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50 Jan 28 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Article for Gravesend and Dartford Reporter ( YOU will decide )
51 Oct 8 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	1951 General Election Address
51 Oct 17 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Belvedere
56 Oct 31 We	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov
73 May 22 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (State Department)	Conservative Party: State Department record of MT conversation (lunch at the Connaught) [declassified 1998]
75 Apr 9 We	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	MT met Ronald Reagan for the first time (or possibly the second)
75 Apr 30 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (fall of Saigon) ["a dark day ... somehow the shadows seem to have lengthened"] [released 2003]
75 Jul 26 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Chelsea Conservative Association (attacking detente)
75 Sep 13 Sa	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	MT visited USA and Canada (returned 26 Spt)
75 Sep 18 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Ford Library)	Cold War: White House memcon (President Ford, Brent Scowcroft, MT) [declassified 2004]
76 Jan 19 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Kensington Town Hall ("Britain Awake") (The Iron Lady)
76 Oct 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Conservative Party	The Right Approach (Conservative policy statement)
77 Mar 23 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 156th Meeting
77 Jun 24 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech on Europe ("Europe as I see it")
78 Aug 30 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Conservative Party Manifesto for 1978 General Election - 2nd draft) [1,436K]
79 Mar 31 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Henderson (Sir Nicholas)	Economy: The Henderson Despatch (British decline, causes & consequences) [leaked 1979; declassified 2006]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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 9 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Carter Library)	Cold War: Vance-Brown memo to Carter (urging TNF modernization) [declassified 1997]
79 Aug 5 Su	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Commonwealth: MT notebook (conversation at Lusaka CHOGM retreat) [case for British initiative on Rhodesia] [released 2010]
79 Aug 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: President Carter letter to MT (Mountbatten) [“tragic death”] [released 2010]
79 Sep 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: MT letter to President Carter (Mountbatten) [“brutal and senseless murder”] [released 2010]
79 Nov 19 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: President Carter phone call to MT & Giscard (Iran) [asks UK to reduce its diplomatic presence in Iran] [released 2010]
79 Dec 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	US: No.10 record of conversation (MT plenary meeting with President Carter) [Iran, Rhodesia, Middle East, energy, Northern Ireland, defence] [declassified 2009]
79 Dec 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	US: No.10 record of conversation (MT restricted meeting with President Carter) [Diego Garcia; China; Cambodia] [declassified 2009]
79 Dec 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (MT, Carter, Vance, Brzezinski, Lord Carrington) [“The successor to Polaris”] [declassified 2012]
79 Dec 23 Su	Declassified documents	Key	Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary	US: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington)
79 Dec 24 Mo	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	USSR invaded Afghanistan
79 Dec 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [“extremely grave development”] [released 2010]
79 Dec 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Carter Library)	US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996]
79 Dec 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Carter Library)	Cold War: Carter phone call to Giscard (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996]
79 Dec 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Carter Library)	Cold War: Carter phone call to Schmidt (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996]
79 Dec 29 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: MT letter to President Brezhnev (Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) [“profoundly disturbed”] [released 2010]
79 Dec 29 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Carter Library)	Cold War: Brezhnev letter to Carter (defending Afghanistan invasion) [declassified 1995]
80 Jan 21 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Italy: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Signor Cossiga) [detente, US-European relations, world affairs] [declassified 2014]
80 Jan 29 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Carter Library)	Cold War: Carter note (British & European reaction to Afghanistan invasion “very weak”) [unclassified]
80 Apr 25 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Cossiga) [European Council: Iran] [declassified 2014]
80 Sep 18 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: Nott letter to Carrington (“Trade with the Soviet Union”) [protecting UK’s competitive position] [declassified 2012]
80 Oct 23 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Carter Library)	Cold War: SCC meeting on “Polish Contingencies” [declassified 2000]
80 Nov 4 Tu	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Reagan elected US President
80 Nov 10 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet
80 Nov 20 Th	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Debate on Address] [audio]
80 Nov 20 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Debate on the Address]
81 Jan 4 Su	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Ingham minute for MT ("Note for the Record") ["Rupert Murdoch Lunch"] [released 2012]
81 Jan 20 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (inaugural congratulations) [unclassified]
81 Jan 21 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: No.10 telcon (Reagan phone call to MT on inauguration day) [MT promises to brief him on her mistakes] [declassified 2010]
81 Feb 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nott, Carrington) [future defence policy/cutbacks] [declassified 2013]
81 Feb 25 We	Declassified documents	Key	Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary	Cold War: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington)
81 Feb 26 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: No.10 briefing for MT (Reagan-Thatcher discussions) [topics to raise] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 26 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: White House record of conversation (MT-Reagan plenary) [East/West, Central America especially Belize; jellybeans] [declassified 2012]
81 Feb 26 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: No.10 note of conversation (Reagan-Thatcher meeting) [plenary session] [declassified 2011]
81 May 18 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Carrington-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Joseph-Nott-Armstrong) ["Defence Programme"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 31 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Richard Allen memo for President Reagan (“Britain Drifts”) [declassified 2000]
81 Oct 16 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Conservative Party Conference (plus address to overflow meeting)
81 Nov 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: President Reagan meeting with US Ambassador to London (possible Thatcher defeat) [declassified 1998]
81 Dec 22 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1930Z) ("Poland") (NSC 0034) [Reagan calls European leaders “chicken littles … let our Allies know ... we have long memories”] [declassified Oct 2004]
