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PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Walker minute to MT (privatisation of gas & electricity: press leaks) [Walker angry about "totally untrue stories"; asks MT to identify source of the leaks] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to President of the National Farmers' Union (European Commission price proposals for 1985-86 and the 'green pound') ["need for the CAP to be operated cost-effectively... On the green pound... I am not... able to give you a definite Government view at this stage"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Public Expenditure White Paper: Net Contributions to Community Institutions") ["unwise to assume... that the £42 million balance of our 1982 Risk Sharing funds will be paid by 31 March"; MT thinks proposed redraft "unduly defensive & rather weak"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Trivial Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to President Pertini of Italy (thanking for the gifts) [bag and scarf] [declassified 2015]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit”) [arrivals and departures; meetings at Lancaster House; note takers; timetable; MT’s diary; Queen’s banquet; final press conference] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: John Coles minute to Robert Armstrong (“Economic Summit 1984: Commercial Sponsorship”) [MT agreed sponsorship is acceptable if “on the basis either loans of equipment or provision of equipment at cost price”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Michael Havers letter to Brittan (“Re: Video Recordings”) [legislation on certification] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Coles note to MT (George Urban’s CPS speech) [“we should ask for the term ‘Thatcher doctrine’ … to be dropped”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT letter to David Storey (proposed amendment to 1973 Constitution Act) [“the Province’s position within the United Kingdom is secured by the wishes of the majority of its population”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster minute to MT (“Airbus A320”) [comments on UK participation and launch aid] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong: Defence, Security and Public Order”) [“worrying indications”] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Value for Money - the Ibbs Initiative") ["What we now need is a detailed system of monitoring and reporting"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (National Audit Office study of efficiency reviews conducted since 1979) ["intention is to give Parliament an independent account of the contributions which the scrutinies and reviews have made to value for money"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 343 to FCO (2250Z) ("Shuweifat Gap") [possible imminent Lebanese military action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Lebanon: Shuweifat Gap) [possible imminent Lebanese military action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Younger, Channon, Ingham, STUC delegation) [Scott Lithgow] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Younger letter to Rees (Scottish Electricity Boards: External Financing Limits) [capital expenditure; price rises; EFL for 1984/85] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with Lords Vaizey, Harris & Thomas to discuss proposed Vaizey/CPS Study of Welfare State) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Julian Amery MP letter to MT (development of the political capability for Special Operations) [request for meeting to discuss his thoughts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to John Coles ("Competition in Defence Procurement") [commends MoD policy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Katsuji Kawamata, Chairman of Nissan, letter to MT (proposed Nissan plant in the UK) [confirms agreement with trade union] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKHC Ottawa telegram 65 to FCO (1550Z) ("The Trudeau Initiative") ["I do not think that he really believes in NATO or NATO strategy"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Hugh Thomas note for MT (encloses US newspaper article on present state of Argentina) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Cabinet: 9 February") [to discuss economic position, capital and current expenditure, public expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rees PS minute to Andrew Turnbull (draft Cabinet paper) [balance between capital and current expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John Redwood minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Reviews: Territorial Programmes") [problems in the assessment of needs in Scotland and Northern Ireland] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Aerospace: No.10 record of meeting (“A320 Airbus” - BAE’s application for launch aid) [“The Prime Minister commented that even with substantial sales the rate of return would be low”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: FCO Steering Brief (MT visit to Hungary) [draft, including points for private talk with Kádár] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Edwards note circulated to Cabinet - C(84) 3 (Government's Response to Committee on Welsh Affairs - Water in Wales) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: Coles minute for MT (“European Inward Visits”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Tom King minute to MT (“White Paper: Training for Jobs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Butler letter [recipient redacted] (Shipley recommendations on destruction of the IRA) [“a considerable intelligence effort is directed at Irish terrorism”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 352 to FCO (2358Z) (“The United States FY85 Budget”) [growth strong, major tax reforms unlikely] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (International Centre for Child Studies) [Armstrong invited to become patron] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to MT (London Economic Summit) [multilateral initiative on terrorism: US seeking declaration at Summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Netherlands: Coles minute for MT (“European Inward Visits”) [planning] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Chief Secretary minute to MT (“Lunch Aid for the A320”) [opposed to providing any assistance] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Norman Tebbit) [the A320 project: UK participation and French views] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: public presentation”) [“EXCO… great disappointment… much concerned…”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO telegram 191 to UKE Washington (1340Z) (“Future of Hong Kong: briefing the Americans”) [EXCO visit to London and 8th round of UK/China talks] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: 8th round of talks 25/26 January 1984”) [MT: “Rather worrying. I do not like being pushed on decisions…”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: Working Paper on the Public Service”) [“preserving continuity”] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gibraltar: FCO telegram to UKE Madrid ("Visit of HMS Invincible to Gibraltar") ["implications for our dealings with the Spaniards over Gibraltar, for Rapier, and for the pattern of future ships' visits"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robin Ibbs, Robert Armstrong, Ian Beesley, John Redwood, Robin Butler) [improving efficiency and effectiveness in the public sector] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 353 to FCO (0310Z) ("Shuweifat Gap") [MNF representations to forestall Lebanese military action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Paris telegram 122 to FCO (1530Z) ("Lebanon: Shuweifat Gap") [UK calls on France to support its opposition to Lebanese military action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram 54 to FCO (1200Z) ("Lebanon") [rumours of imminent Lebanese military