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PDF 80 Jun 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Carrington PS letter to Michael Alexander ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr Trudeau: 25 June") [patriation of Canadian constitution, air talks, defence, Zimbabwe] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 80 Jun 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No. 10 record of conversation (MT-Trudeau) [US extra-territorial legislation, crisis management, Canadian constitution, air talks, defence, Zimbabwe] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 80 Jun 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Trudeau) [Canadian constitution, Summit declarations, east-west relations, Central America] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 80 Jun 25 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada) [extract] [patriation of Canadian Constitution, Anglo-Canadian air talks, G7 summit in Venice] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Jun 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Alberta) Canada: Government of Alberta minute (Trudeau meeting with MT) [MT finds Trudeau “neurotic and paranoid regarding patriation”] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO to UKHC Ottawa ("Canadian Constitution") [Canadian proposals for repatriation of Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute to Alexander (patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [discusses possible unilateral request for patriation with Canadian Cabinet Secretary] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Canada: FCO letter to No.10 (“Canadian emissary”) [Trudeau wants to send emissary to explain patriation proposals] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Whitelaw minute to MT ("British North America Acts 1867-1964") [parliamentary arrangements for the patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Canada: FCO briefing for MT (meeting with Canadian emissaries) [Canadian patriation plan] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Gilmour minute to MT ("British North America Acts 1867-1964") [parliamentary arrangements for the patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Agent General for Quebec, Gilles Loiselle letter to MT (patriation of Canadian Constitution) [Quebecois Government will "oppose with every means at its command any attempt by the federal government of Canada to patriate the Constitution unilaterally"] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Canadian Ministers MacGuigan and Roberts) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commissioner minute (meeting with Canadian Justice Estey) [draft bill “defective in law”] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [MT: “The most dangerous prospect of all would be to substitute our judgement for that of the elected Govt of Canada”] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute to Alexander ("Patriation of Canadian Constitution") [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UKHC Ottawa to FCO ("Constitution") [report on process of repatriation of the Canadian Constitution in the Canadian parliament] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Privy Council Office letter to No.10 ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [note of a discussion between Stevas and the Leader of the Canadian Lower House, Yvon Pinard] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Canadian Constitution: Meeting on 3 November") [briefing on recent events] [declassified 2010]
Text 80 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 80 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's office record of conversation (Stevas-Canadian Federal Government representatives) [patriation of the Canadian constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to Cabinet - C(80) 69 (The Canadian Constitution) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Attorney-General’s opinion (“Patriation of the Canadian Constitution”) [doubts about proceeding while legal challenge pending in Canada] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Nov 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO record of conversation (MT, Forlani, Colombo & Carrington) [dinner talk] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("The Canadian Constitution (C(80) 69)") [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 42nd (Firemen’s Pay, Canadian Constitution, Remuneration of Junior Ministers in the House of Lords, etc) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington) ["Patriation of the Canadian Constitution"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Dec 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO to UK Commission Ottawa ("Patriation: Message for Mr Trudeau") [possible delay in processing Canadian Constitution bill at Westminster] [declassified 2011]
Text 80 Dec 9 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 80 Dec 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) MT: No.10 letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Oveseas Visits & Visitors 1981") [MT response to FCO suggestions] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Dec 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Pym) ["Patriation of the Canadian Constitution: Visit to Canada by Mr. Pym"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Dec 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 45th (British Nationality Bill, Civil Service Manpower, etc) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Dec 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: MOD record of conversation (Pym-Mark MacGuigan, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs) [defence, NATO, patriation of the Canadian constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Dec 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Pym message to MT (report of Pym's meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada) [patriation of the Canadian constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Dec 20 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commission Ottawa to FCO ("Canadian Constitution") ["Trudeau is showing a steely determination to press on regardless of