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Text 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Review of Personnel Work") [MT agrees to request for report's publication with her endorsement, with the caveat that the report's recommendations on poor performance/inefficiency are addressed as a priority] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) El Salvador: UKE Mexico City telegram 231 to FCO (0100Z) ("El Salvador Elections") [high turn out interpreted as "an important success for the ruling junta as a set-back for the guerillas"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: MT letter to Chair of British Caledonian (United States Airline Antitrust Investigation) [UK countermeasures] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Attorney General letter to MT ("British Airways and British Caledonian -v- Laker") [interim injunction] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: Bob Hawke message to MT (federal election) [confident they can consult closely on bilateral matters] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Patrick Jenkin (draft objectives for the Chair of British Shipbuilders) [privatisation of warshipbuilding; yard closures & redundancies; merchant shipbuilding targets; cost reduction & efficiency programme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Cabinet Office letter to Department of Industry ("Prime Minister's Seminar on Science, Technology and Industry") [draft programme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Leon Brittan PS letter to No.10 ("Hastings-Tonbridge Rail Service") [case for electrification; Brittan "not convinced that an early decision has to be taken... and would prefer more time to allow the alternative to be evaluated more thoroughly"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Dr. David Owen MP (control of nuclear weapons systems) [UK-US joint control arrangements] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Tebbit PPS letter to Brittan PS (“Public expenditure survey 1983”) [concerns about draft guidelines] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Tebbit PPS letter to No.10 (“Long term public expenditure”) [Unemployment Benefit Service] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Tom King minute to MT (“Long term public expenditure”) [savings] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Tom King letter to Brittan (“Public expenditure in the longer term”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Jenkin minute to MT (Long term public expenditure) [response to MT minute on savings: sustained reduction] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Howell minute to MT (“Long term public expenditure”) [response to MT minute on savings: private sector; cutting subsidies; road tax] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Fowler minute to MT (“Long term public expenditure: social security”) [response to MT minute on savings: benefits; NHS] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (“Long term public expenditure”) [response to MT minute on savings: “strong case… for a substantial increase in our expenditure”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Channon minute to MT (“Long term public expenditure: Arts and libraries”) [response to MT minute on savings: proposes limited measures] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: MT letter to Baroness Cox (Polytechnic of North London) [concerns about political activities of student unions; proposed review body for health professionals] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: UKE Kuwait telegram to FCO ("Oil prices") [Nigeria; OPEC] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home affairs: No.10 minute to MT (Prison workshops and the Priority Suppliers Scheme) [MT agrees to meeting with Whitelaw to discuss the concerns of Anthony Steen MP] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Lord Cockfield letter to MT ("Japanese review of their Standards and Certification procedures") ["Overall the changes represent another useful step"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Tebbit minute to MT ("Earnings limits under the Young Workers Scheme") ["some increase is now called for if the impact of the scheme is to be maintained"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Howe PS letter to No.10 (1983 pay negotiations for the non-industrial civil service) ["today an agreement has been reached"; press notice] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: Butler minute to FCO (visit to Bonn) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Appointments: Armstrong minute to MT (Jeffrey Stirling as advisor to Secretary of State for Industry: possible conflict of interest) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Malaysia: UK High Commission Kuala Lumpur to FCO ("Anglo/Malaysian Relations") [Malaysian government lifts trade restrictions and seeks to improve political relations with UK after meeting with MT] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Hugh Thomas letter to Gow (Alfred Sherman and the Centre for Policy Studies) [Gow: "We are not yet out of the wood with Alfred, but hopefully we have defused the situation"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) General Election: CRD briefing note ("Labour's Electoral Programme") [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (nuclear arms control) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Australia: Prime Minister Hawke of Australia letter to MT (thanks for letter of congratulations on election victory) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Conservative Research Department Briefing Note No. 12, 1983 Series ("Labour's Electoral Programme") [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: MT letter to Adam Thomson of Caledonian Airways (proposed US Department of Justice antitrust investigation into British airlines) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Education: MT letter to Lady Cox (situation at the Polytechnic of North London) ["On the question of student unions, I agree that we have seen recently a number of disturbing examples of political activity"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: MT letter to David Owen (Owen's claims about mechanical flaws in operation of Thor missile system) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Law & Order: MT letter to Iain Mills MP (response to petition calling for return of capital punishment) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: Cockfield minute to MT (“Visit to Oman and Egypt: 11-21 March 1983”) [economic matters and trade promotion] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: UKE Rabat to FCO (“Arab Summit Meeting”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 134 to FCO (0915Z) (“Argentine next of kin visit”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Civil Service manpower after 1984: the Cabinet Office”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Letters from the public on nuclear disarmament”) [declassified 2016]
Text 83 Mar 31 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 83 Mar 31 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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