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79 Jul 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer meeting (record of conversation) [National Economic Forum and Economic Advisers' Council] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Jul 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Minutes of a meeting of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations Executive Committee (the Budget, elections to the Executive, other business) [released 2010] |
|
79 Jul 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Strategy Meeting: Proposals by Ministers") [MT: "There just aren't any magic solutions"] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Jul 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 18 (National Forum) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 19 (Strategy for Coal) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 20 (UK Oil Supplies: BNOC) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 21 (BNOC: Implications of Disposal of Assets) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Jul 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 22 (BNOC: Future Strategy) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 8 (British Aerospace: Sale to Private Sector) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("National Forum (E(79) 18)") [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester letter to Treasury (executive perks) ["it is time that industry cut back on executive perks"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 23 (1980-81 Cash Limits and Pay) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 24 (Economic Strategy) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Heseltine memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 10 (Disposal of Surplus Land and Buildings in the Public Sector) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 11 (British Shipbuilders) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: Heseltine minute to MT (“Economic Planning Councils”) [MT approves abolition] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Jul 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 30 (Public Expenditure and Economic Strategy) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe report circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 31 (Report of Ministerial Group on Public Expenditure) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 5th (Cash Limits, Pay, Nationalised Industries, National Forum, Coal, Oil) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Soames memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 26 (Civil Service Dispersal Programme) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Lawson memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 9 (Disposals in 1980/81) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Fowler memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 12 (Sale of Shares in the National Freight Corporation) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Heseltine memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 13 (Drake and Sculls Holdings Ltd (DSH)) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 18 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hoskyns paper ("Government Strategy: Paper Number 2") [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 18 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Plastow letter to MT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trader Ltd. approval of Budget) [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Jul 18 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Pepper) [monetary policy] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Jul 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 27 (The Next Pay Round) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy: Sub-Committee on Disposal of Public Sector Assets - E(DL) (79) 4th (BNOC, British Shipbuilders, British Airways, British Aerospace) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: European Democrat Union Conference Programme (plus list of participants) [released 2010] |
|
79 Jul 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: European Democrat Union Conference Minutes (“Second Party Leaders’ Conference”) [released 2010] |
|
79 Jul 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: European Democrat Union Conference Resolutions (“Second Party Leaders’ Conference”) [released 2010] |
|
79 Jul 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hoskyns note to MT ("E. 24 July - Government Strategy") [arrangements for economic strategy meeting] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: HMT letter to Lankester (executive perks) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 25 (The Role of the Institutional Investor) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 28 (Economic Strategy) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Strategy (E(79) 24, 25 and 28)") [economic strategy meeting] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hector Laing letter to Derek Rayner (executive perks) [summary of document] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-John Sparrow) [President Carter's Cabinet changes, sterling, interest rates, equities, aid] [declassified 2011] |
|
79 Jul 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 11th (Public Expenditure) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: Edwards minute to MT (“Welsh Council”) [MT content with proposed abolition of economic planning council] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Jul 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: Heseltine PS letter to Joseph PS (abolition of Economic Planning Councils) [Joseph statement to Parliament] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Jul 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: UKE Washington telegram 2058 to FCO (2202Z) (Carter praise for MT) [thanks to her initiatives Tokyo Summit succeeded] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 6th (BNOC, Civil Service Dispersal Programme, Pay, Strategy) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Statistics: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor") [new Tax and Price Index & other probable discussion points] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
79 Jul 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Statistics: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The New Tax and Price Index (TPI)") [key purpose; pros & cons; proposed launch date; presentation] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
79 Jul 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Nicholas Ridley, Falkland Island Councillors) [dispute with Argentina on agriculture; shortage of capital in the Islands; the labour shortage] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Jul 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Statistics: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["The New Tax and Price Index": MT approves go-ahead] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
79 Jul 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-TUC Economic Committee) [general economic discussion] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy: Sub-Committee on Disposal of Public Sector Assets - E(DL) (79) 5th (Disposals 1978-9 & 1980-1, Public Sector Land and Buildings, Drake and Scull Holdings, National Freight Corporation shares) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 12th (Foreign Affairs, Public Expenditure, etc) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 30 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Joseph ("Strategy Proposals") [economic strategy next steps] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 30 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 29 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 31 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: US Senator Russell Long letter to MT (employee stock ownership) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Jul 31 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: Howe to Nott (“Stock Exchange”) [sees force in argument against exemption; remaining reservations spelled out] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 1 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Howell letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (economic strategy themes) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 1 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Association of Independent Businesses report ("The Smaller Firm in London: Submission to the Greater London Council") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Aug 1 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: MT statement to Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Opening Session) [economy, Vietnamese refugees, Rhodesia] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Aug 2 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: FCO telegram to MT via UKHC Lusaka (“US defense budget”) [“higher inflation levels than originally estimated”] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Aug 2 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Commonwealth record of conversation (Lusaka Heads of Government Meeting Session 4) [World Economic Situation & Prospects; World Political Scene - SE Asia] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Shepherd note to Chancellor ("Industry Act Amendments: The Bray Schedule") [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Commonwealth record of conversation (Lusaka Heads of Government Meeting Session 7) [Report on restricted sessions, including Southern Africa; World Econ Situation; Declaration on Racism] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Commonwealth record of conversation (Lusaka Heads of Government Meeting Session 8) [Commonwealth Cooperation & Communiqué] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 7 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Final Communiqué) [plus "Declaration on Racism and Racial Prejudice"] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Aug 8 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Battishill minute to Atkinson ("Industry Act Amendments: The "Bray" Schedule") [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 9 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Statistics: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The New Tax and Price Index (TPI)") [key points; presentation; wage bargaining] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
