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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Department of Transport letter to Treasury ("The Gulf: War Risk Insurance for Airlines") ["draft for a set of agreements with insurers which should provide the basis for reinsurance for all United Kingdom airlines who may be flying to the gulf Area"] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: MOD letter to Powell ("US Request for Deployment of Carrier Group") [a carrier was to be deployes in the Mediterranean anyway; concerc over the cost of the enhancements required; planning of minimun mount of work at a limited cost] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: MOD conversation record ("Call by Mr Ashdown") [Government's argument for military action in the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: MOD letter to Powell ("Po Granby: Operational Readiness") [updates concerning the arrangements to speed up the flow of battle-winning equipment and munitions; need for more beds for medical care of prisoners of war] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Julian Amery letter to Foreign Secretary (Western Presence in the Gulf) [what the presence should consist of and where it should be located; idea of "making use of the only realiable state in the Middle east not counting Israel. I mean of course Turkey"] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Cabinet Secretary briefing for Prime Minister ("OPD(G): 10 January") [PM's visit to the Gulf; international situation; UK/US talks; consular advice and contingency plans for evacuation; Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait: immediate reactions; Rules of Engagement; media arrangements; IEA stockdraw; meeting arrangements in case of hostilities] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Powell minute for Prime Minister ("OPD(G) and Cabinet: Points to Make on Your Gulf Visit") ["there is an expectation that there will be a conflict and that Saddam Hussein will loose"] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: No.10 conversation record ("The Gulf") [Powell's conversation with general Scowcroft] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Powell note for Prime Minister ("Meeting with Secretary Baker") [final arrangements] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Lord Chancellor's Office minute for Prime Minister ("Gulf Debate: Parliamentary Handling") [when to initiate the debate and under what form of motion] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Morris PS note for Prime Minister ("Gulf") [Foreign Secretary and Chief Whip's requests to speak with the PM before the OPD(G) of 10 January] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Department of Energy letter to Powell ("The Gulf: Oil Supplies") [draft reply to President Bush's message concerning the meeting of the IAE Governing Board; ] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gulf War: Wakeham minute for Prime Minister ("Media Handling") [three proposals] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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91 Jan 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush letter to King Hussein ("we have arrived at a fateful point") [declassified 1999] |
|
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91 Jan 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: Alan Walters letter to MT ("Notes on sterling") [exchange risk assessment] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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91 Jan 16 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Air campaign launched against Iraq ("Desert Storm") |
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91 Jan 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for Major ("Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union") [Lamont paper for OPD] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Jan 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Hogg briefing for Major ("Your Discussions Tomorrow on EMU") [Redwood to question function of EMF as proposed by UK] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Jan 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: Notes for George Bush phone call to foreign & Congressional leaders (war imminent) [unclassified?] |
|
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91 Jan 18 Fr |
Chronology |
Major |
[Chronology] |
Iraq launched first SCUD attacks on Israel |
|
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91 Jan 20 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: French President (Mitterrand) call to George Bush (seeks progress report) [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 Jan 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("European Council, Maastricht: December 1991") [proposed dates] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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91 Jan 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to Egyptian President (Mubarak) ("just checking in") [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 Jan 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Chancellor's Speech for the EMU Debate, 24 January") [latest draft] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Jan 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Lamont, Juncker) [IGC procedure; bilateral contacts; French attitude to EMU; Delors; UK approach; Germany; ECOFIN; monetary union] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Jan 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for Major (EMU Intergovernmental Conference (IGC): Draft Treaty Texts) [UK submitting draft texts; Major unperturbed by reference to Stage 3] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Jan 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("ECOFIN Council and EMU IGC: 28 January: Summary") ["efficiently chaired by Juncker"] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Jan 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Chancellor Kohl letter for Major (modified UK proposals for "hard ecu" and European Monetary Fund) [glad of UK participation in debate, but reservations over hard ecu] declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 Jan 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: CIA note on Iraqi chemical & biological weapons (Iraq probably has CW warheads for SCUDs) [declassified 2003] |
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91 Jan 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: No.10 minute for Turnbull ("PM's meeting with Mrs Thatcher: 31 January") [Freedom of City of Westminster] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
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91 Jan 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (FCO) |
Cold War: UK Embassy in Prague to FCO (1990 Annual Report on Czechoslovakia) [declassified 2007] |
|
|
91 Feb 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Hurd minute for Major ("Inter-Governmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union") [agrees with Lamont's "negotiating strategy"; UK being taken "increasingly seriously as a negotiating partner"] [declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 Feb 2 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: King Hussein letter to George Bush ("the voice of friendship, peace and honour") [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 Feb 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO record of conversation (Hurd, Garel-Jones, Williamson, Kerr) [EMU and EPU Inter-Governmental Conferences - Luxembourg presidency seeking early results; "natural run of both IGCs" would culminate in Dec 1991 at Maastricht] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Feb 6 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at dinner to President Reagan (80th birthday) |
|
|
91 Feb 8 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Peter Lilley letter for Chancellor ("Intergovernmental Conference on Economic and Monetary Union") [comments on Lamont's paper] [declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 Feb 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush letter to King Hussein ("deep disappointment at your speech") [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 Feb 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush meeting with Israeli Defence Minister (Arens) (record of conversation) [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 Feb 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for Major ("An Ecu Bond Issue") [opportunity to follow up Major's proposal of Oct 1990] [declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 Feb 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to King Hassan of Morocco (record of conversation) [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 Feb 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/NHS reforms: Turnbull briefing for Major ("Meetings with Ministerial Colleagues") [MT "was very concerned" about NHS reform plans, agreed launch on 1 Apr "only after lengthy discussions with Mr Clarke"] [released Jul 2017] |
|
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91 Feb 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: State Department to USE Moscow (Soviet talks with Saddam) [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 Feb 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: US Embassy Paris to State Department (French Government anxieties about post-war US policy) [declassified 1999] |
|
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91 Feb 16 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to French President (Mitterrand) (record of conversation) [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 Feb 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush letter to Gorbachev (Soviet talks with Saddam) [declassified 2001] |
|
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91 Feb 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO telegram to UKREP Brussels and other EC posts ("Monetary Committee: 18 February") [account of meeting] [declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 Feb 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush letter to Gorbachev (further reservations) [declassified 2001] |
|
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91 Feb 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush letter to coalition leaders (Gorbachev's negotiations with Saddam) [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 Feb 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to French President (Mitterrand) (Gorbachev's negotiations with Saddam) [declassified 2001] |
|
|
91 Feb 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for Major ("Ecu Bond Issue") [successful outcome of UK's first ecu bond issue] [declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 Feb 21 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at dinner to Lord Jakobivits (retirement) |
