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PDF 82 Mar 27 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Argentina aids 'invaders'” [its navy more stores landed for 12 Argentine workers, digging in for a long stay on South Georgia]
PDF 82 Mar 27 Sa Press Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Reuters report (1641Z) ('Falklands') [Costa Mendez telling reporters last night of despatch of Bahia Paraiso] [this copy declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 28 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) “Wily Willie” [critics won over]
PDF 82 Mar 29 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Falklands tension grows” [five Argentine ships now in vicinity of South Georgia]
PDF 82 Mar 29 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Second leader: “Gunboat or burglar alarm?” ["The Falkland Islanders have to face the unpleasant fact that Britain is no longer a world power ... Britain should help them get the best arrangement possible"]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Carrington visit seen as rebuff to PLO” [Israeli Foreign Ministry denying it ever thought he would cancel visit]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Carrington to speak on Falklands” [returning from Brussels to make Lords statement rather than flying directly to Israel]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) “These paltry islands keeping us apart” ["David Watt examines the growing rift between Britain and Argentina"]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) “British sub on the move” [nuclear-powered HMS Superb believed despatched, with Royal Fleet Auxiliary]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Press Minor Commentary (The Times) “Moreover ... Miles Kington” [Falklands humour]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) “'Carrington stands firm over PLO” [no change in British position]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Press Minor Commentary (The Times) “Sir Ronald Bell, QC, MP” [MT attends memorial service]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) “We don't have the ships but by jingo ...” [Leading article questions despatch of HMS Endurance on 20 Mar; "somewhat jingoistic tone" on backbenches; "very good sense" to convince Argentinians an SSN "is somewhere around"]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Argentine options limited on Falklands” ["short of a full-scale invasion"; 'sabre-rattling']
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Impenetrable silence on Falklands crisis” ["another day of impenetrable silence at the Ministry of Defence"; HMS Superb story looks like "controlled leak"]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Falklands: “Carrington: They must stay British” [Carrington statement in Lords Saturday session]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Press Key Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “We Are All Falklanders Now” [leading article urging Carrington's resignation]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “A mood to test the Iron Lady's metal” [Frank Johnson in the Commons - account of Saturday session]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “Do you surrender Mr Hunt? You're a reasonable man” [Simon Winchester account of invasion]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Press Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note of BBC Today ("Today summary April 5") [main news items; "Mrs Thatcher not looking for any resignations at present"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Leading article: “Lord Carrington's honour” ["sadly rare in politics today"]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “Nott offer to quit rejected by Mrs Thatcher” ["firmly refused"]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Minor Commentary (The Times) “Carrington a man of honour” [tributes in House of Lords]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Lord Carrington tells why he resigned” ["because there had been a great national humiliation over the Falkland Islands" - interviewed on BBC Panorama]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Lord Carrington” [Carrington resignation letter & MT reply]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “From youthful talent to pillar of government” [career profile of Lord Carrington]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Pym wins the job he most wanted” ["the job he had set his heart on at the outset of this government"]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Press Major Archive (Haig MSS) Falklands: UPI report (1159Z) ("Argentine FM confident problem with Britain can be solved") ["The US offered its services as mediator Tuesday"] [this copy released Mar 1993]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Pym puts off his Mideast trips” [trips to Syria and Jordan next week postponed in light of Falklands]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Press Major Archive (Haig MSS) Falklands: Reuters reports (1159Z) ("Falklands Mediation") [British officials ruled out US mediation unless Argentine troops withdrew first] [this copy released Mar 1993]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Press Minor Archive (Haig MSS) Falklands: USICA morning digest (1300Z) (Haig Mission) ["peace dash"] [this copy released Mar 1993]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Press Minor Archive (Haig MSS) Falklands: USICA news summary (Haig Mission) ["key to any US role in Falklands"] [this copy released Mar 1993]
