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Text 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: NABISCO CEO letter to David Trippier (Enterprise Trust) [company to make further pledge of support] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe minute for MT (“Argentina: Possible Sale of Electricity Generating Sets by Northern Ireland Electricity Service”) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Tebbit minute for MT (“Argentina - Sale of Generating Sets”) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Geoffrey Howe (Public Expenditure White Paper) [capital expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Civil Service Pay Negotiations 1984") [proposals for handling; timescale] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to Howe ("INF - Shorter Range Systems") [role in Long Range INF negotiations; respective numbers of SS20, SS12/22, SS1/23 Soviet missiles deployed] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Multilateral Nuclear Disarmanent: a New Approach") ["you asked for advice on Mr Stephen Salter's ideas... Ingenious as this approach is, there is nonetheless a gap between the mathematical exactness of the formula and the political realities"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Prime Minister Gonzalez (British Aerospace and the 'RAPIER' low-level air defence system) ["I am pleased that BAe's proposals have clearly received very serious consideration... an encouragement to pursue vigorously the opportunities for collaboration on other projects"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("E(A) Privatisation Review") ["We have now clearly set out the shape of the prospective privatisaton programme for future years and the implications for the legislative timetable and capital markets... I hope that we can obtain unqualified endorsement for the whole programme... you may like to be forewarned of one or two problem areas"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT ("France") [statistics on economic development in France, in advance of MT meeting with Mitterand in Paris on 23 January] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 165 to FCO (2350Z) ("Lebanon") [Thomas, Murphy: record of conversation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("E(NI), Tuesday, 17 January") [Board appointments: raising pay up to market rates; recruit able managers; removing under-performing Chairmen & senior Board members] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Ridley letter to Tebbit ("Nationalised Industry References to the MMC") [British Rail Property Board] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Peter Walker PS letter to No.10 ("Gas Safety: Transfer of Ministerial Responsibilities") [Parliamentary Written Answer] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mr Donald Rumsfeld") [Howe advises MT to meet with US Special Middle East Envoy during his visit to London, in Howe's absence, to discuss role of Multinational Force in Lebanon & Middle East peace process] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Kyprianou, Michaelides, Panayides, Vovides) [Turkish Cypriot declaration of UDI; Security Council Resolution 541; Kyprianou's list of proposals for an overall solution; next steps; customs union with EC; EC position on 'independent' area of Cyprus] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: FCO briefing for MT ("Cyprus: Prime Minister's Meeting with President Kyprianou: 18 January, 9a.m.") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (England and Wales)") [agrees in principle with increasing employees' contribution, but advises delay, pending agreement on policy covering normal accrual public service schemes generally] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Prime Minister González ('RAPIER' system: British Aerospace consortium with Spanish industry) ["I know that Michael Heseltine has written very recently to Sr Narcis Serra... But I wish to add my own support to the British Aerospace proposals"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Hungarian National Archive) Hungary: Hungarian Foreign Ministry minute (talking points for Premier Lázár meeting with MT) [tête-à-tête] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Hungarian National Archive) Hungary: Hungarian Foreign Ministry minute (talking points for Lázár meeting with MT) [plenary] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Hungarian National Archive) Hungary: Hungarian Foreign Ministry minute (talking points for President Losonczi meeting with MT) [“Plan for themes of negotiation”] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Hungarian National Archive) Hungary: Hungarian Foreign Ministry briefing for Comrade Kadar (“Anglo-Hungarian Relations”) [MT “shrewdly anti-communist”] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Kerr note to Turnbull ("Coal Prices") [MT 'accepts that it would not be right to tackle the problem of NCB's loss-making capacity by enforcing a higher coal price on the electricity industry'] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (White Paper ‘Training for Jobs’: MSC and NAFE) [“all outstanding differences have been resolved”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Spain: MT letter to Prime Minister González of Spain (collaboration on military equipment) [BAe’s proposals] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Goodall minute to Armstrong (“Call by Michael Lillis”) [two messages from FitzGerald meeting with MT: “Firstly, that her mind was not closed to new ideas; but secondly that she did not want any secret talks”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Howe minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“The Future of the Crown Agents”) [privatisation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Netherlands: FCO minute for Coles (“Anglo-Dutch Exchanges on the European Community”) [Howe backs Lubbers' desire for a meeting to consolidate Dutch support on EC budget] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT message to Oxford University Conservative Association (new edition of “Forum” meeting) [“Today it is the Conservative Party which is winning the battle of ideas”]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Luce, Acland, Cradock, Evans, Youde, S.Y. Chung/EXCO) [UK/China talks: negotiating objectives] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press coverage”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe PS letter to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong”) [summary of conclusions from MT/EXCO meeting] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Jenkin minute to MT (“Rates Bill”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Howe minute to MT (“Shipping: Panamanian freight tax”) [possible countermeasures] [declassified 2013]
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