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79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Housing: Heseltine minute to MT (sale of Council houses) [Ministerial consent to local authorities to offer increased discounts] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Department of Education and Science letter to No.10 ("Allocation of Responsibilities to Ministers") [declassified Dec 2014]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: FCO letter to No.10 ("Ministerial Responsibilities in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office") [allocation among ministers below Foreign Secretary] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: MOD letter to No.10 ("Ministry of Defence - Ministers' Private Secretaries") [declassified Dec 2014]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Parsons minute to Ridley's PS ("The Falkland Islands") [sceptical of leaseback, in light of Arab-Israeli experience, "tidy solutions" do not always exist] [declassified 2012]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: Notes for move to flat at No.10 (list of items) [released 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Transition to power: MT letter to Milton Friedman (thanks for congratulations) [“The battle has now begun”] [released 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for MT ("Public Expenditure") ["early report on the seriousness of the situation"] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Hunt draft briefing for Ministers ("Pay and Cash Limits") [MT: "Discussion on this paper in Cabinet would be futile..."] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Future of the Price Commission (E(79) 2)...") [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(79) 3 (Rhodesia) [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: Wall letter to Cartledge ("Overseas Visits by the Prime Minister") [FCO advises MT to visit Australia] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Heseltine minute to MT ("Manpower") [local government manpower reductions] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 ("Freeze on Civil Service Manpower") [draft paper by Soames, annotations by MT] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [Plenary Session] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [partial record of Plenary Session, nuclear matters] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: Transcript of MT/Schmidt press conference ("Press Conference on 11 May 1979 given by Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher & Chancellor Schmidt") [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: Text of MT speech for Chancellor Schmidt ("The Prime Minister's Luncheon For The Federal German Chancellor and his Delegation, Friday 11 May 1979") [relections on meetings] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: No.11 record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-FRG Minister of Finance) [economic issues, EEC budget, Turkey] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: No.10 minute to FCO ("Prime Minister's Dicussions with Chancellor Schmidt on 10 May: Fisheries") [details of meeting] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Maureen Harris, secretary to Rayner, letter to Stowe (second copy of Rayner's acceptance letter) [Stowe: "This procedure does not commend itself to me as an example of efficiency and avoiding waste!"] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Meeting Between the Prime Minister and Mr Lynch: Press Reaction") [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Heseltine minute to MT ("Manpower") [staffing restraint in local government] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (defence expenditure) [some increase required, but decisions should not be rushed] [released 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Stephens note to MT ("European Elections") [MT: "I shall have no recess at all"] [released 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Commonwealth: Prime Minister Pindling of the Bahamas letter to MT (invitation to 250th Anniversary of Parliament in the Bahamas) [released 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Biffen minute to MT ("The Defence Budget and Cash Limit: NATO Meeting") [Pym should not commit himself to a precise level of defence spending] [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("Defence Budget and Cash Limit") [meeting of NATO defence ministers] [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Hunt briefing for MT ("Economic Strategy Committee: Teachers' Pay") [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: FCO record of conversation (Carrington-FRG Minister of Foreign Affairs Genscher) [SALT, MBFR, TNF] [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: UKE Washington telegram 1081 to No.10 (2052Z) ("SALT") [US Administration anxious about HMG position on SALT II] [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Carrington minute to MT ("SALT: The Government's Public Response") [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("SALT") [HMG's public position on SALT II] [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB)") [views of MOD officials] [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter to Kenneth Stacey (Chequers) ["I wish to avail myself of my right under the Deed of Settlement...to occupy and use Chequers"] [released 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Fishing: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [fisheries] [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Hall minute for Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [options for future policy] [declassified 2012]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Carter Library)	US: Carter letter to MT (congratulations on election victory; SALT II; Toyko G7) [declassified 2008]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ministers: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 ("Ministerial Travel") [rules on Ministerial travel simplified; MT: "Excellent - it was worth while being "difficult"!"] [declassified 2011]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Cabinet Secretary Note circulated to Cabinet - CC(79) 2 (Queen’s Speech) [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Howe & Prior memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(79) 3 (Standing Commission on Pay Comparability) [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary Policy: Governor of the Bank of England letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Policy towards Exchange Control”) [urges “early and substantial move towards relaxation”] [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Littler & Bank of England) [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	USA: President Carter letter to MT (foreign policy issues) [renewed congratulations; SALT II & Middle East] [declassified 2012]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Vile minute to Cartledge ("European Issues") [Bonn, Barcelona Conventions] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Schmidt)
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT (OD discussion of Rhodesia) [next steps] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
79 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2010]

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