PDF 82 Apr 13 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falklands: "Time slipping away says Haig after Falklands deadlock" [UK rejects Haig's peace proposals] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 13 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Falklands: "No Deal!" [UK rejects Haig's peace proposals] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) “Pym thanks the world for support” [speech to Diplomatic Corps City banquet]
PDF 82 May 2 Su Press Trivial Commentary (The Sunday Times) “The too-late look-alike” [look-alike of Lord Carrington]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Tories uneasy over Pym's attitude” [even admirers worry he will concede too much "go the second mile to reach a negotiated settlement"]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “Crisis puts Cabinet unity under strain” [MT “seen by her admirers and her opponents, both inside and outside the Conservative Party, as being at odds with the majority of her Cabinet”]
PDF 82 May 16 Su Press Minor Commentary (The Sunday Times) “Mugabe dilemma comes to No.10” [Carrington to attend lunch]
PDF 82 May 20 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Whitelaw outlines new stop and search powers” [speech to Police Federation in Scarborough]
PDF 82 May 23 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) “Pym's snap election alert” [Pym speech after war cabinet on main themes of re-election campaign]
PDF 82 May 24 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Francis Pym, Foreign Secretary: “From cavalry officer to crisis commander: the quiet pragmatist the Falklands could take to the top” [profile by Julian Critchley]
PDF 82 May 24 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Early election ruled out” [Parkinson rejects early election, Falklands "a national issue way above party politics"; Pym speech rebutted]
PDF 82 May 27 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Pym affirms faith in EEC” [Commons speech]
PDF 82 May 28 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) “Home for Pym” [MT announces Pym to be allocated Chevening as his official country home]
PDF 82 May 31 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Colleagues vilify Pym as split with Thatcher widens” [deep rift with MT over Pym's insistence that eventually Britain will have to negotiate with Argentina]
Text 82 May 31 Mo Press Key Commentary (Sunday Times) Falklands: Reagan phone call to Thatcher (urges ceasefire)
PDF 82 Jun 1 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Foot sides with Pym on British commitment” [speech at Cooperative Congress]
PDF 82 Jun 13 Su Press Minor Commentary (News of the World) "Well done, lads" [Cecil Parkinson speech]
PDF 82 Jun 18 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Mr Nott and submarine” [letter from Lord Carrington denying claim that he prevented despatch of an SSN to South Atlantic as "too provocative"]
PDF 82 Jun 19 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Pym hoping to repair relations” [looks forward to better relations between Britain and Latin America]
PDF 82 Jul 4 Su Press Major Commentary (News of the World) "Shake up on welfare" [Howe speech foreshadows manifesto]
PDF 82 Jul 6 Tu Press Minor Commentary (The Times) “Pym begins economic discussions in Belgrade” [Yugoslav debt crisis]
PDF 82 Jul 7 We Press Trivial Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Press Association report ("Police Smash Forgery Racket") [suitcases of forged £20 notes found in gold-coloured Rolls-Royce stopped in Old Kent Road] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Jul 7 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Howe warning that pay rises may be non-existent” [speech to industrial correspondents, government likely to abandon public service pay targets altogether]
PDF 82 Jul 11 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) “Pym defends UK right to Falklands” [response to Sunday Times article on FCO doubts as to British historic claim]
PDF 82 Aug 26 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Energy: "Mr Lawson's great oil gamble" ["renewed accusations that he is disposing of valuable national assets on the cheap"]
PDF 82 Sep 26 Su Press Major Commentary Sunday Times East Asia: "A new Mrs Thatcher rises in the East" [Hugo Young article]
PDF 82 Sep 26 Su Press Minor Commentary (The Observer) China: Clive James articles ("Mrs T. in China") [account of MT's visits to China & Hong Kong]
PDF 82 Oct 8 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “Two Falkland VCs to be awarded" (awards to Colonel H. Jones and a Royal Marine NCO) [to be announced Monday]
PDF 82 Oct 11 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “'H' always led from the front" ("Pride of VC's Widow”) [award of two Falklands VCs announced]
PDF 82 Dec 6 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Energy: "Lawson to reject claims of 'too high' electricity costs" ["energy minister backs pricing policies"]
Text 82 Dec 16 Th Press Major Shultz (George) Cold War: The “Special Relationship” (Shultz memoirs)
Text 83 Mar 23 We Press Major Shultz (George) Cold War: Reagan’s Star Wars initiative (Shultz memoirs)
PDF 83 Apr 4 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Reshuffle: “Shadow of the axe over Whitelaw and Pym” (inspired post-election reshuffle speculation)
PDF 83 Jun 13 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservative Party: "The ministerial changes" [details of new appointments, inc. Lawson as Chancellor]