|
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91 Feb 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to Gorbachev (Soviet negotiations with Saddam) [declassified 2001] |
|
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91 Feb 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to French President (Mitterrand) (Moscow & Iraq) [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 Feb 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call with French President (Mitterrand) (Soviets & Iraq) [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 Feb 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to Gorbachev (Soviets & Iraq) [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 Feb 23 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call with Gorbachev (Soviet negotiations with Saddam) [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 Feb 24 Su |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Ground war began in Kuwait |
|
|
91 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("UK/FRG Summit, 11 March: Handling of EMU") ["game plan for moving forward Anglo-German dialogue on EMU at summit"] [declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("UK/FRG Summit, 11 March: German Views on EMU") ["The German internal debate is evolving in ways which could be helpful to us"] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Feb 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("EMU/IGC: 25 February") [objectives of EMU; multiannual guidelines & multinational surveillance; budget deficits; financial support mechanism] [declassified July 2017] |
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91 Feb 27 We |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Kuwait liberated; ceasefire |
|
|
91 Feb 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Sir Leon Brittan letter for Major (Brittan press article on problems of convergence) ["Coming Together for a Single Currency"] [declassified July 2017] |
|
|
91 Feb 28 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC I [The Gulf] (liberation of Kuwait) |
|
|
91 Mar 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: President Ozal of Turkey letter to Major (EC/Turkey relations) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
91 Mar 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: King Hussein letter to George Bush (“deep joy at the conclusion of hostilities“) [declassified 2001] |
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91 Mar 7 Th |
Multimedia |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
MT: Speech receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom (with speech from President Bush) |
|
|
91 Mar 7 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom |
|
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91 Mar 8 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Hoover Institution Lunch |
|
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91 Mar 11 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to North Dallas Chamber of Commerce |
|
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91 Mar 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Possible visit by Dutch Prime Minister and Foreign Minister") [Major's diary busy; officials advise merit of finding time to meet with Lubbers & Van den Broek] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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91 Mar 14 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Newton (Helmut) |
MT: Helmut Newton Autobiography (extract) [portrait of MT taken at Anaheim] |
|
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91 Mar 14 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Industrial League of Orange County |
|
|
91 Mar 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Major letter to President Ozal of Turkey (EC/Turkey relations) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
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91 Mar 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1991 Budget (Lamont 1) [external link] |
|
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91 Apr 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKMIS New York telegram 661 to FCO (0546Z) ("Mrs Thatcher's call on the Secretary-General, 8 April") ["discussion of the Gulf, Arab/Israel and Cyprus"] [released Dec 2018] |
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91 Apr 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: FCO briefing for Major ("Visit by the Dutch Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Finance Minister: 14 April 1991") [first bilateral meeting with Major: probable key issues] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
91 Apr 14 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Lubbers, Hurd, van den Broek, Maud, Kok, Michael Jenkins) [European economic & monetary union; political union; agriculture] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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91 Apr 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to U.N. Secretary-General (Perez De Cuellar) (Kurdish refugee crisis) [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 Apr 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush letter to Gorbachev (Kurdish refugee crisis) [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 Apr 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa: meeting with Mandela") [Mandela asked to see MT when she visited South Africa, though not all ANC would approve; asks would she see Treurnicht? right wing parties needed to be pressurised to join negotiations] [declassified Dcr 2018] |
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91 Apr 20 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to Turkish President (Turgut Ozal) (doesn’t want US to “get bogged down in a civil war in Iraq”) [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 Apr 25 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO ("Position of Dutch Government") [possible election in 1992; speculation over Lubbers succession to Delors as EC President] [declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 Apr 25 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to U.N. Secretary-General (Perez De Cuellar) (Kurdish refugee crisis) [declassified 2003] |
|
|
91 May 9 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush meeting with U.N. Secretary-General (Perez De Cuellar) (Kurdish refugee crisis) [declassified 2003] |
|
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91 May 13 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Foreign Affairs Council: 13 May 1991 Intergovernmental Conference (Political Union): Ministerial Social Policy: Secretary of State's Comments") [declassified July 2017] |
|
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91 May 15 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on receiving the Order of Good Hope from President De Klerk |
|
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91 May 20 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on accepting an honorary doctorate of laws at Rand Afrikaans University |
|
|
91 May 21 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Johannesburg ("South Africa - a new dawn") |
|
|
91 May 21 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Ulundi |
|
|
91 May 22 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Fourth Smuts Lecture ("A Time for Greatness") |
|
|
91 May 27 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Mrs Thatcher: talks with Gorbachev") [preliminary account; Gorbachev appeal for financial support in return for reform] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
91 May 28 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Supreme Soviet of the USSR |
|
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91 May 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("My telno 1095: Mrs Thatcher: talks with Gorbachev") [fuller account from translator; Gorbachev "unyielding on Baltic States"; pleads for financial aid - G7 "must be prepared to pay to safeguard process of worldwide significance"] [released Dec 2018] |
|
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91 May 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Mrs Thatcher's visit to Moscow") [speeches, dinners, meetings, media] [released Dec 2018] |
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91 May 29 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Leningrad State University ("Freedom’s Revolution") |
|
|
91 Jun 1 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Major notes (meeting with MT) [South Africa; Ridley book; Health Reforms; Internal EC Frontier; Row; Gorby; Press; Election] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
91 Jun 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UK High Commissioner Lagos letter to FCO ("Possible lecture by Mrs Thatcher") [approach from Nigerian Minister of Justice] [released Dec 2018] |
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|
91 Jun 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Luxembourg ("European Council: EMU") [text of draft conclusions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Jun 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: MT draft speech ("Draft speech to Chicago Council on Foreign Relations: 17th June") ["Second revision second draft"] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
91 Jun 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Stockholm telegram 289 to FCO (1315Z) ("Swedish EC Bid: Statement by Prime Minister") [declassified Jul 2018] |
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|
91 Jun 17 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Foreign Relations Council of Chicago |
|
|
91 Jun 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: MT speech to the Economic Club of New York (press release) [plus seventh draft] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
91 Jun 18 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Economic Club of New York |
|
|
91 Jun 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Paris ("Draft European Council conclusions on EC external relations") [text] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Jun 26 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [European Community] |
|
|
91 Jun 28 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for ITN (recalls losing office) |
|
|
91 Jul 16 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Centre for Policy Studies (AGM) |
|
|