79 Aug 9 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Economic and Financial Situation Report") [general "stock-taking" and National Savings Certificates] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 9 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Howell ("Economic and Financial Situation Report") [economic strategy] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 9 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Shepherd note to PPS ("Industry Act Amendments: The "Bray" Schedule") [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Statistics: No.10 minute to MT ("The Tax and Price Index") ["likely to be greeted with a good deal of scepticism... presentation... will have to be careful and well thought out"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
79 Aug 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Battishill minute to Shepherd ("Industry Act Amendments: The "Bray" Schedule") [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 13th (Rhodesia, Economic Situation, Magistrates’ Courts) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 14 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Statistics: Prior PS letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("New Tax and Price Index") ["Len Murray... arguing... [for] full consultation with the TUC"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
79 Aug 14 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: No.10 letter to Department of Education (school curriculum) [MT unconvinced about need for consultation with local authorities] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Aug 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: Nott to Howe (“Stock Exchange”) [grants his main points; makes detailed proposals] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: Walker to Nott (Stock Exchange) [present changes carefully “to avoid the accusation from the Opposition that we are only changing the rules because they have succeeded in catching the Stock Exchange”] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 22 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: Lawson to Nott (Stock Exchange) [notes “you are prepared to consider total exemption … later if it proves that the RTPC … takes an unduly narrow view”] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 23 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT-Lawson-Gow-Wolfson meeting (record of conversation) ["The Inland Revenue Press Release and Consultative Document on Car Tax as Perks"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 24 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Gow minute to MT (executive perks) [cuttings from Observer , Daily Mirror , Financial Times ] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 24 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: Lord Chancellor’s Office to Department of Trade (Stock Exchange) [agrees Nott’s proposals; confirms his view that Restrictive Practices Court should be abolished] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 24 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Lawson minute to Howe ("Forecasts: The "Bray" Schedule") [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 28 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Department of Trade letter to Lankester (executive perks) [British Airways concessionary air travel] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 28 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lawson minute to Howe ("Economic and Financial Situation Report") ["strong £ is the biggest thing we have going for us"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 28 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
US: No.10 minute to FCO (“Mr Arthur Burns”) [MT should be aware “that when Mr Burns left the Federal Reserve Board he was not on the best of terms with President Carter”] [released Dec 2014] |
|
79 Aug 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester briefing ("Meeting with the Chancellor") [executive perks, Chancellor's speech, appointments] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Wass minute to Howe ("Forecasts: The Bray Schedule") [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Aug 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer meeting (record of conversation) [executive perks] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 14th (Northern Ireland, Quangos, Industrial Civil Service Pay, etc) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 31 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to Treasury (executive perks) [CBI "anxious to help"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 31 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Draft letter from Methven to Chancellor of the Exchequer (executive perks) [CBI "endorses the Government's objective of reducing perks"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Aug 31 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: MT letter to US Senator Russell Long (employee stock ownership) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 1 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO paper for OD ("Falkland Islands") [draft Carrington paper] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Sep 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Henry James minute to MT ("Birmingham Chamber of Industry and Commerce") [arrangements for MT's address Annual Banquet] [released 2011] |
|
79 Sep 4 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 30 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Baroness Chalker letter to Soames(“Industrial action DHSS: management response”) [MT “very unhappy” about Jenkin concession to “industrial blackmail”] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Sep 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("National Economic Forum") [CBI and TUC views] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Maude memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 37 (Public Attitudes to Pay Determination) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 38 (Standing Commission on Pay Comparability) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe and Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 35 (Public Expenditure: Proposals for the years after 1980-1981) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 36 (Publishing Medium-Term Public Expenditure Plans) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Soames memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 38 (Further Action to Reduce the Size of the Civil Service) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 31 (Disposals of Public Assets in 1979-80) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 32 (National Economic Forum) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 33 (Financing the Cost of the First Clegg Reports) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 36 (BNOC Disposals) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Public Attitudes to Pay Determination - and of the 'National Forum' (E(79) 37 and 32))") [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Herbert Stein article for Fortune magazine ("Maggie Might Make Lots of Magic") [released 2011] |
|
79 Sep 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 46 to FCO (“Monthly economic report for the United States”) [“not very encouraging”] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Sep 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 7th (Standing Commission on Pay Comparability, Clegg Reports, Pay Determination, Public Sector Assets) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Jenkin minute to MT(overtime ban by trade unions at DHSS Newcastle) [“we must be sure we can win the ensuing public relations battle”] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Sep 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester letter to Treasury ("Perks") [draft passage on perks for Chancellor's speech to the Institute of Directors] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Soames (“Industrial action DHSS: management response”) [“we cannot go on being held to ransom in this way”] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Sep 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Soames, Keith Joseph, Prior, Nott) [Ministerial sub-commitee on industrial relations in Civil Service] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Sep 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: P. Mountfield minute to Cabinet Secretary (“Industrial action in the civil service”) [powers to send staff home where there is no work as a result of industrial action] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Sep 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Caroline Stephens minute (meeting with Du Cann’s friend) [arrangements] [released 2017] |
|
79 Sep 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 15th (Public Expenditure Plans, Nationalised Industries, Civil Service, etc) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Soames letter to Jenkin(“Industrial action in DHSS: management response”) [strategy & legal position] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Sep 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
New Zealand: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's lunch with Mr Muldoon: 21 September 1979") [Rhodesia, NZ/EEC, South Pacific, immigration, civil aviation, South Africa] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
