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PDF PREM19/1261 81 Jun 12 84 Jul 13 22 Confidential Home affairs (Proposed acquisition of Observer newspaper by Tiny Rowland's Lonrho Group; Robert Maxwell's bids for Mirror Group and Express Group of newspapers)
PDF PREM19/1262 84 Jan 3 84 Jan 31 310 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/1263 84 Feb 1 84 Mar 30 458 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 12)
PDF PREM19/1265 84 May 1 84 Jun 30 373 Secret - UK Eyes Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 14)
PDF PREM19/1266 84 Jul 2 84 Jul 31 241 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 15)
PDF PREM19/1267 84 Aug 1 84 Sep 25 415 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 16)
PDF 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)
PDF PREM19/1274 82 Aug 2 84 Mar 27 280 Secret and Personal Industrial policy (The future of British Leyland (BL)) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/1276 80 Jul 1 84 Feb 24 236 Confidential Industrial policy (National Enterprise Board (NEB); Industry Bill; relations between the NEB and the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC); British Technology Group future role; government research and development capability) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1277 80 May 1 84 Mar 28 279 Confidential Industrial policy (Micro-electronics industry; support for Inmos Ltd (INMOS)) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1278 80 Mar 26 82 Mar 30 167 Confidential Industrial policy (Wages Councils; review of Fair Wages Resolution 1946) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1279 79 Nov 13 84 Mar 27 288 Secret Industrial policy (Future of Rolls-Royce) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1290 79 May 10 84 Sep 5 209 Secret Ireland (Anglo-Irish economic co-operation; supply of natural gas from Irish Republic field at Kinsale to Northern Ireland)
PDF PREM19/1292 83 Dec 22 84 Jan 24 7 Secret Ireland (Possible visit to Republic of Ireland by President Reagan; visit to USA by Irish Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1293 81 Sep 1 84 Mar 5 106 Secret Ireland (Hunger strike at the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1296 82 Jul 1 84 Nov 30 330 Secret - UK Eyes A Jordan (Visits to UK by King Hussein; meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1297 83 Dec 30 84 Feb 27 365 Top Secret Lebanon (Internal situation; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1298 83 Mar 1 84 Nov 23 359 Secret Legal procedure (United States anti-trust investigation into allegations of price fixing against British airlines, following collapse of Laker Airways) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1299 79 Jul 9 84 Mar 23 151 Top Secret Libya (UK/Libyan relations; threat to Libyan dissidents in UK) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1310 80 Jan 18 84 Sep 7 348 Secret Mauritius (Visits to UK by Prime Ministers Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and Anerood Jugnauth: meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF 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)
PDF PREM19/1312 84 Apr 2 84 May 29 277 Secret Manpower (Strategy for industry and employment; reducing the burden of regulation on the economy; Chequers seminar on employment - follow-up work) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1313 83 Jul 1 84 Oct 31 357 Secret Manpower (Measures to counter unemployment; Youth Training Scheme; review of Community Programme) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/1314 80 Jan 28 84 Mar 12 102 Confidential Memorials (Yalta victims memorial)
PDF PREM19/1319 82 Feb 1 84 Apr 30 221 Secret National health (Nurses pay: review body for nurses and related groups) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1321 83 Apr 15 84 Nov 19 38 Secret National health (Future of optical services; end of opticians' monopoly on sale of spectacles)
PDF PREM19/1322 80 Jan 15 84 Sep 27 160 Secret National health (Reforming the National Health Service (NHS); reorganisation: compensation terms) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1327 83 Jan 5 84 May 31 235 Secret Nationalised industries (Nationalised industry policy; financial control; overseas role; Nationalised Industries Bill) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/1328 84 Jan 9 84 Aug 15 250 Secret Nationalised industries (Gas and electricity pricing policy; gas industry privatisation; Sleipner gas) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/1342 80 Mar 17 84 Dec 17 226 Confidential Portugal (Visits to UK by Prime Minister Dr Sa Carneiro (May 1980), Vice Prime Minister Professor Freitas do Amaral (November 1982) and Prime Minister Dr Mario Soares (November 1984); meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1343 84 Feb 8 84 Aug 9 327 Secret Portugal (Prime Minister's visit to Portugal, April 1984)
PDF PREM19/1344 83 Apr 12 84 Jan 11 370 Secret Posts and telecommunications (Future of the Post Office; telecommunications liberalisation and privatisation; Telecommunications Bill; draft licence for British Telecom (BT)) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/1345 84 Jan 12 84 Jul 31 362 Secret Posts and telecommunications (Future of the Post Office: proposals for Post Office counters network; telecommunications liberalisation and privatisation; Telecommunications Bill; British Telecom (BT) licence; Mercury Communications Ltd) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/1347 84 Nov 12 84 Nov 19 14 Confidential Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meeting with US Senator Orrin Hatch, November 1984)
