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PREM19/24	79 May 4	79 Jun 14	111	Secret	Economic policy (Strategy) (Part 1)
PREM19/29	79 May 4	79 Jun 11	347	Secret	Economic policy (Budget) (Part 1)
PREM19/33	79 May 10	79 Jul 25	208	Secret	Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 1)
PREM19/41	79 May 4	79 May 7	93	Secret	Elections (Briefing for incoming PM)
PREM19/51	79 May 30	79 Jun 27	407	Confidential	European policy (European Council, Strasbourg June 1979) Part 01
PREM19/55	79 Oct 25	79 Nov 30	329	Secret	European policy (European Community budget) (Part 3)
PREM19/104	79 May 8	79 Sep 25	193	Confidential	Prime Minister (MT's visits to Departments & possible regional visits)
PREM19/106	79 Apr 30	79 May 31	321	Secret	Rhodesia (Situation in) (Part 1)
PREM19/108	79 Jul 4	79 Jul 30	254	Secret	Rhodesia (Situation in) (Part 3)
PREM19/110	79 Aug 9	79 Aug 30	355	Secret	Rhodesia (Situation in) (Part 5)
PREM19/127	79 Nov 8	79 Dec 21	301	Secret	United States (MT visit to Washington - policy, December 1979)
PREM19/143	79 May 23	80 Nov 6	248	Confidential	Canada (UK/Canadian relations: patriation of the Canadian constitution) (Part 1)
PREM19/159	79 Dec 4	80 Jun 9	199	Top Secret	Defence (UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent) (Part 2)
PREM19/179	80 Sep 23	80 Oct 28	310	Secret	Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 5)
PREM19/180	80 Oct 31	80 Nov 26	229	Secret	Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 6)
PREM19/189	80 Jun 20	80 Aug 28	189	Secret	Economic policy (G7 Summit - Venice) (Part 4) [Part 5 of this file has been destroyed]
PREM19/263	80 Feb 14	80 Apr 11	215	Secret	Industrial policy (Industrial relations law) (Part 4)
PREM19/415	81 Mar 11	81 May 17	397	Secret	Defence (Defence budget) (Part 5)
PREM19/416	81 May 18	81 Jun 30	227	Secret	Defence (Defence budget) (Part 6)
PREM19/438	80 Oct 31	81 Feb 17	244	Secret	Economic policy (Budget) (Part 4)
PREM19/439	81 Feb 18	81 Jul 10	227	Secret	Economic policy (Budget) (Part 5)
PREM19/506	81 Jul 3	81 Aug 28	335	Secret	Ireland (Hunger strike at the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland; the 'Dirty Protest') (Part 5)
PREM19/600	81 Jan 2	81 Feb 28	311	Secret	USA (Prime Minister's visit to Washington, February 1981: meeting with President Reagan) (Part 1)
PREM19/612	79 Sep 21	81 Dec 15	94	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 1)
PREM19/613	82 Jan 1	82 Mar 30	129	Confidential	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 2)
PREM19/614	82 Apr 1	82 Apr 5	236	Top Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 3)
PREM19/615	82 Apr 6	82 Apr 8	233	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 4)
PREM19/616	82 Apr 8	82 Apr 11	216	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 5)
PREM19/617	82 Apr 12	82 Apr 15	278	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 6)
PREM19/618	82 Apr 14	82 Apr 17	273	Top Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 7)
PREM19/619	82 Apr 18	82 Apr 19	174	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 8)
PREM19/621	82 Apr 23	82 Apr 26	300	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 10)
PREM19/622	82 Apr 27	82 Apr 29	288	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 11)
PREM19/623	82 Apr 30	82 May 2	231	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 12)
PREM19/624	82 May 3	82 May 5	303	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 13)
PREM19/625	82 May 6	82 May 7	213	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 14)
PREM19/626	82 May 8	82 May 10	260	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 15)
PREM19/627	82 May 11	82 May 14	368	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 16)
PREM19/628	82 May 15	82 May 17	153	Top Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 17)
PREM19/633	82 Jun 1	82 Jun 5	237	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 22)
