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Text 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) [EC Budget: MT confronts Mitterrand over French stance at last EC Council, taken "without any warning"; milk levy; financial burden sharing; further talks on settling Budget problem; EC enlargement; Lebanon; UK relations with US/agricultural imports] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Seminar on Industry and Employment: Follow-Up Meeting") [proposed structure; agenda; papers; attendees] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("No Strike pledge: Additions to the Review Body") [Association of Clinical Biochemists] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and telecommunications: Treasury briefing for MT ("Cable and Wireless Sale: Briefing") [undersubscription of shares issue] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and telecommunications: No.10 Policy Unit record of conversation (John Redwood, British Telecom board members) ["British Telecom" - acquisition of ICL, INMOS, privatisation prospects] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and telecommunications: No.10 minute to MT (Lord Orr-Ewing's request for a meeting to discuss suppression of commercial competition in the telecommunications industry) [MT agrees to meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Prior PS letter to Tebbit PS ("White Paper on Region Policy") [request for amendment to draft to clarify non-applicability to Northern Ireland] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Draft White Paper on Regional Industrial Policy: Mr Younger's Proposed Amendment") [assistance for relocation projects] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mozambique: MT letter to President Machel of Mozambique (response to Machel's letter of thanks) [Machel's visit to the UK] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3668 to FCO (0050Z) ("Your Meetings with Shultz: East-West Relations and Arms Control") [briefing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Nick Ridley letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Sealink privatisation”) [MT: “as soon as it can be done”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Papandreou) ["Cyprus": brief exchange of words on tripartite consulation] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) [EU Budget/member contributions; MT concerns about Mitterrand contradicting Delors' policies; the 'German Question'; EC expansion; Middle East; US] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT speaking notes (Athens European Council) ["Need an agreement at next meeting. Or Community will rot away and return to quarrels"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 1530 to FCO (0040Z) ("Lebanon: US action") [text of UN Secretary General's statement] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: No.10 minute (internal) to Coles ("Lebanon") [Parsons: case against withdrawal of Multinational Force's UK contingent] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: No.10 (partial) record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) ["Lebanon": concerns about US policy; role of the UN] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Saudi Arabia: Tebbit minute to MT ("Visit to Saudi Arabia") [report: highlights Saudi emphasis on their determination to make transition from public to private sector, and to find overseas markets for downstream petrochemicals; identifies new opportunities] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Saudi Arabia: King Fahd letter to MT (Minister for Trade and Industry visit to Saudi Arabia) [welcomes visit] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull note to MT (public expenditure since 1975/76) [areas of increased spending] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull note to MT (latest proposals) [possible savings, DHSS changes] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: MT letter for President Reagan (Argentine certification) [published 2015]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Walters MSS) Monetary policy: Cassell minute for Chancellor & Permanent Secretary (“Monetary targets”) [unresolved issues for next MTFS] [released 2012]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Trivial Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter for Vice-President Hidayatullah of India (thanking for the gifts) [Indian law books] [declassified 2015]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO letter to No.10 ("Grenada") [documents retrieved from Grenada suggest "inexorable build-up of pressure on Bishop to relinquish hold on real power or see it wrested from him"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Christopher Lawson letter to Sherbourne ("Winning for the Third Time - Some Stepping Stones to Victory") [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Saudi Arabia: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia letter to MT (UK-Saudi trade and relations) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Mozambique: MT letter to President Machel of Mozambique (thanks for visiting London) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: Confidence”) [“a growing feeling that as the Chinese appear to be dictating the terms, the talks are irrelevant”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (AEI) Europe: Athens European Council (statements in absence of Presidency conclusions)
Text 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: Thatcher letter to Reagan (resuming US arms sales to Argentina) [summary declassified 2000]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: Lawson to Department of Energy (“Oil Supplies from the Gulf”) [oil shortage crisis, price instability] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Rees letter to Nicholas Ridley (“Protected Expenditure Levels (PELS) for Transport 1984-85”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3678 to FCO (2012Z) (“Argentina”) [conversation between Rodric Braithwaite & Vice-President Bush] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 telegram to Heseltine PS and Howe PS (“US certification and arms sales”) [MT decides to avoid major row over certification; "take up the cudgels" only if major US arms sale in prospect] [declassified 2013]
Text 83 Dec 6 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference after Athens European Council
CD only 83 Dec 6 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (Athens European Council)
Text 83 Dec 6 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN (Athens European Council)
PDF 83 Dec 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: FCO record of conversation (“informal record” of Athens European Council, 4/6 Dec) [third day - "Discussion of Presidency's Final Compromise Proposal", plus drafts] [declassified Dec 2015]
CD only 83 Dec 6 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for BBC (Athens European Council)
Text 83 Dec 6 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for IRN (Athens European Council)
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