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79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	USA: UKE Washington telegram 1235 to FCO (2152Z) ("President Carter") [report on indictment of Bert Lance & the ramifications for Carter] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: Cabinet Office letter to No.10 (Joint Intelligence Committee Reports) [external policies; sub-Saharan Africa; military expenditure; maritime forces; Lord Hailsham criticises UK's own naval policy by comparison to Russia's] [released Dec 2017]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (weekly report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Chief Secretary) [budget plans] [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	G7: Tokyo Summit (Hunt minute on planning) [Japanese have misconstrued MT remarks to Sonoda] [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Carlisle note to Biffen ("Public Expenditure 1979-80") [education budget] [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Younger note to Chancellor of the Exchequer (economic outlook for Scotland) [concern over unemployment] [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 5 (Pay) [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Rayner minute to MT ("The Rayner Project") [Rayner: "provisional shape of my thoughts"] [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Walker minute to MT ("Review of Quangos") [options for abolition of Quangos] [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Vietnam: Cartledge note to MT (Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong) [briefing documents] [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Department of Environment letter to No.10 (reducing waste in local government) [declassified 2010]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Minor	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	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Bulletin (air defence) [rebutting “a mischievous article”] [released 2010]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: Lankester minute to MT (Harlech appointment as emissary to frontline states) [declassified 2009]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
79 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2010]

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