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PDF 89 Jul 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Department of the Environment paper ("1989/80 Illustrative Community Charges") [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Ken Clarke minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("GPs' New Contract") [expectation that the package will be rejected] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Alan Walters minute to MT ("CBI Survey") [monetary squeeze is working] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Alan Walters minute to MT ("Monetary Policy & Exchange Rate Targeting") [CPS conference on "Monetarism Lost" - intellectual climate moving against targeting exchange rates] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: UKE Washington telegram 1940 to FCO (2329Z) ("US/China/Hong Kong: Congressional proposals for further US measures") [expressing US "concern about the absence of guarantees of fair direct elections and human rights in the Joint Declaration"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Walker PS letter to No.10 ("Local government finance in Wales") [announcement] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Paul Gray minute to MT ("'Working for Patients' - A Progress Report") [aims to have main elements of internal market in place in April 1991] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Ken Clarke ("GPs' New Contract") [comment on ballot results] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Clarke PS minute to Paul Gray ("NHS Review: Central Management of the NHS") [practical implications of new system] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) NHS: Tony Newton minute to Ken Clarke ("Implementation of the NHS White Paper: Crown Immunity") [removing the remaining immunities] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Correspondence from Sir Emmanuel Kaye") [capital gains tax] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Correspondence with Sir Emmanuel Kaye") [draft letter on CGT] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe minute for MT ("Argentina: Next Steps") [declassified 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of full Cabinet - CC(89) 26th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, War Crimes Inquiry) [declassified 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Gaelic Television Services") [Rifkind's case is on weak ground] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting Bill: Advertising & Sponsorship") [leave it to the ITC] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("IBA and ITC: Engineering & R&D") [what happens to E&D Department after privatisation] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Gaelic Television Services") [officials will do further work on proposals] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Gaelic Television Services") [issues need to be examined] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("News for Channels 3, 4 and 5") [requirements on licencees, transmission] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Broadcasting Standards Council") [MT note: "If we go this route we may just as well not have the BSC at all"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Broadcasting Bill: Advertising and Sponsorship") [decision on advertising minutage] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Paul Gray ("News for Channels 3, 4 and 5") [what the proposals would mean for ITN] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) G7: MT to Jack Aspinwall (human rights) [answer to question of did "human rights" begin "in 1789 in France" is "no"] [released Feb 2019]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major (publicity) [current initiatives, next campaign push] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Community Charge Benefit") [government needs to emphasise how extensive rebates will be] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Moore minute to MT ("Community Charge Benefit") [ways to help less well-off] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John Moore minute to MT ("Community Charge Benefit") [MT asks him to explore doubling capital limit for eligibility to £16,000 for pensioners] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Rifkind PS letter to MacGregor PS ("Scottish Revenue Support Grant Settlement 1990-91") [announcement] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Ian Whitehead minute to MT ("Central Management of the NHS") [proposals do not meet main policy objective] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Ian Whitehead minute to MT ("Working for Patients - A Progress Report") [opposition of representative bodies to next steps to self-governance and GP budgets] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Doctors' Contract and NHS Requirements") [problems involved in winning the propaganda battle] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (US Dept of Defense) China: Joint Staff telegram ("Apprehension about bombs on CAAC flights") ["Each day everyone seems to have a new horror story about China"] [declassified ?2014]
PDF 89 Jul 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: UKE Beijing to FCO ("Chinese Foreign Policy") ["Behind resolute words, hints of Chinese worry over Western sanctions and difficulty in retaliating"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Rifkind PS ("Gaelic Television Services") [Welsh broadcasting, funding issues] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Kenneth Warren MP letter to Howe (Visit of Soviet Defence Minister to the UK) [analysis of Soviet internal politics] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Soviet Defence Minister") [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to President Gorbachev (Visit of Soviet Defence Minister Yazov) [forewarning of George Younger's replacement by Tom King] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 24 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: MT to John Knight (thank you) [Terence O'Neill photos] [released Feb 2019]
PDF 89 Jul 24 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Scott ("New Financial Regime for Local Authorities: Rent Rebate Subsidy") [preserving the effect of current subsidy arrangements] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Paul Gray minute to Moore PS ("Community Charge Benefit") [investigate doubling the capital limit] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Broadcasting Standards Council") [codes of practice, publication of findings] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: Chris Patten minute to John Major (European Environment Agency) [idea of a small coordinating agency worth exploring] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mrs. Aleksandra Biryukova") ["a Soviet Deputy Prime Minister... the top woman in the Soviet Union... She is here to discuss proposals for British-soviet cooperation through joint ventures and joint production"] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Younger, Yazov, Zamyatin) ["Prime Minister's Meeting with the Soviet Defence Minister"] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Morris minute to MT ("Community Charge Debate") [soothing the backbenches] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Standard Community Charge") [Rifkind's proposals now acceptable] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) NHS: Paul Gray minute to Clarke PS ("NHS Review and the GPs' Contract") [meeting to review the Clarke's progress report] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 26 July") [markets; junk bonds; Hong Kong] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Alan Walters minute to MT ("Prospects for Monetary Conditions: August-September") [cannot foresee any "surprise" in store; "very unlikely" 16 percent rates would be forced on government] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Hurd PS ("Broadcasting Standards Council") [BSC code, publication of BSC findings] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 26 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Brooke PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anti-Terrorist Legislation in Northern Ireland") [current emergency legislation expires 1992, proposed review to plan ahead] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Deputy Prime Minister Biryukova) [perestroika; British-soviet cooperation through joint ventures and joint production; UK management training for Soviets; women in Soviet politics] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 26 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: MT message to UN Secretary-General (Paris Summit) ["the Summit reaffirmed the need to continue the sound economic policies which have brought greater prosperity"] [released July 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Cambodia; relations with US, USSR, France, Germany & Japan respectively; EC/CAP; Eastern Europe; NATO; China/Hong Kong; South Africa; Middle East; FCO resources 'best value'; No.10 & the FCO] [declassified Jul 2019]
