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79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ministers: Cabinet Office minute to MT (Ministerial conflicts of interests) [David Mitchell; Michael Marshall] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS)	MT: Caroline Stephens to Ronnie Millar (thanks) [“you did more than anyone else to win the election & she knows it”]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (weekly report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Transition to power: MT letter to Daily Mail editor David English (thanks for congratulations) [“You have been a wonderful friend in recent years ... I hope I will not let you down”] [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: MT letter to President Carter (SALT II, etc) [delays substantive reply] [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Treasury minute on budget calculations (“ Problems ... Solutions”) [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Carrington-Danish Foreign Minister meeting in Copenhagen (record of conversation) [Nordic area & TNF] [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: UK Delegation NATO to FCO (account of Defence Planning Committee meeting) [“NATO TNF Modernisation”] [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Hunt note for MT ("The Way Forward on Pay") [additional briefing] [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Anglo-German Summit Meeting: Official German Reactions") [FRG statement: "the prospects look good for Europe and good for the alliance"] [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Stowe letter to Private Secretaries ("Review of Quangos") [Ministers should consider reductions to Quangos for which they are responsible] [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Iran: UKE Tehran to FCO ("Iran Jewish Community") [information and recommendations for response to message from President Carter] [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	NHS: DHSS letter to No.10 ("Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body Report") [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Prime Minister: Lankester minute to MT ("Visit to the Department of Energy") [briefing documents for MT's visit] [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Association of Independent Businesses letter to MT ("Inflation Proofed Pensions and the Civil Service") [criticism of report by Government Actuary] [declassified 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: MT letter to General Secretary of National Association of Head Teachers (teachers' pay) ["it is highly regrettable that our relations with the teacher associations should have to begin against a background of industrial action"] [declassified 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: No.10 Duty Clerk note to MT ("Teachers' Pay") [rate support grant and pay] [declassified 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter to Archbishop of York, Stuart Blanch (thanks for letter) ["you were writing a new book I believe - would you let me know when it's due to come out"] [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter to Suffragan Bishop of Lewes, Peter Ball (thanks for letter) ["Letters like yours are a great source of strength"] [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter Jacques Chirac (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter Chairman Kosygin (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter NATO Secretary-General Luns (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter President Nyerere of Tanzania (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter Prime Minister Botha of South Africa (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter Foreign Minister Botha of South Africa (thanks for letter of congratulations) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter to Commonwealth Secretary-General Ramphal (thanks for letter of congratulations, and looking forward to CHOGM, Lusaka) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter to Tommy Sopwith (thanks for roses) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: Stephens note to MT ("Freedon of Kensington and Chelsea") [MT: "I really don't want to get involved in a big ceremony"] [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Department of Employment letter to No.10 (proposed appointment of Robbie Gilbert as special advisor) [declassified 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: HMT letter to No.10 ("Mr. George Cardona") [appointment of special advisor] [declassified 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Hunt minute to Vile ("Revelation of Cabinet Committees") [account of Hunt meeting with MT] [declassified 2011]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Cartledge note to MT ("Three Wise Men") [European Council group to meet with MT; MT: "I think it should now be dealt with by Lord Carrington"] [declassified 2011]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 2nd (Legislative Programme, SALT, Rhodesia, Community Budget, CAP, etc) [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Rhodesia, Boyd Report, Capital Punishment) [released 2010]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: Canadian Embassy Rome telegram to Canadian Department of External Affairs (“Italian Elections - aspects of campaigns”) [terrorism putting PCI on defensive, Andreotti under pressure also] [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Social services: No.10 minute for MT (“Pensions uprating”) [DHSS certain that legislation will be required] [declassified 2012]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	USA: MT telegram to President Carter (foreign policy issues) [interim reply] [declassified 2012]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: Boyd letter to MT (proposes British gesture to Muzorewa government) [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: No.10 letter to FCO (Boyd report on Rhodesian elections) [declassified 2009]
79 May 17 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
79 May 17 Th	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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