82 Feb 5 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	US: UKE Washington telegram 365 to FCO (0310Z) ("President Reagan's Visit") [Deaver suggests that "we had better drop the idea of a visit to the UK at this time"; Henderson doubts that "crying off at this stage would be understood in London"] [declassified 2012]
82 Mar 2 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 671 to FCO (0030Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Luce meeting with Enders] [declassified 2012]
82 Mar 31 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1055 to FCO (0310Z) (“Reagan statement on nuclear arms policy and East-West relations”) [“My goal is to reduce nuclear weapons dramatically”] [declassified 2012]
82 Mar 31 We	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: Argentine invasion learned to be imminent - likely to be Friday; MT evening meeting at her room in House of Commons
82 Mar 31 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MT message to President Reagan (2025Z) (intelligence reports Argentine navy preparing to invade) [MT asks Reagan to intervene with Galtieri] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 1 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Falklands: NSC briefing for President Reagan ("Suggested Talking Points for Telephone Call to President Galtieri") ["Maggie is a very determined woman .... The use of force by anyone will be met by force on her part"] [published 2015]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Thatcher memoirs	Falklands: Argentina invades the Falklands [memoirs extract]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO note for the record (c0100Z) ("Points arising from Ministers' discussion at No.10") ["as reported by Mr Ure" - decisions made] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación)	Argentine Junta: Argentine Presidency record of Reagan-Galtieri phone conversation (0034-0114Z) (Spanish original & transcript, with English translation) [Reagan fails to persuade Galtieri not to invade the Falklands] [declassified 2013; this copy 2015]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Rentschler MSS)	Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (imminent Argentine invasion) [Reagan calls Galtieri; writes result to MT]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (0245Z) (Reagan phone call to Galtieri) [just spoken with Galtieri: "he left me with the clear impression that he has embarked on a course of armed conflict"] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Falklands: President Reagan letter for MT (0245Z) (his conversation with Galtieri: situation in the Falklands) [published 2015]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: State Department to USE Buenos Aires (0304Z) ("UK-Argentine confrontation - Secretary calls in Argentine Ambassador") [if force used "we will have to side with the British"] [declassified 2001]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: State Department to USE Buenos Aires (0437Z) ("President's conversation with Argentine President") [use of force "would gravely compromise US-Argentine relations"] [declassified 2002]
82 Apr 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO Defence Department minute for Foreign Secretary ("Retaking the Falkland Islands: The Political Costs") ["hard to persuade people that the game was worth the candle" - MT's copy] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 3 Sa	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: (1019Z) [Falkland Islands] [audio]
82 Apr 3 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: (1019Z) [Falkland Islands]
82 Apr 3 Sa	Multimedia	Key	John Nott	HC S: (1245Z) [Falkland Islands] [audio]
82 Apr 5 Mo	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Falklands: FCO Ministers resigned, Pym new Foreign Secretary; Task Force sailed
82 Apr 5 Mo	Press	Key	Commentary (The Times)	Falklands: “We Are All Falklanders Now” [leading article urging Carrington's resignation]
82 Apr 5 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for ITN (1630Z) (Falklands)
82 Apr 6 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MT message to world leaders (1846Z) ("Falkland Islands: economic measures against Argentina") [urges support for measures to bring Argentina to act on Security Council resolution] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 7 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1169 to FCO (1835Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Haig about Kirkpatrick - "Haig said that he had no words bad enough for that person. The trouble was that she had the ear of the White House. She was a complete disaster"] [declassified Dec 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner meeting: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands - MT annotations] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: USE London to State Dept (1700Z) ("Secretary's Meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher April 8: Falkland Islands crisis") [MT: "impossible to be neutral in the face of unprovoked aggression"] [declassified 2009]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1830Z) (MT-Haig) [dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 8 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Rentschler MSS)	Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (US decision to launch mediation; Haig's first visit to London) [MT: "Interim authority? - to do what?"]
82 Apr 9 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Falklands: Haig telegram to State Department (0131Z) ("Memo to the President: discussions in London") ["The Prime Minister has the bit between her teeth"] [declassified 2000]
82 Apr 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (0830-1000Z) (MT-Haig) [first meeting: discussion of Haig proposals] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1110Z) (MT-Haig) [second meeting: further discussion of Haig proposals] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1655Z) (MT-Haig) [third meeting: discussion of American draft agreement] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Rentschler MSS)	Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (Haig shuttle back in London) [MT: "the fleet must steam on!"]
82 Apr 13 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (0815Z) (MT-Haig) [discussion of further Argentine demands; Argentina moving closer to USSR; concerns about UK public opinion] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 14 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: (1335Z) [Falkland Islands]
82 Apr 14 We	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Falkland Islands] [audio]
82 Apr 14 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (1830Z) (MT-Haig) [full transcript of first call: dispute over British use of Ascension Island] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 14 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (1900Z) (MT-Haig) [full transcript of second call: further discussion of UK use of Ascension Island] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 16 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Rentschler MSS)	Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (Haig in Buenos Aires again) [Haig: "a charade ... a f*ing charade - these guys are diddling me"]
82 Apr 17 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (1930-1934Z) (MT-Reagan) [Reagan does "not think [MT] should be asked to go any further" in order to reach compromise] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 24 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Pym memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 25 (Falkland Islands: Washington Discussion with Mr Haig) [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 24 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Thatcher memoirs	Falklands: A crisis in the War Cabinet and the recapture of South Georgia [memoirs extract]
82 Apr 26 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt (1431-1506Z) [Falkland Islands]
82 Apr 26 Mo	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt (1431-1506Z) [Falkland Islands] (recapture of South Georgia) [audio]

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