PREM19/634	82 Jun 6	82 Jun 11	271	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 23)
PREM19/635	82 Jun 12	82 Jun 16	202	Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 24)
PREM19/642	82 Nov 1	82 Nov 29	292	Top Secret	Argentina (Falklands) (Part 31)
PREM19/649	82 May 21	82 May 31	92	Top Secret	Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 7)
PREM19/652	82 Jun 26	82 Sep 28	171	Top Secret - UK Eyes A	Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 10)
PREM19/656	79 Sep 20	81 Dec 21	131	Secret	Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (Franks): documentation seen by PM, extracted from PREM19 files and copied to the Committee) (Part 1)
PREM19/657	82 Jan 7	82 Apr 2	119	Top Secret	Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (Franks): documentation seen by PM, extracted from PREM19 files and copied to the Committee) (Part 2)
PREM19/717	82 Mar 12	82 Jul 25	337	Secret	Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 19)
PREM19/724	82 Jun 3	82 Jun 5	213	Secret	Economic policy (G7 Summit - Versailles) (Part 8)
PREM19/759	80 Jun 2	82 Sep 30	227	Secret	Foreign policy (East/West relations; United States foreign policy) (Part 2)
PREM19/786	79 May 10	82 Jan 25	164	Secret	Hong Kong (Prime Minister's meetings with Sir Yue-Kong Pao, Chairman of World-wide Shipping Group) (Part 1)
PREM19/791	82 Oct 6	82 Nov 6	228	Top Secret	Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 3)
PREM19/829	79 May 25	82 Jun 28	280	Confidential	Local government (Future of the rating system; rating revaluation; Green Paper on alternatives to domestic rates) (Part 1)
PREM19/924	79 Sep 27	82 Mar 22	235	Secret	Soviet Union (Trade relations: credit agreement; uranium enrichment contract; grain sales; controls on strategic exports) (Part 1)
PREM19/941	79 May 15	81 Sep 30	275	Secret	USA (Economic situation in the United States) (Part 1)
PREM19/942	81 Jan 21	82 Apr 30	256	Confidential	USA (Visit to UK by President Reagan, June 1982) (Part 1)
PREM19/955	82 Oct 29	83 Jan 18	264	Secret	Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks); general correspondence) (Part 3)
PREM19/956	83 Jan 19	83 May 6	229	Secret	Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks): general correspondence) (Part 4)
PREM19/962	82 Sep 13	83 Feb 24	186	Secret	China (Prime Minister's visit to China, Hong Kong & Japan, September 1982: policy) (Part 2)
PREM19/978	79 Oct 5	83 Oct 3	246	Secret	Defence (Future UK defence policy; the health of the NATO Alliance; review of NATO) (Part 1)
PREM19/1005	79 May 30	83 Nov 30	190	Confidential	Economic policy (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976: exemption of Stock Exchange)
PREM19/1009	83 May 27	83 Oct 2	221	Secret	Economic policy (G7 Summit - Williamsburg) (Part 13)
PREM19/1011	82 Nov 5	83 Nov 18	205	Secret	Education (Wider parental choice; education vouchers)
PREM19/1036	82 Oct 28	83 Oct 26	226	Secret	Germany (Prime Minister's visits to Germany: meetings with Chancellor Helmut Kohl) (Part 4)
PREM19/1037	82 Nov 29	83 May 16	357	Secret	Germany (Chancellor Helmut Kohl's visits to the UK: meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 7)
PREM19/1048	83 Mar 29	83 Oct 27		Top Secret	Grenada (US-led invasion) (Part 1)
PREM19/1053	82 Nov 8	83 Feb 16	453	Top Secret	Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 4)
PREM19/1054	83 Feb 17	83 Apr 19	317	Top Secret	Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 5)
PREM19/1056	83 Jul 1	83 Aug 31	403	Secret	Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 7)
PREM19/1058	83 Oct 1	83 Oct 31	322	Top Secret	Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 9)
PREM19/1074	82 Jul 12	83 Sep 5	423	Secret	Lebanon (Internal situation; Israeli/Lebanese hostilities; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 3)
PREM19/1107	79 Apr 6	83 Jun 8	162	Secret	Prime Minister (Briefing for incoming Prime Minister from Cabinet Office, Prime Minister's Office and Civil Service Department, May 1979; post-election briefing, June 1983)
