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| 82 Sep 26 Su | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (The Observer) | China: Clive James articles ("Mrs T. in China") [account of MT's visits to China & Hong Kong] |
| 90 Aug 3 Fr | Press |
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Minor | Commentary (Boulder Daily Camera) | US: "Durgin recalls Margaret Thatcher's visit to Boulder" [2012 account of a 90 minute stop at National Center for Atmospheric Research] |
| 81 Mar 24 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Mr Lawson attacks gloom mongers" [defence of 1981 Budget] |
| 81 Sep 15 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Monetary policy: "Lawson - Backing with gusto for monetarism" [Lawson enters the Cabinet] |
| 81 Oct 21 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Energy: "How high-speed Lawson stirred up Energy" [privatisation of energy industry] |
| 82 Jan 28 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Lawson attacks reflation lobby" ["resistance to the mounting pressure for a reflationary Budget"] |
| 82 Dec 6 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Energy: "Lawson to reject claims of 'too high' electricity costs" ["energy minister backs pricing policies"] |
| 82 Aug 26 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Energy: "Mr Lawson's great oil gamble" ["renewed accusations that he is disposing of valuable national assets on the cheap"] |
| 83 Jun 13 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "The ministerial changes" [details of new appointments, inc. Lawson as Chancellor] |
| 83 Jun 13 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservatism: "The rise of a natural pugilist" ["the problems facing Nigel Lawson at the Treasury"] |
| 83 Jul 4 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Lawson says jobs are plentiful" ["there are many jobs... available to be done at a particular wage"] |
| 83 Jul 5 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Lawson pushes new-look NEDC to concentrate on specific issues" |
| 83 Jul 5 Tu | Press |
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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"] |
| 83 Jul 7 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Lawson demanding £500m cut in public spending" ["emergency plan for swingeing cuts"] |
| 83 Jul 8 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Spending cuts hit NHS and defence" ["package of £500m in expenditure cuts in the current financial year"] |
| 83 Jul 11 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Battle in Cabinet likely as Lawson plans more cuts" ["strong opposition is certain"] |
| 83 Jul 20 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Lawson hints at tax cuts in return for spending curbs" |
| 83 Jul 21 Th | Press |
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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"] |
| 83 Aug 13 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Lawson ready for revolt on dole cut" |
| 83 Sep 29 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Our policies working - Lawson" [Washington speech "to extol the virtues of the Government's economic strategy"] |
| 83 Sep 12 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Lawson's spending cuts warning" ["no sacred cows exempted from public spending cuts"] |
| 83 Sep 12 Mo | Press |
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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"] |
| 83 Oct 21 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Economic policy: "Chancellor allows no respite in struggle against inflation" ["unswerving determination to reduce inflation further"] |
| 81 Mar 24 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Conservative Party: "Dry" [brief biography of Lawson] |
| 81 Feb 25 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (Hoskyns MSS) | Budget: Wolfson minute to MT (comments on MT-Howe meeting) ["professional incompetence ... self-delusion ... Criminal Liability"] [released 2011] |
| 81 Jan 14 We | Press |
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Major | Archive (Bank of England) | Economic policy: Dow minute for Governor (Wass meeting) ["despairing worry at the developing recession and the growing unemployment ... kickback if civil servants started to try to tell Ministers about politics"] [declassified 2011] |
| 83 Jul 15 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary ( The Times ) | Economic policy: "BMA accuses Lawson of 'fiddling the books'" [accused of making arbitrary calculation of overspend and consequent cut] |
| 83 Apr 4 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Reshuffle: “Shadow of the axe over Whitelaw and Pym” (inspired post-election reshuffle speculation) |
| 83 Oct 6 Th | Press |
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Key | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "'Parkinson admits love affair" (Parkinson admits relationship with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 7 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Love affair puts Parkinson's future in doubt" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 8 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson given ovation at dinner" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 9 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "An affair of the party" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 9 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Illicit love's survival game" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 9 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Top Tories tell Thatcher: sack Parkinson" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 10 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Chance of Parkinson survival dwindles" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 11 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson's affair cost him Foreign Secretary's post" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 12 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Miss Keays 'nearly the Bermondsey candidate'" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 12 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Diary: Parkinson show" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) ["Don't sack Cecil" banner flown over Blackpool] |
