| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Joseph & Maude on next stage of policy work) |
| 76 Nov 20 Sa |
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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 |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 156th Meeting |
| 77 Mar 29 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
MT: Hailsham diary (discussion with Peter Carrington) [serious doubts about MT & Keith Joseph] |
| 77 Apr 7 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to Sir Keith Joseph (general economic approach) |
| 77 May 26 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT ("Concerted Action" frightens MT to death) |
| 77 May 31 Tu |
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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 |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Report of Nationalised Industries Policy Group (leaked Ridley report) |
| 77 Aug 11 Th |
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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 |
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Key |
Conservative Party |
The Right Approach to the Economy (Conservative policy statement) |
| 77 Oct 25 Tu |
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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 |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: “Stepping Stones” Report (final text) |
| 78 Jan 11 We |
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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 |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Strategy: Lawson paper (Patten paper on "Stepping Stones") [513K] |
| 78 Jan 19 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Hoskyns on "Stepping Stones") |
| 78 Jan 30 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 51st Meeting (argument over "Stepping Stones") |
| 78 Feb 10 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Whitelaw on control of immigration) |
| 78 Feb 16 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Whitelaw "The Control of Immigration") |
| 78 Feb 23 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Patten on "Stepping Stones" & strategy) |
| 78 Feb 24 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Whitelaw "The Control of Immigration" - supplementary paper) |
| 78 Feb 27 Mo |
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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 |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Lawson to MT (denies Conservative economic plans will increase unemployment) |
| 78 Aug 30 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Conservative Party Manifesto for 1978 General Election - 2nd draft) [1,436K] |
| 78 Oct 4 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 220th Meeting (Rhodesia discussion - extended minute) |
| 78 Oct 16 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Strategy: Lawson to MT (importance of her faith & resolve) |
| 78 Oct 25 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Meeting of Shadows (Conservative view of European Monetary System) |
| 78 Oct 30 Mo |
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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 |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Lawson note on EMS |
| 78 Oct 31 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
EMS: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (Conservative line) |
| 78 Nov 15 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of
Meeting (attitude to European Monetary System) |
| 78 Nov 30 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Bundesbank) |
EMS: Bundesbank Council meeting with Chancellor Schmidt (assurances on operation of EMS) [declassified 2008] |
| 79 Jan 15 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 61st Meeting (Commons debate on industrial situation) |
| 79 Jan 16 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT's notes for her Commons speech (offer to HMG) [391K] |
| 79 Feb 23 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to John Nott (Bank sympathise with exchange control abolition) |
| 79 Mar 5 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Steering Committee: Minutes of 64th Meeting (manifesto drafting) |
| 79 Mar 28 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of
239th Meeting (Government defeated on confidence motion) |
| 79 Mar 31 Sa |
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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 |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Richard Ryder note for MT (meeting with Ken Stowe) [handover of power] [released 2010] |
| 75 Feb 11 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Conservative leadership: Hailsham letter to MT (congratulations & assurance of loyalty) |
| 75 Feb 11 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Ford Library) |
Conservative Party: State Department note on MT victory over Whitelaw (surprising) [declassified ?1984] |
| 75 Feb 12 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Carrington to MT (contratulations on election as leader) |
| 75 Feb 16 Su |
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Major |
Archive (US State Dept) |
Cold War: US Embassy in London to State Department (“Margaret Thatcher: Some First Impressions”) [declassified 2006] |
| 75 Feb 16 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Younger MSS) |
Scotland: MT to George Younger (in need of advice about Scotland and ready to take it) |
| 75 Feb 20 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (lack of party liaison with business) [duplicating campaigns against Industry Bill] |
| 75 Feb 25 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (agreed points) [Alan Walters, Irwin Bellow, John Bondsworth] |
| 75 Feb 26 We |
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Major |
Archive (Vaizey MSS) |
Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (thanks for congratulations & offer of help) |
| 75 Feb 26 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT to Sir Keith Joseph (lack of party liaison with business) [duplicating campaigns against Industry Bill] |
| 75 Feb 26 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 51st Meeting |
| 75 Feb 28 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Middle East: British Embassy in Jordan to FCO (MT connections to Israel) [declassified 2005] |
| 75 Mar 3 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Oppenheim on Prices Bill) |
| 75 Mar 4 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (chairmanship of key policy group) [Economic & Social Strategy Group] |
| 75 Mar 5 We |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Middle East: FCO to British Embassy in Jordan (MT connections to Israel) [declassified 2005] |
| 75 Mar 5 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 52nd Meeting |
| 75 Mar 5 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Adam Ridley note for MT (Bank of England) |
| 75 Mar 6 Th |
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Major |
Archive (FCO) |
EC: FCO brief on renegotiation (preparing for Dublin European Council) [declassified 2006] |
| 75 Mar 6 Th |
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Major |
Archive (FCO) |
EC: FCO steering brief (preparing for Dublin European Summit) [declassified 2006] |
| 75 Mar 6 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Cabinet (pre-Dublin European Council discussion of EEC renegotiation) [declassified 2006] |
| 75 Mar 10 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Joseph "Policy-Making, 1975") |
| 75 Mar 10 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Dublin European Council record of conversation (Session 1) [declassified 2006] |
| 75 Mar 10 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Dublin European Council record of conversation (Session 2) [declassified 2006] |
| 75 Mar 11 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Dublin European Council record of conversation (Session 3) [declassified 2006] |
| 75 Mar 12 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 53rd Meeting |
| 75 Mar 12 We |
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Major |
Archive (European Council) |
EC: Dublin European Council Presidency Conclusions |
| 75 Mar 13 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sir Keith Joseph note (inflation meeting) |
| 75 Mar 13 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Cabinet (post-Dublin European Council discussion of EEC renegotiation) [declassified 2006] |
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