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Text 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 letter to Brian Crozier (Politique Internationale award to MT for "political courage") [MT declines to accept award] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to Lord President PS ("Changing Employment Patterns: NEDC Paper") [Lawson paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Lord Kadoorie letter to MT (Guangdong Nuclear project) [UK Government decision against equity participation in project is "a missed opportunity with long-term implications"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: MT letter to General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (Review Body for nurses and professions allied to medicine) [membership; pay recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Heseltine letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("International Military Services Ltd: Provision in the ROF Bill") [contingent liability clause] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: FCO minute to No.10 ("Turkey: Appointment of new Prime Minister") [declassified July 2016]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("Rolling Back Protectionism") [paper; restraint on exports of textiles & footwear to UK; US restrictions on speciality steels; discussions in Brussels] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: Nicholson minute to Coles ("Mr Nakasone's proposal to convene a conference on life sciences and mankind") [British nominees to attend; MT comment: 'No [to Bernard Williams] - he did a dreadful report for the Home Office some time ago'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Tebbit minute to MT ("Solicitors' Conveyancing") [Solicitors' monopoly on provision of conveyancing services: line to take at Cabinet] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Fishing Industry: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food press release ("Support for the Fishing Industry") [Jopling announcement of financial package] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sean Hughes MP) [MT said that “the only way in which more jobs could be found was by creating the conditions in which enterprise coud flourish”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Damascus telegram to FCO ("Lebanon") [Druze community representations] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKDel NATO telegram to FCO ("Lebanon: MNF Foreign Ministers meeting, 8 December") [record of conversation] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Lebanon: Ministry of Defence note to No.10 (Chief of Defence Staff: official visits to Middle East) [forthcoming schedule] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Beirut ("Lebanon/MNF") [Howe, Luce, Rumsfeld: record of conversation: 7th December] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised industries: No.10 letter to Walker PS ("Electricity prices") [MT concern about delay in settling prices; request for briefing to be circulated in advance of Cabinet meeting] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Angola: President Dos Santos letter to MT (UK/Angolan relations) [Lopo do Nascimento visit to UK; trade relations; Southern African issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Tanzania: IMF") [Lawson "reluctant to lobby the IMF on behalf of President Nyerere"; MT annotation: "has devalued twice and is prepared to do so again if it will gain the loan from the I.M.F. Can we enquire?"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKDel NATO telegram to FCO ("North Atlantic Council: START") [Soviet withdrawal from negotiations & US response] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tebbit) ["BT/ICL": International Computers Ltd; "fears about technological dependence on the US"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("European Community: first reactions in French Government after Athens") ["I doubt whether Mitterrand ever really got to grips with the issues or that he has thought through the problem of dealing with them in the French Presidency"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 36th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Northern Ireland, Local Government) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Baroness Elles minute to MT ("Haagerup Report on Northern Ireland") [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Argentina: Reagan letter to MT (situation in Argentina) [US to make Argentina eligible for arms transfers] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Argentina: MT letter to President Alfonsin of Argentina (situation in Argentina) ["Although we have many difficulties, we can all take pleasure in the restoration of democracy to Argentina"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Morocco: Prime Minister Karim-Lamrani of Morocco letter to MT (UK-Morocco relations) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Liberia: MT letter to Samuel Doe of Liberia (response to request for debt relief) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: 7th Round: Second Day, Comment”) [“The good atmosphere which was established yesterday was maintained today”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“Cyprus: Turkish offer on Varosha”) [negotiations with Denktash on declaration announcing terms of UN agreement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Industry: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sean Hughes MP, David Trippier, Giles Shaw MP, Michael Alison MP) [unemployment in constituency] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Treasury briefing (“Chancellor’s meetings with Mr Regan, 8 December”) [“Cannot disguise own view that budget deficit is key”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: No.10 note for the record (“Prime Minister’s comments on US budget deficit”) [line to take] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit minute to No.10 (“The Future of the Crown Agents”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“Tanzania: IMF”) [MT’s discussions with Nyerere] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic policy: MT letter to Liberian President Samuel Doe (Liberian debt) [reply commissioned] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Jenkin letter to Whitelaw (“Briefng for Cabinet Ministers on Local Government policies”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to President Alfonsin (personal message) [draft congratulations on inauguration] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS (“Argentina”) [MT requests meeting] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Berne (“Argentine elections”) [MT personal message to Alfonsin on his inauguration] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Vice-President Bush letter to MT (re-certification of Argentina as a potential purchaser of US arms) [wishes "we could sit down and chat because I have been troubled by recent tensions"] [declassified 2013]
Text 83 Dec 8 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
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