79 Sep 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 34 (1980-81 Cash Limits and Pay) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 39 (Public Sector Pay and Cash Limits) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Cabinet Secretary note circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 39 (Efficiency and Waste in Central Government) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 35 (Nationalised Industries' Cash Limits and Performance Targets 1980/81) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Lankester minute to MT ("Sterling") [heavy selling of sterling] [declassified 2011] |
|
79 Sep 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Industrial Relations in the Civil Service”) [Ministerial Committee] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Sep 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Rowlands) [Falklands financial matters] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Sep 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: CPRS report ("Eliminating Undue Burdens on Small Firms") [declassified 2010] |
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79 Sep 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 8th (Cash Limits, Pay, Nationalised Industries, Industrial Disputes) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Sep 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 40 (Policy Towards Employee Involvement) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 41 (Enterprise Zones) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Sep 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 45 (Strategy for the Coal Industry) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 42 (Priority Strategy Proposals) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 44 (Trade Union Immunities) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Sep 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 9th (Coal, Trade Union Legislation, Policy Towards Employee Involvement) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Sep 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 43 (Legislative Proposals on Picketing, Closed Shop and Union Ballots) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Sep 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 46 (Cash Limits and the Rate Support Grant) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Soames memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 40 (Dispersal of Civil Service Posts: The Revised Programme for Merseyside) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Tebbit memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 15 (Privatisation of British Airways) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Michael Havers minute to Soames (“Industrial action in the civil service”) [advice on lawfulness of proposed response options] [declassified 2014] |
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79 Oct 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 2948 to FCO (2330Z) (“U.S. wage and price policy”) [“fighting inflation is top priority”] [declassified 2012] |
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79 Oct 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Walker memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 41 (Liquid Milk Prices) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 10th (Cash Limits and the Rate Support Grant) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Hunt, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 47 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 14 (British Aerospace: Introduction of Private Sector Capital) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Lord Mackay letter to Soames (“Industrial action in the civil service”) [terms and conditions of employment] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("IMF: Interim Committee") [summary of discussions] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: UKE Belgrade telegram to FCO ("Statement by the Hon. Sir Geoffrey Howe, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Governor of the Fund for the United Kingdom, at the Joint Annual Discussions") [IMF Interim Committee meeting] [declassified Aug 2013] |
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79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor - Thursday 4 October") [Howe's report on Commonwealth Finance Ministers & IMF/World Bank meetings; SDRs; world economic assessment; NEDC membership; enterprise zones; exchange control; mortgage rates] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Housing: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor - Thursday 4 October") [IMF/World Bank meetings: SDRS; NEDC membership; Enterprise Zones; exchange control; mortgage rate increase] [declassified Jan 2014] |
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79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: MT notes for conference speech (“The First Few Months”) [“Not just actions but attitudes”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor - Thursday 4 October") [Commonwealth/IMF/World Bank meetings, NEDC membership, mortgage rates] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Soames minute to MT (“Industrial relations in the civil service”) [legal powers to tackle industrial action] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Oct 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer) [IMF/World Bank meeting: tackling inflation; UK contribution to Community Budget; CAP; membership of NEDC; new Government Director of BP; exchange control package & monetary targets; Inland Revenue Chairmanship] [declassified Aug 2013] |
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79 Oct 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer meeting (record of conversation) [NEDC membership] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy: Sub-Committee on Disposal of Public Sector Assets - E(DL) (79) 6th (British Aerospace, British Airways, National Freight Corporation) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-PM Cossiga of Italy) [tete-a-tete meeting; Anglo-Italian relations, Theatre Nuclear Forces, EEC Budget, EMS, CAP] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Record of conversation (Atkins-Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs-Irish Minister for Justice) [Pope's visit to Ireland, security services, political situation, economic matters] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: Record of conversation (MT-President Pertini of Italy) [EEC Budget, Theatre Nuclear Forces, Pertini's visit to FRG, economic issues, terrorism] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (IMF Interim Committee & IMF/World Bank Development Committee meetings) [summary & observations from his attendance at most recent meetings] [declassified Aug 2013] |
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79 Oct 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Whitelaw note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 48 (Review of Contingency Planning) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Economic Prospects") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Oct 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell and Biffen memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 50 (Strategy for the Coal Industry) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 51 (Gas Pricing and British Gas Financial Target) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: MT draft passage for Conservative Party Conference speech ("The First Few Months") ["winning an election is a fine thing, but it is only the prologue to the vital business of Government"] [released 2010] |
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79 Oct 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 52 (Electricity Pricing and Electricity Supply Industry Financial Target) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 55 (Enterprise Zones) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 56 (Strategy for the Coal Industry) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 57 (Energy Pricing) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Mountfield, Miles and Whybrow note circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 16 (British Aerospace, British Airways, National Freight Corporation) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Bernard Ingham introduced to the Lobby, civil service cuts, Rayner, Energy) [released 2010] |
|
79 Oct 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome minute to FCO (gossip on economic policy personnel) [Bank of Italy, 1980 budget, PSI flirtation with PCI] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Heseltine memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 44 (Council House Rents: Public Expenditure Objectives) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 11th (Contingency Planning, Threatened Rail Strike) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: Treasury briefing for MT ("Lunch with the Clearing Bankers") [monetary control; tackling inflation; role of banks in control of pay settlements; lending policies; interest rates; bank profits & customer charges] [declassified Aug 2013] |
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79 Oct 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("NEDC") [NEDC membership] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 12th (Strategy for the Coal Industry, British Gas Corporation and Gas Pricing, Electricity Supply Industry) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy: Sub-Committee on Disposal of Public Sector Assets - E(DL) (79) 7th (British Aerospace, British Airways, National Freight Corporation) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer meeting (record of conversation) [NEDC membership] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 53 (Seventh Round of Offshore Petroleum Production Licensing) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 54 (Nuclear Power Policy and the Nuclear Industry) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 58 (Oil and Gas Depletion Policy) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: Department of Trade to No.10 (“Stock Exchange”) [proposed Nott statement embodying compromise; MT comment “a good compromise on practical grounds”] [declassified 2013] |