consequences for HMG"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Dec 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington-Pym) ["Patriation of the Canadian Constitution"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute to Walden ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [Armstrong talks with Richard Hatfield, Premier of New Brunswick] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Department of External Affairs telegram to all posts (“Questions & Answers on Patriation”) [“summary of situation”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Legislative Programme 1980/1981") [meeting of QL Committee on legislative programme] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO to UK Commission Ottawa ("Mr Pym's Meeting with the Canadian High Commissioner Today") [Alexander comment: "I confess to being a little bothered by the line Mr Pym has been taking"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's office record of conversation (Pym-Canadian High Commissioner, Jean Wadds-Canadian Officials) [patriation of the Canadian constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: Ian Gow minute to Michael Jopling (“Canadian Constitution - Robin Maxwell-Hyslop”) [patriation of the constitution] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Jan 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Carrington minute to Pym ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [Carrington's concerns at line Pym has been taking with Canadians] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Pym minute to Carrington ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") ["I hold strongly to the view I expressed to Mrs Wadds that the gravity of the Parliamentary situation should not be underestimated"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: Ian Gow minute to Ian Gilmour (patriation of the constitution) [legislative process] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Feb 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Strategic Questions Relating to the Constitution”) [short-term stance/image & summary of work being done by officials] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Feb 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO record of conversation (Carrington-Pym-Nick Ridley) [patriation of the Canadian constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Robert Fowler briefing for Trudeau (“Patriation, the UK: Notes for Question Period (update)”) [MT assuring Trudeau HMG would apply the whip to patriation legislation] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Feb 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO letter to No.10 ("Canadian Constitution") [UK High Commissioner John Ford argues "that we should consider changing our policy and backtrack at least to the extent of asking Mr Trudeau to drop his Bill of Rights"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: Ian Gow minute to Tony Marlow (patriation of constitution) [Trudeau “emphasised the dire consequences which would follow if H.M.G. did not do as he wants”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Feb 8 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO to UK Commission Ottawa ("Canadian Constitution") [patriation of the Canadian constitution: Youde talks to Jean Wadds, Canadian High Commissioner to UK] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Michael Pitfield to Sir Philip Moore (postponed visit) [apologies] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Russell Anthony to Michael Kirby (“The Canadian Constitution”) [opinion in the west, especially BC] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: David R. Cameron minute to Michael Kirby (“The Constitutional Resolution”) [“Observations from a Slight Distance and Thoughts on Government Tactics”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Issues relating to the constitutional resolution”) [London strategy] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: David Ginsburg MP letter to MT (patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [BBC French service is not beamed to Canada; should be used to explain HMG's position to Canadians] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Canadian High Commissioner to the UK, Jean Wadds letter to MT (patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [Province of Manitoba Court of Appeal finds Canadian government's proposals constitutional] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Labour Party: David Watkins MP letter to MT (request for meeting to discuss closure of Consett Steel Works and other closures) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 6th (MPs' Pay and Pensions, Social Security, Canada, Zimbabwe, Poland, Iran, EC) [declassified 2011]
Text 81 Feb 12 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 81 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (meeting of the six provincial Premiers) [they think they have the federal government on the ropes] [declassified 2013]
Text 81 Feb 16 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for Association of American Correspondents in London
PDF 81 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (government options on eve of constitutional resolution debate) [“think piece”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Feb 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Havers memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(81) 11 (Patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Gilmour memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(81) 12 (The Canadian Constitution) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 7th (Parliamentary Affairs, Iran, Iraq, Poland, Zimbabwe, Canada, CAP Price Fixing 1981, Common Fisheries Policy, EC Relations with Japan and US, Industrial Affairs) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution (OD(81) 11 and 12)") [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(81) 3rd (Patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Hailsham letter to MT ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [issues to consider] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Follow Up to Last Week’s Memorandum on Constitutional Options”) [update from events] [declassified 2013]
