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PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Hungary: No.10 letter to Mrs Elizabeth Charles (MT visit to Hungary) [no time to meet with Church leaders] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hungary: Draft MT speech for Lázár dinner (first draft, annotated) [MT: “I think that at some point we must make clear how much we value our way of life and that there could be no retreat from it”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 3rd (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Timing of Non-Domestic Revaluation) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Jopling memo circulated to Cabinet - C(84) 2 (Liquid Milk Prices and the Future of Milk Farming) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe message to UKE Paris (“Visit by Monsieur Dumas”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: FCO Steering Brief (“Visit of the PM to Hungary: 2-4 Feb 1984”) [overview & objectives] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hatfield minute to Taylor (“Destruction of the IRA”) [proposals for new security arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Barclay minute to Department of Employment (Liverpool community programme scheme) [proposed MT visit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 306 to FCO (2347Z) (“State of the Union address: President Reagan and the US budget deficit”) [“he does not wish to make hard economic choices in an election year”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome to FCO (“Anglo Italian Summit: 26-27 January: Falklands”) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe telegram for Civil Commissioner of the Falklands ("Relations with Argentina") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Jopling minute to MT ("Terms of retirement of civil servants") ["the same terms are available to people who have to leave through no fault of their own and people who need to be got rid of because of their limited efficiency"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Equipment collaboration with France and the FRG") [No.10 request for note on track record/prospects for future co-operation, for MT meeting with Mitterrand] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("UK position in the Negotiations on the Stuttgart Declaration") [summary of UK position on main issues; MT: "very useful"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gibraltar: Governor's Office of Gibraltar telegram to FCO ("Gibraltar Election") [report on results; recommendation to send congratulatory message to Hassan] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (defective housing) [private sector] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute ("First Thoughts") ["I take a bleak view of the international scene" - annotated by MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram 43 to FCO (0830Z) ("Lebanon") [possible imminent Lebanese military action to close Shuweifat Gap] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Lord Rhodes letter to MT (report on Parliamentary Delegation visit to China) [Sino-British relations; future of Hong Kong; trade; Chinese modernisation and reform] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Conservative Research Department briefing ("Opposition Day Debate on Shipbuilding Tuesday 31st January 1984") [closure & its effect on the Inverclyde area] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (Competition in Defence Procurement) [overview of MoD measures & attached paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (schools: private money and parental choice) [Policy Unit paper presenting options for DES] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Stepping Down") [to "allow the calculation of separate pension elements based on service and salary before and after a "step down" to a post with a lower salary"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Department of Trade and Industry letter to No.10 ("Nissan") [proposed Nissan plant in the UK: Nissan appears to reach agreement with trade union] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Prime Minister González Márquez letter to MT (Secretary-General of the Council of Europe) [nomination of Oreja] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Italy: No.10 briefing cards (“Bilateral With Signor Craxi”) [economic summit; European Council] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute ("First thoughts") ["I take a bleak view of the international scene"] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hungary: FCO letter to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s Visit to Hungary: Speech”) [suggested additions] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Armstrong minute for Antony Acland (“Visit of President Mitterrand”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Rees letter to Tom King (“Training for Jobs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Redwood minute to MT ("Budget Stance") [urges "bold" action on public spending and taxation in 1984 Budget] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Debt Issues”) [solution to issues in Latin America, proposed meeting with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Tessa Gaisman minute for MT (“Centre for Policy Studies”) [MT rejects proposed book of her speeches] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Heseltine - Spadolini) [European defence cooperation, defence equipment production, Lebanon] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Ministry of Agriculture record of conversation (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Italian Minister of Agriculture) [price fixing] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Ministry of Agriculture record of conversation(Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Italian Minister of Agriculture) [taxation of spirit drinks] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer, Italian Treasury Minister) [international economic-monetary meetings, EC issues] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [EC issues, East-West relations, Lebanon, MNF, the Falkland Islands and Argentina] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Craxi Foundation) Italy/EC: Italian record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [EC issues] [declassified 2017]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy, with Foreign Ministers) [Lebanon, MNF, UN Force] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [plenary meeting: EC monetary and economic issues, US-European relations, defence collaboration] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: No.10 minute to MT (“Anti-Riot Training for the Saudi National Guard”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: Eighth Round: Dinner”) [record of conversation: Evans, Zhou Nan] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 28 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 28 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 note to Treasury (press report on pay rise for senior civil servants) [Top Salaries Review Body pay review] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 28 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT message to Chancellor Kohl (EC negotiations) ["Mitterrand and I... at one on the urgent need to relaunch the Community... Unless decisive progress can be made at... [the March European Council] the disarray of the Community will get worse] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 28 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hungary: Draft MT speech for Lázár dinner (last draft, MT annotated) [“a peace which means more than the silence of guns”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 28 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: discussion with EXCO”) [EXCO reactions to latest round of UK/China talks] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 29 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 29 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UKHC Ottawa telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister Trudeau”) [resignation as Liberal leader] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 29 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: Turnbull minute to MT (“Anti-Riot Training for the Saudi National Guard”) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Spain: Spanish PM González letter to MT (Spanish participation in Council of Europe) [nomination of Don Marcelino Oreja for Secretary-General] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Portugal: MT to Prime Minister Soares of Portugal (invitation) [will visit in April] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Kinnock letter to MT (Prime Minister's Questions) [notification of absence due to visit to US] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain and NATO") [Spain to hold referendum onn membership; Gonzalez to call election "in the event of an adverse result"; Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Goodall minute for MT (“Falkland Islands: Possible Declaration of a 200 Mile Exclusive Fisheries Limit (OD (83) 19)”) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Goodall minute for MT (“Falkland Islands: Possible Declaration of a 200-Mile Fisheries Limit”) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Lawson minute for Howe (“OD: Falkland Islands: Fisheries”) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Overseas Development Administration minute to FCO (“The Brewster Contract for Housing in the Falkland Islands”) [review by ODA officials] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Coles note for MT (Howe paper OD(83) 19) ["are we not weakening our position on sovereignty?"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Reviews: Territorial Programmes") [over-provision in the block budgets for Scotland and Northern Ireland] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Geoffrey Howe ("FCO Expenditure Problems") ["the overriding consideration must be the Government's capacity to swallow" additional spending] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Lord Cockfield ("Public Expenditure White Paper - Part 1, Table 1.13") [public sector capital spending] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Ridley letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("British Airways privatisation: market for shares in the United States") ["examining the possibility... of an issue... on the New York stock exchange simultaneously with the UK flotation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Managing Director of British Aerospace (sale of Tornado aircraft to Turkey) ["sorry to hear that the prospects for the sale... are looking less bright again... Geoffrey Pattie is considering visiting Turkey next month"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Walker minute to MT (privatisation of gas & electricity: press leaks) [Walker angry about "totally untrue stories"; asks MT to identify source of the leaks] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to President of the National Farmers' Union (European Commission price proposals for 1985-86 and the 'green pound') ["need for the CAP to be operated cost-effectively... On the green pound... I am not... able to give you a definite Government view at this stage"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Public Expenditure White Paper: Net Contributions to Community Institutions") ["unwise to assume... that the £42 million balance of our 1982 Risk Sharing funds will be paid by 31 March"; MT thinks proposed redraft "unduly defensive & rather weak"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Cabinet Office letter to No.10 ("YTS") [Civil Service unions oppose introduction of Youth Training Scheme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ministers: No.10 note for Robin Butler (Speaker's Statement on Members' Declarations of Interests) [his office sends text, seeing Butler as having "no need for concern"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Peter Walker ("Electricity Supply Industry: Board Salaries") [pay offer figures] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Sir William Lithgow (Scott Lithgow) [closure & its effect on the Inverclyde area] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 briefing for MT ("Scott Lithgow") [closure & its effect on the Inverclyde area] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Peter Walker minute to MT (Electricity Council prices for 1984/85) [increase amount; legal challenge to London Electricty Board; 3-year financial framework] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("'Peace' letters from Soviet citizens") [handling of replies] [declassified Dec 2018]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Department of Trade and Industry letter to No.10 ("Sheerness Steel") [update on performance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Trivial Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to President Pertini of Italy (thanking for the gifts) [bag and scarf] [declassified 2015]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit”) [arrivals and departures; meetings at Lancaster House; note takers; timetable; MT’s diary; Queen’s banquet; final press conference] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: John Coles minute to Robert Armstrong (“Economic Summit 1984: Commercial Sponsorship”) [MT agreed sponsorship is acceptable if “on the basis either loans of equipment or provision of equipment at cost price”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Michael Havers letter to Brittan (“Re: Video Recordings”) [legislation on certification] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Coles note to MT (George Urban’s CPS speech) [“we should ask for the term ‘Thatcher doctrine’ … to be dropped”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT letter to David Storey (proposed amendment to 1973 Constitution Act) [“the Province’s position within the United Kingdom is secured by the wishes of the majority of its population”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster minute to MT (“Airbus A320”) [comments on UK participation and launch aid] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong: Defence, Security and Public Order”) [“worrying indications”] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Hugh Thomas note for MT (encloses US newspaper article on present state of Argentina) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Cabinet: 9 February") [to discuss economic position, capital and current expenditure, public expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rees PS minute to Andrew Turnbull (draft Cabinet paper) [balance between capital and current expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John Redwood minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Reviews: Territorial Programmes") [problems in the assessment of needs in Scotland and Northern Ireland] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Value for Money - the Ibbs Initiative") ["What we now need is a detailed system of monitoring and reporting"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (National Audit Office study of efficiency reviews conducted since 1979) ["intention is to give Parliament an independent account of the contributions which the scrutinies and reviews have made to value for money"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 343 to FCO (2250Z) ("Shuweifat Gap") [possible imminent Lebanese military action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Lebanon: Shuweifat Gap) [possible imminent Lebanese military action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Younger, Channon, Ingham, STUC delegation) [Scott Lithgow] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Younger letter to Rees (Scottish Electricity Boards: External Financing Limits) [capital expenditure; price rises; EFL for 1984/85] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with Lords Vaizey, Harris & Thomas to discuss proposed Vaizey/CPS Study of Welfare State) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Julian Amery MP letter to MT (development of the political capability for Special Operations) [request for meeting to discuss his thoughts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to John Coles ("Competition in Defence Procurement") [commends MoD policy] [declassified Dec 2014]

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