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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Interview with Le Point") [answers to written questions on terrorism, EC, Chunnel, economy, defence] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Charles Powell minute to Jopling PS ("Anglo-French Summit") [discussion with French of milk quotas and beef regime] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: MT message to Andreas Papandreou (Falkland Islands) [fisheries zone, UN resolution, UK disappointment that Argentina has chosen to "revive the issue of sovereignty"] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Athens (“The Internal Market: UK Presidency”) [MT message to EC Heads of Government] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Walker minute to MT (“Public Expenditure and the European Regional Development Fund”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“ERDF Receipts for Privatised Industries”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Ministerial Steering Committee on Economic Strategy Sub-Committee on Economic Affairs (E(A))”) [Regional Fund receipts treatment, EC research and development programme] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Walker minute to MT (“EC Research and Development Framework Programme”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Chief Scientific Advisor minute to MT (“European Community R & D Framework Programme”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: European Trade Union Confederation letter to MT (unemployment and poverty: proposals for action) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Channon minute to MT (“London European Council: 5-6 December”) [consumer interests in formulation of Community policies] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (crime, law and order, MI5,AIDS, Anglo-American relationship) [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Westland: Younger letter to Jerry Wiggin (future of Westland Helicopters) [declassified 2016] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Ian Gilmour MP letter to Younger (David Trefgarne's meeting with Richard Ottoway: MOD use of Broughton equipment) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MT message for EC Heads of Government (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MT letter to Fitzgerald (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Japan: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Japan: have Nakasone's fortunes changed?") [privatisation; education and tax reform; foreign policy] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (arms control) [priorities are: INF agreement, cut in US and USSR strategic offensive systems, ban on chemical weapons] [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (86) 6th ("Extension of the Dockland Light Railway"; possible exemption from CC for mentally handicapped; non-domestic rates) [declassified Jul 2015] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Paul Channon minute to Douglas Hurd ("Peacock Report: Future of the BBC Licence Fee") [arrangements for collection of fee] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo/French Summit: Defence and Arms Control Issues") [French reservations about an agreement on INF, implications of US/Soviet dialogue] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo/French Summit: Coordination of UK/French Conditions for Involvement in Nuclear Arms Control") [Mitterrand will want to define circumstances for joining in the process for nuclear disarmament] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Charles Powell note to MT (Anglo/French Summit) [may wish to bring up Camp David conclusions, Trident, EC budget, terrorism, Middle East] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Charles Powell note to MT ("Anglo-French Summit") [French political scene, French policy on Middle East, defence and arms control] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 draft press conference statement for MT (Anglo-French Summit) [east-west and arms control, EC Council, terrorism, Middle East, agriculture, Falklands] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Patrick Mayhew minute to Michael Jopling ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [prospect of retaliation and possibility of action in French courts] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris telegram 1057 to FCO (1733Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [Ambassador calls on Elysee; "De Coignac acknowledged that cohabitation was making planning difficult"; programme, French delegation] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (immigration, terrorism and security of Europe) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 38th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Nov 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (crime, law and order, latest polls, AIDS) [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("NATO Generals on LRINF") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Ridley PS letter to No.10 ("Planning: the Sainsbury Group") [breakdown of the number of outstanding planning appeals; No.10: "...[MT] was very interested to see these figures..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Chernobyl: Norgrove minute for MT ("Lessons of Chernobyl") [interim CCU report; "bureaucratic and would not ... carry much reassurance for the world outside"] [released Dec 2017] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Chernobyl: Wybrew minute for MT ("CCU Report - Lessons of Chernobyl") ["We have to demonstrate that the benefits of nuclear power can be harnessed safely"] [released Dec 2017] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: FCO minute for Powell (MT's draft reply to Gorbachev) [arms control] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: FCO minute for Powell (MT's draft reply to Gorbachev) [arms control] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: FCO minute for Powell ("Prime Minister's Message to Gorbachev") [arms control, Afganistan, human rights, terrorism] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Timing of Revaluations") [non-domestic rate issues] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Norman Tebbit minute to Geoffrey Howe ("World Television Service") [use of licence fee income] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand-Chirac-Howe-Younger-Giraud-Channon-Raimond-Jopling-Madelin) [nuclear and chemical weapons, Middle East, terrorism, Chunnel, EC budget, EC internal market, EC/US relations, agriculture] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: FCO telegram 768 to UKE Paris (1130Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: Larosiere Succession") [options for IMF candidacy, Airbus issue] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Ministry of Agriculture record of conversation (Jopling-Guillaume) [EC agri-monetary package, sheepmeat, scoio-structrual proposals, beef, milk] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 briefing ("Anglo/French Summit Meeting, Paris 21 November 1986") [administrative arrangements, delegation, programme, travel] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Clarke letter to Howe (“EC: Employment Initiative”) [a draft resolution] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Greek Ambassador letter to MT (E.E.C. summit meeting) [invitation to reception] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Council: Discussion Papers”) [and draft message to EC heads of government] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, AIDS, economy) [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 22 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Powell minute to MT (draft message to Gorbachev) [arms control, Afganistan, human rights, terrorism] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 22 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [defence and arms control issues, nuclear cooperation, EC immigration, EC Commission, agricultural surpluses] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 22 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [southern Africa and Soviet involvement, Middle East, Falklands, Spain, Japan, visit to Moscow, defence and arms control issues, EC budget] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 22 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris telegram 1252 to FCO (1042Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [comments to the press on bilateral relations, EC problems, nuclear weapons, Middle East] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 23 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Japan: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Japan") [MT rebuts Japanese press allegations that she criticised Japanese PM at a meeting with Chairman of the Kaidanren] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Younger minute for MT (the ALARM programme: development problems) [MT: "another dreadful story"] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("Implications of the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Chernobyl: Norgrove letter to Unwin ("The Lessons of Chernobyl") [MT "concerned about the time it has taken to produce this first report ... next stage should be taken forward as a matter of urgency"] [released Dec 2017] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Clause 5: Timing of Revaluations") [requirement for regular revaluations] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Registration of Students") [definition of full time students] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: No.10 letter to Chancellor of the Exchquer PS ("Local Authority needs indicators") ["The Prime Minister found this absurd and has said it must be stopped"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Local Authority needs indicators") ["being held now because the Scottish bill is to be published later this week... the local authority associations are likely to make hostile statements to the