|
83 Apr 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Argentine next-of-kin visit”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands visit of Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: Brittan minute to MT (“Long term public expenditure”) [criticises Heseltine over Defence savings] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO telegram 90 to UKMIS Geneva (1050Z) (“Argentine next of kin visit”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands: discussions with ICRC] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Chief of Defence Staff Edwin Bramall letter to MT (visit to Falklands of the Dependents of those killed in the South Atlantic "an unqualified success") [released 2013] |
|
83 Apr 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Press summary”) [Galtieri arrest; potential unauthorised next of kin landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Statement on the Defence Estimates 1983”) [nuclear deterrent and arms control] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 12th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Legislative Programme 1983-84) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 150 to FCO (1040Z) (“Falklands: Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands: UK discussions with ICRC] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 letter to Pym PS (“Falklands: Argentine next of kin visit”) [potential unauthorised landing] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 15 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Trivial |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks planting a "Falklands Memorial Trees" in Finchley (an English oak) |
|
83 Apr 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press reports”) [Britain’s secret negotiations with China] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 155 to FCO (1200Z) (“Falklands: Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands: Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 19 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Apr 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 13th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Budget, EC Affairs, Industrial Affairs) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Argentine next-of-kin visit”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Threats to British community in Buenos Aires”) [Argentine next of kin potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 21 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Apr 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Allen minute for the Governor ("Argentina") [Chancellor wishing to discuss because MT asking whether British banks should participate in loans to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Butler note to MT (matters that need to be dealt with before a June election) [released 2013] |
|
83 Apr 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Kohl) [defence sales, Argentina, French-German defence cooperation, cooperation with the US, East-West economic relations] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 169 to FCO (1445Z) (“Falklands/Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Press summary”) [Argentine next of kin potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 23 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO (“Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: Heseltine minute to MT (“Long term public expenditure”) [Defence savings] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 270 to FCO (2200Z) (“Falklands: Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 26 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine minute to MT (“Argentine next of kin visit”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 letter to Heseltine PS (“Statement on the Defence Estimates 1983”) [nuclear deterrent to Soviet invasion of Europe] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Defence: Jackling minute to Coles ("Defence and Disarmament Debate") [comments on draft MT speech] [released 2013] |
|
83 Apr 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 14th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Industrial Affairs) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Jerry Wiggin PS letter to No.10 (South Atlantic Fund) [Falklands next of kin] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1152 to FCO (1800Z) (“Falklands/Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 letter to Pym PS (“Falkland Islands: Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (Argentine next of kin: instructions to Commander British Forces Falkland Islands) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of conversation (“Argentine next of kin and the UN Secretary-General”) [Antony Acland, Perez de Cuellar] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Newsnight programme: sinking of the Belgrano”) [accusation that Peru was brokering peace deal at the time] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Apr 30 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO (“Visit of Argentine next of kin”) [potential unauthorised landing on Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 3 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for The Times |
|
83 May 4 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 (MT meeting with SY Chung) [record of conversation: SY Chung, Pym, Antony Acland] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 4 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italy/Argentina desparecidos”) [diplomatic row; Italian position on Falklands issues] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 4 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Newsweek |
|
83 May 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 15th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Budget, EC Affairs, Statement on the Defence Estimates 1983) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Franks Report”) [regrade drafts as Top Secret] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Cabinet Office: Departmental running costs”) [improving efficiency] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Media Meeting - Friday, 6 May") [agenda; media speculation on date of election; MT: "Calm down"] [released 2013] |
|
83 May 8 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 The World This Weekend |
|
83 May 9 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT letter to Dafydd Wigley MP (relatives of Argentine servicemen may visit Falklands if visit supervised by Red Cross) [released 2013] |
|
83 May 10 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Falkland Islands: education”) [proposals for improvement] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 10 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 letter to Bermuda Government Auditor (South Atlantic Fund) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 briefing for MT (“HARM and ALARM”) [procurement: BAe vs. US contract] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Argentina: MT message to Chancellor Kohl (thank you for preventing sale of German-made torpedoes to Argentina) [released 2013] |
|
