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Text 84 Oct 7 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 7 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3005 to FCO (1600Z) ("Laker: Civil Action") [proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 7 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Ronnie Millar draft for conference speech (Miners Strike) [polishes MT handwritten text] [released 2014]
Text 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Efficiency Unit minute to MT ("Value for Money Seminars") [Scottish Office] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: President Ershad of Bangladesh message to MT (Hong Kong Agreement) [congratulations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Archbishop of Liverpool (the future of Liverpool) [follow-up to meeting during MT visit to Liverpool on 2 October] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Secretary of the Grafton Crescent Housing Cooperative (Visit to Grafton Crescent Housing Corporation) [2 October; MT impressed by residents' involvement] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Regional Manager of Anglican Cathedral Precinct Housing Corporation (Anglican Cathedral Precinct housing and commercial facilities development) [Visit to Liverpool, 2 October: "an exciting project"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Bishop of Liverpool (future of Liverpool) [follow-up to meeting during MT visit to Liverpool, 2 October; "share your concern... [and] appreciate greatly your work"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 3006 to FCO (1729Z) ("Reagan/Mondale Debate on 7 October") [report on first television Debate] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Conveyancing for Reward") [Solicitors' monopoly on provision of conveyancing services: report on H Committee position] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Redwood minute to MT ("The Health Service") [proposed strategy for health policy: 'The more we spend the less popular we become'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Geoffrey Pattie letter to Peter Rees ("Post Office Closure Programme and DHSS Industrial Dispute") [closures delayed until dispute resolved] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Tebbit letter to Whitelaw ("British Telecom Flotation") [guidance on appropriate responses to questions from the public during share offer period] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: No.10 note (“Prime Minister’s Clothes - Party Conference”) [list of outfits by day] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: No.10 note (“Prime Minister’s Programme”) [detailed list of movements, engagements] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Brittan letter to Whitelaw (“Time Limits on Criminal Proceedings”) [Prosecution of Offences Bill] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Anglo-German Special Advisers/Private Secretary contacts") [suggested meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Press Summary") [the Beagle and Falklands disputes] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to George Foulkes MP (sinking of the Belgrano) ["if ... you believe that Ministers did not act in good faith and reasonably, I would prefer you to say so openly"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to Dr David Owen MP (sinking of the Belgrano) ["the process of the disclosure will never satisfy those determined to misinterpret the Government's actions at the time"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: David Hunt note to Michael Alison (background information on pit closures for MT) [Labour record, unemployment, assistance] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Redwood draft fragment (MT conference speech) [“Violence is evil. And only this Party and the British people have the courage to condemn it”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Sherman draft speech module (“Modules, mark three: Job casualties of the class war”) [“The silent majority must speak up, or suffer the consequences”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Foreign policy: Sir Anthony Parsons letter to MT (reflections following Chequers seminar) [intervention & international law] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Draft MT speech (on arrival at Brighton) ["Monday 8th October AM"] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: David Hart draft for MT (contribution to conference speech) ["The Left have lost the economic argument"] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Hayek MSS) Conservatism: The Times Editor's office letter to Hayek (The Times unable to use Hayek's article)
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC 101(84) 44th (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Monday 8 October 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (report on power station endurance) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Tebbit letter to Rees ("Miners' Dispute - Policing Costs") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Gaisman note (“Prime Minister’s Clothes - Party Conference”) [precise listing of outfits by event] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: No.10 note (“Grand Hotel Accommodation”) [floorplan & guest list] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Foreign Secretary PS minute to Charles Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [FitzGerald speech on Forum report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Secretary PS minute to Charles Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [errors in previous letter] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FitzGerald letter to MT (PIRA arrests) [thanks for letter] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy/trade: Tebbit minute to MT (“Visit to Italy: 1-2 October 1984”) [account of visit; market large and worth exploiting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Tebbit letter to Peter Walker (“Review of the AEA”) [future of UK Atomic Energy Authority] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT letter to Michael Lingens (response to Bow Group open letter) [“the Government are pressing full steam ahead”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO to UKE Pretoria (“Durban Consulate”) [a radio interview from within the building] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3011 to FCO (2142Z) ("Laker: Grand Jury") ["details of the evidence... to support the proposed indictments"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO letter to Powell ("Hong Kong: Signature of Agreement") [MT to travel to Peking to sign Agreement; timing of visit; handling of contacts with China] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) New Zealand: Prime Minister Lange of New Zealand letter to MT (appointment to Privy Council) [sends thanks] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Chair of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (London Weighting) ["the Government will be implementing the recommended increases from 1 April"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: MT letter to Ministers in Charge of Deparments (Scrutiny of Administrative and Legislative Burdens on Business) [new policies or regulatory measures] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Tebbit minute to MT ("Sheffield Forgemasters") [possible failure of Forgemasters] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Turnbull minute to MT ("Sheffield Forgemasters") [possible failure of Forgemasters and possible supporting action by British Steel] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Young minute to MT ("Sheffield Forgemasters Steel Company") [possible failure of Forgemasters] [declassified Dec 2014]
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]

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