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Date: 21 Dec 1984.

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84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Public spending: Rees PS minute to Turnbull ("1985 Public Expenditure White Paper") [capital spending figures] [declassified Dec* 2014]*
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Arts and amenities: President of the Royal Academy of Arts letter to MT (Royal Academy Appeal) ["Your support has been of great encouragement and help to us"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Tornados for Turkey") [cover note for UKE Ankara telegram indicating that the Turkish army does not have the de facto autonomy over military expenditure that British Aerospace believes it to have] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: FCO telegram 2180 to UKE Washington (1800Z) ("Saudi Arabia: Tornado") [need to show Saudis that UK emphasising concern to US government about Arab/Israeli dispute, if Tornado deal to be saved; Howe advising MT message to King Fahd, and Ambassador Wright call Prince Bandar after MT talks with Reagan] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Middleton, McMahon and others) [Johnson Matthey; Crocker] [declassified 2013]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: FCO letter to Powell ("Possible Visit by French Prime Minister") [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Management of Higher Education") [National Advisory Board plans for local authority higher education & Government grant-aided colleges; Ministerial Guidance for University Grants Committee & universities; Government priorities for higher education; radical alternatives for the planning & control of universities] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Review of Student Support") [MT not satisfied with proposed terms of review] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environmental Affairs: Rees minute to MT ("Agriculture and Conservation") [case for moving away from reliance on voluntary cooperation, towards extending conventional planning powers; compensation for farmers; 'grazing grants' for the Norfolk Broads] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environmental Affairs: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("Meeting of Environment Ministers of Summit Countries, 17 December 1984") [summary of meeting & copy of report produced by the meeting; draft cover letter for Kohl enclosing copy of the report] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised Industries: Tebbit minute to MT ("Cammell Laird and Type 22 Frigates") [opposes Heseltine's position on proposed award of Frigate contract to Cammell Laird] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Foreign Policy: UKE Washington letter to No.10 ("Camp David") [White House press office fact sheet] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Trade: Rees letter to Channon ("ATP Turkey: Second Bosphorus Bridge") ["no justification for any increase in ECGD's total exposure in Turkey, [but] I will not stand out against the relatively small increase... you propose"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: President Reagan letter to MT (civil aviation) [anti-trust suits, competition] [released 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Friday 21 December 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Coal: Walker minute to MT (“Coal Industry Bill”) [requests approval for policy] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Science and technology: Robin Nicholson minute to MT (“Exploitation of Research Council inventions”) [“such an emormous step from the present protective bureaucracy would not be wise”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Science and technology: John Butcher minute to MT (“IT skills shortages”) [“the DTI and I have been so anxious to concentrate on securing additional resources from the private sector”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Science and technology: Joseph minute to MT (“The Switch to Engineering and Technology”) [“The case for an increase in IT graduates has been pressed on me vigorously by the economic departments”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: NSC briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000] [125K scanned image]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Economy: Reagan letter to Thatcher (& briefing) (civil aviation) [declassified 2000]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Northern Ireland: US State Department briefing on Doherty case (US extradition rules) [declassified 2000]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Adelman memo for President Reagan (chemical weapons) [declassified 2000]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Robert Armstrong minute to MT (“Handling of Certain Civil Aviation Matters”) [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Department of Transport minute to Treasury (“British Airways: Laker Liquidator’s Suit”) [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: Governor letter to David Owen (rescue operation for Johnson Matthey Bankers) [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: Johnson Matthey Bankers letter to The Times (Johnson Matthey Bankers affair & David Owen’s open letter) [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: George Foulkes MP letter to MT (General Belgrano) [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Jenkin letter to Rees (“New burdens on local government”) [reducing burdens to reduce expenditure] [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference in Hong Kong
84 Dec 21 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC en route to Washington (denies rift with US over SDI)
84 Dec 21 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Press Association (returning from Hong Kong)

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