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PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Dr FitzGerald, 3 September: Northern Ireland") [line to take for press; timing & venue of Anglo/Irish summit; EC issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to Lord Kennet (Falklands/Argentina: normalisation of bilateral relations & fisheries problem) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("European Community: British Commissioners") [candidates] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("FitzGerald/Kohl meeting") [record of conversation: chairmanship of Spaak Committee; 1984 Budget overrun] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("E.C. Budget") ["to get the Fontainebleau agreement signed... in a form acceptable to Parliament... there must be something adequate on budget discipline. And... an absolute assurance that our 1983 refunds will finally be released"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("Standards and Industrial Collaboration") ["you expressed disappointment... [at lack of] UK initiative... Further work is in hand... Meanwhile, Paul Channon has suggested... seeking prior Community agreement to a proposal aiming at greater acceptance by each member state of others' standards in their own market"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to High Commissoner for Singapore (Dinner with the High Commissioners for Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka, and the Ambassador of Indonesia, 30 August) [thanks; postponement of visit to Singapore] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to Ambassador of Indonesia (Dinner with the High Commissioners for Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka, and the Ambassador of Indonesia, 30 August) [thanks; postponement of visit to Indonesia] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to High Commissioner for Sri Lanka (Dinner with the High Commissioners for Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka, and the Ambassador of Indonesia, 30 August) [thanks; postponement of visit to Sri Lanka] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to High Commissioner for Malaysia (Dinner with the High Commissioners for Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka, and the Ambassador of Indonesia, 30 August) [thanks; postponement of visit to Malaysia] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Tim Flesher ("Strikes: Latest Information") [Tilbury; NIC contributions from striking miners] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Redwood minute to MT ("September Seminar: Paper on Jobs") ['Towards Fuller Employment' discussion document: 'unless the government shows concern about unemployment and tries to win the debate about its causes and cure, no advances can be made'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Pakistan/non-proliferation: National Security Planning Group minutes (1500Z) ("Pakistan and NSDD-99 Work Program") (NSPG 0094) [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Friday 31 August 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Endurance") [miners' strike: power station endurance] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Havers minute to MT (dealing with court cases arising from coal dispute) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 note ("The Miners And the TUC Conference") [miners' strike: commentary on Tommy Thompson's public opinion poll] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Howe minute to Tebbit (“Direct Private Investment Overseas”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: DT note for Gaisman (“Re. Party Conference”) [plans to get to Gatwick on Friday by 6pm] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 2590 to FCO (2245Z) (“The US economy: movements in the leading index of economic indicators”) [two consecutive months of decline; a third would signal a downturn] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: Julian Amery to MT (Visits to Jordan and Iraq) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 minute to MT (flowers from President Cossiga) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("Kinsale Gas") [Irish unwilling to release joint press announcement that project will not go ahead] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Visit of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to Dublin on 31 August”) [Prior “did not think that the arrangements of 1974 could be repeated”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Alan Walters article (“Dollars and Deficits”) [“One tries not to think about the deficit. It is just too distressing”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: assessment of progress in the working and ad hoc groups”) [UK/China Agreement] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Dock Strike") [latest position - mixed] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker article for Mail on Sunday (miners' strike)
PDF 84 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker article for The Sunday Times (miners' strike)
PDF 84 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker speech to the National Young Conservatives Summer School (miners' strike)
PDF 84 Sep 2 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: ORC briefing (“Public Opinion Background Note”) [“Public support for the strike is falling.;”] [released 2014]
Text 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, FitzGerald) [progress of the UK/Irish governments' covert talks on Northern Ireland] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, FitzGerald) [EC affairs] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Argentina: Assessment") [economic crisis, unions' strike, Beagle dispute] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["European Commission: British Commissioners"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Foreign Affairs Council: 3 September") [summary of proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Jopling, Wakeham, Ian Stewart, Robert Armstrong, Michael Butler, David Williamson) ["European Community Budget": MT "said that it was desirable that the main outstanding budgetary questions... should now be quickly resolved together"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 minute (internal): David Barclay to Invitations Secretary ("Chequers Seminars: 1 October") [NATO Strategy & Possible Conflict of Principles seminars: invitations; replies; accommodation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("CBI Conference: 4 November") [invitation to CBI dinner; suggest that MT declines; MT wishes to attend] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sri Lanka: UKHC Colombo telegram 406 to FCO (0855Z) ("Sri Lanka: Internal Security") [reports of military attacks on civilians] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Turnbull minute to MT ("September Seminar: Paper on Jobs") [Policy Unit's 'Towards Fuller Employment' discussion document] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Export Promotion") [DTI paper deemed too insubstantial to merit dicussion in committee, given the need to justify the scale of expenditure] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade Unions: Heseltine letter to Hayhoe (“Closed shops in government establishments”) [closed shops in the MoD] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Redwood note for MT (TUC conference, quotes from proceedings) [“Scargill prophesied that … the dispute was a fight for the basic principles of the trade union movement”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Britto letter to Sherbourne (“The Miners’ Strike” - ORC poll) [“Scargill and his colleagues have completely forfeited the sympathy of the great majority of