Text 81 Feb 26 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for Washington Press Club
PDF 81 Mar 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO letter to No.10 ("Broadcasts in French to Canada") [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (draft response to Kershaw report) [cover note only] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Mar 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Canadian High Commission in London memorandum (“The mood in London”) [put on “maximum of pressure” to pass bill without delay] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Mar 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Elements of a London Strategy”) [aim to pass bill through Westminster by July] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Mar 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Renvoi à la Cour d’appel du Québec sur le projet de résolution”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Mar 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute to Alexander (Armstrong talks with Pitfield, Canadian Cabinet Secretary) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Garneau minute for Kirby (“Constitution Debate”) [options for ending it by closure, with Kirby memo attached] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Mar 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's office record of conversation (Pym-Canadian High Commissioner to UK, Jean Wadds) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Agent-General of Quebec, Gilles Loiselle letter to MT (patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 13th (MEP's Pay, Canadian Constitution, Security Services, Pope's Visit, Poland, EC Affairs [Maastricht European Council], Civil Service Pay Dispute) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Patriation of Canadian Constitution") [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Apr 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby memorandum for Pitfield (“The Release of the UK Government’s Constitutional White Paper”) [to our advantage to press British Government to release very soon] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Assessment of the Government’s Current Constitutional Position”) [decisive role of the Supreme Court - strategize accordingly] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Ezrin minute for Kirby (“Constitutional Communications Activities - London”) [countering the campaign by the provinces] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Fred Gibson minute for Kirby (“The Constitutional Resolution: The London Scene”) [need for speed; likely campaign by the provinces] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: MT letter to David Ginsburg MP (transmitting BBC External Service programmes in French to Canada) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Apr 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Your meeting with Mrs Jean Wadds [Canadian High Commissioner to London]”) [battle in London “still very important”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Constitutional Activities in London”) [Trudeau: “This is ok until the Supreme Court decision”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: de Montigny Marchand minute for Pitfield (“Possible pre-summit meeting of the Prime Minister with Mrs Thatcher”) [Pitfield has doubts; External Affairs makes case for a meeting] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Pitfield (“The Prime Minister’s Proposed Meeting with Mrs Thatcher”) [continues to think it would be a mistake prior to Supreme Court deciding] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: de Montigny Marchand minute for MacGuigan (“Your meeting with Carrington in Rome”) [case for a meeting as an alternative to Trudeau meeting MT] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commissioner despatch to FCO (“Trudeau’s constituional drama: the first four acts”) [“Mr Trudeau has bestridden the stage like a colossus …a veritable attempt at a coup d’etat to change the balance of power in the Federation”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Apr 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commissioner to FCO (“Trudeau’s constitutional drama: the first four acts”) [“attempt at a coup d’etat to change the balance of power in the federation”] [declassified 2010]
PDF 81 May 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UKE Rome to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister") [patriation of the Canadian Constitution: Carrington meets with Mark MacGuigan] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 May 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“The Constitution - the London Perspective”) [Trudeau: “I would still plan for July 1st … early August is less than ideal”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 May 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Alberta) Canada: Dick Johnston minute for Premier of Alberta (“Conference Call of Eight Premiers”) [patriation - “Our objective is to have the UK Parliament defeat the resolution”] [declassified 2010]
PDF 81 May 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Canadian High Commissioner to UK, Jean Wadds letter to MT (proposed Resolution) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 May 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO to UK High Commission Ottawa ("Call on Mr Pym by Mr Colinette [Parliamentary Secretary to Speaker of Canadian House of Commons]") [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 May 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO to UK High Commission Ottawa (patriation of the Canadian Constitution) ["Our fears that Mr Pym's message might get garbled appear to have been realised"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 May 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Hurley minute for Cameron (“Strategic planning and the constitution”) [fitting it into broader federal-provincial relations strategy] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 May 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“The Constitution”) [issues following Supreme Court decision] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Jun 