83 May 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“The Peruvian proposals and the General Belgrano”) [review of chronology of events] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 12 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 May 13 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Scottish Conservative Party Conference |
|
83 May 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
US: US Embassy London telegram to Shultz (general election) [“Tories plan to use defense issue to win votes at Labour’s expense”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 18 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
No.10: MT letter to Lord Bishop of London (form of words used in service of remembrance at the Cenotaph) [released 2013] |
|
83 May 18 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
General Election Press Conference launching manifesto |
|
83 May 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Spain: UKE Brasilia telegram to FCO ("Gibraltar/Falklands") [Spanish Foreign Minister Moran: "We do not lay claims by force"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
83 May 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Foreign Affairs") [Franco/German summit; unrest in France; EC budget; Belgrano; Hong Kong; Williamsburg] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
83 May 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Trivial |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Hugh Thomas letter to MT ("further evidence of the dream world in which the Argentines continue to live") [Malvinas 20,000 pesos stamp] [released 2013] |
|
83 May 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Middle East: Anthony Parsons minute to MT (“JIC Business”) [reports on the Middle East and the Falkands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Press summary”) [repression of Peronists; reports on MT unwillingness to negotiate over Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (delay over headstones for deceased Scots Guards repatriated from Falklands) [MT: "This won't do"] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Cabinet Office letter to Ministry of Defence (Lord Zuckerman request to participate in television discussion on nuclear debate) [concerns about potential embarrassment to Government during Election campaign] [declassified 2016] |
|
83 May 20 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
General Election Press Conference (the economy) |
|
83 May 22 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for IRN (phone-in) |
|
83 May 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
No.10: Summary of General Post sent to No.10, 26 April 1982-23 May 1983 [released 2013] |
|
83 May 23 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Cardiff |
|
83 May 24 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC1 Nationwide (On the Spot) |
|
83 May 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MT letter to Lord Carrington (Defence suppression weapon for the RAF) [risk of political damage from delay in decision till after Election] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: Ingham minute to Coles (alleged tape recording of conversation between MT and President Reagan during Falklands campaign) [declassified 2014] |
|
83 May 27 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine PS letter to Cabinet Office (“General Belgrano: Mr Paul Foot”) [ongoing speculation] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 May 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
General Election Press Conference |
|
83 May 28 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
G7: Brief for MT bilateral meeting with Reagan at G7 Williamsburg summit ("Bilateral: President Reagan") [arms control, US deficit, trade, defence sales to US, Falklands, Belize, Middle East, Anglo/US relations] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 1 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Foreign and Defence Affairs: round-up") [Upper Heyford/CND; Argentina; Zimbabwe Air Force Officers; Namibia] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
83 Jun 1 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Quotation from Healey speech in Birmingham ("[MT] decided to wrap herself in the Union Jack and exploit the sacrifices of our armed forces and she hopes to get away with it") ["This Prime Minister...glories in hatred"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 2 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MT letter to Prime Minister Gandhi (Westland Sea King helicopter and British Aerospace Sea Eagle missile) ["delighted to hear that the Sea King is your Government's preferred choice... This will give the prospects for future defence collaboration between India and Britain timely encouragement"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Jun 2 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
General Election Press Conference (foreign affairs and agriculture) |
|
83 Jun 2 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Thames TV TV Eye ("Challenge to the Tories") |
|
83 Jun 3 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
General Election Press Conference |
|
83 Jun 5 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Sherman minute ("The Last Lap. A Majority in Seats and Votes") [implications of 'Healey's outburst' on MT and Falklands war: Healey has given up on election victory] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: MT letter to Stevas (thanks for letter) ["I agree with you about the Healeyism. It went too far - even for him"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: US Embassy London telegram to Shultz ("Vice-President's visit to the UK: briefing") [Falklands; Belize; EDU, IDU; doubt over Pym's future as Foreign Secretary] [declassified 2003] |
|
83 Jun 7 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
General Election: US Embassy London telegram to Shultz ("British elections - foreign affairs plays almost no role") [“absence of much serious discussion or interest in foreign affairs”] [declassified 2003] |
|
83 Jun 7 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC Election Call |
|
83 Jun 8 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC (eve of poll) |
|
83 Jun 9 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT letter to Jim Slater (sinking of the Belgrano) [MT rejects call for inquiry] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Foreign and Defence Affairs: immediate issues") [EC budget; Hong Kong; Destefanis; Falklands airfield; Harm/Alarm; Overseas visit] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
83 Jun 12 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT letter to Mr.Bennett (get well soon) [her Falklands trip "the most moving visit of my life"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 13 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letters to persons leaving the Government (Alison, Berry, Blaker, Bruce-Gardyne, Eyre, Finsberg, Onslow, Percival, Rossi, Shelton, Sproat, Wiggin) |
|
83 Jun 14 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Portugal: MT messages to Prime Minister Soares and former Prime Minister Balsemao ("New Portugese Government") [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