PDF PREM19/1352 84 May 9 84 Dec 14 37 Secret Prime Minister (Allegations by Paddy Ashdown MP about Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations against British companies in the computer technology field allegedly embargo-breaking)
PDF PREM19/1355 81 Jan 27 84 Dec 13 83 Secret Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meetings with Paul Volcker, Chairman of US Federal Reserve)
PDF PREM19/1359 82 Sep 29 83 Feb 25 29 Confidential Prime Minister (Lord Longford's article for ‘The Universe’, drawing on interview with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1360 82 Jun 7 84 Jun 3 67 Confidential Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meetings with Clifton Garvin, Chairman of Exxon Corporation, and Archibald Forster, Chairman of Esso Petroleum, July 1984)
PDF PREM19/1361 82 Nov 26 84 May 31 403 Secret Prime Minister tours abroad (G7 Summit - London; 40th anniversary of D-Day: administrative arrangements) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1362 84 Jun 1 84 Oct 2 345 Secret Prime Minister tours abroad (G7 Summit - London; 40th anniversary of D-Day: administrative arrangements) (Part 2)
PDF 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)
PDF PREM19/1364 82 Sep 16 84 Jan 24 224 Confidential Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meeting with delegation of West German industrialists, April 1984)
PDF PREM19/1369 83 Sep 15 84 Jul 30 396 Secret Science and technology (Maintaining the strength of the science base; the science budget; review of high energy particle physics (HEPP); annual review of government funded research and development 1984) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1370 82 Dec 22 84 Feb 2 364 Confidential Science and technology (Prime Minister’s seminar on science, technology, and industry, September 1983) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1376 84 May 14 84 May 21 29 Secret Security (Proposed book by Vernon Newton on Donald Maclean's espionage activities)
PDF PREM19/1380 83 May 25 84 Apr 6 44 Secret Security (Forged recording of telephone conversation between Prime Minister and President Reagan during Falklands campaign)
PDF PREM19/1385 82 Mar 17 83 Jul 26 124 Secret Security (Case of Rhona Ritchie, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official, convicted of passing classified documents to Egyptian diplomat in Tel Aviv; Security Commission investigation)
PDF PREM19/1386 82 Nov 26 84 Mar 27 82 Top Secret Security (Case of Intelligence Corps Lance Corporal Philip Leslie Aldridge convicted of passing secret information to Soviet Union; Security Commission investigation)
PDF PREM19/1393 82 Apr 21 84 May 14 275 Top Secret Soviet Union (UK/Soviet relations) (Part 2)
PDF 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)
PDF PREM19/1395 79 May 21 84 Oct 22 354 Secret Sri Lanka (Internal situation; UK/Sri Lankan relations; aid to Sri Lanka) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1396 79 Nov 20 84 Mar 5 84 Confidential Tonga (Visits to UK by King and Queen of Tonga, December 1979 and October 1983)
PDF PREM19/1397 82 Nov 4 84 May 31 277 Confidential Trade (Britain’s international trade policies; problems with Spain and Japan; rolling back protectionism; export promotion) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1399 84 Feb 27 84 Nov 19 43 Confidential Transport (Inquiry into Archway Road Scheme (North London); withdrawal of nominated inspector Sir Michael Giddings following harassment of him and his family)
PDF PREM19/1402 84 Mar 23 84 Oct 16 69 Secret USA (Visit to UK by US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mrs Jeane Kirkpatrick, April 1984: meeting with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1403 84 Jan 16 84 Jan 20 29 Confidential USA (Visit to UK by Donald Rumsfeld, President Reagan’s special Middle East envoy: meeting with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1404 82 May 10 84 Feb 28 305 Top Secret USA (UK/USA relations) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1405 79 May 4 84 Nov 7 457 Secret USA (Internal political situation; 1980 and 1984 Presidential election campaigns) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1407 81 Nov 19 84 Dec 4 70 Confidential Zaire (Visits to UK by President Mobutu, December 1981 and September 1984: meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1408 83 Nov 1 84 Nov 23 495 Secret Ireland (Prime Minister's meetings with Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald; Anglo-Irish Summits) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/1412 84 Nov 2 85 Apr 3 289 Secret Aerospace (Future of British Airways (BA): BA privatisation and United States anti-trust suits; Laker Airways liquidation; airports policy) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1413 80 Jun 20 85 Nov 29 265 Secret Aerospace (Space policy: formation of British National Space Centre (BNSC)) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1423 82 Feb 11 85 Jun 14 263 Secret Canada (UK/Canadian relations: patriation of the Canadian constitution) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1424 79 Sep 17 85 Dec 9 328 Secret Chile (UK/Chilean relations: policy on arms sales)
