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

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78 Jul 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Treasury off-the-record press briefing on EMS (“not the greatest thing since sliced bread”) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Elections: BBC Director-General Trethowan letter to MT (General Election TV debate or other television programme) ["I am writing to you and the Prime Minister in identical terms to invite you to appear together in one or more special television programmes during the General Election"] [released 2010]
78 Jul 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 214th Meeting
78 Jul 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Couzens to No.10 (briefing on David Blake article attributing scepticism to Treasury) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Public spending & external relations: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (forwards Blaker Report) [MT loath to cut BBC Overseas Services]
78 Jul 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 215th Meeting
78 Jul 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Hunt minute for Callaghan on summit prospects) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Benn paper for cabinet (“Britain, Germany and the proposed EMS”) [extract] [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (final British briefing meeting) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 15 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Schmidt-Callaghan bilateral) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 15 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Callaghan-Schmidt meeting (EMS) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 16 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Session 1) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 16 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Session 2) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 16 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Sessions 1 & 2 - Callaghan notes) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 16 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Heads of Government Dinner) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (quadripartite meeting of Foreign Ministers) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Session 3) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Session 4) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Bonn Summit (Callaghan bilaterals) [declassified 2008]
78 Jul 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Lawson to MT (danger of pre-election dividend increases)
78 Jul 19 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 216th Meeting (manifesto discussion)
78 Jul 19 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Lawson to MT (denies Conservative economic plans will increase unemployment)
78 Jul 20 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Speeches: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (proposed draft speeches) [progress report]
78 Jul 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to MT (‘Disinformation’ and ways of combatting it) [Conservative machine briefing against you]
78 Jul 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to CPS Management Board (“CPS’s Long-term Publishing Programme”) [goals]
78 Jul 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Broadcasting: MT letter to Sir Ian Trethowan (BBC urges General Election TV debate with PM) [asks for detail] [released 2003]
78 Jul 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT ("Enterprise Zones")
78 Jul 24 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Energy: Michael Portillo to Adam Ridley (policy towards BNOC) [MT comments colliding with Tom King’s]
78 Jul 25 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Sir Keith Joseph to Ian Percival (thanks) [papers submitted]
78 Jul 25 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies Management Committee minutes (meeting) [Conservative Conference fringe, publications, bookshop, student seminars, KJ unemployment speech]
78 Jul 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Hayek MSS)	Conservatism: Hayek letter to The Times (response to Mr. William Wallace) [democratic and authoritarian rule]
78 Jul 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: 1922 Committee note ("Government Defeats on the Floor: 1977/78") [released 2010]
78 Jul 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: House of Commons record of conversation (MT-1922 Committee Executive) [strategy for forthcoming election] [released 2010]
78 Jul 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 217th Meeting
78 Jul 27 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Hayek MSS)	Conservatism: Hayek letter to The Times (Callaghan's remarks on inflation) ["sometimes one wonders whether [politicians] are not deceiving themselves by using language which they do not understand"]
78 Jul 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Fowler "Toll Crossings")
78 Jul 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Energy: Adam Ridley to MT (policy towards BNOC) [queries policy after her Sun interview]
78 Jul 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Energy: Adam Butler to Sir Keith Joseph (policy towards BNOC) [MT does not want it sold in its entirety]
78 Jul 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 218th Meeting (manifesto discussion)
78 Jul 31 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Adam Ridley note for MT (Conservative stance on BNOC)
78 Aug 1 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Keith Joseph to Nigel Wingate (policy towards small businesses) [no commitment to appoint a specific minister for]
78 Aug 3 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Housing: Sir Keith Joseph to Angus Maude (decision not to publish a paper on housing before October election) [policy on land still needs to be announced]
78 Aug 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	CRD: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (wishes to discuss next director of CRD) [Sykes to replace Patten?]
78 Aug 6 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Sir Keith Joseph to John Nott (Sigmund Warburg urges joining EMS negotiations) [“killing it from within if need be”]
78 Aug 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Broadcasting: Thorneycroft meeting with BBC (BBC urges General Election TV debate with PM) [sees problems] [released 2003]
78 Aug 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Elections: Minute of meeting of Conservative Central Office Executive (MT-Thorneycroft and others) [General Election arrangements] [released 2010]
78 Aug 10 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Housing: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (Hugh Rossi work on land policy) [still needs to be announced]
78 Aug 21 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Heritage: Adam Butler note for MT (comments from Keith Joseph) [agreement to publicise the policy]
78 Aug 21 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (encloses his lecture on Conditions for Fuller Employment ) [read in advance by Jim Prior]
78 Aug 23 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Patten minute to MT ("The Future of the Research Department") [released 2010]
78 Aug 25 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS)	MT: MT to Ronnie Millar (seeing Evita ) [“if they can do that without any ideals ...”]
