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Text 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: John Moore letter to MT (“Privatisation and the Energy industries”) [proposed Bill] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Waldegrave letter to Brian Sedgemore MP (Windscale - claim for compensation) [diseases allegedly caused by proximity to Sellafield nuclear facility] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Turnbull ("White Paper on Training") [TVEI; YTS; adult training; transfer of responsibilities & funding from local authorities to Manpower Services Commission] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 1717 to FCO (0120Z) ("Lebanon: role of UN forces") [John Thomson, Perez de Cuellar: record of conversation] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 1723 to FCO (2003Z) ("Lebanon: role of UN forces") [Soviet position on the proposal; alternative way forward] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 1722 to FCO (2000Z) ("Lebanon: role of UN forces") [President of the Security Council meeting with ambassadors of Syria, Lebanon & USSR] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon: MNF") [proposal to expand role of UNIFIL] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Saudi Arabia: MT message to King Fahd ("Rolls Royce - Saudi") [engines for Boeing 747 aircraft: MT requests RR bid be given due consideration; notes also "I am deeply concerned about the grave situation in the Middle East"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Public Exependiture Review") [MT note: "we can't go on like this"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: President Reagan letter to MT (Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in New Delhi: outcomes) [relations with developing nations/economic conference proposal; Communique; Grenada] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: MT letter to President Banda (contributions to the International Development Association and the International Monetary Fund) ["[US] contribution, as the largest single donor to IDA, is crucial... [and] too low... As regards the IMF, we have... increase[d] the... [UK] quota"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Henry Plumb (1984 EC Budget and 1983 British refunds) [action taken by the conservative European Democratic Group in the European Parliament] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT (EC: 1982 risk-sharing refunds) ["a formal letter requesting... [EC] to remedy its failure to fulfil by 31 December 1983 its obligations"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Asiatic Society, Calcutta") [request for message & photo from MT to mark bicentenary] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Development of DHSS Policies") [progress report following 16 Sep 1982 meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Department of Health & Social Security letter to No.10 (General Practitioners: income from the NHS) ['Pulse' medical journal article; Family Practitioner Services; control of expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: MT letter to General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Conference (Scott Lithgow) ["must face up to the realities of the commercial world"; refutes case for Govt intervention in contract dispute with Britoil] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Norman Godman MP (Scott Lithgow) [declines request for meeting to discuss cancellation of Britoil contract] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Sir William Lithgow (Scott Lithgow) [refuses to consider Govt intervention in contract dispute with Britoil but pledges Govt resources to minimise local impact should loss of contract lead to closure of the firm] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Shipbuilding - EC Notification of UK Shipbuilding Aid") [comments on Tebbit proposals; MT unhappy with quality of DTI submission] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Lord Vaizey (proposed Study of Welfare State) ["I shall await your conclusions eagerly... I should also be pleased to meet you"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan (Japanese conference on life sciences and mankind) [British nominees for conference] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe minute to Tebbit ("Import Restrictions Against the USSR") [MT & Howe agree to lifting of restrictions] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir John Boreham letter to MT (sends CSO articles) [effects of taxes & benefits on household income; Redwood analysis] [released 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT engagements list (Ulster visit - “Operation Piston”) [flying programme] [released 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Redwood minute for MT (Policy Unit programme) [“every opportunity for you to dominate the popular ground of British politics”] [released 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe minute for Lawson (“Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society (AGF)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Commonwealth: Reagan letter to MT (New Delhi Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting communique) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Saudi Arabia: MT message to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (jet engines for Saudi airline: Rolls-Royce) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Aid: MT letter to President Banda of Malawi (International Development Association and IMF funds) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Science: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan (international conference on 'Life Sciences and Mankind') [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Foreign Policy: MT letter to Tam Dalyell MP (transfer of sovereignty over dependent territories) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Social Security: MT letter to Lord Vaizey (Vaizey's 'new Beveridge' report) ["I am sure that you will, as always, produce an original and highly readable report which will be of great value to us"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Hazel Bradford, wife of Robert Bradford MP (murder of Edgar Graham and Harrods bomb) [dealing with terrorism] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong: Constitutional and Governmental Development”) [proposed paper “examining the scope for increasing internal self-government in Hong Kong”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe minute to Heseltine (“Future of Hong Kong”) [papers for OD(K) meeting] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT message (Christmas visit) [drafts and final text: “the Government is fully committed and determined to make Northern Ireland a better and more peaceful place”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: NIO itinerary (upcoming visit) [outward car plan] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: Jenkin letter to Councillor Edmonds (closure of Round Oak Steel Works) [“a decision that BSC alone had to take”] [declassified 2014]
Text 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (Commonwealth & Grenada) [declassified 2000]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“Money Supply in Banking December: ‘First Guess’”) [satisfactory for £M3; not a lot in these figures] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Rees minute to Jenkin (“Rating: Non-Domestic Revaluation”) [timing - prefers April 1989] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: FCO letter to No.10 (“Middle East: US Policy”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Michael Jopling to Nigel Lawson (“Liquid Milk Prices”) [the proposed set of changes] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Director of Central Statistical Office letter to MT (effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes) [“system is complex and costly”] [declassified 2013]
CD only 83 Dec 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for BBC World Service Calling the Falklands
Text 83 Dec 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Remarks visiting Northern Ireland
Text 83 Dec 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Remarks on departing Belfast
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