PREM19/1153	83 Aug 31	83 Oct 14	198	Secret	USA (Prime Minister's visit to Washington, September 1983) (Part 3)
PREM19/1200	83 Sep 1	84 Feb 24	338	Secret	Economic policy (International banking system) (Part 3)
PREM19/1229	84 Jun 1	84 Jun 28	291	Confidential	European policy (European Community budget; future of Europe) (Part 25)
PREM19/1240 (annex)	81 Sep 11	84 Feb 29	171	Secret	France (Visits to UK by President Mitterrand; briefing for May 1982 meeting of Franco-British Council in Edinburgh) (Part 3)
PREM19/1240 (main part)	81 Sep 11	84 Feb 29	327	Top Secret	France (Visits to UK by President Mitterrand; meeting of Franco-British Council; Prime Minister's meetings with Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy and Minister for European Affairs Roland Dumas) (Part 3)
PREM19/1244	82 Mar 8	84 Sep 28	357	Confidential	Germany (Anglo-German relations) (Part 2)
PREM19/1245b	83 Oct 11	84 Aug 29	261	Secret	Germany (Visits to UK by Chancellor Helmut Kohl; Anglo-German Summit) (Part 8B)
PREM19/1258	82 Aug 6	84 Jan 18	64	Secret	Government machinery (Appointment of Sir Anthony Parsons and Roger Jackling as advisers to Prime Minister on foreign affairs and defence policy respectively; improvements to joint intelligence machinery post Falklands Conflict)
PREM19/1269	79 May 22	84 Jun 29	315	Secret	Housing (Organisation and structure of building societies; mortgage rates; review of house purchase finance) (Part 1)
PREM19/1307	84 Aug 1	84 Sep 27	272	Confidential	Local government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance) (Part 22)
PREM19/1311	83 Feb 15	84 Mar 30	339	Secret	Manpower (Strategy for industry and employment; reducing the burden of regulation on the economy; Chequers seminar on employment) (Part 1)
PREM19/1329	83 May 4	84 Mar 30	301	Secret	Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 8)
PREM19/1331	84 Jun 1	84 Jul 18	317	Secret	Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 10)
PREM19/1332	84 Jul 19	84 Aug 31	304	Secret	Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 11)
PREM19/1333	84 Sep 2	84 Sep 20	313	Secret	Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 12)
PREM19/1334	84 Sep 21	84 Oct 19	396	Secret	Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 13)
PREM19/1363	81 Sep 24	84 Oct 16	308	Confidential	Prime Minister (Prime Minister's visit to Liverpool, October 1984; possible visit to British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL) at Risley; future of Liverpool Garden Festival site)
PREM19/1392	84 Apr 13	84 Jul 19	433	Secret	South Africa (Visit to UK by Prime Minister, P.W. Botha, June 1984; meeting with Prime Minister)
PREM19/1394	84 Jun 4	84 Dec 22	411	Top Secret	Soviet Union (UK/Soviet relations; visit to UK by Mikhail Gorbachev, member of Politburo, December 1984; meeting with Prime Minister) (Part 3)
PREM19/1404	82 May 10	84 Feb 28	305	Top Secret	USA (UK/USA relations) (Part 2)
PREM19/1408	83 Nov 1	84 Nov 23	495	Secret	Ireland (Prime Minister's meetings with Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald; Anglo-Irish Summits) (Part 7)
PREM19/1415	85 Apr 30	85 Dec 10	205	Secret	Aerospace (Westland Helicopters) (Part 1A)
PREM19/1416	85 Dec 10	85 Dec 27	213	Confidential	Aerospace (Westland Helicopters) (Part 1B)
PREM19/1443	85 Jan 4	85 Feb 15	218	Secret	Defence (Arms control) (Part 6B)
PREM19/1457	85 May 10	85 Jun 28	394	Secret	Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 13)
PREM19/1458	85 Jul 3	85 Nov 29	397	Secret	Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 14)
PREM19/1468	85 Apr 25	85 Sep 22	412	Confidential	Economic policy (G7 Summit - Bonn) (Part 19)
PREM19/1491	85 May 10	85 Jun 27	276	Secret	European Policy (European Council meeting, Milan, June 1985) (Part 21)

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