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79 Mar 28 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S [Her Majesty’s Government (Opposition Motion) (announcement of dissolution)]
79 Mar 28 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Written Statement following fall of Labour Government
79 Mar 29 Th	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	General Election announced for 3 May
79 Mar 29 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKHC Malta letter to FCO (Italy-Malta relations) [withdrawal of Italian mission] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Mar 29 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks following fall of Labour Government
79 Mar 29 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks on coming General Election
79 Mar 29 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
79 Mar 29 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	HC PQ [Business of the House]
79 Mar 30 Fr	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Airey Neave murdered by INLA
79 Mar 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Vaizey MSS)	Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (leave announcement of his move to Tories till after election)
79 Mar 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Stowe note to Atkins (Leader of the Opposition and colleagues consultation with senior officials in Departments) [released 2010]
79 Mar 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Thorneycroft letter to MT ("Central Office after the General Election") [released 2010]
79 Mar 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Carter Library)	US: NSC memo for Brzezinski ("Additional Information Items") [Conservative Party foreign policy] [declassified 2005]
79 Mar 30 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to Mrs Collingwood (apology for Matthew Parris)
79 Mar 30 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks presenting charity cars to the disabled (Motability)
79 Mar 30 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Written Statement following assassination of Airey Neave
79 Mar 30 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks after visiting Airey Neave’s widow (Airey Neave assassination)
79 Mar 30 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks on the murder of Airey Neave ("some devils got him")
79 Mar 31 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Henderson (Sir Nicholas)	Economy: The Henderson Despatch (British decline, causes & consequences) [leaked 1979; declassified 2006]
79 Apr 1 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Transition to power: Adam Ridley note for MT (“Shadow Contacts with the Civil Service before the Election”) [MT keeping close control over] [released 2010]
79 Apr 1 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Transition to power: Adam Ridley note for MT (record of meeting on advisers) [plans for council of economic advisers, etc] [released 2010]
79 Apr 1 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	No.10: Stowe note to Ryder ("Visitors to 10, 11 and 12 Downing Street") [Doorkeeper should be informed of visitors] [released 2010]
79 Apr 1 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Adam Ridley note to MT ("Meeting at Flood Street April 1st 1979") [issues raised at planning meeting for actions to take on gaining power] [released 2010]
79 Apr 1 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome letter to HM Treasury (“Scandal at the Bank of Italy”) [government reaction “sharp”] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Apr 2 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	No.10: MT note to Shadow Cabinet Members (meetings between Shadow Cabinet members and Permanent Secretaries) [MT must be informed prior to such meetings] [released 2010]
79 Apr 2 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: MT letter to Callaghan (Northern Ireland) [Callaghan's proposal for Government/Shadow Cabinet 'conversation'] [released 2010]
79 Apr 2 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (MT to Shadows on contacts with civil service)
79 Apr 2 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (need to put Labour on defensive over unions)
79 Apr 2 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Steering Committee: Paper circulated (CRD on public sector pay)
79 Apr 2 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC S [Mr Airey Neave (Tributes)]
79 Apr 2 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Broadcast in reply to the Prime Minister
79 Apr 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Broadcasting: MT letter to David Cox (rejects General Election TV debate with PM) [“We are not electing a President, we are choosing a government”] [released 2003]
79 Apr 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Elections: George Gardiner MP letter to MT (proposed General Election TV debate with Callaghan) ["Yes, you must accept the idea. Indeed, you must appear eager"] [released 2010]
79 Apr 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [Andreotti government defeated in the Senate, Andreotti resigned, Parliament dissolved] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Apr 3 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
79 Apr 3 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to David Cox/LWT (refusing television debate with PM)
79 Apr 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Sir Geoffrey Howe (has approached David Laidler) [“very flattered” at thought of working with us - will leave option open]
79 Apr 4 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Transition to power: Caroline Stephens note for staff (arrival of positive vetting forms) [“Sir Ian Bancroft is doing us a favour”] [released 2010]
79 Apr 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	No.10: Stowe letter to MT (forthcoming retirement of the Archbishop of Canterbury) [briefing] [released 2010]
79 Apr 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 240th Meeting [agenda only]
79 Apr 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (CRD "Public Sector Pay") [270K]
79 Apr 5 Th	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Interest rates reduced 1 per cent, from 13 to 12 per cent
79 Apr 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	No.10: Hunt letter to MT (the Cabinet Office) [background briefing] [released 2010]
79 Apr 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: FCO internal minute (“Guadeloupe summit: Italian reactions”) [Italian allegations of Gaullist practices] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Apr 5 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Candidates and 1922 Committee