PDF 83 Jun 13 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Conservatism: "The rise of a natural pugilist" ["the problems facing Nigel Lawson at the Treasury"]
PDF 83 Jun 13 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Reshuffle: "Tory MPs doubt justice of Pym's dismissal" (response to Pym's dismissal as Foreign Secretary)
PDF 83 Jul 4 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Lawson says jobs are plentiful" ["there are many jobs... available to be done at a particular wage"]
PDF 83 Jul 5 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Pit leaders seek backing for big pay increase” [miners’ leaders claim pay rise]
PDF 83 Jul 5 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Lawson pushes new-look NEDC to concentrate on specific issues"
PDF 83 Jul 5 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Tory backbenchers warn Government against cuts in jobless benefit" ["failure to uprate unemployment benefit in line with prices would be strongly opposed"]
PDF 83 Jul 5 Tu Press Key Commentary (The Times) Coal: "'Pit leaders seek backing for big pay increase" [Scargill: “A fightback … will inevitably take place outside rather than inside Parliament”]
PDF 83 Jul 7 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Lawson demanding £500m cut in public spending" ["emergency plan for swingeing cuts"]
PDF 83 Jul 8 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Spending cuts hit NHS and defence" ["package of £500m in expenditure cuts in the current financial year"]
PDF 83 Jul 11 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Battle in Cabinet likely as Lawson plans more cuts" ["strong opposition is certain"]
PDF 83 Jul 15 Fr Press Major Commentary ( The Times ) Economic policy: "BMA accuses Lawson of 'fiddling the books'" [accused of making arbitrary calculation of overspend and consequent cut]
PDF 83 Jul 20 We Press Major Archive (TNA) Education: Department of Education & Science press release ("Education Secretary comments on HMI report") [quotes & copy of report] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Jul 20 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Lawson hints at tax cuts in return for spending curbs"
PDF 83 Jul 21 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Taking the strain for annual tug of war" ["The start of the annual battle between the Treasury and spending ministries"]
PDF 83 Aug 13 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Lawson ready for revolt on dole cut"
Text 83 Sep 8 Th Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: Chequers Seminar on future of the Soviet Union [memoirs extract]
PDF 83 Sep 12 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Lawson's spending cuts warning" ["no sacred cows exempted from public spending cuts"]
PDF 83 Sep 12 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Lawson seeks public debate on spending" ["the Treasury must lead a more open debate on the prospects for public spending and taxation"]
PDF 83 Sep 14 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Hungary: “Sir Geoffrey on three-day visit to Hungary” (Howe visit)
PDF 83 Sep 14 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Hungary: “Hungary’s Way” (Howe right not to cancel visit after Korean shootdown)
PDF 83 Sep 29 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Economic policy: "Our policies working - Lawson" [Washington speech "to extol the virtues of the Government's economic strategy"]
Text 83 Sep 29 Th Press Key Thatcher memoirs Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting in Washington (record of conversation) [memoirs extract]
PDF 83 Oct 6 Th Press Key Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "'Parkinson admits love affair" (Parkinson admits relationship with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 7 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Love affair puts Parkinson's future in doubt" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 8 Sa Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson given ovation at dinner" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 9 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Cecil Parkinson: "An affair of the party" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 9 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Illicit love's survival game" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 9 Su Press Major Commentary (The Sunday Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Top Tories tell Thatcher: sack Parkinson" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 10 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Chance of Parkinson survival dwindles" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 11 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson's affair cost him Foreign Secretary's post" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 12 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Miss Keays 'nearly the Bermondsey candidate'" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays)
PDF 83 Oct 12 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Diary: Parkinson show" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) ["Don't sack Cecil" banner flown over Blackpool]
PDF 83 Oct 12 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Trustworthiness as touchstone in public office" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [letters page]
PDF 83 Oct 13 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cecil Parkinson: "Moral values in the Parkinson affair" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [letters page]

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