78 Aug 25 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (CIA)	Belize/Cold War: CIA National Intelligence Daily Cable (Guatemala-UK negotiations) ["unexpectedly reasonable" approach from Guatemalan side] [declassified 2007]
78 Aug 29 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Housing: Sir Keith Joseph to Michael Heseltine (suggestion regarding Hugh Rossi work on land policy) [useful to incorporate]
78 Aug 29 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Thorneycroft (encloses speech drafts) [Labour creating unemployment]
78 Aug 30 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Conservative Party Manifesto for 1978 General Election - 2nd draft) [1,436K]
78 Sep 1 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Franklin memorandum for Hunt (EMS situation report) [declassified 2008]
78 Sep 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 219th Meeting (manifesto discussion)
78 Sep 5 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to Sir Keith Joseph (EMS meeting)
78 Sep 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	General Election: Lawson to MT (make more of an issue of GCE abolition)
78 Sep 7 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to Lord Thorneycroft (election press conferences)
78 Sep 12 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies Management Committee minutes (meeting) [Conservative Conference fringe, KJ unemployment speech, publications, bookshop, student seminars, funds]
78 Sep 14 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Wicks memorandum for PM (ministerial momentum building in favour of UK joining EMS) [declassified 2008]
78 Sep 15 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Carter Library)	Belize/Cold War: White House Situation Room memo for David Aaron ("Noon Notes") ["Fidel Castro has assembled a small military force of 125-150 Cubans in Belize"] [declassified Jan 2005]
78 Sep 16 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: UKE Bonn to FCO (Schmidt-Giscard talks in Aachen) [declassified 2008]
78 Sep 18 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Callaghan-Healey phone call (EMS) [declassified 2008]
78 Sep 21 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (fishing industry) [request from Grimsby that MT should make statement on]
78 Sep 22 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Regions: Sir Keith Joseph to Adam Butler (suggested minister for the north west) [Oulton Wade suggestion but not viable]
78 Sep 23 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe speech in Great Bookham (pay policy "sanctions")
78 Sep 26 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies “Special Meeting” minutes [future of CPS - funds, strategy]
78 Sep 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Gordon Reece note (tax credit remark misreported)
78 Sep 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (CRD on Bingham Report [Rhodesia])
78 Sep 30 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS) , Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Davies "Rhodesia")
78 Sep 30 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Davies "Rhodesia")
78 Oct 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Hayek MSS)	Conservatism: Lawson letter to Hayek (thanks for Hayek's compliments about Lawson's article in The Times ) ["There is no-one from whom such a letter could have been more welcome"]
78 Oct 4 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 220th Meeting (Rhodesia discussion - extended minute)
78 Oct 8 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Conservative 1922 Committee membership list ("1922 Committee") [election results] [released 2010]
78 Oct 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Strikes: Sir Keith Joseph to Sir Geoffrey Howe (supplementary benefits for strikers) [MT now agrees group to reconsider issue]
78 Oct 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (Sam Brittan’s views) [set out monetary policy goals & allow others to draw pay implications]
78 Oct 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Cabinet Committee meeting on EMS (GEN136(78) 5th) (decision not to join) [declassified 2008]
78 Oct 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Local government: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (Irwin Bellow) [defer announcement of his advisory appointment]
78 Oct 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Gerry Frost (success of meeting at Conservative Conference fringe) [plans for next year]
78 Oct 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Strategy: Lawson to MT (importance of her faith & resolve)
78 Oct 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Adam Ridley note on EMS (briefing for Conservative shadows stressing political nature of proposals)
78 Oct 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies Management Committee minutes (meeting) [Conservative Conference fringe, KJ unemployment speech, publications, student seminars, Black Papers]
78 Oct 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (burglay at his home) [no sensitive papers taken]
78 Oct 25 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Meeting of Shadows (Conservative view of European Monetary System) [deciding what to advise MT]
78 Oct 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Vaizey MSS)	Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (glad he is ready for further talks about joining the Conservative Party)
78 Oct 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Ronnie Millar to MT (right approach between now & election) [stress failure of pay policy while giving Ted his dignity]
78 Oct 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Lawson note for MT ("The European Monetary System")
78 Oct 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Bank of England memo for PM (“EMS & the choice for the UK”) [declassified 2008]
78 Oct 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Lawson note ("France & the EMS")
78 Oct 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 221st Meeting
78 Oct 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	EMS: Sir Geoffrey Howe letter to MT ("European Monetary System") [Conservative line]
78 Nov 1 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to Jim Prior (trade unions)
78 Nov 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: UKE Rome to FCO (frank account of Schmidt-Andreotti talks in Rome on EMS) [declassified 2008]
78 Nov 2 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (future meeting)
78 Nov 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EMS: Callaghan-Jenkins meeting (EMS & other EC issues) [declassified 2008]
78 Nov 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of Meeting
78 Nov 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Sherman MSS)	Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies Management Committee minutes (meeting) [Conservative Conference fringe, funds, publications, student seminars, FEE, editors]
78 Nov 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Monetary Policy: Howe minute to Members of the Leader's Consultative Committee ("EMS") [introductory briefing] [released 2010]

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