PDF 89 Jul 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Charles Powell minute for MT ("OD: Thursday 27 July") [Argentina/Falklands, continuing threat; sale of Hawk to Iraq] [declassified 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Mellor minute to Norman Lamont ("Personal Social Services: Specific Grants - PES 1989") [AIDS support grant, training support programmes] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("News for Channels 3, 4 and 5") [Hurd's proposals for commercial TV news] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Privatisation of the Broadcasting Transmission System") [should privatise at earliest practicable date] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: PUSS FCO minute to Robin Butler ("World Environmental Conference") [views of Braithwaite & Cartledge; "we should take a cautious line"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Brooke PS minute to Charles Powell (troops in Northern Ireland) [presentation of 20th anniversary of deployment] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to General Yazov (Soviet Defence Minister's Visit to the UK) ["your visit is proving very successful"] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Prime Minister De Mita message to MT (Paris Summit) ["very positive results achieved in a spirit of close cooperation"] [released July 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Local Government and Housing Bill: Exemptions from the Community Charge") [exemptions for school leavers in care] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: MT letter to Emmanuel Kaye (capital gains tax) [1982 valuations of unquoted shares] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lawson letter to Conservative MPs ("Chancellor's End-of-Term Letter") [investment boom, rise in inflation] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of full Cabinet - CC(89) 27th (Ministerial Changes, Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) China: State Department intelligence brief ("China: aftermath of the crisis - IRR No.210") ["temporary victory by hardliners"] [declassified 1996]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Broadcasting Bill: Requirement for Political Messages") [requirement for licensees to show ministerial announcements] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("News for Channels 3, 4 and 5") [Hurd's proposals reduce chance of BBC gaining permanent advantage] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tickell) ("International environmental issues") [economic aspects of the environment, UN's work, population growth] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Ministry of Defence record of conversation ("Note of Final Discussions between the Secretary of State for Defence and the Minister of Defence for the USSR: MOD, 28th July 1989") [Younger, Yazov] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Paris telegram 1009 to FCO (1250Z) ("North-South Dialogue: French Views") [Mitterrand's proposal for Third World debt relief] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: No.10 conversation record (International Environmental Issues) [economic aspect of the environment; funds allocation for environmental research; management at the internationa of population growth] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: MT message to TUC (Paris Summit) ["A great deal was achieved on a wide range of issues"] [released July 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Belstead minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Local Government and Housing Bill: Exemptions from the Community Charge") [issue of introducing exemptions through current legislation] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Wandsworth") [DOE identifying proposals that would help meet Councillor Beresford's concerns] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 31 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Douglas Hurd ("Schools Broadcasts") [recognise needs of different education systems in the UK nations] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 31 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Hurd PS ("Privatisation of the Broadcasting Transmission System") [aim for privatisation in January 1991 at earliest] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 31 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UKHC Ottawa telegram 562 to FCO (1212Z) ("Valedictory Call on the Canadian Prime Minister") [economic summit, Hong Kong, Commonwealth] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 31 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: Robin Butler minute to Patrick Wright ("World Environment Conference") [the project is a private sector one] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 31 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: James Douglas-Hamilton minute to Moore PS ("Community Charge Rebates") [capital limit continuing to cause problems] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Jul 31 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Walker PS minute to Clarke PS ("NHS in Wales: Implementation of White Paper") [letter to family practitioners' representative bodies] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: John Whittingdale minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting of Political Messages") [distinguishing between party political and ministerial broadcasts] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 89 Aug 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Bernard Ingham minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting of Political Messages") [distinguishing between party political and ministerial broadcasts] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 89 Aug 1 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Asia: MT thank you letters (visit to South-East Asia) [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: Charles Powell minute to Patten PS (European Environment Agency) [UK already proposed OECD should take the lead] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: General Yazov letter to Younger (Visit to the UK of the Minister of Defence for the USSR) [courtesy note following visit] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 1 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Sanderson minute to Lord Belstead ("Local Government and the Housing Bill: Exemptions for the Community Charge") [child benefit exemptions, legislative pressure] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tickell) ("International environmental issues") [forests, international institutions, energy conservation] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram 2522 to FCO (1050Z) ("MIPT: Assistance to Poland and Hungary: Doners Meeting: 1 August: Trade and Economic Cooperation") [released Jul 2017]
PDF 89 Aug 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Whittingdale minute for MT ("Monday lunches") [invite more editors; reshuffle got bad press partly because Howe invited them to Chevening] [released Mar 2019]
PDF 89 Aug 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Peter Walker ("Formula Rating Reviews") [assessments for industries whose rateable values are determined by statutory formula] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Chris Patten minute to Norman Lamont ("PES 1989: DOE (Central)") [reduced DOE spending programmes] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Chris Patten minute to Norman Lamont (Public Expenditure Survey) [London Docklands Development Corporation requirements] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Nicholas Ridley minute to Norman Lamont ("PES 1989") [reductions in programme spending] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (CIA) China: CIA memorandum ("China-Hong Kong-UK: Negotiations To Resume") [news "will buoy local confidence temporarily at most"] [declassified 1999]
PDF 89 Aug 3 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: MT letter to Michael Darlow (Independent Television Producers) [exclusion of news material from the quota] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 3 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: MT thank you letters (visit to Australia) [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 89 Aug 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hawke) [Commonwealth Secretary General, Australian constitution, pensions, regional issues, EC, east/west] [declassified Jul 2016]

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