91 Jul 24 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 letter to FCO ("IGCs: prepration for Maastricht") [Intergovernmental conferences: Prime Minister's programme of meetings] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Jul 25 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute (internal): European Community Department to Private Office ("IGCs: Westminster handling") [Intergovernmental conferences: Parliamentary procedure for Treaty ratification] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Jul 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 minute to Major ("Inter-governmental conferences") ["FCO... assessment of what we might hope to achieve at Maastricht and what the main pitfalls for us are likely to be"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Jul 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Post-Maastricht") [Treaty ratification procedure] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Jul 28 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Hurd minute to Major ("OPD(E): prospects for Dutch Presidency") [paper addressing key issues for the next six months] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Jul 29 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Inter-Governmental Conferences") [best achievable outcome at Maastricht; PM's broad agreement with Foreign Secretary] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Aug 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Hurd PS letter to No.10 (Dutch intentions on South Africa) [sanctions] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Aug 19 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement and interview on events in USSR (coup against Gorbachev) ["an old-fashioned style attempt at a coup belonging to the Stalin and Brezhnev era"] |
|
|
91 Sep 2 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Lecture on Japan’s role in the global community |
|
|
91 Sep 5 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on Japanese youth |
|
|
91 Sep 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Foreign Secretary minute for Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Enlargement of the Community: Timetable") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
91 Sep 9 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Lecture for the Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation ("Democracy - the new dawn") |
|
|
91 Sep 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKE Peking telegram to FCO ("Visit to China by the Right Honourable Mrs Margaret Thatcher MP, 10-12 September") [MT requested meeting with Zhao Ziyang "not possible"; "some animated exchanges ... frank and friendly atmosphere"] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
91 Sep 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 689 to FCO (1456Z) ("EC Enlargement/Baltic States") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
91 Sep 13 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Hong Kong business leaders |
|
|
91 Sep 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to the Hague, 18 September: scene setter") [internal political scene; European monetary & political union; GATT; Yugoslavia] [declassified July 2017] |
|
|
91 Sep 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 briefing for Major ("European Community Briefing: 1500 Tuesday 17 September") [European economic and political union] [declassified July 2017] |
|
|
91 Sep 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 briefing for MT ("Your meeting with Mr. Lubbers: 18 September") [Yugoslavia; Soviet Union; Eastern Europe; GATT; EMU, European political union] [declassified July 2017] |
|
|
91 Sep 18 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Hurd, Lubbers, Van den Broek, Garel-Jones, Dankert) [Yugoslavia; Soviet Union; Eastern Europe; GATT; EMU, European political union] [declassified July 2017] |
|
|
91 Sep 23 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
First Clare Booth Luce Lecture |
|
|
91 Sep 24 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to 25th Annual UN Ambassadors dinner |
|
|
91 Sep 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to French President (Francois Mitterrand) (Iraq obstructing weapons inspectors) [declassified 1999] |
|
|
91 Sep 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bush Library) |
Gulf War: George Bush phone call to John Major (Iraq obstructing weapons inspectors) [declassified 1999] |
|
|
91 Oct 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Jagiellonian University in Krakow |
|
|
91 Oct 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Polish Senate |
|
|
91 Oct 15 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Hollinger Board |
|
|
91 Oct 17 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Bank Julius Baer ("The Real Questions Facing Europe in the 1990s") |
|
|
91 Oct 22 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Forum of Eastern and Central European Entrepreneurs |
|
|
91 Oct 27 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 minute to Major (Maastricht: EMU negotiations) [strategy] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Oct 29 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Weizmann Institute Foundation Gala Dinner |
|
|
91 Nov 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Lubbers) [GATT; Soviet Union; IGCs] [declassified July 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 4 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Presentation of policy before Maastricht") [Hurd's proposals for media strategy in run-up to intergovernmental conferences] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: Home Office record of conversation ("Note of a meeting held on 5 November 1991 with the Netherlands Minister of Justice") [Kenneth Baker, Hirsch Ballin: meeting note provided to No.10 as briefing for Major's meeting on 7th November with Ruud Lubbers] [declassified July 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 7 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Hurd, Lubbers, Van der Broek) ["European Community: Prime Minister's meeting with Mr. Lubbers"] [declassified July 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Parliament") [UK contribution to EU budget] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 note to Major (Germany & NATO) [French position] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO ("Dutch assessment of Foreign Ministers conclave") ["Dutch largely share our assessment of where things stand"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 16 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Los Angeles World Affairs Council |
|
|
91 Nov 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Hurd letter to Conservative Party MPs ("European negotiations") [key concerns] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: D.A. Hadley minute to No.10 ("Social Chapter: options for Maastricht") ["You asked us to consider privately what might be done if... we could not reach agreement with other member states"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 18 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the American Petroleum Institute |
|
|
91 Nov 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: Gus O'Donnell minute for PM Major ("Mrs Thatcher's speech") [phone conversation with Charles Powell] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
91 Nov 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: FCO briefing for Major ("Prime Minister's meeting with Dutch Prime Minister, Friday 22 November") [European political union: key issues] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKrep Strasbourg telegram to FCO ("European Parliament Plenary, Strasbourg, 20 November 1991: Debate on the Political Union IGC") [summary] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Office of the Attorney General letter to Treasury ("EMU IGC: big issues") [legal advice in advance of intergovernmental conference] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 20 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [European Community] |
|
|
91 Nov 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: Treasury briefing for Major ("Prime Minister's meeting with Lubbers: EMU") ["points the Chancellor thinks the Prime Minister should make"] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 briefing for Major ("European Council: the Dutch") [briefing meeting with Hurd & Lamont: key points] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute (internal) to Hurd PS ("Maastricht: Presidency views on Defence") [record of conversation at officials level] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 21 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC I [European Community] |
|
|
91 Nov 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: Department of Employment briefing for Major ("Prime Minister's Bilateral with Prime Minister Lubbers") [Working Time directive] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Hurd, Lamont, Lubbers, Van Den Broek, Kok, Dankert, Ersboll, Garel-Jones, John Kerr) [organisation of the European Council; UK attitudes; Court of Auditors; Foreign Policy; Defence; Social Policy; Competence; European Parliament; Article 100c; Cohesion; the Chapeau; Tax; EMU; Seats of the Institutions; Enlargement; GATT; Conclusion] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Athens telegram to FCO ("My telecon with Gomersall: Lubbers' pre-Maastricht visit to Athens") [membership of Western European Union] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to Bonn, 27 November: Maastricht") [analysis of German position on various political/monetary union issues, and of the public mood in Germany] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 25 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on receiving doctorate from the University of Kuwait |
|
|
91 Nov 26 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 minute (internal): Hogg to Wall ("Maastricht") [forthcoming party political broadcast] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: Stephen Wall conversation record (Major-Andreotti) [EC issues; Italian internal politics (Andreotti saw "strong signs of people wearying of the existing political system"); Yugoslavia; Libya] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Nov 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 minute to Major ("Maastricht: media strategy") [lines to take] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
|
91 Dec 9 Mo |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Maastricht European Council (ended 10 Dec) |
|
|
91 Dec 22 Su |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for HRT (Croatian radiotelevision) [urges international recognition of Croatia & Slovenia] [film] |
|
|
91 Dec 22 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for HRT (Croatian radiotelevision) [urges international recognition of Croatia & Slovenia] |
|
|
91 Dec 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Oslo telegram 497 to FCO (1045Z) ("Mrs Brundtland on EC Membership") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
91 Dec 25 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks on the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev as Soviet leader ("we were a threesome") |
|
|
