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Info only 81 Dec 4 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Interest rates reduced 0.5 per cent, from 15 to 14.5 per cent
Text 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: MT to John Wilkinson (Anglo-Asian Conservative Association) [thanks “for all that you have done to build up and sustain its numbers and its influence”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: MT letter to Prime Minister Balsemao (Portugal's entry to the European Community) [European Council statement; visit to UK] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Hunger Strike by Sakharovs, Sinai Force and Observers, Meeting with Kampuchean Resistance Leader, Chemical Warfare") [declassified 2016]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) El Salvador: FCO telegram 1875 to UKE Washington (1530Z) ("Call by Judge Clark. Central America") [Carrington, Clark conversation; "The Administration interpreted developments in Nicaragua as a conscious Soviet test"; "patience was wearing thin in Washington"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Howell minute to MT ("Nationalised Industries' Board Members' Pay: Mr Bosworth) [pay increase offer to Deputy Chair of British Railways Board] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO telegram 64 to UK Delegation Madrid (1425Z) ("CSCE: Possible Outcomes in Madrid") [likelihood of adjournment, shape of final document, Russian position] [declassified Feb 2016]
Text 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Walters MSS) Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Hoskyns and Wolfson “both very fed up with her”. Walters not invited to Chancellor’s meeting][released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Hoskyns minute to MT ("A Strategy for the next five years") [urges he head a PM's department, also CPRS & CRD] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Gow minute to MT ("Tuesday's Debate") ["disturbing note" from Jopling; 45 possible rebels] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Chief Whip minute to MT ("The Prime Minister") ["we are facing a very serious situation which we must discuss"] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong letter to Lord Chancellor’s Permanent Secretary (“The Canadian Constitution”) [Canadians want to televise Royal Assent] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Trudeau phone call) [timing of UK patriation legislation] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Hoskyns note ("A Strategy for the Next 5 Years") [remark directed at MT: "You don't really believe in strategic planning work and I think we are all deluding ourselves if we now try to make a fresh start as if you do"] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Poland: MT letter to Len Murray (economic assistance for Poland) [released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Simmerson (decision to withdraw HMS Endurance from service) [released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Briefing note for MT ("Briefing Note on Children's Drinking Fountain Hyde Park") [released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Photo of Children's Drinking Fountain in Hyde Park [released 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Chancellor of the Exchequer note to Gow (thanks for lovely evening) ["It was good to have a chance of an uninterrupted evening...even if the talk sometimes became a little heated!"] [released 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: Israeli Foreign Minister Shamir letter to Carrington ("Sinai") [comment on US/Israel joint statement on Sinai Multinational Force] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: MT letter to King Hussein of Jordan (response to King Hussein's concerns about Jordanian/US relations) [MT asked Hurd to "urge the Americans to...clarify their policy [on the Arab-Israeli peace process] in a satisfactory way"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to TUC General Secretary Len Murray (economic and food assistance for Poland) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit to European Parliament: Wednesday 16 December 1981") [briefing documents] [declassified 2014]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: No.10 letter to FCO ("30 May Mandate") [EC Budget negotiations: tactics] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Walters minute to MT ("Letter from Gordon Pepper") ["we are in danger of repeating the extraordinarily tight monetary squeeze that we imposed, albeit inadvertently, in 1979/80"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (agenda for NEDC meeting to be chaired by MT) [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to No.10 (“Binder Hamlyn and Liquid Milk Prices”) [a collective discussion arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Rates: Heseltine letter to Brittan (“Green Paper on domestic rates”) [proposed amendments] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Employment: Department of Health and Social Security letter to No.10 (“Opportunities for Volunteering”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Pym letter to Jenkin (Proposed legislation on Regional Development Grants) [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Younger minute to MT (“The British Aluminium Co Ltd: Invergordon smelter”) [closure] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: UKMIS New York telegram 46 to Overseas Development Agency (1334Z) (“UN conference on the least developed”) [framework for discussions] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: UKE Washington telegram 3687 to FCO (2140Z) (“Global negotiations”) [framework for discussions] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: FCO telegram 844 to UKMIS New York (2000Z) (“Global negotiations”) [framework for discussions] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Election of UN Secretary General”) [declassified 2012]
Text 81 Dec 4 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for French Radio France Culture (Northern Ireland)
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr 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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