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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]

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