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81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Central America: Allen memorandum for Reagan ("Memorandum on Cuba and Central America") [CIA Director conversation with Galtieri as to "what the Argentines are doing in Central America and what they want from us"] [declassified 2010]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Immigration: Lord Carrington minute to Whitelaw ("British Nationality Act 1981") ["The timing suits us well" - completing discussions with dependent territories and training consular officers] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), El Salvador in the UN, POW/MIA Mission to Hanoi and Vientiane, Libyan Policy") [USG working against Mexican-originated draft UNGA resolution on El Salvador sponsored by French and others] [declassified 2016]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Parliament: Ian Gow to Peter Carrington (money fell out of pocket) [returning one pound] [released 2017]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Domestic politics: MT to Geoffrey Finsberg (SDP) [“we must keep on hammering away on the narrow point that the SDP are both a Party of the Left and overwhelmingly socialist”] [released 2017]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Pym letter to MT ("First Report from the Select Committee on Procedure (Suppy)") [Government response] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Jenkin minute to MT ("ICL: collaboration with Fujitsu") ["I propose that Kenneth Baker should announce the tapered extension of the [Government] guarantee... on 27 November. This would spell out precisely the continued borrowing facilities which... [International Computers Ltd's] bankers are prepared to provide"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Trade Unions: Lawson minute for MT (“Oil tanker drivers”) [further developments with the oil union votes] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [disagreements over MTFS with Burns][released 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (weekly report on market conditions) [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: "Gang of 25" letter to Chief Whip (collective protest against government economic policy) [will vote against any measures "which deflate aggregate demand"] [released 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Housing: Gow minute to MT ("The Right to Buy") [Gow supports extension of Right to Buy] [released 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Boyne letter to Derek Howe (Conservative Central Office against complaining to BBC over pro-SDP "Thought For the Day") [released 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	France: President Mitterrand letter to MT (thanks for contribution of British charitable trust to the construction of new premises of the Department of Immunology at the Institut Pasteur, Paris) [Anglo-French relations] [released 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Middle East: President Mitterrand letter to MT (Sinai Multinational Force) [thanks MT for her efforts] [released 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Northern Ireland: MT letter to Gordon Wilson MP (Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Council) [MT defends use of 'Anglo' in the Council name] [released 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 3559 to FCO (2155Z) ("Jordan/US") [Hurd approaches Haig regarding King Hussein's concerns] [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Coal: Lawson letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("NUM Wage Negotiations") [report on latest session of negotiations] [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Carrington minute to MT ("European Council") [London European Council: Walker's objections to negotiating position on CAP and EC Budget] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Franklin note for the record ("Mandate: 1980 and 1981 Refunds") [London European Council: French position] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Franklin note for the record ("European Council: Budget Guidelines") [London European Council: reactions on Council members to UK proposals] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Franklin minute to Armstrong ("1980 and 1981 Refunds") [negotiating strategy for London European Council] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Franklin minute to Armstrong ("European Council: Draft Budget Guidelines") [London European Council: French and German positions] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: HMT letter to No.10 ("European Council: Economic and Social Situation") [London European Council: brief] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: HMT letter to No.10 ("UK Budget Refunds for 1980 and 1981") [London European Council: French and German positions] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: MT letter to President of the European Commission, Gaston Thorn (London European Council) [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Taoiseach Fitzgerald message to MT (London European Council) [Irish position] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Walker minute to MT ("European Council") [London European Council: UK negotiating position on CAP and EC Budget] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: FCO letter to No.10 ("Bishop Muzorewa") [Muzorewa requests financial assistance for himself and his family: Carrington is opposed] [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Public Expenditure (C(81) 57)") [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Brittan minute to MT ("Regional Development Grants") [update on attempts to cut regional development grants] [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Ingham minute to MT (presentation of public expenditure decisions) [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Department of Transport letter to No.10 (response to MT's concerns about apparent imbalance between public expenditure on road and rail) [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: HMT minute to No.10 ("UK Budget Refunds for 1980 and 1981") [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Armstrong briefing for MT ("National Insurance Contributions") [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("National Insurance Contribution") [proposed increases] [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Paisley letter to MT (Ulster’s demands) [declassified Dec 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Hoskyns note to MT (need for united front from Cabinet) [declassified Dec 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Attorney General’s Office minute (“Note of meeting between British and Irish Attorneys-General”) [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Alexander note to Lyne (possible meeting between MT and FitzGerald) [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Note for Wednesday meeting (weekly report on market conditions, official activity and rates in the gilt-market) [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Jenkin minute to MT (“Laker: Airbus”) [proposal for a sale and lease-back agreement] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Housing: Heseltine letter to No.10 (Government’s reply to the third report from the Environment Committee) [housing public expenditure and the level of new housebuilding] [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Heseltine letter to Howell (“Draft White Paper: Lorries, people and the environment”) [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Gow minute for Michael Alexander (“Channel tunnel”) [Ian McGregor wants to meet Mitterrand; MT thinks it ‘premature’] [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	China: MT letter to Chairman of Thorn EMI Ltd (US re-export licenses) [US refusal to grant licenses threatening contract with Chinese] [declassified 2013]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 25 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2012]

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