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Text 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: No.10 minute to MT (Agreement between the Building Societies Association and the National House Building Council: exemption from Restrictive Trade Practices Act) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Possible Visit to the Irish Republic by President Reagan") [advice from UK Ambassador not to discourage Reagan from accepting invitation - MT annotates agreement] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Rees letter to Fowler (Social Sercurity expenditure) ["I am extremely put out by... yet another increase in your forecast"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Tebbit minute to MT ("Shipbuilding - EC Notification of UK Shipbuilding Aid") [MT unconvinced by Tebbit's argument for early notification] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Nationalised Industry References to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC): 1984 Programme") [conclusions from ad hoc meeting chaired by Lawson on 21 December] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and telecommunications: Tebbit minute to MT ("Post Office Industrial Action") [negotiations; bonus system as deterrent against strike action] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: David Barclay minute to MT (British Association for the Advancement of Science: launch of new journal) [MT sends apologies; Kenneth Baker attends in her place] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (England and Wales)") [Government Actuary report calling for increase in contributions; draft Statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Home Office letter to Cabinet Office ("Leaks and Scotland Yard") [findings of internal investigation into involvement of police press office in stories about MoD & DES leaks] [declassified Dec 2018]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: MT letter to Katsuji Kawamata, Chairman of Nissan (proposed Nissan plant in UK) [thanks for letter and update] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 1714 to FCO (1805Z) ("Lebanon: Secretary General's remarks") [proposal to replace Multinational Force with United Nations Force] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 3852 to FCO (2306Z) ("Lebanon") [current US thinking] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Lebanon") [USSR opposed to UN intervention] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Saudi Arabia: Tebbit minute to MT ("Rolls-Royce: Saudi Arabia") ["writing to seek your urgent intervention... for an engine contract"; MT requests redraft of proposed message to Fahd] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: No.10 minute (internal): Parsons to Coles ("Last Words") [Gulf; Palestine; Lebanon; Hong Kong; Falklands; Belize/Caribbean; UK/American relations; East/West relations; nuclear] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Reviews: Urban Programme") [should look at objectives of a spending programme to see if "we can devote substantially less resources to it"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Heseltine letter to No.10 (Government efficiency programme) [progress report on Ministry of Defence measures] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ridley minute to MT ("European Community: Transport issues") [update & proposed negotiating strategy] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Hungary: UKE Bonn to FCO (Hungarian FM visits West Germany) [requests postponement of Kohl visit to Hungary in view of MT’s] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Hungarian National Archive) Hungary: Hungarian Ambassador London to Foreign Ministry (MT visit) [FCO urgently seeks to firm up date] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 38th (Foreign Affairs, EC Budget, EC Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Northern Ireland) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) No.10: Coles note to MT (thanks for Christmas party) ["I hope you will have a really refreshing Christmas. Some of us here know your burdens better than most - and therefore want you above all to have a little peace and rest"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Middle East: MT letter to Reagan (MT reports on her discussion with King Hussein of Jordan) [Arab-Israeli conflict, situation in the Middle East] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Zimbabwe: MT message to Prime Minister Mugabe of Zimbabwe (MT glad at release of Air Force Officers) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Aid: MT letter to President Diouf of Senegal (further help in fight against river blindness/onchocerciasis) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Tanzania: MT letter to President Nyerere of Tanzania (Tanzania to approach IMF) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Butler minute to Fall (reports on Robin McLaren) [MT “felt that the number of reports made it incumbent on the Government to make thorough inquiries”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Butler minute to Fall (“Hong Kong”) [proposed paper by Youde to EXCO] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Ingham minute to MT (“Operation Abercorn”) [draft statement for visit, media arrangements] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Prior PS minute to Butler (security arrangements for visit) [communications] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Prior PS minute to Ingham (“Operation Abercorn”) [press arrangements] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Coles minute to Howe PS (“Canadian visitors”) [“is there likely to be any embarrassment if the Prime Minister singles out Mr. Mulroney for special treatment in the form of a lunch”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 1717 to FCO (0120Z) (“Lebanon: Role of UN forces”) [de Cuéllar: “very conscious of the need for a Security Council mandate and of the difficulty of securing one”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Littler minute for Lawson (“Nigerian Debt”) [UK is THE major creditor] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Howe, Solicitor General) [Argentina: arms sales and bank lending] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: MT letter to President Nyerere of Tanzania (financial relationship with Tanzania: the IMF programme) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Howe, Patrick Mayhew) [“Argentina: arms sales and bank lending”] [declassified 2013]
Text 83 Dec 22 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
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