92 Jan 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Jay minute for Parry ("Enlargement") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jan 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("The former Soviet Union and EC Membership") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jan 23 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Foreign Secretary minute for Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Enlargement of the Community: Timetable") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Feb 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Wall briefing for Major ("Your Meeting with Mrs Thatcher: Foreign Policy") [Former Soviet Union; Special Meeting of the UN Security Council; Iraq; GATT] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Feb 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Secretary, President of the EC) [enlargement of the European Community] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Feb 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Foreign Secretary ("Enlargement of the Community: Timetable") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Mar 10 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1992 Budget (Lamont 2) [external link] |
|
|
92 Mar 17 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
"The lady sails proudly away" [MT's final appearance in the House of Commons; tidying the despatch box] |
|
|
92 Mar 22 Su |
Multimedia |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Candidates Conference [film] |
|
|
92 Mar 22 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Candidates Conference |
|
|
92 Mar 30 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Chelmsford |
|
|
92 Mar 31 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Prime Minister of Greece letter to Major (Greece's entry to the WEU) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Apr 8 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO telegram 170 to UKE Ankara (1100Z) ("Greece and the WEU: Letter from Mitsotakis to the Prime Minister") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Apr 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Athens telegram 155 to FCO (1122Z) ("Greece/WEU") [UK should be 'firm' with Greece and not take too seriously Mitsotakis's veiled threat] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Apr 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Major message to Prime Minister of Greece (Greece's entry to the WEU) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Apr 22 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Istanbul telegram 27 to FCO (0920Z) ("EC Enlargement: EFTA Heads of Government") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Apr 23 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Athens telegram 178 to FCO (1800Z) ("Secretary of State's Visit to Athens: WEU") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Apr 27 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Newsweek (“Don’t undo my work”) [no such thing as Majorism] |
|
|
92 Apr 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 (Major's draft reply to the Greek Prime Minister: Greece/WEU) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 May 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Major letter to Prime Minister of Greece Mitsotakis (Greek accession to the WEU) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 May 15 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in the Hague ("Europe’s Political Architecture") |
|
|
92 May 19 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for The European ("No substitute for the nation state") |
|
|
92 Jun 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("EC Enlargement and the Swiss Application") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jun 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKA Paris record of conversation ("Lunch with Mrs Margaret Thatcher at the Élysée: 2 June") [Mitterrand "visibly enjoyed seeing Mrs Thatcher again ... He looked perky ... relaxed"] [released Dec 2018] |
|
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92 Jun 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Wright minute for Kerr ("Enlargement: Commission Discussion") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jun 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: Alex Allen minute for Stephen Wall ("Mrs Thatcher's visit to Taiwan") ["rather ritual protest" from the Chinese] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Jun 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: Julian Seymour letter to Alex Allen (MT's Frankfurt speech) [enclosing text] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Jun 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Port Stanley to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Prime Minister's Message for Tenth Anniversary of Liberation") [message from Islanders to Major] [declassified 2012] |
|
|
92 Jun 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: President of the Republic of Slovenia letter for Major (Slovenia's bid to join the EC) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jun 30 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Major (thanks for his letter on her joining the Lords) [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 2 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S [EC: UK Presidency] |
|
|
92 Jul 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("EC Enlargement: Malta") [Major's draft reply to the Maltese Prime Minister] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 8 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Major letter to Prime Minister of Malta Adami (Malta's application to join the EC) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 20 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram 1812 to FCO (1515Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council, 20 July: Follow up to European Council: Enlargement") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (FBI) |
US: FBI airtel (PIRA plot to MT) [“uniquely placed source”] [declassified 2014] |
|
|
92 Jul 24 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: FCO minute to No.10 ("Visit to UK by Turkish Prime Minister") [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Jul 25 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1657 to FCO (0050Z) ("EC/WEU/NATO Enlargement: Braithwaite/Neville-Jones Talks in Washington, 24 July") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Yugoslavia: FCO briefing for John Major ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr Milan Panic") [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Jul 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Yugoslavia: No.10 record of conversation (John Major, Milan Panic) [the Yugoslav war: ethnic cleansing, the situation in Bosnia and Kosovo] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Jul 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1680 to FCO (0105Z) ("EC/WEU/NATO Enlargement") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: MT letter to Douglas Hurd (detailed analysis and covering letter) ["No one with a conscience can let this go on .... Please do NOT give me a brush-off letter"] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: MT letter to Prime Minister Major (encloses her letters to Douglas Hurd) ["I have been distraught about the situation in Bosnia & Croatia for months"] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: Stephen Wall record of conversation (Major-Hurd) [response to MT's letter] [declassified Dcr 2018] |
|
|
92 Jul 31 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("Slovenian Membership of the European Community") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: Stephen Wall minute for Major (meeting at Chevening) [Hurd said privately at end "he did not think we could go on saying no on money, refugees and troops"] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: Gozney record of conversation (Hurd-Rifkind) ['Yugoslavia' - discussion of options requested by PM at 30 Jul meeting] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: Gozney record of conversation (Hurd, Danish & Portugese Foreign Ministers, sundry officials) [informal discussion of future policy towards Yugoslavia] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: UKE Washington telegram 1718 to FCO (2350Z) ("Yugoslavia") [US Administration "thinking hard" about protecting humanitarian relief corridors, but large military presence on the ground "was not on"; will "start thinking about safe havens"; UNSCR thought essential] [released Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Major letter for Slovenian Prime Minister Kucan (Slovenian membership of the European Community) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: Douglas Hurd draft letter to MT (as annotated by PM Major) [Major urges he offer MT a meeting] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: FCO telegram 693 to UKE Washington (1540Z) ("Yugoslavia: Use of Force Resolution") [questions for US Administration] [released Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Bosnia: Douglas Hurd letter to MT (counters her letter) [acknowledges Belgrade ultimately controls Bosnian Serbs, but rejects military action] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Aug 6 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for New York Times ("Stop the excuses. Help Bosnia now") |
|
|
92 Aug 6 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
George Bush |
Remarks on the Situation in Bosnia and an Exchange With Reporters in Colorado Springs |
|
|
92 Aug 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (FBI) |
US: FBI Boston teletype to FBI Director (PIRA plot against MT) [PIRA suspects - background and movements; threats against MT - “we are going to take care of her”] [declassified 2014] |
|
|
92 Aug 31 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Taiwan |
|
|
92 Sep 1 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Taiwan ("The Principles of Thatcherism") |
|
|
92 Sep 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Korea ("The Principles of Thatcherism") |
|
|
92 Sep 4 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Korea (the economy) |
|
|
92 Sep 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (FBI) |
US: FBI memorandum (“Alleged threat to assassinate former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher …”) [named IRA operatives “capable of carrying out such an act”] [declassified 2014] |
|
|
92 Sep 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury letter (“The Exchange Rate” [after Black Wednesday]) [“devaluation … a blessing in disguise … how and when we rejoin the ERM”] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
|
92 Sep 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKA Washington fax for Stephen Wall ("Baroness Thatcher: Calls at the White House") [Bush "gave me a large wink" when MT talked of Europe] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Sep 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Should sterling rejoin & if so when?”) [“should not exclude … the possibility that … floating has a better chance of success”] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
