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Date: 8 Aug 1979.

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79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Rhodesia: Christopher Soames to MT (Lusaka conference) [“It’s a shame we had to go so far - especially to give fresh elections - but I must say that it has for long seemed clear to me that a high price would be demanded for Commonwealth accord”] [released 2017]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UK Charge d'Affaires Buenos Aires despatch to Carrington ("Visit of the Honorable Nicholas Ridley MP, Minister of State at the FCO, to Argentina: July 1979 ") [restoration of Ambassadorial relations] [declassified 2012]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Bullard minute on BBC External Services (FCO proposals for cuts) [“Experience has made me suspicious of the BBC’s own figures”] [declassified 2009]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Middle East: Sir Anthony Parsons minute for Douglas Hurd (Palestinian issue) [government attitude; Palestinian right to self-determination; historical background] [released 2014]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 2239 to FCO (2215Z) ("US/Israel") [US response to tension in US/Israeli relations] [declassified 2009]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Commonwealth: MT message to President Kaunda of Zambia (Lusaka CHOGM) [letter of congratulations] [released 2010]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Commonwealth: Newspaper extract from Times of Zambia (editorial comment on MT's performance at the Lusaka CHOGM) ["inside the iron casting is a soft heart"] [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Zimbabwe: MT letter to President Obasanjo of Nigeria (CHOGM agreement on Zimbabwe-Rhodesia) [Obasanjo's nationalisation of BP's assets in Nigeria] [released 2010]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Vietnam: FCO to UKE Peking ("Vietnamese Refugees on MV Rudd Bank") [declassified 2011]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (HM Treasury)	Economic policy: Battishill minute to Atkinson ("Industry Act Amendments: The "Bray" Schedule") [declassified 2013]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: HMT letter to No.10 ("Early Repayment of External Debt and the Exchange Rate") [declassified 2011]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe-Rhodesia PM Muzorewa letter to MT (thanks for personal message regarding Lusaka conference) [declassified 2009]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Zambian President Kaunda) [farewell at end of Lusaka CHGM] [declassified 2009]
79 Aug 8 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 8 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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