79 Apr 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Prime Minister: No.10 letter to MT ("The Prime Minister's Office") [brief account of organisation and functioning of No.10] [declassified Aug 2013]
79 Apr 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: Canadian Embassy Rome telegram to Canadian Department of External Affairs (“Italian Elections - background & prospects”) [Andreotti Government 'Hari-Kiri'] [declassified 2009]
79 Apr 7 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks shopping near Flood Street
79 Apr 9 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks on late start of Conservative campaign
79 Apr 9 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Time magazine
79 Apr 9 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Message to European Medium and Small Business Union (founding conference)
79 Apr 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	No.10: Hunt minute to MT ("EEC: Supervision of United Kingdom Policy") [background briefing on role of European Secretariat in the Cabinet Office] [released 2010]
79 Apr 10 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Daily Express
79 Apr 10 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC
79 Apr 11 We	Chronology	Major	[Chronology]	Southall riot
79 Apr 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (IEA MSS)	Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Harris (letter of thanks for Harris' review of Douglas Hurd's book) ["I passed it on to Margaret for use in her material"]
79 Apr 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Hayek MSS)	Conservatism: Ryder letter to Hayek (MT thanks Hayek for his sending her a copy of Law, Legislation and Liberty , Volume 3)
79 Apr 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian Political Situation”) [elections scheduled for June] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Apr 11 We	Declassified documents	Key	Conservative Party	Conservative General Election Manifesto 1979
79 Apr 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Foreword to The Conservative Manifesto 1979
79 Apr 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	General Election Press Conference (manifesto launch)
79 Apr 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks after Press Conference launch
79 Apr 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for ITN
79 Apr 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Finchley (adoption)
79 Apr 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	1979 General Election Address ("The Britain I want to see")
79 Apr 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Hayek MSS)	Conservatism: Arthur Seldon letter to Hayek (notes on New Statesman , The Economist and The Spectator responses to IEA papers) ["Christopher Hitchens wanted to meet you..."]
79 Apr 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Ryder note to MT (Scottish Conservative Party Conference) [cancelled due to General Election; MT asks for it to be reinstated] [released 2010]
79 Apr 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKHC Malta letter to FCO (“Malta’s foreign relations”) [talks with France, Italy] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Apr 12 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	General Election Press Conference ("Creating Prosperity")
79 Apr 12 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks inspecting the "battle bus"
79 Apr 12 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for ITN (on the "battle bus")
79 Apr 12 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Daily Mail
79 Apr 12 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks canvassing in Finchley
79 Apr 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Transition to power: Richard Ryder note for MT (meeting with Douglas Hurd) [thoughts on running No.10] [released 2010]
79 Apr 14 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks canvassing in Finchley
79 Apr 15 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks on the coming campaign
79 Apr 15 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for ITN (progress of campaign)
79 Apr 15 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC
79 Apr 16 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Message to the people of Britain ("Now is the time to choose")
79 Apr 16 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks visiting Swansea (Singleton Hospital)
79 Apr 16 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Swansea Conservatives
79 Apr 16 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Rally in Cardiff
79 Apr 16 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks visiting Bristol United Press (newspaper publishers)
79 Apr 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 Election Call (phone-in)
79 Apr 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC Points West
79 Apr 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks visiting Bristol (a new broom)
79 Apr 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks at Bath Station (Patten to win with 10,000 majority)
79 Apr 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservatives in Gravesend
79 Apr 18 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	General Election Press Conference ("Tax Cuts are Tory")
79 Apr 18 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks visiting Willisham Farm (cradling the calf)
79 Apr 18 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Anglia TV
79 Apr 18 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for Radio Orwell
79 Apr 18 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Ipswich
79 Apr 18 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Beeston Conservatives
79 Apr 19 Th	Multimedia	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative Party Election Broadcast
79 Apr 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Carter Library)	Cold War: NSC memo for David Aaron ("Noon Notes") [UK electoral campaign and SALT] [declassified 2008]
79 Apr 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome letter to HM Treasury (“Scandal at the Bank of Italy”) [account of events] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Apr 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome letter to FCO (“Italo-Cuban relations”) [Italians have cultivated close relations with the Cubans] [declassified Dec 2009]
79 Apr 19 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Written Statement on British Leyland
79 Apr 19 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Leicester Conservatives

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