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PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Bitov") ["the Russians may be about to produce Bitov in Moscow"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Non-Industrial Civil Service Pay 1984") [implications of 1984 pay offer for 1985 negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: No.10 letter to H.M. Treasury ("Seminar on Industry and Employment") [checklist and conclusions following seminar] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: No.10 letter to DHSS ("The National Health Service: Annual Report") [MT comment on report: 'The department really has made a superb effort'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Harland and Wolff Limited (E(NI) (84) 11)") [Prior's request for H&W to take orders from BP and British Steel] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: Howe minute to Leon Brittan ("Soviet Prisoners of the Afghan Resistance") [resettlement for asylum applicants: "an account of the further discussions with our EC partners and allies"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Brittan letter to Whitelaw (“Time Limits in Criminal Proceedings”) [“could make a useful contribution to reducing excessive delay”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Powell minute for MT ("The Belgrano") [draft reply to George Foulkes not yet ready] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe minute for Heseltine ("Falkland Islands: Future Capital Works") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Stanley Clinton Davis MP (European Commission) [appointment as UK Commissioner] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Foreign Affairs Council, 17 September") ["Budgetary Issues. Progress Report": record of proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Tebbit letter to Ridley ("Coastal Shipping in the Community") ["address cabotage as an urgently priority issue... I am sure you will be very wary of allowing the Commission to extend competence into international shipping"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson) ["EC Budget": "outcome of the informal meeting of Finance Ministers... Guidelines for a Council Decision on Budgetary Discipline"; New Own Resources decision; Foreign Affairs Council; Supplementary Budget for 1984; UK 1984 refund] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Informal ECOFIN on 15-16 September: Budgetary Discipline") [summary report; tactics for upcoming Foreign Affairs Council] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Prior PS letter to No.10 ("Possible Conflict of Principles in Foreign Policy Seminar: Chequers, 1 October") [Prior "does not think he could now very easily attend... grateful to... [MT] for understanding the position"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC 101(84) 40th (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry, Industrial Action in the Docks) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Monday 17 September 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull note to MT (comment on NCB press release) [miners' strike: 'On balance we are better off not having the NCB's formula accepted'] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT ("Miners' Wives Back to Work Campaign") [miners' strike: brief for MT meeting with Miners' Wives] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker letter to Jenkin ("Opencast Coal Site at Springhill Staffordshire") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 2750 to FCO (1637Z) (“US economy: prospects for deficit reduction and tax reform”) [further deficit reduction next year unlikely, prospects for fundamental tax reform highly problematical] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mexico: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Mexico: possible Message from the Prime Minister to President de la Madrid”) [MT ‘finds the draft stilted and patronising’] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO to UKE Pretoria (“Detainees”) [Yacoob’s views: British support for the detainees] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Neil Kinnock letter to MT (the six opposition leaders at the UK Consulate in Durban) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s Inteview on BBC News, Monday 17 September”) [briefing for MT] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: Press”) [record of discussion: Evans, Zhou Nan: the Agreement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: Initialling”) [record of conversation: Evans, Zhou Nan: the Agreement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO briefing to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: Prime Minister’s meeting with EXCO Unofficials, 19 September ”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: President of the Italian Senate telegram to MT (visit to Hong Kong and Beijing) [offering congratulations on outcome of negotiations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Turnbull (“Public expenditure”) [“spending overshoot of about £1 billion”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (“Local government policies”) [meeting to discuss prior, to Conservative Party Conference] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Local authority capital expenditure”) [debate over moratorium proposal] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Jordan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Heseltine, Luce & others) [Arab/Israel; arms sales; Saudi Arabia; Syria; Egypt; Libya/Morocco; Iran/Iraq] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 2776 to FCO (2305Z) ("Laker: Attorney-General's Visit") [meetings with President's Counsel & Assistant US Attorney General for anti-trust affairs; press leak] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Sir James Cleminson, President of the CBI, letter to DT (invitation to accompany MT to CBI Conference on 4 November) ["I think you would probably enjoy it, and there should be a good dinner afterwards"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: David Barclay minute to MT ("Visit to Liverpool: Possible Meeting with the City Council") [advice/proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 2762 to FCO (1430Z) ("The Presidential Election: the early running") [state of play/analysis] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 2763 to FCO (1440Z) ("The Presidential Campaign: the issues") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Zaire: President Mobutu letter to MT (Zaire's economy) [aide-mémoire of aid requirement & plan for economic recovery] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Cross Channel Electricity Link") [case against delaying full use of the second link; concerns about NCB aspiration to expanding markets] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1500Z) ("Next Steps in the Vienna Process") (NSPG 0096) [militarization of space] [declassified Dec 2015]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Sherbourne minute for MT (“Slogan for the Party Conference”) [MT annotation: “CONSERVATIVES FOR ALL THE PEOPLE”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Mexico: MT letter to President de la Madrid of Mexico (bilateral relations) [economic policies, political problems] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Powell ("Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Belgrano") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Powell (MT's draft reply to George Foulkes regarding the Belgrano) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Tebbit minute for MT ("Falkland Islands: Further Capital Works") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Tebbit minute to Peter