|
92 Sep 19 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: Debbie Fletcher letter to Alex Allen (MT's CNN speech) [enclosing text] [released Dec 2018] |
|
|
92 Sep 19 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to CNN World Economic Development Conference |
|
|
92 Sep 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("Enlargement Negotiations") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Oct 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("European Community: visit of Prime Minister Lubbers of the Netherlands") [Maastricht Treaty] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Oct 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: FCO minute to No.10 ("Visit of Turkish Prime Minister, 23 November") [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Oct 8 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for The European (Maastricht) |
|
|
92 Oct 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: FCO minute to No.10 ("Visit of Turkish Prime Minister, 23 November") [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Oct 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Defence Implications of Community Enlargement") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Oct 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Prime Minister of Turkey Demirel letter to Major (Turkey/EC cooperation) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Nov 9 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: FCO briefing for Major ("Call by Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers of the Netherlands: Tuesday 10 November") [Maastricht Treaty ratification; subsidiarity; openness; future financing; sites of EC institutions; GATT; former Yugoslavia; enlargement; Eastern Europe] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Nov 9 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Oslo telegram 375 to FCO (1143Z) ("Norwegian Labour Party Conference: Decision to Apply for EC Membership") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Nov 10 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (Major, Hurd, Lubbers, Michael Jenkins) [Maastricht Treaty] [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Nov 18 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("Letter from the Turkish Prime Minister") [Major's draft reply: EC/Turkey relations] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Nov 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: FCO briefing for Major ("Prime Minister's Lunch with Prime Minister of Demirel of Turkey on 23 November, 1992") [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
|
92 Nov 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Major letter to Prime Minister of Turkey Demirel (Turkey/EC cooperation) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Nov 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: No.10 record of conversation (John Major, Turkish Prime Minister Demirel) [war in Yugoslavia; Turkey/EC; privatisation & Turkish economic situation; Northern Iraq; Cyprus; human rights] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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92 Nov 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Wilson minute for Arthur ("Possible Increase in British MEPs; Boundary Changes") [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Nov 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Prime Minister of Norway Brundtland letter for Hurd (Norwegian application for membership of the EC) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
|
92 Nov 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Prime Minister of Sweden Bildt letter for Major (Swedish application for membership of the EC) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
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92 Nov 25 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Boyden Forum in Frankfurt |
|
|
92 Nov 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: UKE Ankara telegram 767 to FCO (0716Z) ("Demirel's Visit to London: Coverage in Turkish Press") [declassified Dec 2017] |
|
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92 Nov 27 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt letter to Major (Swedish application for membership of the EC) [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
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92 Dec 9 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S [Hong Kong and China] |
|
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92 Dec 17 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for The European (Bosnia) |
|
|
93 Jan 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: Prentice minute for FCO Permanent Under-Secretary ("Lady Thatcher's 1993 Travel Plans") [released Dec 2018] |
|
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93 Jan 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Minister of Agriculture letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Visit to Sweden and Finland: 19-21 November 1992") [declassified Jul 2018] |
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|
93 Jan 16 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 29 to FCO (0600Z) ("EC/Malta") [Maltese foreign minister "claims German support for early EC membership"] [declassified Jul 2018] |
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93 Jan 18 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Borsen Executive Club |
|
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93 Feb 20 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Buckingham University graduation |
|
|
93 Mar 7 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Sunday Times (tribute to Nicholas Ridley) |
|
|
93 Apr 13 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC (attacks British policy towards Bosnia) |
|
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93 Apr 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Bosnia: US Embassy in London telegram to Secretary of State (Thatcher attacks UK policy in Bosnia) [unclassified] |
|
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93 Apr 14 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL PQ [Bosnia] |
|
|
93 Apr 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
MT: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO ("Lady Thatcher's visit to Poland") ["Bosnia and the need to help the democratic reform movement in Russia were her two main themes both in public and private, but no new elements in the Bosnia case"] [released Dec 2018] |
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93 May 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Vienna telegram 153 to FCO (1526Z) ("Austria and Schengen") [change in position: Austria wants to join Schengen only after it joins the EC] [declassified Jul 2018] |
|
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93 May 24 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Europ-Assistance 25th Anniversary Dinner ("Europe: Quo Vadis?") |
|
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93 Jun 7 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S [European Communities (Amendment) Bill] |
|
|
93 Jun 23 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Memorial Address to Nicholas Ridley |
|
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93 Jun 30 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL I [European Communities (Amendment) Bill] |
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93 Jul 14 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S [European Communities (Amendment) Bill] |
|
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93 Jul 22 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech receiving honorary degree from the Mendeleyev Institute |
|
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93 Jul 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Britain & the ERM: Chancellor’s speech to the European Policy Forum”) [defends Lamont speech, 10 July 1992] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
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93 Aug 2 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Calculating the cost of ‘Black Wednesday’”) [methodology discussed] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
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93 Aug 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“The cost of intervention”) [$4.19b over 3 Aug 1992 - 1 Apr 1993] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
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93 Sep 1 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Singapore |
|
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93 Sep 3 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Kuala Lumpur |
|
|
93 Sep 6 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Bangkok |
|
|
93 Sep 20 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Lecture to the National Legal Center for the Public Interest |
|
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93 Oct 3 Su |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (Scotland on Sunday) |
Leadership elections: “Thatcher: The Inside Story” (George Younger’s recollections of 1989-90) |
|
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93 Oct 4 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Chatham House Conference on Saudi Arabia |
|
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93 Nov 5 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the National Press Club |
|
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93 Nov 8 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Fraser Institute ("The New World Order") |
|
|
93 Nov 26 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Japan ("International Relations and Japan") |
|
|
93 Dec 8 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Scott Inquiry |
Evidence to the Scott Inquiry (Arms for Iraq) |
|
|
93 Dec 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“The cost of intervention”) [counterfactuals] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
|
93 Dec 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“The ERM Project”) [lengthy analysis of decision to join & policy during membership] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
|
94 Jan 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Reflections on the UK’s membership of the ERM”) [comment on the ERM project paper] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
|
94 Jan 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“Reflections on the UK’s membership of the ERM”) [further comment on the ERM project paper] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
|