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Agent-General Quebec, Gilles Loiselle letter to MT (patriation of the Canadian Constitution: Supreme Court of Cananda judgement) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jun 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute to Alexander (Armstrong talks with Canadian Cabinet Secretary, Michael Pitfield) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jun 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: ?Kirby briefing for Trudeau (“Your meeting with Lord Moran, Tuesday 16 June 1981 at 15H10”; also note of meeting) [no problems with the British if Supreme Court rules favourably] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Jun 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commission Ottawa to FCO ("Meeting with Mr Trudeau") [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jun 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: ?Kirby minute (“Comments on Quebec Document entitled Background Brief No.6”) [“in many places borders on dishonesty”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Jun 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO to UK High Commission Ottawa ("Constitution") [patriation of the Canadian Constitution: Kirby, Canadian Secretary for Federal Provincial Relations, visits FCO] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jun 22 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Canada: Carrington PS letter to Cabinet Office ("Visit by Mr Trudeau") [arrangements, possible discussion of Canadian constitution] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 81 Jun 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Patriation: The Situation in London”) [HMG has decided its best interests as well as Canada’s served by earliest possible action] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Jun 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Mr Trudeau: Meeting with the Prime Minister and Working Lunch: 26 June 1981") [Canadian constitution, commercial interests in Canada] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 81 Jun 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Armstrong-Candian High Commissioner) [likely main themes at upcoming Ottawa economic summit; patriation] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 81 Jun 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Foreign Office briefing ("Canadian Prime Minister's talk/lunch with Mrs Thatcher") [Supreme Court ruling on patriation of Candian constitution] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 81 Jun 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Trudeau, Gilmour, Biffen, Jopling, Lord Bridges, Michael Pitfield, Allan Gotlieb & others) [France; W. Germany; forthcoming Ottawa G7 summit; Canadian domestic issues] [declassified Dec 2011]
PDF 81 Jun 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Trudeau) [patriation of Canadian constitution] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 81 Jun 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Trudeau) [Trudeau's visits to Europe, Ottawa economic summit, Canadian domestic issues] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 81 Jun 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute for Alexander (“Canadian Constitution”) [conversation with Canadian cabinet secretary, reporting Laskin, Canadian Supreme Court Chief Justice] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jun 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Canadian PM) Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“The significance of the return of the Chief Justice to Ottawa from July 5 to July 8”) [Registrar of Supreme Court says decision not likely till after 17 Aug] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Jul 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO to UK High Commission Ottawa (“Canadian Constitution”) [Havers conversation with Laskin, Canadian Supreme Court Chief Justice] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jul 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commissioner to FCO (Laskin comments) [“unlikely in the extreme” Canadian government not informed] [declassified 2010]
PDF 81 Jul 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Canada: FCO Legal Adviser minute for Berthoud (“Canadian Constitution”) [remarks by Bora Laskin, Canadian Supreme Court Chief Justice] [declassified 2010]
PDF 81 Jul 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Ingham minute to MT (briefing and speaking note for press conference on Ottawa G7) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jul 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Canadian Constitution: Conversation in Ottawa") [conversation between MT and Trudeau regarding patriation of Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Sep 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Canada: UK High Commissioner minute (call on the Canadian Chief Justice) [Laskin obliquely saying Supreme Court was divided] [declassified 2010]
PDF 81 Sep 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO record of conversation (Atkins-Canadian High Commissioner to UK, Jean Wadds-Luce-Trefgarne) [patriation of Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Sep 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Canadian High Commissioner to UK, Jean Wadds letter to MT (summary of the judgement of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Sep 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Minutes of ad hoc Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Braine message to Alexander (message to pass on to MT: need for MT to communicate concerns of Parliament to Trudeau) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Canadian Constitution") [brief for MT meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UKDEL Melbourne record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Ingham minute to MT ("Press Conference") [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Melbourne] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Oct 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commission Ottawa to FCO ("Canadian Constitution: Contingency Planning") [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Armstrong