press afterwards"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Edwards PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's meeting with local authority associations to dicuss reform of local government finance) ["in Wales there has by no means been the total opposition to the Green Paper which is implied by the associations in their letter"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: Chairman of Barclays Bank PLC letter to MT (disposal of Barclays Bank investment in Barclays National Bank of South Africa) [press statement] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Chairman of the Independent Broadcasting Authority letter to MT (World TV service) [concern at prospect of public money being made available] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris telegram 1260 to FCO (1707Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: French Media Reactions") ["Consensus that problems over terrorism, lamb and Falklands were eclipsed by common approach on nuclear and control issues"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Younger-Giraud) [UK commitment to Trident, French SSBNs, Giraud's proposals for cooperation, warship visits, AEW] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: MT letter to UK Ambassador to France (Anglo-French Summit) ["very much encouraged by the discussions", thanks to staff for preparations; his letter about Chirac "particularly perceptive and helpful"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: MT message to Jacques Chirac (Anglo-French Summit) ["reassuring to find how close are our views on virtually all the major issues"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: MT letter to President Mitterrand (Anglo-French Summit) ["pleased to find how close are our views on the most important issues, particularly in the fields of defence and arms control, but also on EC matters"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1397 to FCO (1045Z) ("Netherlands Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow 20-22 November") [summary of main points from van den Broek briefing] [released July 2016] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Foreign Affairs Council: 24 November 1986”) [“Preparation for European Council”] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Council, 5/6 December: United Kingdom Delegation”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, Labour defence policy,
economy, education, local government) [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative party: Michael Alison minute to MT (backbench operation) [“your troops are rallying!”] [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative party: Michael Alison minute to MT (mobilising backbenchers) [re-activating backbench group, list of recruits within 24 hours] [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Decision Timetable") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Lord Trefgarne letter to Broughton (investigation into MOD's usage of his patents) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("SALT Limits") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Garret Fitzgerald letter to MT (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Ridley letter to Edwards (further guidance on planning policies, including land for housing) [Ridley's view on need for new circular not shared by Cabinet colleagues; MT advises that Ridley should make his points in a speech instead] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets/interest rates; Space programme; Cardiff & the Docklands; IMF Managing Director] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: MT message to Gorbachev ("Prime Minister's Message to Gorbachev") [arms control, Afganistan, human rights, terrorism] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ridley, Edwards, Rifkind, Ingham, Peter Stredder, Chairmen of the the four local authority Associations) ["Meeting with the Local Authority Associations": "All of the associations opposed the community charge"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Powell, Bujon) [French vote on the Falklands resolution at the UN] [declassified 2016] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("M Giscard D'Estaing") [Giscard's political position, EMS, defence cooperation, east-west issues] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [preliminary arrangements] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Soviet and East European Studies") [MT concerned that loss of expertise is a risk to national security] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: President of the European Parliament letter to MT (meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Peter Brooke minute to MT (“Budget Council, 26-27 November”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Peter Brooke letter to Kenneth Clarke (European Community employment initiative) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Kenneth Baker letter to Kenneth Clarke (“EC: Employment Initiative”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Afghanistan: possible European Council statement”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Council: Presidency papers”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, Tory divisions, teachers’ pay, South Africa) [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Government policy: Michael Alison minute to MT (“Your meeting with Lord President, Lord Privy Seal and Chief Whip after Cabinet”) [PMQs, Wright case] [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2995 to FCO (0232Z) ("Proposal for the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Japan: Patrick Jenkin MP letter to MT (3rd meeting of the UK-Japan 2000 Group) [industrial/scientific/technological collaboration; education reform] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Environmental Affairs: Ridley minute for MT (publication of the Efficiency Scrutiny & transfer of the Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate) [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [social security records] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Non-Domestic Rates: Indexation") [burden on industry and commerce] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Rifkind PS minute to Nigel Wicks ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill") [commentary on the bill] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Rate Support Grant Settlement 1987/88") [measures to address loss of grant under new proposals] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to Lawson PS ("Briefing on Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate") [MT agreed Lawson suggestion of updated line to take on interest rates and exchange rate; No.10 draft] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Giscard) [French political situation, future of the EMS, nuclear cooperation] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson-Nanteuil) [arms control, EC budget and agricultural spending, Airbus aid, Nimrod] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn saving telegram 16 to FCO ("Five Wise Men's Annual Report") [outlook for economic growth, unemployment] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
National Health: No.10/Policy Unit briefing for MT (meeting on AIDS) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Rome telegram 718 to FCO (1638Z) (“European Council: request for interview with the Prime Minister in the margins”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office letter to Howe PS (“Possible meeting between the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Delors) [EC affairs: economic and social situation; terrorism, immigration, drugs; CAP; structural funds; sex discrimination] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: MT message to EC Heads of Government (“Presidency Report on Frontier Controls, Terrorism, Immigration and Drugs”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: MT message to EC Heads of Government (“Presidency Report on the Economic and Social Situation”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: MT message to EC Heads of Government (European Council in London 5-6 December: agenda) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, Iran-Contra affair, AIDS, law and order) [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Constraints on Shorter-Range INF") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: UKE Washington telegram 3015 to FCO (0216Z) ("SALT II Limits") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands: UNGA Vote: FRG) [MT's draft message to Chancellor Kohl] [declassified 2016] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("UN Security Council: arms embargo on South Africa") ["[Howe] intends to authorise our delegation in New York to vote for the resolution provided the Americans and French also vote in favour"; MT: "we should not do anything to persuade them to vote that way"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [regime for community radio] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Alastair Burnet letter to MT (DSB) [ITN's proposal for news service] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: David Norgrove note to MT (Duke Hussey) [any meeting would have to be considered carefully] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("BBC and ITN") [organisational structure, news, editorial control] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr. Orlov") [human rights abuses in the Soviet Union, and their link to disarmament] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
