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81 Dec 8 Tu	Chronology	Major	[Chronology]	Scargill elected NUM president
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Sakharov Hunger Strike, Foreign Policy Initiatives, Airline Fijackings, UN Secretary General Race") [rumours as to Sakharov's condition] [declassified 2016]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Macfarlane letter to MT (football hooliganism) [report on discussions with the Football Associations] [declassified Dec 2014]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zaire: UKE Paris telegram 1083 to FCO (1815Z) ("Visit of President Mobutu") [Mobutu's meeting with Mitterrand: US aid; Israel; Chad] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zaire: No.10 briefing for MT ("President of Zaire") [UK aid/relations; Zaire economy/internal politics; Namibia; Chad] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Middle East & Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1415Z) ("Libya and Global Negotiations") (NSC 0029) [declassified Dec 2005]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Trade Unions: Prior minute for MT (“ECHR - Compensation for Closed Shop Victims”) [expresses reservations over Tebbit’s compensation scheme] [declassified 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Sherman complaining about Governor’s words in press][released 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Economy: "A Tory warning from the last ditch" (Chris Patten article) [give cabinet the benefit of the doubt "one last time ... some signs of change"]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Economy: "Tory 'wets' set for rebellion on economy" (Gilmour Group) [around a dozen likely to abstain on Autumn Statement]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Hansard	Economy: House of Commons debate on Autumn Statement (Howe, Shore, Heath, Williams & others)
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Geoffrey Howe speech draft (Public Expenditure Debate) [cancelled concession on benefit uprating] [released 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Pym) [Canadian constitution - parliamentary handling] [declassified 2013]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Nott memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(81) 56 (Powers of Direction Over Ports) [declassified 2011]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Northern Ireland: Gow minute to MT ("Northern Ireland Constituencies") [proposed increase in number of NI constituencies; Powell's suspicions] [released 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Radio 4, World At One transcript (Robin Day talks to David Crouch MP) [Tory rebels] [released 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Soviet Union: MT letter to Professor Leonard Schapiro (Andrei Sakharov) [treatment of dissidents in the Soviet Union] [released 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Press Office: Press Summary for the PM (Autumn Statement, response of the Wets, Foot and Tatchell, Labour party strife, strikes, industry, Joseph on education, Sinn Fein shift toward electoral politics) [released 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Religion: Coles minute to MT ("Speech: Board of Deputies of British Jews: 15 December") [revised draft; Arab-Israeli conflict] [released 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: Carrington message to Israeli Foreign Minister Shamir ("Sinai Force") [reponse to Shamir's message regarding US/Israel joint statement] [declassified 2011]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: Coles minute to MT ("Speech to the European Parliament: 16 December") [draft for MT's speech; MT: "There is no structure to the speech. It is a dull orderly turgid narrative"] [declassified 2014]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Pay: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Monitoring Report: Public Trading Sector") [declassified 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (Judge Clark’s comments on unification) [declassified Dec 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (transcript of Judge Clark’s RTE interview) [declassified Dec 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 3719 to FCO (0015Z) (“Clark visit to London”) [declassified Dec 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 1889 to UKE Washington (1400Z) (“Clark visit to London: Anglo-Irish matters: RTE interview”) [declassified Dec 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: MT letter to Professor Wilkinson (strategy on terrorism) [declassified Dec 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: UKE Cape Town to FCO (“Call on Prime Minister”) [situation in South Africa, relations with the UK] [declassified 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	India: No.10 letter to FCO (“Festival of India”) [MT criticises “stale and turgid” drafts from FCO] [declassified 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: No.10 letter to Howell PS (Lorries, people and the environment) [declassified 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
81 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2012]
81 Dec 8 Tu	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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