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79 Oct 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [briefing before Carrington's coming meeting with Malfatti] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen note circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 46 (White Paper on Public Expenditure in 1980-81) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Priority Strategy Proposals (E(79) 42)") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Oct 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 59 (Seventh Round of Offshore Petroleum Production Licensing) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 48 (Nationalised Industries&rsquo Cash Limits) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 49 (Public Expenditure Discussions: Tables for Background Information) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Odling-Smee note to Lankester (general economic strategy papers) [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Oct 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 13th (Nuclear Power, Prioty Strategy Proposals, Enterprise Zones, Offshore Licensing) [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 24 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("NEDC") [MT to chair NEDC meeting] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 24 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Karamanlis of Greece) [Anglo-Greek relations, Greek economy, NATO, Turkey, Cyprus, Soviet Union, Balkans, human rights] [declassified 2009] |
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79 Oct 24 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (EC budget, Exchange Control announcement, Mortgage Rate) [EC budget - “we felt that a consensus was emerging”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Oct 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Soames memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 51 (Further action to reduce the size of the Civil Service) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury note to No.10 (paper on decisions, targets and forecasts) [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Oct 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 49 (Future of the Standing Commission on Pay Comparability and Related Matters) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Soames memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 60 (Civil Service Pensions) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 61 (Gas and Electricity Prices and Public Expenditure 1981/82-1983/84) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Anglo-German Consultations: 31 October") [briefing on political situation in Germany, Chancellor Schmidt's pre-summit positions] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 29 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Welsh TUC") [general economic discussion, Wales] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 29 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: No.11 record of conversation (Treasury-CBI) [general economic discussion] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Oct 29 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (MT meeting with Welsh TUC) [“reasonable, clearly argued and temperate”] [released 2010] |
|
79 Oct 30 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 14th (Gas and Electricity Pricing, Commission on Pay Comparability, Hunterston Iron Ore Terminal, Pensions) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 30 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 63 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 30 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Heseltine memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 17 (Disposal of New Town Assets) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 30 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Jenkin letter to Soames (“E(CS) Ministerial Sub-Commitee on Industrial Relations on Civil Service: industrial action at the Liverpool (Breckfield) local office”) [doubts “over the ability to require Clerical Officers to undertake the work of a lower grade”] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Oct 31 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Lankester minute to MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor at 0930 on Thursday, 1 November") [pre-meeting briefing] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Oct 31 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.11 record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-FRG Minister of Finance) [EEC budget, exchange control, EMS, steel, GATT, energy] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [economic strategy] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: Department of Trade briefing (“Restrictive Trade Practices Act: Stock Exchange”) [background material for ministers facing questions] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Nov 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Folger minute to Howe ("Industry Bill: Amendment to Repeal Bray Requirement") [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Nov 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [intense party political activity] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 19th (Nationalised Industries, British Leyland, Vehicle Excise Duty, etc) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Economic Prospects") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor at 1730 on Monday 5 November") [RPI forecast] [released 2010] |
|
79 Nov 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Unwin minute to Howe [briefing for meeting with the PM] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Nov 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Battishill minute to Howe ("Prime Minister, Monday 5th, 5.30 P.M.") [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Nov 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Michael Havers letter to Soames (“Industrial action in the civil service and the National Health Service - Apportionment Act 1870”) [“the Act does apply to salaries of NHS employees”] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [economic strategy and forecasts] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Economic policy: Rawlinson minute to Howe ("Meeting with the Prime Minister: Form of Public Expenditure White Paper") [addendum to brief for meeting] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Nov 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: No.10 minute for MT (letter of complaint from Stock Exchange chairman) [MT: “Alas - I shall have to [reply]”] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Nov 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 20th (Public Expenditure, Nationalised Industries, Rolls-Royce, News Presentation, etc) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 64 (Gas Pricing Policy and the Financial Target for the British Gas Corporation) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Text of MT speech to Lord Mayor's Banquet ("The Guildhall Speech: 12 November 1979") [draft text] [released 2010] |
|
79 Nov 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-John Sparrow) [banking figures, the City, monetary policy] [declassified 2011] |
|
79 Nov 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: No.10 note to Stevenson (Scottish devolution referendum) [time off for DHSS staff refused] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Indonesia: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Suharto) [tete-a-tete session] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Iranian Dollar Balances") [Chancellor of the Exchequer conversations with US Treasury staff] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer meeting (record of conversation) [Inland Revenue Chairmanship and NEDC membership] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 21st (Rhodesia, Iran, Economic Situation, etc) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 65 (Gas Revenues) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Lawson letter to Soames (“National Savings Bank Glasgow”) [“risk [of standstill]… had to be faced… if local militants were not to be allowed to have things their own way”] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 18 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: HMT letter to No.10 (Chancellor's draft economic forecast) [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Giscard) [third session: EC Budget, sheepmeat, international monetary situation, North Sea Oil, EC institutional issues, CAP] [declassified 2011] |
|
79 Nov 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Jenkin letter to Soames (“Industrial action in the civil service”) [“in furtherance of the Unions’ campaign against the Government’s plans to reduce Civil Service manpower”] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Europe: Treasury brief for Dublin European Council - EHG(D)(79) 3 ("Economic Situation in the Community and Worldwide") [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
City: MT letter to Nicholas Goodison (Stock Exchange chairman) [defends decision not to exempt & points out he WAS consulted] [declassified 2013] |
|
79 Nov 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Giscard) [plenary session: industry, energy, finance, situation in Iran, Africa, Rhodesia, Cambodia] [declassified 2011] |
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79 Nov 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 66 (Govan Shipbuilders) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 67 (BNOC - Future Structure and Private Sector Participation) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“A Temporary Chairman for E(CS)”) [new committee on industrial relations] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of converation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [economic strategy and EEC budget contribution] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 68 (Privatisation of BNOC) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