National Health: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Norman Fowler- Whitelaw-Sir Donald Acheson) [AIDS] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Budget Council, 26-27 November 1986: 1986 and 1987 Budgets”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Copenhagen telegram to FCO (“European Council”) [Denmark not content with internal market package] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 39th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Nov 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan, Iran-Contra affair, MI5) [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Decision Timetable") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: FCO minute to MOD ("Implications of the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("SALT II Ceilings") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: UKE Washington telegram 3024 to FCO (2355Z) ("SALT Limits") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Nicaragua: UKE Washington telegram 3026 to FCO (2330Z) ("NSC/Iran/Nicaragua") [sale of arms to Iran to fund Contras] [declassified Nov 2016] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter for Chancellor Kohl (German vote on Argentina/Falklands in the UN) [declassified 2016] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: MacGregor PS minute to David Norgrove ("Cumulating Costs") [quoting spending levels and charges] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Norman Tebbit ("World Television Service") [no question of licence fee revenue being used for BBC external services] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Charles Powell minute to Younger PS ("Anglo-French Nuclear Co-Operation: Discussion with M. Giraud") [some of Giraud's proposals go beyond agreed limits of discussion] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: British Aerospace letter to Charles Powell ("BAe Advanced Turboprop Aircraft (ATP) for Greece") [hopes MT will discuss the possible contract with Papandreou] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Orlov, Lord Bethell) ["Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr. Orlov": human rights conference in Moscow; conditions for scientists in the USSR] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Drugs: Policy Unit minute for MT (“India Relents on Drug Liaison Officers”) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Prime Minister Gonzalez of Spain letter to MT (completion of the Internal Market) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Peter Brooke minute to MT (“EC Budget Council, 26-27 November”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“European Council”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Nov 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Prime Minister Craxi of Italy letter to MT (completion of the Internal Market) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MOD ("ALARM") [possible sale of Royal Ordnance to BAe] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [work should be handled by local valuation courts] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Rate Support Grant and Rate Capping: Total Expenditure") ["we are faced with an extremely serious problem... [since 1980] we have calculated a local authority's "total expenditure"... in a way that we must now acknowledge to have no lawful basis"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("Total Expenditure Bill") [Whitelaw, Ridley, Edwards, Biffen, MacGregor, Lang, Wakeham, Lord Denham] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("MISC 128: Meeting on Tuesday 2 December") [regulatory regime for local radio] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: UKE Athens telegram 565 to FCO (0845Z) ("The Greek Political Scene: An Update") [Papandreou is "in a corner", will "not be easy to deal with Greece over the coming months"] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 1037 to FCO (1000Z) ("FRG Internal Political Round-Up") [coalition likely to be returned again at election] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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86 Dec 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: UKE The Hague telegram 654 to FCO (0925Z) ("Visit of Dutch Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to Moscow") [reform; human rights; trade; SDI] [released July 2016] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative party: Michael Alison minute to MT (Commons support) [first meeting of backbench group] [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Treasury minute to MOD ("ALARM") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Government response to the Fifth Report from the Environment Committee, Session 1985/86: Planning: Appeals, Call-In and Major Enquiries") [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Chernobyl: Unwin letter to Norgrove ("The Lessons of Chernobyl") [problems with Department of the Environment] [released Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets; Managing Director of IMF; Peter Walker/Sizewell decision; Bank of England directors; IMF: UK economy; dual resident companies ] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Italian Summit") [Craxi agrees 11 Feb in London; Powell "Oh dear!"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Development") ["I know... that you have been worried about the strength of feeling in the south-east against over rapid development... It does, however, have some other advantages"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: Edwards PS letter to No.10 ("South Cardiff urban renewal") [revised text of Ridley speech] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [do something to protect owners] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: FCO briefing for MT ("European Council: Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Lubbers, 1745 hours, 4 December") [key issues] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Hurd PS ("MISC 128: Green Paper on Radio Policy") [financing arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Francois Mitterrand message to MT (conference of African heads of state) [in French] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Francois Mitterrand message to MT (conference of African heads of state) [in French] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: UKE Athens telegram 570 to FCO (1140Z) ("Papandreou") [defence sale prospects, Greek defence and civil projects] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5 case, Kinnock speech in Atlanta) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (70th anniversary of the Cabinet Office) [MT expresses concern about draft article] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Japan: Channon minute to MT ("Japan") [summary of conversations with Prime Minister Nakasone and others in Tokyo] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Fowler ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [difficulty of registering social security recipients] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind mintue to John MacGregor ("Non-Domestic Rates: Indexation") [ceiling will be index-linked] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [consensus that domestic rates should be aboliished but no consensus on what should take their place] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Netherlands Prime Minister") [key issues] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
National Health: Department of Health and Social Security minute for No.10 (“AIDS: Briefing to the Prime Minister”) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (government appeals in MI5 case, Kinnock’s US visit, Reagan’s popularity ratings) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 3 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: NSC note for ?Poindexter (MT letter to Reagan urging NATO commit to Camp David points) [declassified 2000] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Intelligence: Michael Alison letter to Robert Armstrong (UK press reports) [“the idea that I would describe you in the terms alleged is grotesque”] [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("DROPS") [Younger letter to Gilmour: elimination of Broughtons from the competition] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 record of conversation (Wicks, Simon Dugdale) [DROPS: Broughton Ltd. against MOD] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Environmental Affairs: MacGregor minute for Ridley ("Air Pollution Control: Consultation Paper) [new costs for local authorities] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [role of the courts] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lubbers, van den Broek) [East/West relations; extradition of MacFarlane & Kelly; Van Agt appointment to Tokyo; EC internal issues; South Africa; new Managing Director of IMF] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [community radio operators] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Channon PS minute to Hurd PS ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [potential for radio interference] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Norman Tebbit minute to Geoffrey Howe ("World Television Service") [no question of licence fee support for BBC extending external services] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: Charles Powell note to Peter Lloyd (Greek navy) [will bring efforts to win an order to MT's attention] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: No.10 letter to UK Ambassador Washington (“International Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 40th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Rothschild tries to clear his name in MI5 case, Kinnock’s US visit, Reagan’s meetings with Colonel North) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Lord Hailsham PS letter to No.10 (“Consultation with the Council on Tribunals”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: MT letter to Reagan (Iran-Contra -"anything which weakens you weakens America") [declassified/released 2000] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: GEC letter to MT (why the Government should buy the Nimrod Airborne Early Warning System) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Health: Willetts minute for MT ("Review of Community Care") [Fowler wants to announce Griffiths review] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (EC Heads of Government, plus