minute to MT ("The Queen's Speech on the Opening of Parliament") [revisions to text of Queen's speech] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: MT letter to Bernard Braine (patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [Parliamentary concern about Trudeau's proposals] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Oct 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 33rd (Parliamentary Affairs, British Leyland, Unemployment, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Economic Policy and Public Expenditure) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 26 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 letter to FCO (“Cancun - the Canadian Constitution”) [not raised by Trudeau with MT at Cancun] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Oct 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (“Constitution”) [what to do if patriation bill rejected by UK Parliament] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Oct 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (“Constitution”) [possible rejection of patriation bill by UK Parliament] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Oct 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: MT letter to Sir Raphael Tuck (patriation of the Canadian constitution) [Parliamentary concern about Trudeau's proposals] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Nov 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute for MT (“Canadian Constitution”) [agreement reached between federal government & 9 of 10 provinces] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Nov 17 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [world economic situation, EC trade and industrial policy, European Council Agenda, EMS, EC Budget, aid, Canadian constitution, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Middle East, inner German relations, UN, defence] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Nov 19 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: MT letter to Edward Du Cann (patriation of the Canadian constitution) [letter from Premier of Alberta] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Nov 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Robert Armstrong minute to Michael Alexander ("Canadian Constitution") [Armstrong conversation with Canadian cabinet secretary - patriation, Supreme Court ruling, legislative timetable] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Trudeau phone call) [timing of UK patriation legislation] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Pym) [Canadian constitution - parliamentary handling] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Whitmore letter for Lord President (“Canadian Constitution”) [MT advises the Palace to abandon idea of HMQ visiting Canada for 15 Feb] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Privy Council Office record of conversation (Pym-Chrétien) [Canadian constitution - parliamentary handling] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Pattison briefing for MT at cabinet (“Parliamentary Affairs”) [“Repatriation [sic] issues now seem much easier”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Royal family: HMQ's Private Secretary letter to No.10 (Prime Minister’s audiences with the Queen) [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Dec 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Armstrong-Pitfield) [“Canadian Constitution” - Royal Visit] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Premier of Quebec René Lévesque to MT (patriation of constitution) [“notre opposition … une offensive sans précédent”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 81 Dec 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada letter to MT (patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [“deep gratitude for your support”] [released 2012]
Info only 82 Jan 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Privy Council Office record of conversation (Pym-Wadds) [Canadian patriation bill - delay of 2R till Indian case decided] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Jan 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: MT letter to Premier of Quebec Lévesque (patriation) [declines to suspend legislation till legal proceedings completed in Canada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Jan 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada letter to MT (patriation of Canadian constitution) [concern at postponement of second reading of UK bill] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jan 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: MT letter to Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada (patriation of Canadian constitution) [defends delaying second reading of UK bill till Alberta case decided] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Jan 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: MT letter to Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada (patriation of Canadian constitution) [cannot visit Canada before 1983] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: No.10 record of conversation (‘Canada’) [next step after Alberta case verdict] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: CRD memo (“The Canadian Constitution”) [“All parties are agreed that the situation whereby Britain holds vestigial constitutional power is both anomalous and anachronistic”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 82 Feb 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Liaison Committee - Dairy of Events, 1982") [presentation of Government policy] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Feb 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Pym memorandum to No.10 (“Legislative programme 1982-83”) [1981-83] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Liaison Committee - Decisions Required") [presentation of Government policy] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Economy, Industrial Problems, Trade Unions) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute to Coles (MT’s invitation to patriation ceremonies) [Trudeau “would very much like her to be there to celebrate the conclusion of the