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PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: MOD letter to No.10 ("British Shipbuilders: Disposal of Brooke Marine") [MOD opposes sale of majority stake to Omani Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: MT engagement card (party conference) [detailed list of engagements for 9 Oct] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Argentine Relations") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Tebbit minute to MT (DTI spending) [budget agreed with Rees] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Howe minute to Jenkin ("Acid Deposition") [emissions from large combustion plants"expose the hesitations of others... we shall not... accept... [an EU] directive contrary to our interests"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 note to MT (European Community: UK 1983 refund) [vote to release funds] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Ad Hoc Committee on Institutions (Dooge Committee): Participation of Spain and Portugal") ["compromise worked out... observer status once the accession negotiations have been completed"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Tebbit minute to MT (“Financial Services”) [has decided “self-regulation within a statutory framework is my preferred approach”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 9 October 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Home Office press release ("Further Government Help for Police Costs in Miners' Dispute") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Magilligan Hunger Strike") [prisoners at Magilligan prison end hunger strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Secretary PS minute to Charles Powell (“Macgilligan Hunger Strike”) [“it is useful that in this incident the authority of the Government in the prisons has been maintained”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Peter Rees letter to Peter Walker (“AEA Review: financial implications”) [future of UK Atomic Energy Authority] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (McMahon, Middleton) ["Future structure of the gilts market"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Charles Powell minute to Caroline Ryder ("UNICEF") [Director General's request to meet with MT during visit to London] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Department of Trade and Industry ("Sheffield Forgemasters") [possible failure of Forgemasters; MT supports BSC provision of guarantee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Hurd PS letter to Biffen PS ("Ministerial Statements") [bids for Oral Statements in period following summer recess; RUC inquiry into death of Sean Downes] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Tebbit letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("BT") [flotation: limit on individual shareholdings] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Possible call on the Prime Minister by the FRG Minister of the Interior: Dr Friedrich Zimmermann") ["...an opportunity to emphasise our commitment to... reduce environmental pollution."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute for Powell ("The Belgrano") [replies to Mr Dalyell regarding the sinking of the Belgrano] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rees PS minute to Jopling PS ("Report of a Study of ADAS") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Nicholas Owen minute to Andrew Turnbull ("MISC 106: Agriculture and ADAS") [report on ADAS] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("E(NI): Review of UK Atomic Energy Authority") [recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Community: State of the Budget Discussions") [1983 refund; Own Resources decision; budget discipline' 1984 draft supplentary budget; 1985 draft prelimary budget] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Willetts minute to MT (“Financial Services”) [explains Tebbit plan; suggests MT ask reassurance on five points] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 10 October 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (reaction of Northern Ireland parties to Government negotiations with Ireland) [Armstrong suggests against taking 'early soundings' of NI parties] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [speaking notes for upcoming secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Andrew letter to Charles Powell (Hurd-Barry bilateral) [“meeting did not herald any dramatic new development in Anglo-Irish relations”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (talks with Nally) [“Unionists already have reason to suspect that there is a process of secret talks between the British and Irish Governments”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Havers letter to Hurd (“McGlinchey”) [likely course of action] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: MT message to Turkish President Evren(“Cyprus: Secretary General’s initiative”) [MT: “moment for those of us truly interested in finding a settlement to urge them to redouble their efforts”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: No.10 letter to Howe PPS (“Cyprus: Possible Message to President Evren of Turkey”) [“I am encouraged that the leaders of both communities in Cyprus considered that sufficient progress had been made”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO to UKE Pretoria (“Prime Minister’s Reply to President Botha’s letter of 30 September”) [Durban Consulate situation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“Durban Consulate”) [a radio interview from within the building] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Rees letter to Jenkin (“New burdens on local government”) [central government initiatives] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Governor of the Bank of England, Middleton) [Johnson Matthey; Tebbit and City regulation; Mansion House speech; Last Trade tape; EMS - Middleton doubts] [declassified 2013]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (extract from Books) [satisfactory meeting with Treasury on gilt-edged market] [declassified 2013]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: FCO telegram 1759 to UKE Washington (1800Z) ("Laker Consultations") [tactics] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: No.10 minute to Heseltine PS ("Visit by the Portugese Prime Minister: 20-23 November") [MT keen for Heseltine, Tebbit and Brittan to make time for meetings with Soares] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to MT (efficiency and morale in the Civil Service) [MoD/Cabinet Office concerns regarding loss of key staff to private sector] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe minute to MT ("East/West Relations") [note on recent background & views on general policy guidelines for coming year] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 634 to FCO (0625Z) ("Afghan Air Attacks on Pakistan") [report of confidential Pakistan talks with US & China] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: Grand Hotel bill (party conference) [summary of accounts] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The German Question") [reunification: "The division into two states is firm and stable for the foreseeable future."