| 83 Oct 12 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Trustworthiness as touchstone in public office" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [letters page] |
| 83 Oct 13 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Moral values in the Parkinson affair" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [letters page] |
| 83 Oct 14 Fr | Press |
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Key | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "I implored him to tell Thatcher" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [Keays interview] |
| 83 Oct 14 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson given a warm reception" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) [Conservative Party Conference] |
| 83 Oct 15 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Countdown to resignation as Parkinson's affair undermined polls success" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 15 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Keays statement forces Parkinson's resignation" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 15 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Press lays siege to house" (Parkinson's resignation follow revelations about his affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 15 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Tasks that face new man in job" (Parkinson's replacement as Trade and Industry Secretary following revelations about his affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 15 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Thatcher protégé who missed stardom" (Parkinson's resignation following revelations about his affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 15 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Younger tipped for Trade takeover" (Parkinson's replacement as Trade and Industry Secretary following his resignation) |
| 83 Oct 16 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Exclusive" (response of Parkinson's family to Keays' accusations) |
| 83 Oct 16 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Sunday Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Parkinson: A Tale of Three Women" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Oct 17 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Cecil Parkinson: "Thatcher's key role on Parkinson marriage" (Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) |
| 83 Jun 13 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Reshuffle: "Tory MPs doubt justice of Pym's dismissal" (response to Pym's dismissal as Foreign Secretary) |
| 94 Mar 1 Tu | Press |
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Major | Sir Brian Harrison | MT: “Mrs Thatcher and the Intellectuals” |
| 84 Feb 4 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Hungary: “True Blue on the Danube” (MT visit) |
| 84 Feb 4 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Hungary: “Kadar’s road from traitor to hero” (MT visit) |
| 84 Feb 4 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Hungary: “Thatcher issues urgent plea on arms” (MT visit) |
| 83 Nov 15 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Hungary: “Hungary visit for Thatcher” (MT announces visit in Guildhall speech) |
| 83 Sep 14 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Hungary: “Sir Geoffrey on three-day visit to Hungary” (Howe visit) |
| 83 Sep 14 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Hungary: “Hungary’s Way” (Howe right not to cancel visit after Korean shootdown) |
| 84 Feb 3 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (Ingham MSS) | Speech by Hungarian Prime Minister (Gyorgy Lázár) |
| 08 May 1 Th | Press |
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Major | Cartledge (Sir Bryan) | Cold War: Interview with Sir Bryan Cartledge (Private Secretary to PM, 1977-79; UK Ambassador to Hungary, 1980-83; to Moscow, 1985-88) |
| 07 Mar 19 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence) | Cold War: CIA intelligence monograph (“A Cold War Conundrum: The 1983 Soviet War Scare”) [origins and scope of Operation RYAN] |
| 05 Mar 24 Th | Press |
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Major | Unwin (Peter) | Cold War: Interview with Peter Unwin (UK Ambassador to Hungary, 1983-86; to Copenhagen, 1986-89; Deputy Sec-Gen Commonwealth, 1989-93) |
| 88 May 25 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Sterling policy: "Lawson pledges sterling stability" [inflation, sterling stability, EMS support] |
| 88 May 25 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Sterling policy: "Lawson pledges sterling stability" [inflation, sterling stability, EMS support] test |
| 84 Oct 12 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Brighton Bomb: “To Kill the Cabinet” (“The story behind the Grand Hotel bombing”) [Brighton Evening Argus 40 page supplement] |
| 14 Sep 15 Mo | Press |
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Major | Lankester (Tim) | Budget: “The 1981 Budget: how did it come about?” (budget-making Jan-Mar 1981) |
| 14 Sep 15 Mo | Press |
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Major | Collins (Christopher) | Budget: “The Origins of the Budget in 1980” (pre-history of the 1981 budget in events of Jul-Dec 1980) |