action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: John Coles minute to MT (Lebanon: risk to UK contingent of Multinational Forces) [possibly imminent Lebanese military action; MT to be consulted if possible, while in Hungary, over any major changes in policy] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Fowler minute to MT (Social Security Policy Reviews) [housing benefit; supplementary benefit: policy review teams: leadership & strategies] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lords Thomas, Harris, Vaizey) ["Vaizey/CPS Study of Welfare State"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Public Expenditure Reviews: Urban Programme") [review appointments] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to Rees PS ("Publication of Public Expenditure White Paper") [debate to happen first] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 ("Council of Fisheries Ministers: 31 January 1984") [statement to Parliament] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("Public Expenditure White Paper: Net Contributions to Community Institutions") ["we can now only agree to differ... too late to change the figures in the White Paper"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("UK Position in the Negotiations on the Stuttgart Declaration") [amended version of FCO paper sent under cover of Howe minute to MT of 27 Jan] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [MT talks with Craxi; Steel Council; Tebbit talks on EC aid for British Steel; EC fishing quotas for 1984; Milk Marketing Board breach of EC regulations; French restrictions on food imports; EC Court judgement on poultry imports; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hungary: Cartledge notes for MT (‘Thoughts’) [shared aspiration for peace] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: MT personal minute for Tebbit (“Competition Policy”) [report preparation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Space: MT letter to Reagan (manned space station programme) [“an exciting development”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: John Coles minute to Robert Armstrong (“London Economic Summit”) [decisions on: arrivals; meet and greets; lunches/dinners; photocalls and press conferences] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Netherlands: Coles minute to FCO (“European Inward Visits”) [planning] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies transcript of meeting (speeches at AGM, Hyde Park Hotel) [Thomas, Seton-Watson, Urban, Cottrell, Vinson, Cayzer, MT] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: Robert Armstrong to MT (OD(EM) Meeting: British Military Involvement in the Gulf Region) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Julian Amery letter to MT (UK relations with South Africa & situation report) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: Robert Armstrong minute to MT (Deployment of British Gound Forces to the Gulf area) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Michael Jopling minute to MT (“Milk Marketing Arrangements and Threatened FEOGA Disallowance”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Policy Unit minute to MT (“Liquid Milk Prices and the Future of Milk Marketing”) [arguments against raising milk prices] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Robert Armstrong minute to MT (“Liquid Milk Prices and the Future of Milk Marketing”) [price control, increases in 1984, handling] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Norman Tebbit minute to MT (“Discussion in E(A)”) [asking for help in handling of the discussion] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Chief Scientific Adviser minute to MT (“Technological Aspects of the A320 and V2500 Decisions”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“The Airbus A320 Project”) [British participation, launch aid, implications] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Solicitor General letter to MT ("Defective Housing") [private sector] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 375 to FCO (2340Z) ("Shuweifat Gap") [UK concerns relayed to US regarding risk to MNF should Lebanese attempt to close Gap] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: Howe minute to MT ("Lebanon: The Next Steps") [strategy paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (Social Security housing benefit and supplementary benefit policy reviews) [appointments of policy review team leaders; Lord Vaizey reivew of benefits system] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Howe minute to Keith Joseph ("Proposed Review of High Energy Particle Physics") ["my own anxieties that the review would inevitably be seen as evidence that the UK intended to withdraw from CERN"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 374 to FCO (2330Z) ("The Presidential Race: 1984") [assessment of contenders] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Follow Up Work to the Report on Essential Defence Technologies") [advice on methodology & focus] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (Argentina's policy towards talks with the UK over the Falklands) ["Argentina will never give up her legitimate rights over the Falklands"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Butler minute to Catford (the Falkland Islands records) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robin Ibbs minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Public Expenditure Reviews: Urban Programme") [need for proper scrutiny] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Treasury minute ("Ratios of Expenditure to GDP") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Angola: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Angola: the Prime Minister's message to President Dos Santos") [record of UK ambassador's meeting with President: release of British prisoners] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Structure of the Nuclear Industry") ["no insuperable obstacles to a greater measure of competition and private ownership in the longer-term"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Appointments to the EC Commission") [press line on British candidates] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department telegram to Shultz ("British Propose Direct Talks With Argentines") [published 2015]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Aerospace: Michael Alison minute for MT (“Launch aid for the Air Bus 320”) [backbench Conservative support for] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 4th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Liquid Milk Prices and the Future of Milk Marketing) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO telegram to UKE Bonn (“Economic Summit 1984”) [ground rules for communication with the press] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Peter Rees minute for Paul Channon (“Credit for Libya”) [MT wonders if Germans could be persuaded not to offer credit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food minute to No.10 (“Milk Marketing Arrangements and Threatened FEOGA Disallowance”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 letter to Howe PS (“Future of Hong Kong: briefing our European Community Partners”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 letter to Howe PS (“Future of Hong Kong: 8th round of talks”) [MT concerned] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Feb 3 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Feb 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Indian Request for Advice on Plans for the Removal of Dissident Sikhs from the Golden Temple") ["our proposed response"; SAS involvement] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Sir Anthony Parsons note to Coles (Palestine: accounts of phone calls with King Hussein and Prince Hassan of Jordan) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 380 to FCO (0125Z) ("Shuweifat Gap") [US concerns relayed to Lebanese] [declassified Jan 2014]

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