 minute to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Paris, 5 June 1979") [MT accepts invitation] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: FCO to UKE Tehran ("Iran Jewish Community") [information requested for response to message from President Carter] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Carlisle minute to MT (controls on Local Authority staffing) [impact of Heseltine's proposals on education] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Pattison note to MT (Heseltine's proposals for constraints on Local Government staffing) [MT: "Go ahead on the basis of Mr Heseltine's excellent memorandum"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Hunt briefing for MT ("Teachers Pay (C(79) 8)") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Science: Hunt minute to MT ("Science") [management of science issues, ACARD] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Hunt briefing for MT ("Co-ordination of Maritime Affairs") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: NSC memo for Brzezinski ("Evening Report") ["Thatcher Government on TNF Arms Control"] [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Agriculture: Walker letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Retail and Wholesale Milk Prices") [urgent need for increase in retail price of milk] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Carlisle memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 8 (Teachers’ Pay) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England note (Beverly) [Governor’s agenda for meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Assistant Whips, Price Commission, Rhodesia, Capital Punishment) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (press can be told of PM’s coming meetings with Begin, Vance & Jenkins) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (decision to abolish Price Commission - list of ministers present) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: Cartledge minute to MT ("Lord Boyd's Report on the Rhodesian Elections") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 16 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: Boyd letter to MT (introducing report) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) |
MT: Caroline Stephens to Ronnie Millar (thanks) [“you did more than anyone else to win the election & she knows it”] |
| 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 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Carter (SALT II, etc) [delays substantive reply] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Treasury minute on budget calculations (“ Problems ... Solutions”) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Carrington-Danish Foreign Minister meeting in Copenhagen (record of conversation) [Nordic area & TNF] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: UK Delegation NATO to FCO (account of Defence Planning Committee meeting) [“NATO TNF Modernisation”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt note for MT ("The Way Forward on Pay") [additional briefing] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Anglo-German Summit Meeting: Official German Reactions") [FRG statement: "the prospects look good for Europe and good for the alliance"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Stowe letter to Private Secretaries ("Review of Quangos") [Ministers should consider reductions to Quangos for which they are responsible] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: UKE Tehran to FCO ("Iran Jewish Community") [information and recommendations for response to message from President Carter] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
NHS: DHSS letter to No.10 ("Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body Report") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister: Lankester minute to MT ("Visit to the Department of Energy") [briefing documents for MT's visit] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Association of Independent Businesses letter to MT ("Inflation Proofed Pensions and the Civil Service") [criticism of report by Government Actuary] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: MT letter to General Secretary of National Association of Head Teachers (teachers' pay) ["it is highly regrettable that our relations with the teacher associations should have to begin against a background of industrial action"] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: No.10 Duty Clerk note to MT ("Teachers' Pay") [rate support grant and pay] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Archbishop of York, Stuart Blanch (thanks for letter) ["you were writing a new book I believe - would you let me know when it's due to come out"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Archbishop of Lewes, Peter Ball (thanks for letter) ["Letters like yours are a great source of strength"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter Jacques Chirac (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter Chairman Kosygin (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter NATO Secretary-General Luns (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter President Nyerere of Tanzania (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter Prime Minister Botha of South Africa (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter Foreign Minister Botha of South Africa (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Commonwealth Secretary-General Ramphal (thanks for letter of congratulations, and looking forward to CHOGM, Lusaka) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Trivial |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Tommy Sopwith (thanks for roses) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Trivial |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Stephens note to MT ("Freedon of Kensington and Chelsea") [MT: "I really don't want to get involved in a big ceremony"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Department of Employment letter to No.10 (proposed appointment of Robbie Gilbert as special advisor) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: HMT letter to No.10 ("Mr. George Cardona") [appointment of special advisor] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt minute to Vile ("Revelation of Cabinet Committees") [account of Hunt meeting with MT] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 2nd (Legislative Programme, SALT, Rhodesia, Community Budget, CAP, etc) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Rhodesia, Boyd Report, Capital Punishment) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: Boyd letter to MT (proposes