Rees ("Public Expenditure Survey: Department of Trade and Industry") ["I do not regard your proposals as realistic"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Peter Walker ("Nationalised Industries Bilateral: 24 September 1984") [financing bids] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("EC Budget") [latest position on negotiations following Howe attendance at Foreign Affairs Council; attached record of proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT message to Malaysia/British Society (inauguration of the Malaysia/British Society) ["keenly disappointed not to be with you tonight... look forward to undertaking my planned visit... before too long"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: UKREP Brussels telegram 2920 to FCO (1752Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council 17/18 September") ["Enlargement: Industrial Sector Tariffs"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Malaysian PM Mohamad letter to MT (MT unable to visit) [“I understand the need for you to be in Britain to handle the current labour problem”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: David Hart note for MT ("Winning the war against Scargillism") ["There is an enemy within. We are at war"] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 18 September 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (power station endurance) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("MISC 101(84)41st Meeting") [miners' and docks strikes] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Miners' Wives Back to Work Campaign representatives) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT ("Jimmy Young Show: Briefing on Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mexico: UKE Mexico City telegram to FCO (“Mr Heath’s Call on Foreign Minister Sepulveda”) [Central America and Contadora, Cuba and Central America, summit meeting on international debt, Falklands] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mexico: MT letter to President Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico (British-Mexican co-operation) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to Turnbull (“Funding”) [upward pressure on rates, monetary growth "now reasonable"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“Detainees”) [pressing for an early resolution] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: White Paper”) [Chinese seeking amendments] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Jopling letter to MT ("Possible Private Member's Bill for 1984/85 Session") [MT not impressed with proposal to extend Agricultural Training Board's activities] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (Cross-Channel Electricity Link) [MT approves schedule for implementation in two stages] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Police: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Police Pay") [disagreement between Lawson and Brittan over terms of settlement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: John Moore PS letter to No.10 ("British Telecom: Share Incentives") [response to MT request for fuller explanation of tax treatment of the vouchers] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Tony Newton PS letter to No.10 (meeting burial costs through supplementary benefit for claimants who were on strike) [proposed legislative changes to widen scope of entitlement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Powell minute for MT (MT's draft reply to George Foulkes regarding the Belgrano) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute for Powell ("Falklands/Argentina: Contacts with the Swiss") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 857 to FCO (2202Z) ("Falklands: Meeting of NAM Foreign Ministers") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to George Foulkes MP (circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Belgrano) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to Neil Kinnock MP (circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Belgrano) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [EC Budget discussions; EC enlargement/trade issues; milk quotas; reform of wine regime; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade Unions: Turnbull minute to Law Officers’ Department (Solicitor-General advice on operation of Section 2 of Trade Union Act 1984) [MT seeks further advice] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 19 September 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing ("Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal and Docks") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 letter to Law Officers' Department ("Trade Union Act 1984") [miners' strike: MT requests advice on operation of the Act] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT ("Pay Award to Working Miners") [miners' strike: Walker's response to proposed pay award for working miners] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn to FCO (“Call on Chancellor Kohl, 10 September”) [Anglo-German relationship underappreciated and too little known] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Office letter to Private Secretaries (“Paymaster General: Cabinet Committees”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“International Debt”) [Turnbull: “do we really want Western Governments to take over bad loans?’] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: UKE Berne BIS telegram to FCO (“Press Summary”) [announcement of Argentina’s ‘technical agreement’ with IMF] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Neil Kinnock (the six opposition leaders at the UK Consulate in Durban) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: White Paper”) [record of conversation: Evans, Zhou Nan] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Luce, Acland, Cradock, Youde, S.Y. Chung, Roger Lobo, members of EXCO) [final consultation with EXCO prior to signing of UK/China Agreement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong: draft agreement with the Chinese government”) [“the best agreement we could have achieved”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: Prime Minister’s meeting with EXCO Unofficials: press release”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Rees letter to Nick Ridley (“Local authority capital expenditure”) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: David Barclay minute to Stephen Sherbourne ("Prime Minister's Visit to Liverpool") [draft programme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sri Lanka: President Jayewardene letter to MT (invitation to Sri Lanka for inauguration of Victoria Dam) [date for commissioning of Dam revised to allow for MT's attendance] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 ("British Shipbuilders: Disposal of Brooke Marine") [DTI opposes sale of majority stake to Omani Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Kenneth Clarke letter to Biffen (Disclosure of Information to Select Committees) [review of rules & conditions] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Police: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Brittan, Joseph, Fowler, King, Rees, Gowrie, Kenneth Baker, Lord Gray) ["Police Pay"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Whitelaw ("Education in London") [elections to new Inner London Education Authority] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute for Powell ("Prime Minister's Letters about the Belgrano Affair") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 2813 to FCO (2353Z) ("Meeting between President Reagan and President Alfonsin") [declassified 2014]

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