the public and trade union members”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Monday 3 September 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("MISC 101(84)36th Meeting") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: MT letter to Kinnock (response to Kinnock's request for recall of Parliament) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 letter to Department of Energy (letter from Miners' Wives Back to Work Campaign) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT ("Coal Dispute") [miners' strike: brief for MT-Walker-MacGregor-Gregson meeting] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Butler minute to Ingham ("Gist of a statement issued by Mr MacGregor read over the telephone by Peter Walker") [miners' strike: NUM/NCB talks] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Robin Butler minute for MT (“Meeting With [Party] Chairman: Points To Make About Appointments”) [party organisation, policy] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: David Willetts minute to No.10 (“The computer strike at DHSS Newcastle”) [“it is now entering a crucial phase when it will either crumble or escalate”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Willetts minute to Redwood (“Resisting a rise in interest rates”) [analyses Treasury paper] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe minute to Home Secretary (“Improper Activities by Members of the South African Embassy”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: MT letter to President Cossiga (thanking for the flowers) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: main negotiations: the end game”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong: Undertakings by HMG to Hong Kong”) [entry to the UK] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: EXCO visit to London”) [proposed dates] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Cradock minute for Powell (“Hong Kong: OD(K) 4 September”) [UK legislation and entry to UK undertakings] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Cabinet Office briefing for No.10 (“OD(K): Hong Kong: state of negotiations and question of legislation”) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Mobile Subscriber Equipment") [problems Plessey face in bidding for US Army battlefield communications system ... "The potential size of the contract is enormous ... an MOD scheme, as proposed by Plessey, under which we would agree to buy from them, at predetermined rates, all the dollars they received under the contract"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Common Agricultural Policy: milk") [reports of Italy & other countries disregarding EC policy on milk quotas] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("E.C Budget Negotiations") [Michael Butler, Christopher Tugendhat, Paul Lever: record of conversation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Mr. Rifkind's talks with Ruhfus, 4 September: EC Budgetary Issues") [record of conversation: budgetary discipline] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Bonn ("EC Budget Negotiations") [MT "has agreed that it should be our aim to get the outstanding budget issues settled as soon as possible": key points for Rikind meeting with Ruhfus] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 ("Developments in the European Community: January - June 1984") [White Paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKHC Kuala Lumpur telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit") [request to Howe to consider visit in place of cancelled MT trip] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: President Jayewardene message to MT (inauguration of the Victoria Dam) ["regret your inability to be personally present"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Joh Bjelke-Petersen (gift) [thanks for silver tray] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Younger letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Regional Policy Review") ["The new level of savings which you now propose goes beyond the decision about savings which we took in October last year"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Patrick Jenkin PS letter to No.10 ("Circular on Industrial Development") [simplifying the burdens on small firms] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) NHS: DHSS letter to No.10 (Annual Report on the NHS) [request to use MT's photograph on cover] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Ingham minute for MT (dossier on strike violence & intimidation) [as requested by MT] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC 101(84) 36th (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry, Industrial Action in the Docks, Request for the Recall of Parliament) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walker-MacGregor-Gregson-Butler) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 4 September 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy press release ("Polkemmet Colliery") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("Next round of NCB/NUM negotiations") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Havers letter to Gow ("Opencast Coal Site at Springhill, Staffordshire") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: MT letter to Kinnock (response to Kinnock's request for recall of Parliament) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Howe minute to MT (“VIP Visitors: Carriage of Arms by Body Guards”) [MT agrees to meeting to discuss clarifying policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 letter to Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (Future of Hong Kong: dual nationality) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: MT telegram to PM-elect Mulroney of Canada (congratulations) [“magnificent victory”, need to strengthen links] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Tebbit minute to MT ("DTI Expenditure") [illustrative charts] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("EP Budgets Committee: 5 September") [report on proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Sir Anthony Parsons (Seminar on Conflict of Principles, Chequers, 1 October) [cover letter only, referring to enclosed discussion paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Dr. Elihu Lauterpacht (Seminar on Conflict of Principles, Chequers, 1 October) [Charles Powell comments on her notes in advance of discussion paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 ("Foreign Policy Seminar: NATO Strategy") [Chequers, 1 October: "on the question of the continuing validity... of Flexible Response"; Charles Powell note to MT: "a revision of the paper which you justly criticised in July"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Prior PS letter to No.10 ("Kinsale Gas") [press announcement that project will not go ahead] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: UKHC Canberra telegram 822 to FCO (0300Z) ("Sir J Bjelke-Peterson") [Premier's claims of support from MT for his case] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: No.10 minute to Brittan PS ("Oleg Georgiyevich Bitov") [Security Service report about disappearance from UK of Soviet defector] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: David Barclay minute to MT ("Visit to Liverpool") [draft programme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Teachers' Pay Arbitrations 1984") ["I do not regard the question of acceptance or override [of recommendations] as clear cut"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Rees minute to MT ("Harland and Wolff Ltd (H&W)") [opposes Prior's request for H&W to take orders from BP and British Steel] [declassified Dec 2014]

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