British gesture to Muzorewa government) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 letter to FCO (Boyd report on Rhodesian elections) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (budget) [“industrial priorities as I see them”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Friedrich Hayek (thanks for congratulations) [“have learnt so much from you over the past few years”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Peter Sellers (thanks for congratulations) [“ex Goon from East Finchley”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT to Sir Robert Armstrong (thanks for congratulations) [“One tends to become very isolated here. I must see that doesn’t happen”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT to Bill Deedes (thanks for card) [“we count on your advice and loyalty ... We must not let you down”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Senator Jacob Javits (thanks for congratulations) [“The real battle has begun”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to IEA (thanks for congratulations) [“primarily your foundation work”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Announcement of Public Expenditure Cuts") [cut to Rate Support Grant] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Pepper) [assessing the budget] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Gordon Pepper) [summary] [budget & money supply] [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: MT letter to Henry Ford II (reply to Ford's letter) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Soames memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 4 (11th Report of the Top Salaries Review Body) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Friedman MSS) |
Conservatism: MT note to Ralph Harris (message of thanks to IEA) ["let me thank you all for what you have done for the cause of free enterprise..."] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
China: FCO letter to No.10 ("China: Possible Visit by Premier Hua Guofeng") [FCO recommends that MT agree to receive Premier Hua] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: President Kaunda of Zambia letter to MT (Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) [letter of invitation] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Heseltine minute to MT ("Local Authority Manpower") [draft parliamentary statement] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EC: MT letter to Prime Minister Karamanlis of Greece ("Signature of Greek Accession Treaty") [congratulations on accession of Greece to the EEC; Carrington to represent UK at signing] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Lankester minute to MT ("Teachers' Pay") [update on pay negotiations] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cartledge minute to MT ("Your Talks with Mr. Cyrus Vance") [SALT, Rhodesia, Middle East] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Hector Monro (MT unable to attend sporting functions) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Trivial |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Helen Suzman (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Van Agt of the Netherlands (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: FCO letter to No.10 ("Call on the Prime Minister by the President of the European Commission") [brief for MT meeting with Jenkins] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Economy, Rhodesia, Living at No. 10) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: Brzezinski appreciation of Margaret Thatcher (“tends to dominate and to do most of the talking”) [declassified 2000] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Zimbabwe: Brzezinski memo for State Department (Carter backs revised internal settlement) [declassified 2000] |
| 79 May 18 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: FCO letter to No.10 (MT agrees arrangements for publishing Boyd Report) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 19 Sa |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 19 Sa |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 minute for MT (Fraser letter) [MT: "The people of Rhodesia have the right to decide themselves who shall be their government and whether they approve the internal settlement"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 19 Sa |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: Fraser letter to MT (concerns over Rhodesia) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 20 Su |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Tokyo Summit (MT meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister - record of conversation) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Trivial |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Tokyo Summit (MT’s personal security in Tokyo) [Cabinet Secretary sees off karate girls] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (budget plans) [“quite severely contractionary” proposals] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Tokyo Summit (Hunt briefing on Sherpa meeting) [“not a re-run of the Bonn Summit”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Public Expenditure") [Biffen papers for Cabinet] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Cartledge letter to the Department of Energy ("Call on the Prime Minister by the President of the European Commission on 21 May 1979") [need for a study on the bargaining position of the West in OPEC oil negotiations] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester note to Stowe (concerns about MT meetings with Pepper) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Roy Jenkins) [EMS, CAP, energy, Rhodesia] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Soames ("Civil Service Dispersal") [Howe welcomes "quick review" of proposals] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Paris") [arrangements] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: FCO letter to No.10 ("Jewish Community in Iran") [draft reply to message from President Carter] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia) [Arab-Israeli conflict, Egypt] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Elections: John Stanley MP letter to MT (bias in the electoral system against the Conservative Party) [over-representation of inner-city areas] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Department of Education letter to No.10 ("Teachers' Pay") [details of formal pay agreement by Burnham Committee] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: No.10 letter to Department of Education ("Teachers' Pay Negotiations") [terms of reference for Clegg Commission] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("SALT II: Non-Circumvention") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("Comprehensive Test Ban: National Seismic Stations in the United Kingdom and Dependent Territories") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