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Falklands at the UN") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Younger PS ("Territorial Blocks") [needs assessment] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: MT minute to Norman Tebbit (DTI spending) [position on departmental programmes] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Cabinet Office minute to MT (resignations from the civil service) [public sector/private sector disparity of pay increases for management staff] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Lord Cockfield Monday 15 October") [European Commissioners: portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Monsier Delors, 15 October") [EC Presidency; European Commissioners: portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Draft MT speech (opening discarded due to bomb) ["The shadow grows darker"] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: No.10 letter to DTI (“Financial Services”) [MT seeks reassurance on five points] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 11 October 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Home Office letter to No.10 (French Communist Trade Union (CGT) to bring shipment of food and supplies to UK in support of striking miners) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-King, MT-Walker) [miners' strike: NUM-NCB negotiations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Merseyside: Jenkin minute to MT ("Future of the Liverpool Garden Festival Site") [paper MT finished reading moments before Brighton Bomb exploded] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Heseltine and Howe minute to MT ("Ballistic Missile Defence: UK Policy Towards the US Strategic Initiative") [advocates sceptical stance towards SDI] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Powell minute to MT ("Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD): UK Policy Towards the US Strategic Initiative") [response to MOD/FCO paper on SDI: "the paper caricatures BMD in order to make its point"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [MT: "The events of Thursday night at Brighton mean that we must go very slow on these talks if not stop them"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Draft for conference speech (section on strike) [probably final draft pre-bomb] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: MT notes (speech to Conservative Agents) [“Scargill - a very good OIL salesman”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (“Appointment of New Secretary of State for Northern Ireland”) [cautious press reaction] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (“Future of the Liverpool Garden Festival site”) [“it will be possible, while meeting the immediate demand for housing sites, to retain most of the best gardens for next summer at least”] [released Dec 2014]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Cabinet Office briefing book ("Anglo-Italian Summit 18-19 October 1984") [FCO, Treasury & other departments contributing] [declassified Feb 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Efficiency Unit minute to MT ("The Urban Programme") [advice on Jenkin proposals, and on papers, for forthcoming MISC 104 meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3056 to FCO (2052Z) ("Laker Consultations") [strategy; objectives] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Howe PS letter to Ridley PS ("Laker") [agenda for Ministerial meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 3048 to FCO (0045Z) ("The Presidential Campaign") [report on first television Debate] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Conveyancing") [Solicitors' monopoly on provision of conveyancing services: H Committee proposals are 'a weak package'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (BT/IBM: Value Added Networks) [MT agrees with DTI decision not to allow venture to proceed] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb:No.10 invitation (party conference) [tea with MT] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: CCO platform plan (party conference) [final session] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Belize: MT letter to Prime Minister Price of Belize (new High Commissioner) [“appointment will serve to maintain the relations of close friendship which so happily exist between us”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("European Political Cooperation Meeting: Falklands at the UN") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("MISC 106") [MT anotation: "I wonder if we have not misssed some possible economies"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to George Younger ("Territorial Blocks: Needs Assessment") [draft terms of reference] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Michael Jopling ("Report on Agricultural Development and Advisory Services") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Professor Bell report ("Report of a Study of ADAS") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robin Nicholson minute to MT ("MISC 106: R&D Expenditure by Departments") [government-funded R&D out of balance] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO minute (internal): Crispin Tickell to Robin Renwick ("Italian Commissoners") [Communist Party candidate] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department telegram to USE Buenos Aires & USMIS New York ("Falkland Islands (Malvinas) UNGA Resolution") [published 2015]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: Hailsham letter to MT (grieving) [“fight the good fight against the forces of darkness”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Catford minute for MT (Runcie’s criticism of government) [“He had apparently not realised the significance of the timing in relation to the Party Conference”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Sherman speech module (“The NUM and the British People”) [“the dispute is part of an attempt by the NUM and like-minded unions to impose their diktat on the British people”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Belize: MT to Prime Minister George Price (introduces new High Commissioner) [routine letter signed on day of Brighton Bomb] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Draft speech opening (post-bomb) [rejected draft referring to bomb as assault on government] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Employment briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Briefing - 12 October 1984: Major Industrial Disputes") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Friday 12 October 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("MISC 101(84)45th Meeting: Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Hurd content with proposed speaking notes for secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [Irish constitutional amendments] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKE Ankara telegram to FCO (“Secretary General’s initiative”) [reports of “Denktash’s genuine intention to negotiate”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Robert Young minute to MT (“The Urban Programme - Misc 104”) [criticises Environment Department’s response to programme review] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Urban Programme resources (Misc 104(84)5)”) [proposed distribution of cuts, level of resources for the programme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Rees minute to MT (“The AEA Review”) [future of UK Atomic Energy Authority] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“The Future of the Atomic Energy Authority”) [“the best solution would be to privatise the AEA”] [declassified Dec 2014]

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