Personal and party papers, Cambridge
Broadcasting: Gordon Reece minute to MT (PPB slot available 21 Nov) [“If you considered this an appropriate moment to talk to the electorate”] [released 2010]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR2/6/2/134 |
| Editorial comments: | A note by Angus Maude follows the minute by Gordon Reece, on which Richard Ryder had asked him to comment. A package of economic measures was announced on 15 Nov to restart sales of British government debt (gilts), involving a 3 percent increase in interest rates, the largest single day increase before or since. MT did not appear. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 2pp |
| Themes: | Conservative Party (organization), Media |
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