No.10: Summary of the General Post sent to No.10 (Week Beginning 21 May 1979) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Elections: Conservative Research Department briefing note for Candidates ("The Labour Manifesto") [European Election Campaign] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Stevas minute to MT ("Special Advisor") [MT: "Has any Leader of the House ever had a special advisor? I can see no reason for it whatsoever"] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Agriculture: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Walker (proposed milk retail price increase) [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Agriculture: Nott letter to Walker ("Milk Prices") [proposed increase in retail price of milk conflicts with reform of CAP and elimination of milk surplus] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Agriculture: Lankester minute to MT ("Milk Prices") [proposed increase in retail price of milk] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Agriculture: No.10 letter to MAFF ("Milk Prices") [MT's view is that 1p increase in retail price of milk is "maximum that is politically feasible"] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Stowe minute to Private Secretaries (questions of procedure for Ministers) [instructions for Cabinet] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Jenkin memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 9 (Uprating of Social Security Benefits) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (MPs’ and Ministers’ Pay, Washington Ambassador, Industry Debate) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (MT meetings with “Foreign Visitors”) [Roy Jenkins, Saudi Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (MT visit to Paris announced - 5 June) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 letter to FCO (agrees FCO plan for handling Boyd Report) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 21 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 letter to FCO (MT comments on Fraser letter) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [budget prospects] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Prior minute to MT ("Slade Inquiry") [industrial relations] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Hunt minute to Stowe ("Prime Minister's Visit to Paris") [arrangements] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
NHS: Jenkin minute to MT (doctors' and dentists' Pay) [discussions with leaders of the medical profession on the Review Body report and private medical care] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Department of Energy") [draft account of MT's visit to the Department] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Ryder note to MT ("Principal points emerging from the Directors Meeting held in Central Office at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday 22nd May") [European elections, party political matters] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("Soviet Deployments in the Absence of SALT II") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Trivial |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Stephens note to MT (invitation to Emmanuel Kaye birthday dinner) [MT: "We have to!"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Housing: Berrill minute to Stowe ("The Prime Minister's talk with Mr Heseltine") [Government's approach to housing] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Housing: Hunt minute to Lankester ("Housing") [background briefing on housing] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Heseltine minute to MT ("Welsh Rate Support Grant") [proposed transfer of responsibility for Welsh RSG to Heseltine] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: MOD record of conversation (Pym-US Secretary of State Vance) [defence, TNF, SALT and strategic nuclear issues, CTB, anti satellite warfare negotations, arms sales to China] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: FCO record of conversation (Carrington-US Secretary of State Vance) [defence and arms control, Rhodesia, Arab-Israeli conflict,Tokyo Economic Summit] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Agriculture: Walker letter to MT (proposed increase in retail price of milk) [addressing MT's concerns] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Pattison minute to MT (secrecy of Cabinet Committees) [draft Parliamentary Answer] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen note circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 10 (Review of Expenditure Programmes During Period in Opposition) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 11 (Review of Expenditure) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England note (Goodhart for Governors of the Bank of England) [MBC draft paper for Quarterly Bulletin] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 22 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Criticism of Civil Servants, UK Ambassador to Washington, Civil Service Recruitment Freeze, Rhodesia) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Transition to Power: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Prime Minister-designate Clark of Canada) [congratulations on his election victory & MT's thoughts on cabinet-making: "I had to balance it out"] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (RPI impact of budget plans) [case for “immediate & ambitious” switch to indirect taxation] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.11 record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-CBI) [Budget] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Hunt briefing for MT meeting with Chancellor (“The Budget”) [Treasury “in danger of getting too boxed in”] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Berrill minute ("Review of Expenditure Programmes") [CPRS view of Biffen memos] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Biffen note to MT ("Review of Expenditure Programmes") [tactics] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Review of Expenditure Programmes") [Biffen papers] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Privatisation: Hunter letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (oil bonds) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Dispersal") [need for quick review of Civil Service dispersal