Delors) [future financing] [declassified Aug 2013] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [Ridley wants to publish statement on proposals] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Total Expenditure Bill") [alternative timings & approaches] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Edwards letter to Ridley (Total Expenditure Bill) ["coming under increasing pressure to announce the 1987/88 RSG Settlement for Wales"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Agriculture: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting of Colleagues) [Jopling's "anxieties and position"; Campbell-Savours and national security] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Monetary Policy") [Lawson "dislikes the feeling that you have other channels of advice which may put arguments against what he wants"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS minute to Lawson PS ("Courtesy Call by French Ambassador, 24 November") [French, German positions on Airbus launch aid] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (latest polls, Rothschild and MI5 case, Kinnock’s US visit) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“The Cabinet Office 1916-86”) [article] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Chief Scientific Advisor minute to MT (“Second Joint Report of the Chairmen of the Advisory Council for Applied Research and Development (ACARD) and the Advisory Board for the Research Councils (ABRC)”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 5 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Second Joint Report by the Chairmen of the Advisory Council for Applied Research and Development (ACARD) and the Advisory Board for the Research Councils (ABRC) (“The Science Base and Industry”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 6 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (AEI) |
EC: London European Council (Presidency Conclusions) |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Powell minute for MT ("AWACS/Nimrod") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Younger PS letter for No.10 ("Project 'Moonflower'") [UK declining offer to buy Stealth aircraft "while the programme itself remains strictly black"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Environmental Affairs: Clarke minute for Ridley ("Air Pollution Control: Consultation Paper") [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [treatment of students] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to Ridley PS ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [MT not convinced it would be right to aim to publish a document before Christmas] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Wales: Wicks briefing for MT (bilateral with Nick Edwards) [asks for an urgent "political and private talk"] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MOD minute to No.10 (future of the South Atlantic Fund) [declassified 2016] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Rifkind PS minute to David Norgrove (draft statement) [allocation of Scottish spending provision] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [coverage of views on controversial issues] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Green Paper on Radio Policy: Local Radio") [coverage of politically controversial issues] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Wicks ("DROPS") [Broughton Ltd. against MOD: situation within the Department] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute to Cabinet Office ("ALARM") [sale of Royal Ordnance to British Aerospace] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Group Captain Palmer letter to MT (the decision over Nimrod: his views) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Sherbourne minute for Wicks ("AWACS and Nimrod") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: President of Boeing letter to MT (AWACS against Nimrod as the Airborne Early Warning System) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Japan: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Call on Prime Minister Nakasone") [UK Ambassador: trade issues; political dialogue] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [proposals to be made public] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [need to to publish a document on how the charge would work] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Interest Rates") [joint paper by Treasury and Bank of England] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Monetary Policy and Interest Rates") [interest rate rise needed now, but so also is tight PSBR in budget] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Nigel Wicks minute to MT (DSB) [ITN's proposal for news service] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Paul Channon ("World Administrative Radio Conference on High Frequency Broadcasting: Geneva, February 1987") [brief for political and technical preparation for conference] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Norman Tebbit ("World Television Service") [more preparatory work needed] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris letter to Bernard Ingham ("Prime Minister's Interview with Le Point") [variations between interview as delivered and as published] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation (sent 1100Z) (Howe, Shultz, Genscher, Raimond) ["Quadripartite Ministerial Meeting: Chevening: 9 December: Soviet Union/Eastern Europe"] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Seventh Anniversary of Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan") [MT agrees to Sandy Gall ITV news interview] [released Jul 2018] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation (1030Z) (Howe, Shultz, Genscher, Raimond) ["Quadripartite Ministerial: Chevening: 9 December: CSCE": human rights] [released July 2016] |
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86 Dec 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5 case, European Community, British Gas, national curriculum) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Fairclough minute for MT ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft: OD (86) 20") [technology aspects of the choice between Nimrod and AWACS] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Meeting of Ministers: Nimrod/AWACs") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Channon minute for Younger ("E(RD) Remits to the Ministry of Defence") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: DTI minute to MOD (the Government decision regarding ALARM) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Griffiths minute for MT ("AEW: Nimrod and the E-3A") [technical risk; presenting the decision] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Ingham minute for MT ("Nimrod/AWACS Presentation") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Japan: Chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations letter to MT (visit to UK) ["The exchange of views with you... was very stimulating..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Chernobyl: Privy Council Office record of conversation (Whitelaw, Baker, Walker, Clarke & others) [Department of Environment agrees to take lead role in event of future nuclear accident outside UK] [released Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: FCO message to UKE Moscow ("Prime Minister's Message: Call on Gorbachev") [declassified Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [need for a statement of principle reaffirming government's commitment to replacing rates] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Paying for Local Government") [Ridley wants to publish a document before Christmas] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Paying for Local Government - Response to Consultation") [Ridley wants to publish statement on government's intentions] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Total Expenditure Bill") ["Cabinet tomorrow is the last opportunity to inform all colleagues of what will be a very sensitive piece of legislation"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Leigh Pemberton-Middleton-Burns-George-Griffiths) [monetary conditions a little too lax; base rates] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Powell minute to MT ("Argentina/Falklands") [Powell conversation with Lord Sieff - feeler from Alfonsin; MT: "Will NOT discuss sovereignty. Islands are BRITISH and will STAY BRITISH"] [declassified 2016] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to Nigel Wicks ("World Television Service") [not letting BBC's proposals dictate agenda] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour defence policy, MT’s contempt for Kinnock, latest polls, MT’s visit to Strasbourg, MI5) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Parliament: Michael Alison record of conversation (MT meeting with President of Spanish Congress of Deputies) [British parliamentary system compared to the Spanish] [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Ingham minute to Chief Whip (Nimrod/AWACS Presentation) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Younger, MacGregor, Channon) [Airborne Early Warning Aircraft: political & technical aspects] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [special provision for caravans] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Ridley PS letter to No.10 (Rate Support Grant: expenditure definitions) [statement to Parliament] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Tam Dalyell MP letter to MT (the Business Magazine account of the Lonrho-Mexican Falklands initiative) [declassified 2016] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Charles Powell note to MT ("World Administrative Radio Conference on High Frequency Broadcasting") [risk of losing up to half BBC External Services frequencies; MT willing to veto Final Acts if necessary to block] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Television Licence Fee") [indexation to RPI, concessionary licences for