| 84 Oct 2 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Falklands: “Belgrano: there was no alternative” (Lewin article) [“In war, opportunities must be taken while they exist; there may not be a second chance”] |
| 84 Oct 13 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Financial Times) | Brighton Bomb: (“IRA bomb kills 3 at Brighton”) [“A sombre closing of Tory ranks”] |
| 84 Oct 14 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Brighton Bomb: (“Intelligence warnings that were ignored”) [“Police told of possible attack”] |
| 84 Feb 21 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Financial Times) | MT: “Tories increasingly critical of Thatcher’s inner circle” (“backbench unease over ‘remoteness’ of Downing Street”) |
| 84 Apr 5 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary Financial Times) | MT: “Thatcher considers MSC chairman for Downing Street role” (David Young) [“suggestion of strengthening the Prime Minister’s office has [been] revived … following criticisms within the Conservative Party”] |
| 84 May 2 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Media: “Sherman view on loyalties” [“better for an adviser to face political death than ‘to be drawn into competition in courtiership and sycophancy’”] [annotated text released 2014] |
| 14 Dec 5 Fr | Press |
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Major | Bastien (Frédéric) | Canada: Frédéric Bastien “Thatcher’s Green Light” (extract from The Battle of London ) [study of the patriation of Canadian constitution] [published 2014] |
| 85 Dec 18 We | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Heseltine throws down gauntlet on Westland deal” (“Brittan accused by critics of ‘misleading Commons’”) [Haviland & Bevins articles] |
| 85 Dec 16 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Westland deal backed by cabinet” (board decision for Sikorksky deal “has the Government’s full endorsement and support”) |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Brittan says ploy on Westland was overruled” (Commons statement) |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Heseltine brushes aside resignation questions” (press conference in his MOD office) |
| 85 Dec 16 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Battle on the Westland front” (Rodney Cowton explains the Heseltine-Brittan clash) |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “A blur of blades” (second leader) |
| 85 Dec 19 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “MPs support Heseltine in Westland campaign” (“Rescue deal signed with Sikorsky”) |
| 85 Dec 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “European bid fuels Westland battle” (European consortium plan to be published today) |
| 85 Dec 14 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Westland rejects Heseltine package” (board in “head-on conflict with its principal customer”) |
| 85 Dec 3 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Westland likely to cut 750 jobs as Heseltine pushes rescue” (board “not enthusiastic ” about European grouping) |
| 85 Dec 21 Sa | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Rival bid for Westland ‘vindicates Heseltine’” (European rescue terms published) |
| 85 Dec 29 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Sunday Times) | Westland: “Heseltine pressures Thatcher on Westland ” (circulates cabinet memo urging government express preference for European package) |
| 85 Dec 23 Mo | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | Westland: “Heseltine scents victory over Westland rescue” (Brittan “faces Cabinet isolation on the issue”) |
| 85 Dec 27 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Sun) | Westland: “‘Tarzan’ swings it in war over copter firm” (MT said to be irritated at Brittan’s attitude) |
| 85 Dec 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Sun) | Westland: “Has Tarzan fallen out of his tree?” (profile) |
| 85 Dec 31 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Mail) | Westland: “Heseltine is ready to quit” |
| 85 Dec 29 Su | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Sunday Express) | Westland: “Maggie fury over Heseltine” (“in a mood last night to sack him”; Gordon Reece role) |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Mail) | Westland: “Defiant Heseltine puts job at risk” (“collision course” with MT) |
| 85 Dec 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Daily Mail) | Westland: “Premier orders Heseltine to shut up” (“Cabinet backs Westland rescue by US firm”) |
| 85 Dec 27 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Westland: Press Association tape (developments) [new European move; bribery claim by Teddy Taylor] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 15 Fr | Press |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands/Belgrano: BBC Radio Interview with Sir Ewen Broadbent (Ponting prosecution) [exact course of events at MOD] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 26 Th | Press |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Westland: Press Association tape (Heseltine cancels holiday) [needed at home] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jan 19 Th | Press |
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Major | Commentary (Financial Times) | City: “Gower urges sweeping new powers to supervise City” [publication of report] |
| 85 Dec 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | City: “Brittan acts to block further City scandals” [Financial Services Bill published] |
| 85 Dec 20 Fr | Press |
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Major | Commentary (The Times) | City: “Sense for the City” [First Leader - Financial Services Bill published] |
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