policy] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Adjustment of Cash Limits for Civil Service Pay Settlement") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Wall letter to Cartledge ("Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Agenda") [draft reply to Ramphal] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Hunt minute to Stowe ("Prime Minister's Visit to Paris") [objectives and briefing] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Paris: M. Barre's Economic Strategy") [briefing on the Barre Plan] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Begin of Israel) [Arab-Israeli conflict] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Middle East: No.10 letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Lunch for Mr. Begin at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday 23 May 1979") [MT "apprehensive that Mr. Begin's attitude could kill the whole process of the search for a comprehensive settlement in the Middle East"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Parliament: Cabinet Office letter to Private Secretaries ("Government Bills Suitable for Offering to Private Members in 1979/80 Session of Parliament") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Germany: MT letter to Chancellor Schmidt of Germany (30th anniversary of the end of the Berlin blockade) ["Our commitment to the city remains as strong as ever"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Commonwealth: MT letter to President Suharto of Indonesia (Anglo-Indonesia trade) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Carrington minute to MT ("Comprehensive Test Ban Negotiations") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Hunt briefing for MT ("Comprehensive Test Ban: National Seismic Stations") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("SALT II: Non-circumvention") [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-US Secretary of State Vance) [partial record] [SALT II, CTB] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade Patolichev) [Anglo-Soviet relations, SALT] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Trivial |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Henry John Heinz II (thanks for letter of congratulations) ["I do indeed recall our bus ride together to Istanbul"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to President Siad Barre of Somalia (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: HMT record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-US Secretary of State Vance) [defence expenditure, economic assistance, preparations for the Tokyo Summit, European Monetary System, trade issues, inflations, Turkey] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: Christopher minute to Carter (Schmidt, Thatcher and Turkey) ["Schmidt will personally ask Mrs. Thatcher to increase the British contribution [to aid for Turkey]"] [declassified 2008] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Agriculture: No.10 letter to MAFF ("Milk Prices") [MT agrees to 1.5p increase in retail price of milk] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England letter (from Governor of the Bank of England to Chancellor of the Exchequer) [budget] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Rhodesia, Talks with Mr. Vance) [objective to “bring Rhodesia back to legality”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (Begin visit) [agenda for working lunch] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (MT lunch with Begin) [“wide-ranging discussion ... very friendly atmosphere”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (civil service cuts) [important to stress civil service cuts do not include NHS staff] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 23 We |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: No.10 record of conversation (MT-US Secretary of State Vance) [Rhodesia, the Middle East, Iran, Turkey] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Chief Secretary) [budget plans] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
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 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Carter (safety of Iranian Jews) [intervention counter-productive at present] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Tokyo Summit (Hunt minute on planning) [Japanese have misconstrued MT remarks to Sonoda] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Carlisle note to Biffen ("Public Expenditure 1979-80") [education budget] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Younger note to Chancellor of the Exchequer (economic outlook for Scotland) [concern over unemployment] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Howell paper for Cabinet ("Offshore Supplies Interest Relief Grants Scheme: Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Energy") [EC oil tax relief; MT: "Am very much against this solution"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 5 (Pay) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 6 (Offshore Supplies Interest Relief Grants Scheme) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Rayner minute to MT ("The Rayner Project") [Rayner: "provisional shape of my thoughts"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Walker minute to MT ("Review of Quangos") [options for abolition of Quangos] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Home Affairs: Peterson minute to Stephens ("Iona") [Archbishop of Canterbury expresses concern over proposed sale of the Isle of Iona] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: Cartledge note to MT (Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong) [briefing documents] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Canada: MT message to Prime Minister-designate Clark of Canada (message of congratulations on election victory) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Trade Unions: MT letter to Nicholas Winterton MP (thanks for letter of congratulations and response to remarks on strikers' benefits) ["there are limits to what we can do at once"] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Fishing: Walker minute to MT ("The Common Fisheries Policy") [MT: "It is our water and but for the unique Common Resources policy - our fish. Don't give them away"] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Department of Environment letter to No.10 (reducing waste in local government) [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Parliament: Stevas minute to MT ("House of Commons Procedure") [response to proposals of the Procedure Committee] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Agriculture: MAFF letter to No.10 ("Milk Prices") [written