NHS: Jenkin letter to Soames (“Handling of industrial disputes in the NHS”) [draft circular and guidance] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Odling-Smee note to Lankester (medium term economic prospect) [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: FCO minute to No.10 (“Possible Visit by The Netherlands Prime Minister”) [MT refusing to see him before Dublin European Council] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 15th (Gas Pricing and Revenues, Govan Shipbuilders, BNOC Future Structure) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Nott note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 69 (Third London Airport) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation and the Italian position at the Dublin European Council”) [public statement by Italian MFA] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [Cossiga’s government "weak even by Italian standards ... [but] in no imminent danger of falling"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury letter to Department of Industry ("Preparations for December NEDC") [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer memorandum ("Policy on the Economy") [main objectives] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The Economic Outlook") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Ian Gow minute for MT (account of Conservative Backbench Finance Committee meeting) [further cuts in public spending welcome to large majority] [released 2010] |
|
79 Nov 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Berrill minute to Lankester ("The Economic Outlook") [note by CPRS] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 16th (Govan Shipbuilders) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Nott and Heseltine memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 70 (Heathrow, Fourth Terminal) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
NHS: Michael Havers letter to Jenkin (“Handling of industrial disputes in the NHS”) [draft circular and guidance] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Pay and Price Provisions for the 1980-81 Cash Limits") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Nov 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Maude memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 62 (Contingency Plan for a Central Press Unit) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Whitelaw note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 71 (The Use of Volunteers During Industrial Disputes) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Lawson letter to Soames (“National Savings Bank Glasgow”) [strong management resistance to militant industrial action in advance of civil service manpower reductions announcement] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Nov 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: British Consulate Milan minute (“Dr. Giancarlo Bosetti” - news editor of Milan editon of L'Unita ) [PCI thinking] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO briefing for Ridley ("Visit by Mr Ridley to the Falkland Islands: 22-29 November 1980") [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Nov 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 72 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 73 (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Nov 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: CRD briefing ("Current Economic Indicators - November 1979") [released 2011] |
|
79 Dec 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Meeting With Mr. Geoffrey Chandler") [meeting with NEDO director general] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: UKE The Hague to FCO (“Visit of The Netherlands Prime Minister: 6 December”) [Netherlands political scene, TNF modernisation, socio-economic policies - possible fall of government] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Dec 4 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT-Chandler meeting (record of conversation) [NEDC meetings] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 4 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 17th (Third London Airport, Heathrow Fourth Terminal, Miners' Pay, Contingency Planning) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Publicity: Ingham minute to Whitmore ("Economic Presentation") [presentation of Government economic strategy] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("The Economic Outlook and Public Expenditure - Brief for Ministerial Meeting, 9.00 am 7 December") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("The Economic Outlook, Public Expenditure and Cash Limits") [papers by the Chancellor] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [US Embassy hostage crisis in Iran, monetary policy, Bank of England appointments, EMS, EEC Budget] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: Soames letter to Lawson (industrial action at National Savings Bank, Glasgow) [strong management resistance to militant industrial action in advance of civil service manpower reductions announcement] [declassified 2014] |
|
79 Dec 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers) ["The Economic Outlook and Public Expenditure"] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Jenkin memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 75 (Taxation of Benefits for the Unemployed) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 76 (Profit Sharing and Share Options) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 77 (Enterprise Proposals) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 79 (Taxation of Short Term Benefits) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 80 (BNOC: Future Structure and Private Sector Participation) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 61 (Economic Outlook) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 18th (British Leyland) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 81 (Taxation of Unemployment Benefit) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 82 (Enterprise Proposals: Assistance to Small Firms) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 83 (Small Firms - Fiscal Questions) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 4134 to FCO (2314Z) (“Summary of monthly economic report for the U.S.”) [“possibility of a recession”] [declassified 2012] |
|
79 Dec 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Enterprise Proposals (E(79) 77, 82 and 83)") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Berrill minute to Lankester ("Small Firms Package") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 84 (Economic Strategy Proposals) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: Attorney General's Chambers to No.10 (account of meeting between Havers and US Attorney General Civeletti) [economic actions against Iran] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: Armstrong letter to Alexander (call by FRG State Secretary Schüler) [economic actions against Iran] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: Record of telephone conversation (Carrington-FRG Foreign Secretary Genscher) [economic actions against Iran] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers-Governor of the Bank of England) [US Embassy hostage crisis in Iran, economic actions] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Pay and Price Provisions for the 1980-81 Cash Limits (C(79) 60)") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 19th (Steel, Enterprise Proposals, BNOC Future Structure) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 25th (Parliamentary Affairs, British Leyland, Foreign Affairs, etc) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Trade Unions: No.10 record of conversation (MT-John Methven meeting) [business climate; public spending; pay; Employment Bill] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Methven) [CBI] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 85 (Enterprise Zones) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Lawson memo circulated to E(DL) Committee - E(DL) (79) 18 (Disposals in 1980/81) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: Record of conversation (MT-Volcker) [extract] ["Oil Producers' Balances"] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph memo circulated to E Committee - E(79) 86 (Future of British Leyland (BL)) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: Le Cheminant briefing for MT ("Enterprise Zones (E(79) 85)") [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 20th (Enterprise Zones, Steel Strike, British Leyland) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy: Sub-Committee on Disposal of Public Sector Assets - E(DL) (79) 8th (Disposals of Public Sector Assets in 1980-81) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: HMT letter to No.10 ("Iran") [economic actions against Iran] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [EEC budget, Treasury appointments, budget date, monetary policy] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers-Governor of the Bank of England) [economic actions against Iran] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [EEC Budget, Treasury appointments, Budget date, Monetary policy] [declassified 2010] |
|
79 Dec 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: FCO telegram 1973 to UKE Washington (2220Z) (UK Government response to US proposals on economic actions against Iran) [Carrington message to US Government] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: MT letter to Geraint Morgan MP (response to petition about demonstrations by Iranians in the UK) ["I sympathise greatly with the feelings which lie behind your constituents' letter...but an individual is free to demonstrate his views in public provided he remains within the law"] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 22 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers-Governor of the Bank of England) [economic actions against Iran] [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(79) 87 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2009] |
|
79 Dec 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Pages extracted from MT's Pocket Diary, 1979 (notes on industry, economics, politics, etc.) [released 2010] |