94 Jan 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Martin Mansergh) [urges British Government to remain "reasonably optimistic" as to PIRA response to Joint Declaration; Adams visa] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 153 to FCO (2205Z) ("Gerry Adams") [no decision yet on visa application, State & Speaker opposed, NSC keen to give 'constructive' response] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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94 Jan 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington letter to FCO ("Gerry Adams") [disturbing conversation with NSC official] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Lake's secretary) [Adams visa - Sinn Fein stringing along British and Irish Governments in seeking clarification of Joint Declaration] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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|
94 Jan 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for Major ("Northern Ireland") [expectation that PIRA will not accept Joint Declaration and are preparing for increased violence; ways to pressurise Sinn Fein] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 22 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to Northern Ireland Office ("USA/Gerry Adams") [seeks comment on draft letter from No.10 to National Security Adviser Tony Lake] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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94 Jan 23 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne-Lake) [talks between No.10 and White House over the weekend re: US visa for Gerry Adams] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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|
94 Jan 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Northern Ireland meeting on 26 January") [advance notice of questions PM wants to explore] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington fax to No.10 ("Gerry Adams") [Holl at NSC warning that Adams visa would be granted on terms unacceptable to UK] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 179 to FCO (2341Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Acting Secretary of State Tarnoff wanted visa idea dropped or granted only by agreement with UK] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
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94 Jan 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Secretary-US Ambassador) ["Northern Ireland: Visa for Gerry Adams" - Hurd warned against granting it without denunciation of violence; Seitz spoke of pressures on Clinton] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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|
94 Jan 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 briefing for PM ("Ministerial Meeting on Northern Ireland, 26 January") [includes summary of intelligence assessment, 19 Jan] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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|
94 Jan 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO telegram to UKE Washington (2055Z) ("Visa for Gerry Adams") [Hurd lobbied "a receptive Christopher" who said question not yet with the President] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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94 Jan 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 203 to FCO (1600Z) ("Gerry Adams") [dozen Senators signing letter to Clinton calling for visa; split recommendation with NSC favouring visa on conditions weaker than UK wants] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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94 Jan 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation ("Ministerial Meeting on Northern Ireland, 26 January") [action points, summary and corrections to record] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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94 Jan 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lake calls to Lyne) [White House decision to grant visa on conditions; agrees to modify conditions with involvement of State Dept; Adams to be invited to meet US Consul-General & urged to comply publicly] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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|
94 Jan 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: NIO record of conversation (Hume calls Chilcot) [argues for Adams visa; views of Clinton and the "Derry people"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington fax to No.10 Press Office ("Adams Visa") [State & NSC press line "singing from the same song sheet"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
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94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Mayhew calls Major) [tactics with Irish at IGC] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 231 to FCO (1800Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Tarnoff briefs UKA on Adams meeting with US Consul-General refusing to accept the conditions; Congressional criticism of the conditions, but State intended to stick by them] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 244 to FCO (2350Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["another battle royal" between State and NSC, which wants to grant one-day visa in response to Congressional pressure; recommends further call from Foreign Secretary to Secretary of State] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (Adams visa update) [NSC pushing back against State; "With luck, this will be past history soon"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("USA/Gerry Adams") [Adams refusing US conditions; draft British press line; "we should not strike a triumphalist tone"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO telegram 80 to UKE Washington (1423Z) ("Gerry Adams") [Visa issue - Hurd rang Christopher, who noted strong political pressure from Senators Mitchell, Kennedy & Moynihan] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lake calls Lyne) ('Adams') [US "going back to Adams again" - "White House desperate to find in favour of Adams"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser (Gerry Adams visa) [sharing intelligence; four IRA bombs in Oxford Street; trusts US will not go back on its earlier decision] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Adams/USA: contingency press line") [for use "If Adams now weasels his way into the United States"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 30 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser (Adams visa) [US eyeball to eyeball with Adams; "could not believe that it would be democratic America which blinked. Surely you won't"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 30 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM ("Gerry Adams") [given visa; Lyne "did not mince words with Lake when he was telephoned to be told of the decision"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 30 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Adams/USA: contingency press line") [small modification following conference call between Renwick, Lyne and Meyer] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington fax to FCO ("Gerry Adams: reactions") [State "extremely disappointed", 'scathing' about White House statement; Holl of NSC "unapologetic about the decision", "could not be separated from the more general feeling that something was fraying in the relationship between the US and the UK"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 46 to FCO (1425Z) ("Northern Ireland") [Taoiseach says publicly he will clarify aspects of Joint Declaration but not renegotiate; generally positive press reactions to issue of US visa to Adams] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (draft message to President Clinton on Adams visa) ["to show Clinton that he has reached the limits of our tolerance, and should not take us for granted"; Major - "Pl. refer Tuesday when I'm in a calmer mood over this"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM (draft message to Taoiseach) [new material on Adams visa] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser ("Gerry Adams") [US decision lead item on British radio & tv; newspaper coverage; Adams "trumpeting the fact that he was NOT asked by the US to renounce violence"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Jan 31 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to UKA Washington ("Gerry Adams") [PM and Foreign Secretary "agreed that our tactic must be to put Adams on the spot, and expose his evasions as directly as we can"; two car bombs in London since visa granted] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 267 to FCO (0515Z) ("Foreign Secretary's call on National Security Adviser, Washington, 31 January") ["FS spells out bluntly our position on Adams. Lake chastened but unrepentant, still hoping that Adams might produce something"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute for PM ("Speech by Gerry Adams in New York, evening of 1 February") ["rumours in Washington that [he] may offer some form of conditional ceasefire"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to National Security Adviser ("Gerry Adams") [terrible UK press, Adams using "the finest platform ever granted to the IRA to justify terrorism"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to UKA Washington ("Gerry Adams") [Major deciding against message to President; US Ambassador to call at No.10 instead] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (evening) (Lyne-Seitz) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [No.10 calls in US Ambassador Ray Seitz - "need to find constructive ways of rebalancing the situation", distancing Administration from Adams's statements] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 274 to FCO (0040Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["Adams offers nothing new" - account of his NYC speech] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 294 to FCO (0450Z) ("President Clinton on Northern Ireland") ["rejected Adams' call to pressurize the British Government on Northern Ireland"; says proposal for a US envoy "overtaken by events"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Letter to the Taoiseach") [contrary to US thinking, Adams visa "relieved rather than increased pressure on the Provisionals to end violence"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Lyne calls Lake) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [British thanks for "corrective action" in President's speech; conversation "amicable on both sides"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Press line on Northern Ireland: Wednesday 2 February") [PM wants "a very firm line in public comment today about Northern Ireland"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (Hume calls Lyne) ("USA/Gerry Adams") [British misread Adams visit to US, which put him "under great pressure to refrain from violence and address the Joint Declaration"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on President Reagan’s 83rd birthday |
