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Date range: 11 Feb 1975 – 3 May 1979. Document type: Declassified documents.

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78 Nov 15 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of Meeting (attitude to European Monetary System)
78 Nov 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Press release (Pym appointed to replace Davies)
78 Nov 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bundesbank)	EMS: President of the Bundesbank to Chancellor Schmidt (seeks assurances on operation of EMS) [declassified 2008]
78 Nov 16 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (future meetings)
78 Nov 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Jim Prior (Richard O’Brien reaction to Conditions for Fuller Employment ) [doubts as to role of MSC]
78 Nov 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (“Reserve Army of Advisers”) [nothing to add to earlier memos]
78 Nov 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (pay policy "sanctions")
78 Nov 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Fowler on abolition of Vehicle Excise Duty)
78 Nov 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Oppenheim "Weights & Measures Bill")
78 Nov 22 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Adam Ridley note on EMS (government planning to join EMS but not exchange rate mechanism)
78 Nov 22 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Callaghan-Andreotti meeting (preparing for Brussels European Council ) [extract] [declassified 2008]
78 Nov 22 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Monetary Policy: MT letter to Boardman of British Chambers of Commerce (EMS) ["We too welcome any prospect of greater stability in the international currency system, although we would hesitate to be quite as final as your members"] [released 2010]
78 Nov 22 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of Meeting [agenda only]
78 Nov 26 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Callaghan-Schmidt phone call (EMS, economy, Guadeloupe) [declassified 2008]
78 Nov 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (vehicle excise duty & indirect tax increases)
78 Nov 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Lawson to Nott (Government sanctions against Ford)
78 Nov 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of Meeting
78 Nov 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Steering Committee: Paper circulated (CRD on civil service dispersal)
78 Nov 30 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Bundesbank)	EMS: Bundesbank Council meeting with Chancellor Schmidt (assurances on operation of EMS) [declassified 2008]
78 Nov 30 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (Frank MacFadzean) [wants an executive not an advisory role]
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Adam Ridley note on EMS (information from sources in Brussels)
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Brussels European Council record of conversation (opening lunch) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Brussels European Council record of conversation (Session 1) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Brussels European Council record of conversation (dinner) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Brussels European Council record of conversation (after dinner) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Brussels European Council (draft speaking note for PM - Britain not joining ERM) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (IEA MSS)	Conservatism: Milton Friedman letter to Ralph Harris (plans for visit to the UK) ["Whether [MT] really has the capacities that Britain so badly needs at this time, I must confess, seems to me still a very open question..."]
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Steering Committee: Minutes of 60th Meeting
78 Dec 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Prior to MT (dispersal of civil servants)
78 Dec 5 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Brussels European Council record of conversation (Session 2) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 5 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Brussels European Council (Callaghan notes on British objectives) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 5 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Brussels European Council (Callaghan notes on Session 2) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 5 Tu	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (suggests term for Quango members) [“Quangaroos”]
78 Dec 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	MT: Peter Utley to David [Wolfson] (plea to reform MT’s approach to speechwriting) [travails of a speechwriter]
78 Dec 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	MT: Peter Utley to David [Wolfson] (plea to reform MT’s approach to speechwriting) [travails of a speechwriter]
78 Dec 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Monetary Policy: Statement by Howe and Pym ("The Brussels Summit") [criticism of Callaghan's approach to EMS and CAP] [released 2010]
78 Dec 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of Meeting
78 Dec 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Atkins to MT (Rhodesia & European Elections)
78 Dec 7 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (state of the civil service)
78 Dec 11 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (“Our Exposed Flank: Free Collective Bargaining - October-November 1978”) [drafting of conference speech]
78 Dec 11 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (James Meade critical of unions)
78 Dec 12 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Hunt minute of meeting to review follow-through & preparations for next summit) [declassified 2008]
78 Dec 13 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Adam Ridley note on EMS (Italian & Irish positions)
78 Dec 13 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of Meeting
78 Dec 14 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies Management Committee minutes (meeting) [student seminars, publications, study groups, “social market economy”, funds]
78 Dec 21 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (Howe suggests I chair a Merseyside ‘Task Force’) [MT: “I am very much AGAINST the idea”]
78 Dec 22 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (Patrick Minford)
78 Dec 26 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (George Thomas MSS)	Parliament: MT to George Thomas (Parliament “seldom touches the nation’s deepest needs”)
78 Dec 28 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Councillor Jones (private interest in British Steel Bilston plant) [Conservative approach]
78 Dec 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (thanks for meeting; defence) [released 2007]
79 Jan 1 Mo	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: Note for MT (“Mayo Clinic Diet”) [“Diet for two weeks only”] [released 2010]
79 Jan 2 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Oppenheim "Competition Policy")
79 Jan 2 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Rawlinson on libel & Official Secrets Act reform)
79 Jan 3 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Hayek MSS)	Conservatism: Hayek letter to The Economist (comment on remark by Harold Macmillan) ["How uninformed does Mr. Harold Macmillan wish to appear...?"]