|
80 Jan 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [Bank of England and Treasury appointments, Clegg Commission, Budget date] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Energy: HMT letter to No.10 ("Economic Benefits of North Sea Oil and Gas") [briefing note] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Record of conversation (personal representatives to G7 leaders) ["Summit Preparatory Meeting, Washington"] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT letter to Sir John Sainsbury (thanks for letter) ["It will be a difficult year. But we must stick to the path we have chosen"] [released 2011] |
|
80 Jan 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hoskyns minute to MT (economic strategy and the "Long Campaign") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industry: Lankester minute to MT ("Briefing Meeting with the Chancellor for NEDC") [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industry: Lankester minute to MT ("NEDC Agenda and Suggested Handling") [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industry: MT handwritten notes from NEDO meeting [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Jan 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 1 (Trade Union Immunities) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 14 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Strategy Proposals (E(79) 84)") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 14 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 223 to FCO (2320Z) (“US economy”) [“recession had in fact begun”] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Jan 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Vaizey MSS) |
Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (thanks for encouragement) |
|
80 Jan 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 1st (Steel Strike, Trade Union Immunities, Strategy Proposals, Profit Sharing and Share Options, Inflation-Proofed Pensions) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute ("Falkland Islands: Points Arising from Mr Ridley's Dinner on 16 January") [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Jan 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Channon note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 2 (Taxation of Benefits Paid to the Unemployed) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 3 (Bringing Short Term Benefits Into Tax) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Rt. Rev. Robert Runcie (explanation of Budget date) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Joseph ("Assistance to Small Firms and the Equity Investment "Start-Ups" Scheme") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 4 (Inflation-Proofed Occupational Pensions) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute ("Falkland Islands: Points Arising from Mr Ridley's Dinner on 16 January") [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Jan 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe memo circulated to Cabinet - C(80) 4 (Public Expenditure: Economic & Monetary Background) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: Ray Whitney to Geoffrey Howe (US-UK relations) [“there is a widespread fear among the incoming Administration of being ‘Thatcherised’”] [released 2017] |
|
80 Jan 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 343 to FCO (2358Z) (“Treasury Under Secretary Solomon”) [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Jan 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure and the Economic Outlook (C(80) 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Len Murray letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (TUC statements on steel closures and coking coal and nationalised industries) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 2nd (Taxation of Benefits, Inflation-Proofed Pensions) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Social services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Public Expenditure and the Economic Outlook”) [Lankester note on Howe-Jenkin agreements] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Jan 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Small Firms and New Enterprise") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (Civil Service manpower reduction target) ["I remain worried that even to achieve the objective of 107,000 for my Departments may not prove consistent with achievement of our financial strategy"] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Jan 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 3rd (Legislative Programme 1979-80, Public Expenditure, etc) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The Old Sixpence - Demonetisation") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 26 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT letter to Rt. Rev. Robert Runcie (change of Budget date) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Parker valedictory despatch to FCO ("Last Impressions of the Falklands") [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Jan 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: Sally Dickson note to MT ("Wessex Area Visit") [MT likely to face demonstration in Calne after 450 redundancies at Harris Bacon Factory - MT comments: "We can't go there! Not another occasion like that!"] [released 2011] |
|
80 Jan 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Trade Unions: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prior) [Prior reports deteriorating relationship with unions] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("Pay Problems Immediately Ahead") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 5 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Jan 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Legislation for the Establishment of Enterprise Zones") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 6 (The Standing Commission on Pay Comparability) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 4 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: Armstrong minute to Lankester ("Establishment of Enterprise Zones") [comment on Chancellor of the Exchequer's minute] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Broadcasting Bill, Urban Development Centres, Employment Bill) [released 2011] |
|
80 Feb 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Trade Unions: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Sir John Methven, CBI) [Methven backing Prior on Bill] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Trade Unions: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prior, Joseph - British Indep Steel Producers Association) [BISPA urging outlawing of secondary action] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Income Tax Reliefs for Equity Investment") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Gow note to MT (Conservative Backbench Finance Committee) [summary of meeting] [released 2011] |
|
80 Feb 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Joseph minute to MT ("Income Tax Reliefs for Start-Ups") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor, Thursday 7 February 1980") [public expenditure decisions, "start-up" scheme] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 3rd (Trade Union Immunities for Secondary Industrial Action) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Afghanistan: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Afghanistan: The Next Steps") [economic impact of UK actions against USSR] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("The Long Campaign") [production of strategy paper] [released 2011] |
|
80 Feb 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: HMT letter to No.10 ("EEC Budget") [Chancellor of the Exchequer's letter to French Minister of the Economy on North Sea Oil and UK Economy] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Fforde minute for Governor (“British Political Economy”) [”there can be no proper solution to our economic problems without a radical change in our political institutions”] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Feb 7 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Carrington note circulated to Cabinet - C(80) 12 (White Paper: Developments in the European Communities 1979) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 8 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Timetable for Main Decisions on the Budget etc") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 8 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 8 (Public Service Pay Negotiating Machinery) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 8 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 9 (Taxation of Benefits Paid to the Unemployed) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 8 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 642 to FCO (2145Z) (“Reactions to the US budget for FY 1981”) [“little enthusiasm”] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Feb 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Whitelaw ("Contracting Out Public Sector Functions") [declassified 2010] |
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80 Feb 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 10 (Immunities for Secondary Industrial Action) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 11 (Equity Investment Scheme - Tax Reliefs for Small Firms) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 12 (Industrial Relations Act 1971) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Equity Investment Scheme - Tax Reliefs for Small Firms (E(80) 11)") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Richard Ryder record of conversation (Thorneycroft-Prior meeting) [Prior against removal of trade union immunity for strikes and picketing] [released 2017] |
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80 Feb 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 7 to FCO (“Monthly economic report for the United States”) [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Feb 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Housing: MT letter to Nicholas Winterton MP (mortgage interest rates) [defence of policy] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