|
|
94 Feb 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 315 to FCO (0025Z) ("Gerry Adams") ["US press already describing the outcome of the visit as disappointing"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Major letter to Reynolds ("Letter to the Taoiseach") [Adams visit "has done a lot of damage and the Administration must be regretting their decision to let him in"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Northern Ireland up-date") [includes action plan and annex on Adams's statements in US - "a dense history lesson", no olive branch] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 5 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on investiture as Chancellor of William and Mary College |
|
|
94 Feb 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Hurd-Spring in Brussels) [Spring explains Irish Government position on visa, "some disappointment at the outcome", but would be vindicated if Adams led catholics to a peaceful settlement in the north; Spring thought Adams' commitment to peace genuine] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO telegram 33 to UKHC Ottawa & various posts (1517Z) ("Sinn Fein President's Visit to the US") [warning against Sinn Fein attempts to secure visas] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Reynolds letter to Major ("Letter from the Taoiseach: meeting with the PM") [Adams visit putting great pressure on him not to disappoint; "I do not believe we have in any sense lost the initiative for peace"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to NIO ("Northern Ireland update") [PM thoughts on way ahead; endorses NIO action plan] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Feb 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington fax to FCO ("President Clinton's call to the Prime Minister") [Clinton deeply angered by Sunday Times piece on visa; "very up-beat at the end of his conversation with the Prime Minister ... clearly felt it had gone well"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
|
|
94 Mar 1 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Sir Brian Harrison |
MT: “Mrs Thatcher and the Intellectuals” |
|
|
94 Mar 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the World Trade After GATT Conference |
|
|
94 Mar 16 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Sao Paolo ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
|
94 Mar 21 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Santiago ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
|
94 Mar 25 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Mexico |
|
|
94 May 10 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech introducing the Prime Minister of Estonia (Mart Laar) |
|
|
94 May 18 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Buckingham University ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
|
94 Jun 19 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Dubai |
|
|
94 Jun 20 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Abu Dhabi |
|
|
94 Sep 22 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in New Delhi |
|
|
94 Oct 4 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Bombay |
|
|
94 Oct 21 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Asia Society in Hong Kong ("Asia: Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
|
94 Nov 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the "Salute to Freedom" award ceremony |
|
|
94 Nov 20 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Anglo-Jewish Ex-servicemen (AJEX) |
|
|
94 Nov 30 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC (Bosnia) |
|
|
95 Feb 3 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia |
|
|
95 Jun 3 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech of tribute to Keith Joseph (All Souls commemoration) |
|
|
95 Jun 4 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement for Sunday Times (Serb hostage crisis) |
|
|
95 Jun 23 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on Conservative leadership contest (would vote for Major if she could) |
|
|
95 Jun 26 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at National Press Club (The Path to Power) |
|
|
95 Jul 12 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL I [Srebrenica] |
|
|
95 Aug 4 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Aspen Institute ("Managing conflict - the role of international intervention") |
|
|
95 Aug 19 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture |
|
|
95 Aug 21 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Rajiv Gandhi Golden Jubilee Memorial Lecture |
|
|
95 Sep 26 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at No.10 dinner (70th birthday) |
|
|
95 Oct 16 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at her 70th birthday party |
|
|
95 Nov 15 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Jakarta ("Economic and Political Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
|
95 Nov 20 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Sydney ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
|
95 Nov 23 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Melbourne ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
|
96 Jan 11 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture ("Liberty and Limited Government") |
|
|
96 Jan 17 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech for Evergreen in Taiwan ("Challenges of the 21st Century") |
|
|
96 Jan 22 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Manila |
|
|
96 Feb 26 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S Scott Report |
|
|
96 Mar 9 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
John Findley Green Foundation Lecture ("New threats for old") |
|
|
96 Mar 23 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Islamabad ("The challenges of the 21st century") |
|
|
96 Mar 27 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Citibank in Lahore ("The challenges of the 21st century") |
|
|
96 Apr 11 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Williamsburg ("Future Challenges in a Changing World") [the first McSwain, Harris & McCoy Lecture at the College of William & Mary] |
|
|
96 Apr 24 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL S [Hong Kong] |
|
|
96 May 11 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at The New Atlantic Initiative ("The common crisis: Atlantic solutions") |
|
|
96 Jul 4 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Poznan Academy of Economics |
|
|
96 Jul 26 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the University of Buckingham (opening of Business School) |
 |
96 Sep 16 Mo |
Multimedia |
Major |
Archive (Svenska Dagbladet) |
Photo: MT visiting Stockholm |
|
|
96 Sep 22 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Cold War: “Germany? Maggie was absolutely right” (Norman Stone on 1990 Chequers Germany seminar) |
|
|
96 Sep 24 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
The James Bryce Lecture ("Reason and Religion: The Moral Foundations of Freedom") |
|
|
96 Oct 1 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the European Foundation ("Freedom, Economic Liberty and the Rule of Law") |
|
|
96 Oct 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Conservative Party Conference reception |
|
|
96 Oct 14 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at International Herald Tribune Conference (the future of China) |
|
|
96 Nov 22 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Nicholas Ridley Memorial Lecture |
|
|
97 Apr 1 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Daily Telegraph ("The boneless wonder of New Labour") |
|
|
97 Apr 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on board the Canberra (Falklands) |
|
|
97 Apr 9 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks campaigning during 1997 General Election (Christchurch & Aldershot) |
|
|
97 Apr 10 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Finchley |
|
|
97 Apr 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter to the Financial Times (her vote against Maastricht in House of Lords) |
|
|
97 Apr 27 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech opening the Lantau Link (Hong Kong) |
|
|
97 Jun 29 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for CNN (Hong Kong reverts to China) |
|
|
97 Aug 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (HM Treasury) |
EMS: Treasury minute (“The cost of Black Wednesday reconsidered”) [“The most sensible assumptions give a loss of £3.3bn measured at February 1994”] [FOI release 9 Feb 2005] |
|
|
97 Sep 9 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for the Scotsman (devolution referendum) |
|
|
97 Sep 28 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the First International Conservative Congress |
|
|
97 Nov 13 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech celebrating the memory of Sir James Goldsmith |
|
|
97 Nov 25 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks launching her Collected Speeches |
|
|
97 Dec 10 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Lecture to the Heritage Foundation ("The Principles of Conservatism") |
|
|
98 Jun 25 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the American Enterprise Institute ("Re-learning old lessons") |
|
|
98 Sep 16 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Zagreb |
|
|
98 Oct 1 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Collins (Christopher) |
Editorial policy of site: Preface to Complete Public Statements of Margaret Thatcher, 1945-90 on CD-ROM (Oxford University Press, 1998) |
|
|
98 Nov 3 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at John Boyd-Carpenter's Memorial Service |
|
|
98 Dec 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the National Institute for Public Policy in Washington D.C. ("Deterrence is not enough: security requirements for the 21st century") |
|
|
99 Mar 6 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the 33rd Churchill Memorial Concert at Blenheim Palace |
|
|
99 Apr 20 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the International Free Enterprise dinner |
|
|
99 Jul 6 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HL: Speech in Pinochet Debate |
|
|
99 Jul 27 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks at Roger De Clerck's Birthday Party |
|
|
99 Oct 6 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech on Pinochet at the Conservative Party Conference |
|
|
99 Nov 17 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech unveiling a statue of Churchill in Prague |
|
|
99 Nov 17 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech receiving the Order of the White Lion in Prague |
|
|
99 Dec 7 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the English-Speaking Union in New York
("The Language of Liberty") |
|
|
00 Mar 2 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter to Pinochet (congratulations on release) |
|
|