79 Jan 3 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Europe: FCO letter to UKA Rome (“The IEPG: Italy and Trillateralism”) [difficulties in European equipment cooperation] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 5 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Rowlands minute to Owen ("Falkland Islands: Anglo/Argentine Negotiations in Geneva from 18-20 December") [account of talks] [declassified 2012]
79 Jan 7 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ted Rowlands MP-Falklands Councillors) [Southern Thule incident, maritime co-operation with Argentia, internal Falklands matters] [declassified 2012]
79 Jan 10 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: HM Ambassador to Italy despatch ("Italy: Annual Review for 1978") [murder of Moro, 'courageous' decision to join EMS, two popes] [declassified 2009]
79 Jan 10 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Atkins "Supply Day subjects")
79 Jan 11 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italy and the Guadeloupe meeting”) [Italian concerns over a “four power directorate”] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Guadeloupe Quadripartite meeting (Callaghan minute approving follow-up action) [declassified 2008]
79 Jan 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Hayek MSS)	Conservatism: Hayek letter to William Rees-Mogg (article offered to The Times )
79 Jan 12 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Oppenheim to MT (Supply day debates)
79 Jan 13 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Port Stanley to FCO ("Minister's Meeting with Falkland Island Councillors: Draft Agreement on Scientific Activity in the Dependencies") [proposed agreement "met with a negative response"] [declassified 2012]
79 Jan 15 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Guadeloupe Quadripartite meeting (Hunt account to Canadian High Commissioner) [declassified 2008]
79 Jan 15 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Steering Committee: Minutes of 61st Meeting (Commons debate on industrial situation)
79 Jan 16 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Guadeloupe Quadripartite meeting (Peter Jay conversation with US Secretary of State) [declassified 2008]
79 Jan 16 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: MT's notes for her Commons speech (offer to HMG) [391K]
79 Jan 17 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 228th Meeting
79 Jan 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKA Rome letter to FCO (“Italian exclusion from quadripartite and other small groups”) [damage it does; need to take Italian resentment seriously] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 19 Fr	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: Patrick Hutber letter to MT (plans for Glyndebourne Festival Opera) ["The public begins to see how right you have consistently been!"] [released 2010]
79 Jan 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Chris Patten to Sir Keith Joseph (proposed “Waste of the week” campaign) [plans]
79 Jan 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter to Patrick Hutber (plans for Glyndebourne Festival Opera) [MT would like to attend Fidelio] [released 2010]
79 Jan 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [Andreotti government looking increasingly insecure] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Steering Committee: Minutes of 62nd Meeting
79 Jan 23 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: Italian Ambassador to London speaking notes (Guadeloupe meeting) [protest at Italian exclusion from summit] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 24 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (CIA)	South America: CIA National Intelligence Daily Cable ("Peru: Relations with Neighbors") ["hardening stance ... new truculence"; Peru expels Chilean envoy and warns Ecuador] [declassified Jul 2004]
79 Jan 24 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: FCO telegram to UKE Rome (“Guadeloupe summit: Italian reactions”) [Italian Ambassador protests at exclusion] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 24 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 229th Meeting
79 Jan 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Jim Prior (story that mathematical economists were no help to Callaghan on unemployment) [we have more positive ideas]
79 Jan 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [Andreotti likely to resign next week] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: FCO telegram to UKE Rome (“Guadeloupe summit: Italian reactions”) [Italian démarche & bout de papier] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 27 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (encloses draft speech on unions) [depth of change needed above & beyond legal framework]
79 Jan 29 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to John Moore (proposed “Waste of the week” campaign) [asks for help]
79 Jan 29 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Lawson to MT (Philip Haddon-Cave as special adviser)
79 Jan 29 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 230th Meeting
79 Jan 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	No.10: Ryder note to MT ("The Secretary to the Cabinet") [candidates to succeed Hunt as Cabinet Secretary] [released 2010]
79 Jan 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: CBI Situation Report ("Winter of Discontent")
79 Jan 31 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies Management Committee minutes (meeting) [bookshop, student seminars, publications, study groups, Conservative Conference fringe]
79 Jan 31 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: FCO letter to UKE Rome (“Italian exclusion from quadripartite and other small groups”) [Andreotti remains annoyed; unavoidable problem] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Jan 31 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 231st Meeting
79 Feb 1 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome letter to FCO (“Gromyko’s visit to Rome: 22/26 January”) [Italian briefing on visit] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Feb 1 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Steering Committee: Paper circulated (Oppenheim on competition policy)
79 Feb 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: FCO minute (“Grey Areas and Modernization of Theatre Nuclear Force (TNF)”) [Italian ambassador fishing on the subject] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Feb 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Europe: FCO minute (“Albania”) [Italians say Albanians wish to resume diplomatic relations with UK] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Feb 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Europe: FCO internal minute (‘Malta’) [Italian ambassador’s criticism of British position, delivered in "characteristic waspish vein"] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Feb 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [Communist withdrawal, Andreotti resignation] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Feb 5 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Trade Unions: Keith Joseph talk given to the Bow Group ("Solving the Union Problem is the Key to Britain's Recovery") [released 2010]
79 Feb 5 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Steering Committee: Minutes of 63rd Meeting
79 Feb 5 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (relations with the City)

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