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Text 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Building Societies") [outline of "issues with which... [new] legislation will need to deal"; Green Paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) New Zealand: FCO briefs for No. 10 ("Lunch for Prime Minister Muldoon of New Zealand, 1300 hrs, Wednesday, 11 May, 10 Downing Street 1983") [EC/NZ, bilateral relations, economic issues, east/west economic relations, Bretton Woods, sport, Middle East, Falklands, trade] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("British Shipbuilders") [draft statement to Parliament in response to company's request for emergency funding] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to Brittan (“A defence suppression weapon for the RAF”) [procurement: BAe vs. US contract] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Department of Trade minute for Coles ("British/Soviet Joint Commission") [declassified 2015]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French proposal for a new Bretton Woods conference") [Mitterrand: "As after the Second World War, the world needs rebuilding... This will require a lasting international effort..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Williamsburg and Stuttgart") [G7 and Council of Europe summits: representation] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: President Reagan message to MT (Williamsburg Economic Summit) [issue of MT's availability, following announcement of General Election on June 9th] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Williamsburg and Stuttgart") [statement to Parliament regarding representation at the events] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Williamsburg and Stuttgart") [representation at the events; message from President Reagan] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Williamsburg Summit") ["advice on the line which I propose to take at the forthcoming Sherpa meeting on the President's thematic paper"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial policy: Brittan letter to Howell ("Port of London Authority (PLA)") ["I am extremely unhappy about the position described in your letter... It confirms my worst fears about the ability of the Board"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised industries: Jenkin minute to MT ("British Steel Corporation") ["decisions are needed on approving... [BSC's Corporate] Plan... the External Financing Limit for 1983/84, and the hot strip mill investment at Port Talbot. We will be pressed to state our position on these issues during the election campaign: I also need a basis for the notification of aid to BSC up to 1985"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: FCO briefing for MT ("Call on the Prime Minister by Mr Alexander Solzhenitsyn") [views on contemporary USSR; MT "may wish to seek his views on the likely evolution of Soviet society under Andropov"; human rights] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Yugoslavia: MT message for Yugoslav Prime Minister ("Mrs Planinc's Visit") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Netherlands: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO ("Netherlands Defence Policy") [record of conversation: Hurd, Job de Ruiter] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Director of Rowland, Debono Ltd letter to MT (tax legislation reform proposals) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Taxation: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Brittan-Wakeham-Gow) ["Negotiations on the Finance Bill"; impasse in negotiations between Government and Opposition] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade Unions: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Whitelaw-Parkinson-Tebbit-Fowler-Younger-Brittan-Armstrong-Gregson-Mount) ["Trade Union Legislation"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 17th (Parliamentary Affairs, Review Body Reports, Local Government Organisation and Finance, Trade Union Legislation, Future Meetings) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: Britto letter to Gow ("Post Local Government Election Survey") [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) General Election: Stephens minute to Gaisman ("Prime Minister's hair during Campaign") ["It is absolutely essential that you build into the Prime Minister's programme her hair appointments during the Campaign"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Sherman minute to Gow ("The Future of the Centre for Policy Studies") [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) General Election: Reagan letter to MT (General Election announcement) [Reagan understands MT's need to cancel bilateral meeting, but "would appreciate your ideas and support during the discussions in Williamsburg"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Jimmy Young Programme") [briefing for radio interview] [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham letter to Shrimsley (MT's election appearances on radio and television) ["the Prime Minister would expect to appear last in any series of [Panorama or TV Eye] interviews with party leaders"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) General Election: MT letter to President Machel of Mozambique (MT calls Election; postpones Machel's visit to UK) [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) General Election: MT letter to President Planinc of Yugoslavia (MT calls Election; postpones Planinc's visit to UK) [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Conservative Party News Service press release (Whitelaw speech: the Asian community in the UK) [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Race Relations: MT letter to Vivian Bendall MP (Commission for Racial Equality's draft Code of Practice and Hurd's meeting with Kaddoumi of the PLO) [released 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Scholar note to MT (pit closures) [NCB plans postponed] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: UKE Amman to FCO (“US-Middle East”) [Shultz’s visit to Jordan] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [suggested response to Zhao Ziyang letter] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Falkland Islands: education”) [proposals for improvement] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 May 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to Bermuda Government Auditor (South Atlantic Fund) [declassified 2013]
Text 83 May 10 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
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