00 Mar 27 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech accepting an honorary degree from Hofstra University |
|
|
00 Jul 19 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the Hoover Institution ("A Time for Leadership") |
|
|
01 Feb 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Message to new President of the Philippines (Gloria Arroyo) |
|
|
01 Feb 26 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Gulf War: "We should have finished job, says Thatcher" (tenth anniversary of liberating Kuwait) [MT & John Major speak at British Embassy in Kuwait City] |
|
|
01 May 22 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Election Rally in Plymouth ("The Mummy Returns") |
|
|
01 Jun 8 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the resignation of William Hague ("the Conservative Party will be back") |
|
|
01 Jul 20 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Bromley Conservatives |
|
|
01 Aug 7 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Bermuda |
|
|
01 Aug 21 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter supporting Iain Duncan Smith for the Conservative leadership |
|
|
01 Nov 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks introducing George Shultz (James Bryce Lecture) |
|
|
02 Feb 11 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for the New York Times ("Advice to a Superpower") |
|
|
02 Mar 1 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech paying tribute to Ronald Reagan |
|
|
02 Mar 7 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to British Forces Foundation |
|
|
02 Mar 22 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
MT's Private Office |
Statement on MT's health (abandons public speaking) |
|
|
02 May 1 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Foreword for 3 PARA brochure (Falklands) |
|
|
02 May 4 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Message to Chapman University Conference (on Thatcherism) |
|
|
02 Jun 14 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks at QE2 Falklands lunch |
|
|
02 Oct 30 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks opening new wing of Churchill Archives Centre |
|
|
02 Nov 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Younger MSS) |
MT: MT to George Younger (thinking of him in his illness) [“we made a difference”] |
|
|
02 Nov 22 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks to Oxford & Cambridge Conservative Students |
|
|
02 Nov 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Younger MSS) |
MT: George Younger to MT (thanks - & reflections on 1984-85 miners’ strike) |
|
|
02 Dec 9 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks accepting Clare Boothe Luce Award ("The West Must Prevail") |
|
|
03 Jan 26 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Younger [George] (1931-2003) [Scottish Secretary 1979-86, Defence Secretary 1986-89] |
|
|
03 Apr 29 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Institute of Directors Centenary Convention |
|
|
03 May 14 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Atlantic Bridge |
|
|
03 Jun 26 Th |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (Daily Telegraph & BBC) |
Obituary: Thatcher [Sir Denis] (1915-2003) |
|
|
03 Jun 27 Fr |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (Daily Telegraph) |
MT & DT: “Denis - a sound judge of men who chose a great woman” (Bill Deedes tribute) |
|
|
04 Jun 5 Sa |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (1911-2004) [US President 1981-89] |
|
|
04 Jun 5 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of President Ronald Reagan ("a truly great American hero") |
|
|
04 Jun 11 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Eulogy for President Reagan [20MB video version] |
|
|
04 Jun 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Eulogy for President Reagan |
|
|
04 Jun 26 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
MT: MT to Nancy Reagan (death of her husband) ["History will view him as one of America's greatest Presidents"] |
|
|
04 Nov 6 Sa |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (ABC News & MSNBC) |
Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (ABC & MSNBC coverage of MT's role at funeral) |
|
|
04 Nov 14 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Slimeballs always hate a strong woman” (Julie Burchill) |
|
|
05 Mar 24 Th |
Press |
Major |
Unwin (Peter) |
Cold War: Interview with Peter Unwin (UK Ambassador to Hungary, 1983-86; to Copenhagen, 1986-89; Deputy Sec-Gen Commonwealth, 1989-93) |
|
|
05 Mar 26 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of James Callaghan ("a formidable opponent") |
|
|
05 Apr 3 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Pope John Paul II ("the moral force behind victory in the Cold War") |
|
|
05 May 4 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter supporting John Bolton's nomination as US Ambassador to the UN |
|
|
05 Jun 17 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT & Reagan: “Old friends united by one man” (MT sees Nancy Reagan) |
|
|
05 Jul 12 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Lord King (“an industrial trailblazer”) |
|
|
05 Jul 17 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Edward Heath (“a political giant”) |
|
|
05 Jul 17 Su |
Press |
Key |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Heath [Edward] (1916-2005) [Prime Minister 1970-74] |
|
|
05 Oct 3 Mo |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Lady Thatcher embroiled in US corruption probe” (Tom DeLay) |
|
|
05 Oct 10 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT at 80: “‘You’re not invited’, Thatcher tells Cameron and Clarke” (80th birthday party) |
|
|
05 Oct 11 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Seldon [Arthur] (1916-2005) [free market thinker & IEA co-founder] |
|
|
05 Oct 12 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Daily Telegraph) |
MT at 80: “The mellowing of Margaret Thatcher” (Charles Moore profile) |
|
|
05 Oct 14 Fr |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT at 80: “The ultimate Eighties revival night” (80th birthday party) |
|
|
05 Oct 20 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT at 80: “Thatcher and Gorbachev take a short stroll down memory lane” (meeting in London) |
|
|
05 Nov 3 Th |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Cold War: “Thatcher plotted to block German unity, says Kohl” (Kohl memoirs published) |
|
|
05 Nov 4 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Northern Ireland: “McCartney sisters boycott awards to avoid Thatcher” (Irish Republican protest) |
|
|
05 Nov 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Statement on the death of Lord Lichfield (“a rare skill”) |
|
|
05 Nov 12 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Glamour and talent of the lord of the photos” (tribute to Patrick, Lord Lichfield) |
|
|
05 Nov 19 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Lonely Black looks in vain for friends in need” (US fraud charges) |
|
|
05 Nov 20 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Falklands: “The Sphinx and the curious case of the Iron Lady’s H-bomb” (memoirs of Mitterrand’s psychoanalyst) |
|
|
05 Nov 26 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “‘Bush Oysters’ and nature’s call prove route to a nation’s heart” (Carol Thatcher on “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”) |
|
|
05 Dec 6 Tu |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Thatcher takes jungle seat with yet another landslide victory” (Carol Thatcher wins “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!”) |
|
|
05 Dec 8 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Baroness Thatcher ‘comfortable’” (dizzy spell) |
|
|
05 Dec 9 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “Thatcher leaves hospital, feels ‘fine’” (health scare) |
|
|
05 Dec 28 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Exorcise these Tory ghosts” (expunging Thatcherite rhetoric) |
|
|
06 Jan 1 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Conservatism: “Blair is fading away to a dubious place in history” (Portillo compares Blair & MT) |
|
|
06 Jan 2 Mo |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: “Cameron breaks with Thatcherite past in about-turn over health policy” (drops patient passport) |
|
|
06 Jan 6 Fr |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "Grandees rally to Thatcher" (direction of policy under David Cameron) |
|
|
06 Jan 29 Su |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
MT: "Maxwell tried to get Thatcher to bail him out" (1990 MT meeting with Robert Maxwell) |
|
|
06 Jan 31 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "Win centre ground or failure is inevitable, Tories told" (David Cameron Demos speech) |
|
|
06 Feb 8 We |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Foreign policy: "Has the Foreign Office had its day?" (Churchill College seminar) |
|
|
06 Feb 16 Th |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
Conservatism: "Overlooked back home, Thatcher's legacy seeks haven in the US" (Conservatives rebuild relations with Republicans) |
|
|
06 Mar 11 Sa |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: "Gratitude and much respect at end of journey to redemption" (death of John Profumo) |
|
|
06 Mar 12 Su |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Sunday Times) |
Economy: "How Maggie beat the experts" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) |
|
|
06 Mar 13 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: "It was bold, it was brutal, but who was proved right in 1981?" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) |
|
|
06 Mar 15 We |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (Daily Telegraph) |
Economy: "How 364 economists got it totally wrong" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) |
|
|
06 Mar 16 Th |
Press |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
IEA Seminar (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) [Andrew Alexander, Terry Burns, David Laws, Stephen Nickell, Michael Oliver & Geoffrey Wood] |
|
|
06 Mar 28 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Weinberger [Caspar] (1917-2006) [long-time US friend & ally of MT] |
|
|
06 Apr 6 Th |
Press |
Major |
Rumsfeld (Donald) |
Obituary: Weinberger [Caspar] (Donald Rumsfeld Eulogy) |
|
|
06 Apr 20 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Eightieth birthday tribute to The Queen ("an inspiration") |
|
|
06 May 22 Mo |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Economy: “Cameron draws line under Thatcher policies” (‘General Well-Being’ versus GDP) |
|
|
06 Jun 13 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Commentary (The Times) |
Obituary: Haughey [Charles] (1925-2006) [former Irish Taoiseach] |
|
|
06 Jul 31 Mo |
Press |
Minor |
Commentary (The Times) |
MT: “BBC to ban repeats of Ross versus Cameron” (controversial interview comments on MT) |
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