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79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Department of Transport letter to No.10 (allocation of ministerial responsibilities) [declassified Dec 2014]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Kenya: Cartledge minute to MT ("State Visit by President Moi of Kenya") [suggested arrangements for 13 June] [declassified Dec 2014]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (State Department)	Falklands: USE Buenos Aires airgram to the State Department ("The Malvinas (Falkland) Islands: A Political and Social Review") [predicts negotiations will eventually secure the islands for Argentina and end "Britain's admittedly anachronistic colonial rule"] [published 2015]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, officials) ["it would be a mistake for the new Government to hedge or prevaricate further with the Argentines who knew we had been doing so in the past"] [declassified 2012]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Ure minute to Ridley's PS ("Falklands/Antarctic Resources") [oil & fishing] [declassified 2012]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Note for the Record (MT-Treasury Ministers & Officials meeting on public spending) [Treasury approach “not nearly tough enough”] [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	No.10: Colin Peterson minute to PM & Stowe (“Cars at No.10”) [“We have a problem about replacing our cars”] [released 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Treasury note for Chief Secretary ("Proposals on Public Expenditure") [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Cash Limits") ["fatal ... to take brave decisions now, only to run away from them later"] [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure: Scope for Cuts" ) ["dreadful inheritance"] [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("The Way Forward on Pay (C(79) 6)") [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Energy: Howell minute to MT (main energy issues) [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Standing Commission on Pay Comparability (C(79) 3)") [Clegg Commission] [declassified 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial policy: Lankester minute to MT ("Visit of Henry Ford") [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Hunt briefing for MT ("Civil Service Manpower (C(79) 7)") [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Hunt briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure 1979-80: Cash Limits 1979-80 and Civil Service Manpower") [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: No.10 minute to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Paris, 5 June 1979") [MT accepts invitation] [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Iran: FCO to UKE Tehran ("Iran Jewish Community") [information requested for response to message from President Carter] [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Carlisle minute to MT (controls on Local Authority staffing) [impact of Heseltine's proposals on education] [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Pattison note to MT (Heseltine's proposals for constraints on Local Government staffing) [MT: "Go ahead on the basis of Mr Heseltine's excellent memorandum"] [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Hunt briefing for MT ("Teachers Pay (C(79) 8)") [declassified 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Science: Hunt minute to MT ("Science") [management of science issues, ACARD] [declassified 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Hunt briefing for MT ("Co-ordination of Maritime Affairs") [declassified 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Carter Library)	Cold War: NSC memo for Brzezinski ("Evening Report") ["Thatcher Government on TNF Arms Control"] [declassified 2008]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Agriculture: Walker letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Retail and Wholesale Milk Prices") [urgent need for increase in retail price of milk] [declassified 2011]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Carlisle memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 8 (Teachers’ Pay) [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary Policy: Bank of England note (Beverly) [Governor’s agenda for meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer] [declassified 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Assistant Whips, Price Commission, Rhodesia, Capital Punishment) [released 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Bulletin (press can be told of PM’s coming meetings with Begin, Vance & Jenkins) [released 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Bulletin (decision to abolish Price Commission - list of ministers present) [released 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [declassified 2010]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	USA: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Brown, Pym) [nuclear, Middle East, China] [declassified 2012]
79 May 16 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Trivial	Margaret Thatcher	HC I: [Debate on Address]
79 May 16 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Airey Neave’s Memorial Service
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: Cartledge minute to MT ("Lord Boyd's Report on the Rhodesian Elections") [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: Boyd letter to MT (introducing report) [declassified 2009]
79 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
79 May 16 We	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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