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Text 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gibraltar: Howe minute to Heseltine ("Commercialisation of the Gibraltar Dockyard and the Community") [provision of UK state aid: "although the safest course legally would be to notify [the European Commission... the way of proceeding least likely to cause difficulty and delay... would be not to notify"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 minute to MT (Personnel Work in the Civil Service) [Patrick Jenkin "proposes that we should invite... senior managers from the private sector to look at Civil Service personnel management"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Fowler letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Nurses' Review Body") [outline of proposed remit, scope & terms, including exclusion of industrial action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Keith Joseph letter to Ralph Howell MP (financial support for the Employment Research Centre at the University of Birmingham) [suggests Social Science Research Council] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Seminar on Science, Technology and Industry") [draft programme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to Moscow Group for the Establishment of Trust Between USSR & USA (reports in the Soviet press of the mass arrest of British peace supporters) ["Peaceful demonstrations are legal in Britain"] [declassified Dec 2018]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Ministerial Salaries") [proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Cabinet Office record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham) ["MPs' and Ministers' Salaries"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Police: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Police Pay") [review] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Avital Shcharansky, Lord Bethell) ["prospects of using the Madrid Conference for obtaining the release of [Anatoly] Shcharansky"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 788 to FCO (1000Z) ("Shcharansky") [Madrid Conference: US/UK pressure on Soviets to release Shcharansky] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“Surface-to-surface guided weapons for the Royal Navy”) [UK vs. US vs. Euro bids] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“Defence suppression weapon for the Royal Air Force”) [BAe vs. US project] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: General Secretary of APEX letter to MT (“HARM vs. ALARM missile programme”) [Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical & Computer staff] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: No.10 record of phone conversation (“Meeting with Regan international debt issue”) [conversation between Oliver Wright and Donald Regan] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Geoffrey Littler) [“Brazil”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKdel Moscow telegram to FCO ("Soviet foreign policy: US/Soviet relations and arms control") ["I see no signs here of any significant improvement in super-power relations... The Russians are now almost certainly resigned to some measure of NATO INF deployment"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Parkinson minute to MT ("Nissan") [UK project: latest position on talks; date & arrangements for public announcement of a deal] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Parkinson letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Nissan") [UK project: latest position on talks; Chancellor's responses attached: "there must be a limit to the price it is worth paying to secure the investment"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lynda Chalker, Keith Bright - Chairman of the London Transport Executive) [London Transport Regional Authority] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tom King, Bob Reid - Deputy Chairman of British Rail) ["The Meeting with Mr. Bob Reid": rationalisation of the London transport network] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tom King, Lord Cockfield, Peter Rees, William Waldegrave, Ferdinand Mount & others) [London Transport Regional Authority] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Lord Bellwin memorandum ("Ministerial Group on the Abolition of the Greater London Council and the Metropolitan County Councils - Financial Arrangements for Joint Police and Fire Boards and Constitutional Implications") [MT: "we all need a tutorial on this before discussing the merits"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Lord Bellwin memorandum ("Ministerial Group on the Abolition of the Greater London Council and the Metropolitan County Councils - Abolition of the GLC/MCCs - Securing Staff Savings") [MT sceptical of the figures] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with Michael Kaser) [to discuss forthcoming meeting, on matters relating to Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, of academic experts at Chequers] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM): New Delhi 1983") [composition of the UK delegation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade Unions: Tebbit letter to Heseltine (“Employee involvement”) [rejects Heseltine’s suggestion] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Press Major Commentary ( The Times ) Economic policy: "BMA accuses Lawson of 'fiddling the books'" [accused of making arbitrary calculation of overspend and consequent cut]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Parkinson minute to MT (“Stock Exchange & Restrictive Practices Court”) [next steps] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Parkinson letter to Walker (“Energy Conservation and Efficiency”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Mount minute to MT ("Public Expenditure - Hitting the Targets") [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Chancellor of the Exchequer memo circulated to Cabinet - C(83) 26 (Economic Prospects) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Israel: Coles minute to MT ("Dinner in Tribute to Shlomo Argov") [arrangements for MT speech: "This is not an occasion for a speech about the Middle East and we have worked on the assumption that you would prefer to speak about terrorism"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Nepal: MT message to Prime Minister Chand of Nepal (congratulations on appointment as Prime Minister) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 1987 to FCO (0330Z) (“Your Call on Mr. Weinberger”) [UK-US cooperation, defence and intelligence, the Falklands] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 1989 to FCO (0337Z) (“Your Call on President Reagan”) [UK-US cooperation, defence and arms control, East-West relations, Northern Ireland, Central America] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 1996 to FCO (0403Z) (“Meeting with Reagan”) [bilateral topics] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 1982 to FCO (0112Z) (“Your Talks with Shultz: bilateral issues”) [bilateral topics] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Younger minute to Jenkin (“Rate Limitation Legislation; Local Government Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Bill”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [UK/China talks] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [UK/China talks] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press”) [UK/China talks] [declassified 2013]
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