80 Feb 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Du Cann (the main economic objectives of the Government) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 4th (Trade Union Immunities for Secondary Industrial Action) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Feb 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 5th (Public Service Pay Negotiating Machinery, Taxation of Benefits, Equity Investment Scheme) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Feb 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer and Joseph memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 13 (Public Purchasing Policy) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 15 (Public Purchasing Policy) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Greenborough letter to MT (CBI Budget Representations) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 6th (Secondary Picketing) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 16 (Inflation-Proofed Occupational Pensions) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Channon note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 18 (Inflation-Proofed Pensions) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Press: Gordon Reece letter to Ryder (bank profits and windfall tax) [released 2011] |
|
80 Feb 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Joseph minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Eliminating Undue Burdens on Small Firms") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hoskyns letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (Policy Unit paper on the Budget) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (Department of Industry Budget priorities) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor-Governor of BoE-Whitelaw) [presentation of bank profits] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 7th (Inflation-Proofed Public Sector Pensions, Public Purchasing Policy) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Feb 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 14 (Review of Depletion Policy) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [Medium Term Financial Strategy] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Samuel Brittan letter to David Wolfson ( Financial Times column) [medium-term monetary framework] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Wass ("The Monetary Situation and Related Matters") [views of outside economists] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury letter to Paymaster General's Office ("Bank Profits") [briefing note for Ministers] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Lawson MSS) |
Conservatism: Lawson minute to MT ("Visit of Milton Friedman'") [brief for MT's forthcoming meeting with Friedman] |
|
80 Feb 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer and Howell note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 19 (A Gas Tax or Levy) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 20 (Electricity Industry in England and Wales; External Financing Limit 1979/80) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Berrill minute to Lankester (the "UK Problem" and the medium term financial strategy) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Bank of England letter to No.10 ("Bank Profits") [briefing note] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Hayek MSS) |
Conservatism: Frank Hahn and Robert Neild article on monetarism ("Monetarism: why Mrs Thatcher should beware'") ["There are neither theoretical foundations nor empirical support for the monetarists' [central claims]..."] |
|
80 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT letter to the Bishop of Peterborough (economic difficulties) ["the only things I fear are loss of courage and faith"] [released 2011] |
|
80 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Berrill minute to Lankester ("Notes on "The UK Problem"") [economic background for Censure Debate] [released 2011] |
|
80 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Press Office: Ingham minute to MT ("Panorama") [proposed interview structure] [released 2011] |
|
80 Feb 26 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 8th (Incentives for the Lower Paid, Gas Tax or Levy, Electricity Industry External Financing Limit 1979/80) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 26 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: FCO records of conversation (Carrington-Schmidt, Carrington-Genscher) [Middle East, Afghanistan, Olympics, quadripartite discussions, EC issues, India, world economy] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Feb 26 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) ["Visit of Chancellor Schmidt: Economic Issues"] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Feb 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Enterprise Zones") [MT: "I am delighted with the proposals"] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Feb 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 11 to FCO (“US economic problems”) [“crisis stage”] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Mar 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Security: Prior PS letter to No.10 ("Advance circulation of key economic statistics") [security considerations following suspected press leak] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
80 Mar 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong, Le Cheminant and Mountfield note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 21 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Press Office: Ingham minute to MT ("Interview with Die Welt") [arrangements] [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 4 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Biffen minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Medium Term Financial Strategy") [Biffen's disagreement with Howe] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 4 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
Monetary Policy: Biffen minute for Chancellor (“Medium Term Financial Strategy”) [minutes disagreement, copied to MT & Wass] [declassified 2013] |
|
80 Mar 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Budget: The Specific Duties") [Budget proposals] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 968 to FCO (2347Z) (“US economic problems”) [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Mar 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 22 (BNOC: Private Sector Participation) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: Heseltine minute to MT ("Enterprise Zones") [Heseltine supports Chancellor's proposals] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 9th (Parliamentary Pay & Allowances, Pay Research & Cash Limits, etc) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Biffen ("Medium Term Financial Strategy") [Howe responds to Biffen's concerns] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns paper for MT ("Government Strategy: Review of Progress To Date") [failings] [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: No.10 letter to HMT (Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget proposals: income tax and capital tax) ["the Prime Minister is most concerned about the distributional implications of both sets of proposals"] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howe memo circulated to Cabinet - C(80) 17 (Medium Term Financial Strategy) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 9th (Depletion Policy, BNOC Public Sector Involvement) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: HMT letter to No.10 ("Child Benefit") [disagreement between Chancellor of the Exchequer and Jenkin over uprating of child benefit] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns diary (sterling) ["PM's growing concern over high £"; incomes policy in the air] |
|
80 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Publicity: Ingham minute to MT ("Post-Budget Campaign") [strategy for presentation of economic issues] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Hoskyns minute to MT (remarks on the budget) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Treasury note to Bank of England ("Bank Profits") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("BL Contingency Planning: General Impact in First Twelve Months") [British Leyland] [declassified 2010] |
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80 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Deputy Prime Minister Yadin of Israel) [Israeli economy, oil, Arab/Israeli dispute, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Jordan, Israeli settlements] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Education: Michael Jopling to Richard Ryder (liaison with academics) [Rhodes James “not the sort of person to confine himself to acting as a postbox and touring the country to make contact, without passing several judgements during the course of his journies!”] [released 2017] |
|
80 Mar 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Colin Bright minute to Ridley (his visit to the Falkland Islands: assessment) [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Mar 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 25 (Committee of Inquiry into the Engineering Profession (Finniston Report)) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 27 (Monetary Control) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: Keith Joseph minute to Tim Lankester (“British Aerospace: shares for employees”) [no agreement on the possible options, decision referred to MT] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Mar 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 10th (Financial Support of Strikers & Their Families, Medium-Term Financial Strategy, etc) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Carter letter to MT (advance notice of economic package) ["The basic thrust of my decisions is restraint"] [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 23 (INMOS: Finance and Factory Location) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Edwards memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 28 (INMOS) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Fishing: Gow record of conversation (MT-Hull fishermen) [economic problems] [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 10th (Finniston Report, INMOS Finance and Factory Locations) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT letter to Milton Friedman (thanks for gift of Free to Choose ) [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: HMT letter to No.10 ("Enterprise Zones") [Chancellor's correspondence with Thorneycroft] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Child Tax Allowances for Non-Resident Children") [Budget proposals] [declassified 2010] |