Parliamentary Answer on 1.5p increase in retail price of milk] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Soames memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 12 (Further Action To Reduce The Size Of The Civil Service) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England note (Beverly) [Governor’s agenda for meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Boyd Report, response to Len Murray, Callaghan’s remarks on “Political Strikes”) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (air defence) [rebutting “a mischievous article”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (meeting with Len Murray) [Private Office anxious we should not be specific as to date & time] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 3rd (SALT, Southern Africa, Vietnamese Refugees, Social Security Upratings, etc) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: Lankester minute to MT (Harlech appointment as emissary to frontline states) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Tokyo Summit (MT meeting with Japanese Trade Minister - record of conversation) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to the Mayor of Grantham (thanks for congratulations) [please pass thanks to all who have written] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Helmut Kohl (thanks for congratulations) [hopes for closer party ties] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Chancellor's Paper on Pay") [MT: "This is a very poor paper..."] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Howell minutes to MT ("Oil Supply" and "International Energy Agency - Ministerial Meeting 21/22 May") [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Cartledge letter to Vile (MT's visit to Paris) [MT's views on arrangements] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Cardinal Basil Hume) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: UN Secretary-General Waldheim letter to MT (refugees from Indochina) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Elections: Nicholson note to MT and others ("24th May 1979 Labour Euro Campaign Press Conference") [account of Labour manifesto launch] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to David Renton (Lincoln's Inn) [MT accepts invitation to dine at Lincoln's Inn and display coat of arms] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to Garrett FitzGerald (thanks for letter of congratulations) [Northern Ireland] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Zimbabwe: MT letter to Ian Smith (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Housing: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Heseltine-Stanley) [issues relating to housing and the Housing Bill] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Talks with Mayor of West Berlin, Cardinal Hume, Vietnamese boat people) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (meeting with Governing Mayor of Berlin) [released 2010] |
| 79 May 25 Fr |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: FCO letter to No.10 (Harlech mission to South Africa; MT opposes meetings with Patriotic Front) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 26 Sa |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 27 Su |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 28 Mo |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 28 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Chancellor Schmidt letter to MT (safety of nuclear energy) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 28 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Korea: President Park Chung Hee of South Korea letter to MT (visit of South Korean special envoy to the UK) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 28 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: FCO letter to No.10 ("Vietnamese Refugees") [pressure on Vietnam and resettlement of refugees] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 28 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: Pattison minute to MT ("Vietnamese Refugees") [letter from Save The Children] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 13 (Public Expenditure Reductions 1979-80) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT Engagement Diary |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Jenkin memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 14 (Social Security Upratings) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 15 (Refugees From Vietnam) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: No.10 letter to Department of Energy ("Offshore Supplies Interest Relief Grants Scheme") [EC oil tax relief] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Department of Employment letter to No.10 (briefing for MT's meeting with TUC General Secretary) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-TUC Economic Committee) [TUC budget representations] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Stowe minute to MT (John Methven phone call to Stowe) [CBI] [declassified 2010] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph and Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 7 (Power Plant Manufacturing Industry) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Hailsham minute to MT ("Review of Quangos") [administrative tribunals and other quasi-judicial tribunals] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Home Affairs: MT letter to Archbishop of Canterbury (proposed sale of the Isle of Iona) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: FCO letter to No.10 ("Vietnamese Refugees") [outstanding aid contracts with Vietnam] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: UKE Washington to FCO ("Vietnamese Refugees") [Blaker meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: Home Office letter to No.10 ("Refugees from Vietnam") [briefing document] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers) [Vietnamese refugees] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: Record of conversation (Gilmour-Soviet Ambassador Lunkov) [Vietnamese refugees] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: President of the General Council of British Shipping, David Ropner, letter to MT (Vietnamese refugees) [Vietnamese refugees] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Vietnam: MT letter to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore (Vietnamese refugees) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 29 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Germany: Chancellor Schmidt letter to MT (aid to Turkey) [requests higher British contribution to aid package] [released 2010] |
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