pensioners] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: MT letter to Lord Thomson TV (World TV service) [would examine proposals from private sector on their merits] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe) [MT to send message to Papandreou regarding ex-King's son's attendance at Sandhurst] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Memoirs/Falklands: Wicks minute for MT ("Ministerial Memoirs: Mr James Callaghan") ["trying to construe history so as to give the reader the impression that the Argentinians were tipped off [about 1977 naval deployment]"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 41st (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [confidential annex on local government finance] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Kinnock’s defence policy, industry, economy, law and order) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 11 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Memoirs: No.10 minute to MT (“Ministerial Memoirs: Mr. James Callaghan”) [1977 non-invasion of Falklands by Argentina - Callaghan’s interpretation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office minute for MT ("Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Aircraft: OD Meeting at 5.30pm on Wednesday 17 December") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Competition: Meeting with Lord Weinstock") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Competition: Letter from President of Boeing") [MT's draft reply] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Wicks minute for MT ("Parliamentary Handling of Nimrod/AWACs") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("'Payment for Local Government' - response to consultation") [acknowledgement of responses; unresolved policy issues; publication] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Association of District Councils letter to MT (meeting to discuss reform of local government finance) ["I appreciate greatly your receiving us and believe the discussions were very constructive"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Interest Rates") [Lawson rejects MT idea that PSBR set too high in budget] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: MacGregor PS minute to David Norgrove ("1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [ministers to be given more time to consider the draft] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
New Zealand: David Lange message to MT (review of defence policy) [presence of battalion in Singapore] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour’s defence policy, Nimrod) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Government Response to Advice from the Advisory Council for Applied Research and Development (ACARD)”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 14 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Willie Whitelaw minute to Nicholas Ridley ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [statement on policy intentions] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Powell minute for MT (Meeting with Lord Weinstock about the AEW contract) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Derek Jackson letter to MT (the Nimrod AEW problems) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Ingham minute for Powell ("Presentation - Nimrod/AWACs") [criticisms to meet & positive points] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 record of phone conversation (Ingham, Parkinson) [Nimrod/AWACs - constituency interest] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell (Captain Palmer's letter to MT) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Chernobyl: Ingham minute for Bridadier Budd ("Chernobyl PQ") [CCU report - "great deficiency" with his draft PQ] [released Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets/interest rates: MT concerns] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Foundation for the cohesion of the West: 21st Century Trust") [set up in response to suggestion that there is "a prolbem of growing strains of cohesion in the West"] [released July 2016] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley (statement on plans) [enforcement and appeals] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: No.10 letter to Whitelaw PS (Prime Minister's meeting with Lady Porter) [request for briefing] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Lawson PS note to David Norgrove (Gordon Pepper talk) [Lawson's credibility; monetary policy] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands Fisheries: Multilateral Solution: Antarctic Treaty Framework") [declassified 2016] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Nigel Wicks ("Television Licence Fee") [concessionary licences for pensioners, minors] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: John MacGregor minute to Paul Channon ("Export Credit for Greece") [need to go very cautiously on further credit business with Greece] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1504 to FCO (1930Z) ("Prime Minister's Message: Call on Gorbachev") [Cartledge, Gorbachev] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Afghanistan: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Lord Cranborne: Afghanistan") [released Jul 2018] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Nimrod, AWACS, industry, Labour’s defence policy) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Commander-in-Chief Fleet letter to Lord Weinstock (TIGERFISH torpedo) [fleet is pleased with the technology] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office minute for MT ("Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Aircraft: OD Meeting: 17 December - Suplimentary Brief") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MOD ("ALARM") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Powell minute for MT ("OD Meeting: Airborne Early Warning Aircraft") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Lord Weinstock letter to MT (Nimrod AEW & GEC's views of the assessment process) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Ingham minute for MT ("Nimrod/AWACs - Presentation") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Competition: Meeting with Lord Weinstock") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MT letter to President of Boeing (AWACS/Nimrod competition) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Weinstock) [Nimrod project & GEC strategy] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Whitelaw letter to Lord Hailsham ("Use of PR consultants") [policy on firms searching for Government business] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Whitelaw letter to Ridley ("Government response to the Fifth Report from the Environment Committee, Session 1985/86: Planning: Appeals, Call-In and Major Enquiries") [Policy Unit: "The Committee demonstrates less dissatisfaction than this office with the planning appeal delays in the system... it is time for the DoE to be asked to sign up for a clear objective to improve this element in their performance"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Chernobyl: Unwin letter to Norgrove ("The Lessons of Chernobyl") [MT approves statement on interim report] [released Dec 2017] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Local government: Department of the Environment letter to No.10 ("Islington's Debt") [Norgrove - "I think I had better move house!"; MT - "Not to Southwark!"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Tebbit PS minute to MacGregor PS ("1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [search for efficiency will yield savings] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: John Biffen minute to MT ("Television Licence Fee") [Winnick bill on fee concessions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Lord Bethell letter to Howe ("Prime Minister's Message: Call on Gorbachev") [thanks for assistance in securing visa to USSR] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1445Z) ("ICBM Modernization") (NSC 0140) [declassified Aug 2018] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
National Health: Policy Unit minute for MT (“AIDS”) [medical research, sterile needles for drug addicts, announcements] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: UK Ambassador Washington letter to No.10 (“International Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 24 (Airborne Early Warning Aircraft) [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Nimrod, AWACS, Labour’s defence policy, MI5, industry, AIDS) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office minute for Wicks (AWACs - a note by John Wiggins) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Cabinet: AEW") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Lord Weinstock letter to MT (Nimrod assessment: GEC's ability to meet the deadline) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Competition: Statement to Parliament") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell (AEW competition: draft speaking note for use by members of the Cabinet after announcement of a decision if in favour of E-3A) [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Radio Green Paper") [coverage of politically controversial issues] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Myra Hindley, Nimrod, AWACS, Labour’s defence policy, European Community) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Competition: Public Line to Take") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Japan: Channon minute to MT ("Japan: alcoholic drinks") ["...outline of the new tax structure to be applied to Scotch whisky and other alcoholic drinks... effectively means a continuation of discrimination."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Nigel Lawson minute to Paul Channon ("1986-7 Pay") [handling of pay issues] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Jopling PS minute to MacGregor PS ("1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [percentage change for agriculture, fisheries, food] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Younger PS minute to MacGregor PS ("1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [revised totals for civilian and service manpower] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 1103 to FCO (1610Z) ("FRG Monetary Policy") [new target range for Central Bank money] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 42nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Airborne Early Warning Aircraft) [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Nimrod/AWACS, Labour’s difficulties, AIDS, MI5) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 18 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Machinery: MT letter to Chairman of ACARD (Government Research and Development expenditure) [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Policy Group Report ("Managing the economy") [urges joining ERM; reducing basic rate of income tax to 25p, top rate perhaps to 50p] [released Oct 2017] |