PDF PREM19/1425 84 Mar 19 85 May 31 236 Secret China (Sino-British relations; defence sales) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1431 84 Jun 18 85 Oct 13 242 Secret Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Nassau, Bahamas, October 1985) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/1432 83 Dec 1 85 May 31 446 Secret Cyprus (Internal situation: UK/Cyprus relations) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1433 79 Dec 10 85 Jan 14 386 Secret Cyprus (Visits to the UK by President Kyprianou: meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1435 84 Oct 2 85 May 29 189 Confidential Defence (Celebration of 40th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day)
PDF PREM19/1436 83 Nov 1 85 Apr 18 181 Confidential Defence (Report by General Sir Hugh Beach on the handling and control of military information)
PDF PREM19/1437 80 Apr 3 85 Dec 16 48 Secret Defence (Proposal by Julian Amery MP to revive the Special Operations Executive (SOE): history of SOE in the Far East, Greece and Scandinavia)
PDF PREM19/1440 83 Dec 13 85 Jun 27 314 Secret Defence (Procurement of weapon systems: national defence technological capabilities; rising cost of defence equipment; participation in European Fighter Aircraft project) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1442 85 Mar 8 85 Jul 29 231 Secret Defence (Arms control) (Part 6A)
PDF PREM19/1443 85 Jan 4 85 Feb 15 218 Secret Defence (Arms control) (Part 6B)
PDF PREM19/1445 85 May 30 85 Nov 29 285 Secret Defence (Ballistic missile defence: United States Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI); UK participation in research programme) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1446 85 Jan 2 85 Oct 25 357 Secret Defence (Defence sales) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1450 82 Nov 19 85 May 31 252 Confidential Drugs (Drug misuse: prevention; proposed legislation) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1451 85 Jun 3 85 Sep 30 219 Secret Drugs (Drug misuse: trafficking; proposed legislation; Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) report) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1455 84 Mar 15 85 Mar 8 364 Secret Economic policy (The Budget, 1984 and 1985) (Part 13)
PDF PREM19/1459 84 Apr 4 85 Nov 29 387 Secret Economic policy (Policy towards privatisation: disposal of public sector assets; contracting out of public sector functions) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/1464 81 Feb 16 85 Jun 3 123 Confidential Economic policy (Countering tax fraud and evasion: report on the black economy)
PDF PREM19/1465 82 Jan 1 85 Sep 10 299 Confidential Economic policy (Meetings of National Economic Development Council (NEDC): future role) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1467 84 Sep 7 85 Apr 30 464 Confidential Economic policy (G7 Summit - Bonn) (Part 18)
PDF PREM19/1468 85 Apr 25 85 Sep 22 412 Confidential Economic policy (G7 Summit - Bonn) (Part 19)
PDF PREM19/1470 85 Mar 1 85 Aug 27 283 Confidential Education (General policy on education and education expenditure: White Paper on Better Schools; Green Paper on Higher Education) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1474 82 Jan 14 85 Nov 12 282 Secret Energy (Future of British National Oil Corporation (BNOC): flotation of Britoil, BNOC oil-producing business) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1477 84 Nov 2 85 May 30 503 Secret Environmental Affairs (Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: effects of acid rain; agriculture and conservation) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1478 84 Nov 1 85 Feb 27 424 Confidential European Policy (European Community Budget: developments in the European Community; Dooge Committee on European Community institutions) (Part 28)
PDF PREM19/1480 85 Jun 6 85 Nov 29 401 Confidential European Policy (European Community Budget: developments in the European Community) (Part 30)
PDF PREM19/1481 83 Nov 22 84 Mar 19 76 Confidential European Policy (European Strategic Research Programme in Information Technology (ESPRIT))
PDF PREM19/1482 81 May 6 85 Apr 23 142 Confidential European Policy (European political co-operation in foreign policy field: Genscher/Colombo proposals)
PDF PREM19/1483 83 Dec 23 84 Nov 23 29 Confidential European Policy (Visits to UK by Viscount Etienne Davignon, Vice-President of European Commission, February and November 1984: meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1486 83 Jun 13 85 Aug 30 279 Confidential European Policy (Enlargement of European Community: applications of Portugal and Spain) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1489 84 Jan 30 85 Jun 5 53 Confidential European Policy (Prime Minister of Spain request for UK support for candidacy of Don Marcelino Oreja as Secretary-General of Council of Europe: Oreja's meeting with Prime Minister, January 1985)
PDF PREM19/1490 85 Mar 7 85 Apr 30 718 Confidential European Policy (European Council meeting, Brussels, March 1985) (Part 20)
PDF PREM19/1491 85 May 10 85 Jun 27 276 Secret European Policy (European Council meeting, Milan, June 1985) (Part 21)
PDF PREM19/1492 85 Jun 27 85 Dec 6 247 Confidential European Policy (European Council meeting, Milan, June 1985) (Part 22)
PDF PREM19/1493 81 Sep 22 85 Jun 14 331 Confidential Fishing Industry (EEC Common Fisheries Policy) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1494 83 Oct 27 85 Jun 29 315 Secret Foreign Policy (East/West relations) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1495 85 Jul 31 85 Nov 29 424 Top Secret Foreign Policy (East/West relations) (Part 5)

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