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Text 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Cabinet Office minute for Cockfield ("UK/USSR Maritime Treaty: Negotiating Objectives") [declassified 2015]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Top Salaries: rocks ahead") ["Clearly the handling of these various reports and the decisions on the recommendations are going to present considerable difficulties"; MT "much concerned by the expected recommendations"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Wider parental choice: Paper by the Secretary of State for Education and Science") [options] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Lawson, Middleton, Jenkin, Lord Cockfield, Hurd, Walters & others) ["The oil price and the United Kingdom economy"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local government: MT letter to Lord Harris (Southwark Council) ["decision... not to employ contractors involved in work at Greenham Common... [I] entirely share you concern"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National health: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Scholar ("Pay Determination Arrangements in the National Health Service") [negotiations with trade unions: "suggest that... you might write to Mr Fowler's Private Office, registering the Prime Minister's surprise that Mr Fowler has got himself into this position, that... [and] we should not be as forthcoming with proposals"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised industries: Younger letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Objectives for the Scottish Electricity Boards") [draft list] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Withstanding strikes in the electricity supply industry") ["... looking forward to seeing Nigel's proposals on the future structure of the industry... I entirely agree with him that we should keep the possibilities for withstanding strikes in this key industry very much under review"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Public appointments: Treasury and Civil Service Committee") [MT comments on proposed Committee inquiry] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Tebbit letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Possible White Paper on employment policy") ["I think it would be useful to underpin what we have been saying individually with a formal Government policy statement"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message to Prime Minister Papandreou (Tornado) ["I believe that the purchase of Tornado would demonstrate the importance attached by all the Government[s] concerned] to defence co-operation on a European basis"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Centrally Co-ordinated Efficiency Exercises 1983: the Scrutiny Programme") [Howe concurs with MT request to bring Treasury/CCTA review into scrutiny programme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Howell minute to MT ("Port of London Authority (PLA) Strike") [risk of strike becoming national; financial risk for Govt] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Expulsion of Three Soviet Intelligence Officers") [Ivanov, Primakov, Titov; "there is obviously a danger that the Russians will retaliate"] [declassified Dec 2018]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Younger letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Pay of Primary and Secondary Teachers in Scotland") [details of settlement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Tom King letter to Patrick Jenkin ("European Commission of Human Rights: Nationalisation and Leasehold Reform Cases") ["I am aware that you are under some pressure... to make concessions to the applicants in the 7 nationalisation cases before the Commission... [I am anxious] that nothing should be done that might hamper or jeopardise continued defence of the leasehold reform legislation at Strasbourg"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Heseltine minute to MT ("The UK's Ability to Counter the Soviet Military Threat to the UK Base") [cover minute for attached MoD paper; MT has questions] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Tom King letter to Jenkin (“European Commission of Human Rights: Nationalisation and Leasehold Reform Cases”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message to Reagan (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 11th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Budget, EC Affairs, Economic Affairs, Broadcasting) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Most Confidential Record to Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 11th (Hong Kong) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Jordan: King Hussein of Jordan letter to MT (thanks for visit to London) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Gow minute to MT ("Political Matters") [arrangements for discussion on future of the Conservative Research Department] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) General Election: George Carey, Editor of Panorama, letter to Shrimsley (plans for election coverage) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: MT message to Prime Minister Papandreou of Greece (negotiations over new fighter plane for Greek airforce: Tornado) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Conservative Research Department Briefing Note No. 11, 1983 Series ("Retirement Pensions") [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Science: MT letter to Dr Carole Chamier (loss of research funding) ["I was sorry to hear how distressed you are"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Trade: MT letter to Hal Miller MP (Spanish car problem) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Industry: MT letter to John Smith MP (future of British Steel Corporation plant at Ravenscraig/Gartcosh) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: MT letter to Ralph Harris (decision of Southwark Council not to employ contractors involved in work at Greenham Common) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: MT letter to Lord Kadoorie (Guangdong Nuclear Power Project) [Kadoorie’s concerns about US involvement] [declassified 2012]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Hong Kong”) [Heung Yee Kuk petition to MT to be kept informed on progress of talks] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Arts and amenities: Clive Priestley letter to Channon PS (“Special financial scrutiny of the Royal Opera House and Royal Shakespeare Company”) [funding review] [declassified 2013]
Text 83 Mar 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 83 Mar 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher HC PQ [Written Answer on Brussels European Council]
PDF 83 Mar 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions including US report) [declassified 2013]
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