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86 Dec 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Michael Alison minute to MT (Northamptonshire County Council) [rate support settlement grant] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Hartley Booth minute to MT ("The White Economy") [income of charities and voluntary bodies - MT: "a pretty phoney figure"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Progress Report on the FICZ") [declassified 2016] |
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86 Dec 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: MacGregor PS minute to Tebbit PS ("1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [continuing search for efficiency] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Television Licence Fee") [concessions for pensioners] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: MT message to Francois Mitterrand (North/South dialogue) [international community can agree on a range of development issues] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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86 Dec 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (“heads must roll” over Nimrod, economy, unemployment, AIDS) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 21 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Seminar on the Soviet System") [proposed invitees] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MOD minute to Cabinet Office ("ALARM") [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Douglas Hurd ("Community Charge: Appeals") [authorities should have regard to costs their actions may impose on others] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Television Licence Fee") [second reading of Winnick's bill] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Australia: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell (new High Commissioner) [appointment of McClelland] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Seminar on the Soviet System) [request that Cabinet Office be represented] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [invitees] [released Jul 2017] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Zamyatin) ["Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union"] [released Dec 2016] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“Rowe & Pitman Report on British Airways”) [“It is a matter of judgment how close to the date of a sale a report can be published without verification”] [declassified 2014] |
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86 Dec 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (criticisms of Kinnock, Budget, economy, law and order) [released 2017] |
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86 Dec 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: No.10 minute to Ridley PS ("The Sainsbury Group") [date of next meeting; planning issues] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Association of Metropolitan Authorities letter to MT ("Paying for Local Government") [help for people on low incomes] [released Feb 2016] |
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86 Dec 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Stewart PS minute to David Norgrove ("Review of Banking Services Law") [proposed membership of the review body] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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86 Dec 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: FCO minute to No.10 ("Visit to the UK by the Turkish Foreign Minister") [declassified July 2016] |
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86 Dec 24 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
New Zealand: MT message to David Lange (review of defence policy) [danger of withdrawing battalion in Singapore] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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86 Dec 27 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Environment: Nick Ridley letter to MT (offer to help with policy groups & manifesto; asks to meet) ["a short talk about a lot of the problems at DOE - whenever you have time"] [released Jul 2018] |
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86 Dec 29 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Japan: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("EC-Japan: alcoholic drinks") ["Regret that the discrimination against imported spirits will be maintained."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
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86 Dec 29 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (MT's draft reply to Tam Dalyell: sinking of the Belgrano) [declassified 2016] |
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86 Dec 30 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
National Health: Norman Fowler minute for MT (AIDS - Ministerial broadcast) [to coincide with leaflet drop] [declassified 2015] |
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86 Dec 31 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: No.10 letter to Cabinet Office (London Borough of Brent: receipt of fake correspondence) [abusive letter with fake 'Prime Minister' letterhead] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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86 Dec 31 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
National Health: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Norman Fowler) [agreed to seek maximum media coverage for AIDS leaflet but no ministerial broadcast] [declassified 2015] |
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87 Jan 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Mark Addison minute to Stewart PS (Review of Banking Services Law) [membership of the review] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Central Statistical Office paper ("Monthly Monetary Assessment: December 1986") [evidence of monetary conditions] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter to Tam Dalyell MP (the Business Magazine account of the Lonrho-Mexican Falklands initiative) [declassified 2016] |
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87 Jan 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn saving telegram 1 to FCO ("Federal German Economy") [GNP growth slowed, economic figures] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 3 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cyprus: President Kyprianou letter for MT (missing persons in Cyprus) [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Lord Hailsham minute to Ian Stewart ("Review of Banking Services Law") [membership of the review] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [invitees; draft Agenda] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to Percy Cradock ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: Eastern Europe") [MT requests fresh assessment in advance of visit] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Lord Bethell letter to MT (New Year Greetings to the Prime Minister from the Sakharovs) [relayed following his stay with the Sakharovs in Moscow] [released Dec 2018] |
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87 Jan 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 009 to FCO (1430Z) ("Call on Sakharov and Mrs Bonner") [recount Ambassador Cartledge's visit] [released Dec 2018] |
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87 Jan 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (FCO) |
Cold War: UK Embassy in Prague to FCO (1986 Annual Report on Czechoslovakia) [declassified 2007] |