process”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: MT letter to Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada (Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982) [MT unable to attend patriation ceremony] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Howe PS minute to Coles (“Canadian Constitution: British representation at the Patriation Ceremonies on 16/17 April”) [send Hailsham in MT’s place] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 82 Apr 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands - Treatment, News, Arms, Sport, Economic) ["The press this morning stresses the near unanimity in Parliament"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Canada, Level of Sterling, Ministers, US attitudes, Argentina) ["We refused to be drawn on whether the US should be more than 'an honest broker'; we said we were not grumbling"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 17 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands- Economic, Military, Political) ["The main theme today is of hopes rising for a settlement because of negotiations going on in Buenos Aires. / Times and Mail say Haig has told Galtieri that if it comes to a military showdown USA will back Britain"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands- Treatment, Military, Economic) ["Pressure on Reagan to back Britain intensifies"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Havana telegram 117 to FCO (1830Z) ("Anglo-Cuban Relations: Falkland Islands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: CDS minute for Nott (0835Z) ("Operation Paraquet - Follow-up action") [signal replying to Fieldhouse's questions on handling POWs] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 82 Jun 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO Situation Report (Falkland Islands: cessation of hostilities; repatriation of POWs; maintenance of economic measures) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 83 Feb 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Ingham briefing to Biffen (“Consolidated Fund Bill - Mr Tam Dalyell”) [Franks Report on Falklands] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Coles minute to MT (“Possible visit to the United States & Canada”) [MT’s views] [declassified December 2014]
Text 83 Sep 22 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for Canadian journalists in London
Text 83 Sep 26 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech to the Canadian Parliament
PDF 83 Sep 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: UK High Commission Ottawa to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Canada") [report on MT's visit: "an immense success"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: UK High Commission Ottawa despatch ("The Prime Minister's Visit to Canada: 25 to 28 September 1983") [account of visit] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Pierre Trudeau message to MT (east-west relations) [NATO, arms control, Moscow's intentions] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Tim Flesher minute to MT (Barry Jones MP request for meeting to discuss redundancies at British Aerospace's Broughton (Chester) site) [MT rejects advice to decline meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Mrs Williams and Zhou Nan”) [record of conversation: tension over Roger Lobo motion] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Howe PS letter to Charles Powell (“Message from the Prime Minister to Mr Trudeau”) [Trudeau’s resignation as Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal leader] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: MT letter to outgoing PM Trudeau of Canada (farewell wishes) [role in Commonwealth, economic summits, resolving international issues] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS (“Message from the Prime Minister to Mr. Trudeau”) [MT approved amended version] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 84 Aug 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Relations with Canada") [ways to develop relations further] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commissioner to Canada despatch to FCO ("First Impressions of Canada") [Ottawa vs the provinces, Trudeau's unpopularity, economic situation, Canada's international role, British-Canadian relations] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 84 Dec 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO letter to Charles Powell (“Proposed new Canadian High Commissioner”) [seeks MT’s agreement to informing Canadian Government that they will welcome McMurtry in London] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Budd letter to Charles Powell (“Call by new Canadian High Commissioner”) [“McMurtry spoke of trying to identify fields for new initiatives in UK-Canada relations”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Brian Griffiths minute (“The 1979 and 1983 Manifestos”) [“Restoring the balance”; “The Road to Recovery”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Griffiths minute for MT ("The 1979 and 1983 Manifestoes") [comparison for Chequers strategy meeting] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Jul 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: FCO minute to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s Visit to Canada, 11-13 July 1986”) [briefing for MT] [declassified 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 88 Apr 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (Ambassador calls on Chancellor Kohl) ["Historical disquisition by Kohl, designed to be reassuring about [FRG] attachment to the West and about the long-term nature of his hopes of reunification"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 89 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Call on the Prime Minister by by Premier Robert Bourassa of Ontario: 5.00pm, 19 January") [provincial investment, Canada-US trade, 1992 and Uruguay Round] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 14 Dec 5 Fr Press Major Bastien (Frédéric) Canada: Frédéric Bastien “Thatcher’s Green Light” (extract from The Battle of London ) [study of the patriation of Canadian constitution] [published 2014]
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