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80 Mar 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lankester minute to MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor") [brief for MT meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss Budget] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Chairman of Association of Independent Businesses letter to MT (Government measures to help small businesses) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Nationalised Industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Macro-Economic Effects of the Steel Strike") [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Prior memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 29 (Trade Union Immunities for Secondary Action) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 30 (AGR's and the Government's Nuclear Policy) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Gow note to MT (MT should read attached Enoch Powell speech) ["This is a most interesting speech"] [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Prime Minister Ohira of Japan letter to MT (measures to curb inflation) [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Enterprise Zones") [policy document to send to local authorities] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 1190 to FCO (0435Z) (“President Carter’s anti-inflation package: initial reaction”) [not well received] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Mar 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 11th (Steel Strike, Trade Union Immunities for Secondary Industrial Action, Nuclear Power Policy, Kenneth Berrill) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Channon, Pym and Havers memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 24 (The Use of Territorial and Volunteer Reserves During Industrial Disputes) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT letter to Carter (US economic package) ["we must give overriding priority to getting inflation down"] [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1980 Budget (Howe 2) |
|
80 Mar 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 13th (The Budget) [Not recorded] [declassified 2010] |
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80 Mar 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Overseas aid: MT letter to Joan Lestor (overseas aid) [MT: “The Government’s overriding aim is to restore Britain’s economy”] [declassified 2012] |
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80 Mar 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: FCO letter to No.10 (reply to Carter letter announcing economic package) [reducing inflation and oil consumption] [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Mar 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 14th (Moscow Olympics, Community Budget, Steel Strike, etc) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sherman minute to MT ("Amicus Plato, Sed Magis Amica Veritas") [criticism of the Budget] [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [first session: CAP reform, EC Budget, sheepmeat, fish, EMS, international situation] [declassified 2011] |
|
80 Mar 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Discussion on future United Kingdom Defence policy”) [declassified 2013] |
|
80 Mar 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 31 (Seventh Round of Licensing: Size) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 32 (Seventh Round of Offshore Licensing: Alternative Method of Licensing) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: CRD briefing ("Current Economic Indicators - March 1980") [released 2011] |
|
80 Mar 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Publicity: Ingham minute to MT ("Post-Budget Campaign") [strategy for presentation of economic issues] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Mar 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Economy: Brzezinski minute to Carter ("Daily Report") [UK Budget: "Mrs. Thatcher has told the public that her first budget was not a one-shot effort, but the beginning of a direct challenge to the welfare state"] [declassified 2005] |
|
80 Apr 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong, Le Cheminant and Mountfield memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 33 (Monthly Economic Brief) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Afghanistan: MT letter to Prime Minister Ohira of Japan (Soviet intervention in Afghanistan) [neutrality for Afghanistan, Moscow Olympic Games, India, Pakistan, inflation] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: Keith Joseph letter to Pym (“Review of defence requirements”) [proposals for defence suppliers and BAe privatisation] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Apr 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 12th (Seventh Round of Oil Licensing) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: MT letter to Chairman of Association of Independent Businesses (Government measures to help small businesses) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: MT letter to Brandon Rhys Williams (sterling exchange rate and its effect on industry) [released 2011] |
|
80 Apr 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: Adam Butler letter to Lawson (“British Aerospace Ltd”) [flotation] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Apr 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: HMT brief for European Council, Luxembourg, 27/28 April 1980 - EHG(L)(80) 9 (Economic Situation in the Community and Worldwide) [declassified 2012] |
|
80 Apr 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: Adam Butler PS letter to No.10 (“British Aerospace: shares for employees”) [need for Government to make clear its commitment] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Apr 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Industrial Policy: Nott letter to Keith Joseph ("Wages Councils") [case for abolition] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
80 Apr 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (“British Aerospace: shares for employees”) [free offer proposal and size of total employee shareholding] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Apr 14 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: CPRS note circulated to E Committee - E(80) 35 (Energy Aid to the Horticultural and Fishing Industries) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 14 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Poland: No.11 record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-Polish Minister of Finance Kisiel) [economic issues, trade] [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 13th (Energy Pricing Subsidies for the Horticultural and Fishing Industries) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Statistics: Central Statistical Office press release ("Tax and Price Index, March 1980") ["purpose is to produce a single index which measures changes in both direct taxes (including national insurance contributions) and in retail prices for a representative cross-section of taxpayers"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
80 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Publicity: MT letter to Whitelaw (presentation of economic issues to the public) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: Biffen letter to Howell (“Disposal Programme 1980/81”) [“need to take urgent steps to… ensure that we meet the £1/2 billion target”] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: Pym letter to Keith Joseph (“The Defence programme and British industry”) [“We must not allow ‘privatisation’ to be used as a handle to commit us now to projects which were at an early planning stage and not all of which would have matured”] [declassified 2014] |
|
80 Apr 20 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Biffen speech to the National Conference of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Scotland (Government monetary and economic policy) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Howell memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 34 (Electricity (England and Wales) EFL 1980-81) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Joseph memo circulated to E Committee - E(80) 36 (INMOS) [declassified 2010] |
|
80 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sherman minute to MT ("Need for Better Economic Advice - in re Alan Walters") [Walters ready to return from US if made a reasonable offer] [released 2011] |
|
80 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Hayek MSS) |
Economy: Hayek letter to MT (opposes gradualism in terminating inflation) ["because of the incident misery no government could last out"] |
|
80 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Prior letter to Joseph ("Monthly Pay Brief") [review of pay negotiations and settlements] [declassified 2010] |
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80 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
G7: Armstrong letter to No.10 (pre-G7 "Mini-Summit" of business leaders) [declassified 2010] |
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80 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (80) 14th (INMOS, Electricty Industry External Financing Limit 1980-81) [declassified 2010] |