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87 Jan 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (taxes, North-South divide, local government, domestic politics, industry) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: MacGregor PS minute to David Norgrove ("Publication of the 1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [presentation plans, press engagement] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [invitees] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [invitees] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") [objectives; programme] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister: Hon. Secretary of the National Council for Soviet Jewry ("Mothers for Freedom") [request for meeting with MT] [released Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister: Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry letter to MT ('Mothers for Freedom' delegation: request for meeting with MT) ["We are broken women .... Not only are our children hostages, so are we"] [released Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (MT comments on election, domestic and US politics) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("European Monetary System (EMS)") ["Franco-German differences over EMS exchange rates"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Young PS minute to David Norgrove ("Outlook for RPI") [Department of Employment note] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 8 to FCO (1730Z) ("FRG Economy") [overall growth is disappointing] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Kinnock speech, economy) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Ridley PS letter to No.10 ("Rate Support Grant settlement 1987/88 Statement on 13 January") [Ridley statement to Parliament] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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87 Jan 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: David Norgorve minute to MT ("Foreign Exchange Reserves") [MT note: "As we are not a member of the ERM I hope we could resist" Belgian request] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 10 to FCO (1005Z) ("FRG Election Campaign") [coalition firm favourites to win] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Industry: Blackwell and Wybrew minute ("Health of Manufacturing Industry") ["We have been uneasy with the Treasury's recent hand-writing condemnation of weak British management conceding unjustified wage increases and impairing competitiveness"] [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour attack on government, Kinnock pledges) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT (Dinner with the Chancellor) [Lawson invites MT] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: David Norgorve minute to Lawson PS ("The Reserves") [MT hopes to resist requests from EMS members] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: MacGregor PS note to David Norgrove (1987 Public Expenditure White Paper) [lines to take] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [announcement of delay of payments of Regional Development Grant] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Baker PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Education, Science and Arts Committee (ESAC) Report on Public Expenditure") [draft response to report] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to MT ("Publication of the 1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [difficulty in presenting delay of Regional Development Grant payments] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute ("Announcement on BBC Licence Fee Matters") [Peacock recommendations, Winnick's bill] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Programme") [released Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 32 to FCO (2340Z) ("US/Soviet Relations") ["in advance of Mr Renton's visit to Moscow.... a summary of the state of play on non-arms control issues"] [released July 2016] |
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87 Jan 10 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Weekend press summary for MT (Royal family, Europe, education, Kinnock, Reagan) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 11 Su |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Regional Development Grant") [announcement of delay of payments] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (chairman intends to sue the Guardian) [Tebbit is "anxious to kill [quote about not caring] and to discourage others from using similar tactics"] [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Kinnock broadcast, Labour pledges) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: John Major minute to Douglas Hurd ("Television Licence Fee") [indexation of licence by RPI] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Announcement on BBC Licence Fee Matters") [explanation of rejection of Peacock recommendation] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Canada: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Premier of British Columbia") [meeting not possible] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") [Howe keen to accompany MT; MT anxious to restrict numbers] [released Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with "Mothers for Freedom" delegation") [Soviet persecution of Jews] [released Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (FCO) |
Cold War: UK Embassy in East Berlin to FCO (1986 Annual Report on GDR) [declassified 2007] |
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87 Jan 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Elections: Tebbit minute to MT (Ulster Unionist plans) [thrust of their campaign will be "to attack the Anglo-Irish accord"] [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: No.10 record of conversation (Diary meeting) [Havers' party, winter ball, visit to Dennison and Gray, Anglo-Asian Conservatives etc] [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (the weather, heating allowance, tax cuts) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [unhappy with applying Rifkind's proposals in England] [released Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Mark Addison (Northamptonshire County Council) [possibility of an exceptional payment] [released Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("EC Currency Realignment") [changes to German mark and Dutch guilder against French franc] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: MacGregor PS minute to David Norgrove ("1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [publication arrangements] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister: Charles Powell letter to FCO (MT, 'Mothers for Freedom' delegation) [Soviet persecution of Jews] [released Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (the weather, heating allowance, Conservative poll lead) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets/weakness of the dollar] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: David Norgorve minute to MT ("The Markets") [Bank of England intervention] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires despatch to FCO ("Argentina: Annual Review for 1986") [military morale low, but coup unlikely; stagflation; foreign debt increasing; UK exports still banned] [declassified 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Andy Bearpark minute to Channon PS ("Regional Development Grant") [delay of payments] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Radio Green Paper") ["undue prominence" test] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Announcement on BBC Licence Fee Matters") [restriction on use of sponsoring programmes] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Cathy Ryding minute to Biffen PS ("Announcement on BBC Licence Fee Matters") [restriction on use of sponsoring programmes] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Paul Channon ("Peacock Report: Role of the Post Office in TV Licencing") [timing of changes, indexing fee] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Australia: Alfred Parsons message to MT (High Commissioner role) [posting at an end] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: Paul Channon minute to John MacGregor ("Export Credit for Greece") [possibility of exceeding ECGD limit for Greece, should monitor situation] [declassified Dec 2017] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [meeting with Howe to discuss desired objectives/outcomes & Cultural Exchange Programme] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (FCO) |
Cold War: UK Embassy in East Berlin to FCO (1987 Annual Report on GDR) [declassified 2007] |
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87 Jan 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (the weather, heating allowance, TV licence, the City) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 1st (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Charles Powell minute to Lawson PS ("M. Balladur") [proposed meeting, EC funding] [declassified Jan 2017] |
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87 Jan 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Walker PS ("Energy Collaboration with the Soviet Union") [MT "is sceptical of the wisdom of agreeing to a joint communique at the end of her visit... But you will wish to discuss it further with the FCO"] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: MT letter to Orlov (campaign for a universal amnesty for Soviet prisoners) [MT makes case against holding out for a universal amnesty at the Vienna human rights conference] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, weather/heating, law and order) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Health: Booth minute for MT ("AIDS") [proceedings at H(A); "our message of the practical need for faithfulness needs to be stronger"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (Peter Fry-MT) [Northamptonshire County Council] [released Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Kenneth Baker letter to John MacGregor (specific grants to local authorities) ["we must retain the flexibility to introduce new grants, and... increases in specific grant should be subject to collective agreement"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary Policy: Paul Channon minute to Nigel Lawson ("1986-7 Pay") [need for moderate pay settlements] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Relations with Argentina: Falklands Fisheries") [declassified 2016] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Mark Addison note to MT (Winnick bill) [congratulate Chief Whip] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 27 to FCO (1700Z) ("FRG Election Campaign") [coalition likely to be returned to power] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation ("Prime Minister's Visit") [Llewellyn Smith, Soviet Department, FCO, N.N. Uspensky, 2nd European Department, MFA: agenda for MT talks with Gorbachev; inter-governmental agreements; hotline improvement; bilateral talks] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 17 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Edwards PS minute to Lawson PS (Welsh economy) [background briefing] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 18 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 034 to FCO (1015Z) ("Afghan Party Leaders: Statement on Ceasefire") [analysis] [released Jul 2018] |
