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75 Feb 11 Tu	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Conservative leadership second ballot: MT elected leader
75 Feb 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Hailsham MSS)	Conservative leadership: Hailsham letter to MT (congratulations & assurance of loyalty)
75 Feb 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative leadership election: MT’s notes on handling Ted Heath
75 Feb 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ford Library)	Conservative Party: State Department note on MT victory over Whitelaw (surprising) [declassified ?1984]
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks leaving Flood Street (cautious about predicting second ballot result)
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Finchley Times
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Message on press freedom
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference after winning Conservative leadership (Grand Committee Room)
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC (after winning Conservative leadership)
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for ITN (after winning Conservative leadership)
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference after winning Conservative leadership (Conservative Central Office)
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC2 Midweek (after winning Conservative leadership) [“I almost wept when they told me. I DID weep”]
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC1 Nationwide (after winning Conservative leadership)
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks at victory party (after winning Conservative leadership)
75 Feb 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Standing Committee [Finance Bill]
75 Feb 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: Carrington to MT (contratulations on election as leader)
75 Feb 12 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks leaving Flood Street
75 Feb 12 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks after visiting Edward Heath in Wilton Street (meeting was private)
75 Feb 12 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Written Statement on Heath’s refusal to serve in Shadow Cabinet
75 Feb 13 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC S [Civil List]
75 Feb 13 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC PQ [Business of the House]
75 Feb 13 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to 1922 Committee
75 Feb 13 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks receiving Valentine Card
75 Feb 13 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Message to the Grantham Journal
75 Feb 14 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Daily Mail
75 Feb 16 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Cold War: US Embassy in London to State Department (“Margaret Thatcher: Some First Impressions”) [declassified 2006]
75 Feb 16 Su	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Hailsham MSS)	Conservative leadership: MT letter to Hailsham (warm thanks) [realises magnitude of her task]
75 Feb 16 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Younger MSS)	Scotland: MT to George Younger (in need of advice about Scotland and ready to take it)
75 Feb 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Hailsham MSS)	Middle East: Hailsham letter to MT (should he join Conservative Friends of Israel?)
75 Feb 17 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to National Chamber of Trade
75 Feb 17 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks after speaking to National Chamber of Trade
75 Feb 17 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC (Shadow Cabinet)
75 Feb 18 Tu	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Shadow Cabinet complete
75 Feb 18 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons Statement [Prime Minister (Moscow Visit)]
75 Feb 18 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Daily Express
75 Feb 18 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC (Shadow Cabinet)
75 Feb 18 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for ITN (Shadow Cabinet)
75 Feb 18 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to Robert Carr MP (Shadow Cabinet)
75 Feb 19 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks after meeting US Secretary of State (Henry Kissinger)
75 Feb 19 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Written Statement on completing Shadow Cabinet (Du Cann choosing to stay out “for the time being”)
75 Feb 19 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC Radio 2 Jimmy Young Programme
75 Feb 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (lack of party liaison with business) [duplicating campaigns against Industry Bill]
75 Feb 20 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech accepting the Conservative leadership
75 Feb 20 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
75 Feb 20 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	HC PQ [Business of the House]
75 Feb 21 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Scottish Conservatives
75 Feb 21 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference in Edinburgh
75 Feb 21 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Scottish TV (visiting Scotland)
75 Feb 21 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Glasgow
75 Feb 22 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to the Prime Minister (leaked Royal documents)
75 Feb 24 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons Statement [Documents (Unofficial Disclosure)]
75 Feb 25 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (agreed points) [Alan Walters, Irwin Bellow, John Bondsworth]
75 Feb 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Vaizey MSS)	Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (thanks for congratulations & offer of help)
75 Feb 26 We	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 51st Meeting
75 Feb 26 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to Sara Morrison (resignation as Party Vice-Chairman)
75 Feb 27 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
75 Feb 27 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	HC PQ [Business of the House]
75 Feb 27 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC I Report [Finance Bill]
75 Feb 28 Fr	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to West Dorset Conservatives [complete audio tape]
75 Feb 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: British Embassy in Jordan to FCO (MT connections to Israel) [declassified 2005]
75 Feb 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (IEA MSS)	Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (Ralph Bateman) [meeting arranged with MT]
75 Feb 28 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to West Dorset Conservatives
75 Mar 1 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Trade Unionists Conference
75 Mar 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Oppenheim on Prices Bill)
75 Mar 3 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks at Ideal Home Exhibition
75 Mar 3 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks receiving small business delegation
75 Mar 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (chairmanship of key policy group) [Economic & Social Strategy Group]
75 Mar 4 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
75 Mar 4 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC I [Finance Bill (Points of Order)]
75 Mar 4 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC I [Norton Villiers Triumph Ltd Order (Business Statement)]
75 Mar 5 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: FCO to British Embassy in Jordan (MT connections to Israel) [declassified 2005]
75 Mar 5 We	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Party Political Broadcast (introducing MT) [film]
75 Mar 5 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 52nd Meeting
75 Mar 5 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Adam Ridley note for MT (Bank of England)
75 Mar 5 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Party Political Broadcast
75 Mar 5 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Party Political Broadcast
75 Mar 6 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	EC: FCO brief on renegotiation (preparing for Dublin European Council) [declassified 2006]
75 Mar 6 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	EC: FCO steering brief (preparing for Dublin European Summit) [declassified 2006]
75 Mar 6 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Cabinet (pre-Dublin European Council discussion of EEC renegotiation) [declassified 2006]
75 Mar 6 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks visiting "Glasgow the friendly city" exhibition
75 Mar 6 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	HC PQ [Business of the House]
75 Mar 7 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to London University Conservative Association
75 Mar 10 Mo	Chronology	Major	[Chronology]	Dublin European Council (ended 11 Mar): British `renegotiation’ concluded
75 Mar 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Joseph "Policy-Making, 1975")
75 Mar 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Dublin European Council record of conversation (Session 1) [declassified 2006]
75 Mar 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Dublin European Council record of conversation (Session 2) [declassified 2006]
75 Mar 10 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Finchley Conservatives (Association AGM)
75 Mar 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Dublin European Council record of conversation (Session 3) [declassified 2006]
75 Mar 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC S [EEC Membership (Referendum)]
75 Mar 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC I [EEC Membership (Referendum)]
75 Mar 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 53rd Meeting
75 Mar 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (European Council)	EC: Dublin European Council Presidency Conclusions
75 Mar 12 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the Diplomatic Association
75 Mar 12 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons Statement [Dublin European Council]
75 Mar 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph note (inflation meeting)
75 Mar 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Cabinet (post-Dublin European Council discussion of EEC renegotiation) [declassified 2006]
75 Mar 13 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	HC PQ [Business of the House]
75 Mar 13 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	HC I [Houses of Parliament (Facilities)]
75 Mar 14 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Speech opening St Hugh’s School in Woodhall Spa

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