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87 Jan 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative party: Stephen Sherbourne minute (agenda for MT-Tebbit meeting) [One Nation Forum, Ulster Unionists, Absent Voting Forms, Campaign Guide] [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: No.10 record of conversation (Diary meeting) [Sainsbury reception, Beckett dinner, Variety Club invitation, Carlton Club Political Commitee, new cheese factory, etc] [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, Channon's position, the weather, domestic politics) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Strategy Group minutes (MT, Howe, Hurd, Lawson, Tebbit, Whitelaw, Wakeham) [Lawson's Policy Group report, City issues] [released Oct 2017] |
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87 Jan 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 066 to FCO (1445Z) ("Mr Renton's Visit to Moscow, 13-16 January") [summary; record of conversations with Shevardnadze, Dobrynin & others; agenda & programme for MT visit] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (latest economic figures, domestic politics, law and order, Channon's position) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [Guinness; the markets; Economic Cabinet; public spending] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Regional Policy: No.10 letter to Ridley PS ("Take up of central government programmes in inner cities") [MT request for list of inner city authorities refusing to take up their entitlement to resources being made available to them] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 44 to FCO (1545Z) ("FRG Economy: Interest Rates") [mounting domestic pressure for rate cuts] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: Cabinet Office note to No.10 (Moscow-Washington Hotline Upgrade) [note on the 1986 upgrade] [released July 2016] |
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87 Jan 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (NSA) |
Iran-Iraq War: NSC email thread (US reaction to Iranian military gains) [declassified 1994 or 1995] |
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87 Jan 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, domestic politics, diplomatic immunity) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("The Community Charge: Arrangements for Married and Unmarried Couples") [opposed to extending joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [proposal for reduced rate] [released Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to MT (BBC licence fee) [sponsorship as an alternative form of advertising] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") [request from Chief Rabbi to meet with MT in order to discuss how she will deal with question of Soviet Jewry; Govt policy on AIDS] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (FCO) |
Cold War: UK Embassy in Warsaw to FCO (1986 Annual Report on Poland) [declassified 2007] |
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87 Jan 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, domestic politics, industry) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 2nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Community Affairs, Unauthorised Disclosure of Classified Information) [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Broadcasting: Treasury Solicitor letter to Mark Addison ("TV Licences") [TV sets in Downing Street and parliament] [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 44 to FCO ("FRG Election Campaign") [coalition set to win, campaign lacklustre] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Spy satellite row, domestic political developments, the City) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Weekend press summary for MT (New Statesman row, anniversary of Wapping dispute) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: Redwood memorandum for MT ("Privatisation of the Coal and Electricity industries") [British coal; electricity; the politics of it] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray ("Government Motion for Autumn Statement Debate, 14 January") [wording of motion] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: MT letter to Elena Fridman (Soviet persecution of Jews: the Ida Nudel case) ["I shall be speaking forcefully about this issue when I go to Moscow"] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 24 Sa |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 136 to FCO (0355Z) ("Afghanistan") ["Briefing from Armacost on his visit to Islamabad, and the current US view"] [released Jul 2018] |
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87 Jan 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Wapping violence, the City, engineers' strike) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(87) 1 (Accountability of Ministers and Civil Servants) [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe minute for MT ("Falklands Fisheries: Argentine Proposals") [declassified 2016] |
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87 Jan 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 54 to FCO (1520Z) ("Federal German Elections, 25 January") [coalition negotiations "likely to be tricky"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Programme") [trade-related engagements] [released Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow") [briefing for NATO] [released Dec 2016] |
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87 Jan 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Wapping violence, the City, Sizewell) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Agriculture: Norgrove briefing for MT (bilateral with Michael Jopling) ["has asked for half an hour with you to explain his concerns about the rural economy"] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: George Walden minute to Howe ("US/Soviet Relations: Congressional Opinion") [report on "second in the series of teach-ins for US Congressmen... sponsored by the Aspen Institute" & on private dinner with Kissinger] [released July 2016] |
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87 Jan 28 We |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Zircon/Duncan Campbell affair) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Health: Wicks minute for MT ("Meeting with Mr Fowler") ["Our task over the next few years should be to create a constituency for radical change without frightening off the public"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 28 We |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Agriculture: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Michael Jopling) [Jopling seeks 13 percent devaluation of green pound; MT opposed] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 (reform of the Soviet political economy) [Rodric Braithwaite report on visit to Moscow: "discussions... [that would] have been impossible even six months ago"; MT: "Fascinating - but more talk than action"] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Imperial War Museum exchange of tanks with the Soviet Central Armed Forces Museum) [request for advice on proposal to coincide with MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 28 We |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 109 to FCO (1600Z) ("Central Committee Plenum: Comment on Gorbachev's Speech") ["frank and hard-hitting... may be preparing the ground for more radical policies"] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Terry Waite, the City, social trends review, inner city policing) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets & G5; Economic Cabinet] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Health: No.10 conversation record (MT, Fowler, Newton, Roy Griffiths, Brian Griffiths) [current issues of NHS policy - Presentation, Waiting Lists, RAWP, Resources, Capital, Cancer Screening, Syringes for Diabetics, NHS Management Accounts] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Health: No.10 conversation record (MT, Fowler, Newton, Roy Griffiths, Brian Griffiths) [longer-term NHS policy] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: No.10 minute to MT (Housing policy and the future role of local authorities) [Ridley papers: cover note only; "I suggest a meeting with Mr. Ridley and the Chancellor"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Local Government: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Local authority credit standing") ["a line to take on the Audit Commission's report on London Boroughs, so as to make it clear that the Government does not stand behind their debts"] [declassified Oct 2016] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 3rd (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Accountability of Ministers and Civil Servants) [declassified Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Tebbit minute for Howe ("Falklands Fisheries: Argentine Proposals") [declassified 2016] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cyprus: FCO minute to No.10 (MT's draft reply to President Kyprianou) [declassified Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 116 to FCO (1300Z) ("Central Committee Plenum") [summary & analysis] [released Jul 2017] |
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87 Jan 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Milne sacking, Alliance relaunch) [released 2017] |
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87 Jan 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Dinner with the Chancellor") [advice on managing inflation in run-up to Election, and on Lawson's Budget tax cut proposals] [declassified Jul 2016] |
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87 Jan 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [discussions on rebating] [released Feb 2016] |
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87 Jan 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
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Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Annual Review, 1986") [declassified 2016] |
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