83 Jun 14 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: MT letter to Parkinson (thanks for help during election campaign) [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 14 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: MT letter to Sue Lawley (MT's appearance on Nationwide 'On the Spot' programme) ["I confess I have never liked addressing a T.V. screen - it is so artificial"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 14 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Press summary”) [current affairs] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 15 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Parsons minute to Coles (“The New Irish Ambassador”) [assessment] [declassified 2012] |
|
83 Jun 15 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Lord Trefgarne PS letter to No.10 (South Atlantic Fund) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: MT letter to the Earl of Lonsdale (thanks for letter on election victory) ["I agree with you that Peter Carrington was a wonderful Foreign Secretary...Subsequent events have shown that he could have justified his every action"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UK delegate IMF telegram to FCO (“IMF: Argentina - financial restrictions”) [still being imposed on UK] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Jenkin letter to Parkinson (construction projects on the Falkland Islands) [Falklands Airfield project] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 16 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for ABC |
|
83 Jun 17 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Media Meeting - June 17, 1983") [agenda and week's events] [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 17 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands: Argentine next-of-kin: Destefanis’s visa application”) [rejected - UK to organise visit on its own terms] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 17 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Destefanis”) [Argentine govt reportedly not supporting unofficial visit to Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 23 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UK delegate IMF telegram to FCO (“IMF: Argentina - financial restrictions”) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 23 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Stmnt: [Stuttgart European Council] |
|
83 Jun 24 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands: Argentine next-of-kin”) [MT requests meeting to agree terms of visit] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 27 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Nationalised Industries: Department of Trade & Industry briefing for MT (British Shipbuilders) [background note & lines to take on recent poor performance] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Jun 27 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Sinking of the Belgrano: PQ by Lord Hatch of Lusby”) [MoD clears precise wording of reply with MT] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 27 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Argentina: commercial relations”) [Argentine intransigence causes MT to rule out UK contribution to international loan] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 28 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Ingham minute to MT (diary and press digest) [released 2013] |
|
83 Jun 28 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Jun 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 21st (Parliamentary Pay and Allowances, Foreign Affairs, EC Budget, EC Affairs, Industrial Affairs) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jun 30 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Jul 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gibraltar: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Heseltine, Ian Stewart, Antony Acland, Julian Bullard, officials) [MT talks with Chief Minister Hassan; public percpetions of the closure; commercialisation of the dockyard; timescale for closure; Ian Stewart visit to Gibraltar to deliver UK's latest offer] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Jul 1 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (CIA) |
Falklands: Interagency Intelligence Assessment ("Prospects for Soviet Arms Deliveries to Argentina") ["only as a last resort would Argentina move to major purchases"] [declassified 2007] |
|
83 Jul 2 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Gibraltar: MT message to Chief Minister Hassan (Closure of Naval Dockyard) ["The arrangements we have offered to help in the establishment of a commercial dockyard are both practical and generous"; details] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Jul 2 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer) [“Argentina: loans” - restrictions on dividend remittance by RTZ & Shell, possible UK retaliation at IMF] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 4 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Media Meeting - Monday, July 4, 1983") [released 2013] |
|
83 Jul 4 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Falklands at the UN”) [text of Argentine draft resolution, via Italian government] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Argentine next of kin visit to the Falklands”) [UK conditions for visit] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 5 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Jul 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Osvaldo Destefanis”) [Argentine next of kin visit to Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Press summary”) [civil unrest; transition to democracy; RAF stopovers via Brazil to Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 8 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UK delegate IMF telegram to FCO (“IMF: Argentina - financial restrictions”) [ongoing US support for UK posiiton not to be taken for granted] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson; McMahon, Littler, Walters) [Brazil - rolling-over its debt; Falklands refuelling issue] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Forged Recording of a Telephone Conversation between the Prime Minister and President Reagan") [SIS analysis of tape] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Jul 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO telegram 1140 to UKE Washington (0900Z) (“IMF/Argentina financial restrictions”) [Argentina reneging on pact with UK for mutual end to restrictions] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 11 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UK delegate IMF (“IMF/Argentina”) [US opts to support UK position] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Venezuela/Falklands: Parsons minute for Coles ('Venezuela') [British Council chairman visit - relations recovering from the war] [released Dec 2019] |
|
83 Jul 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Brasilia (“Land bridge”) [landings by RAF aircraft in Brazil en route to Falkands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Argentina: polo”) [MT “strongly against” entry to UK] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Argentine next-of-kin: message from Destefanis to the Prime Minister”) [UK rejects Destefanis visa request; MT agrees no reply be sent to his message] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 12 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Biffen PS letter to Heseltine PS (“Tam Dalyell and the General Belgrano”) [HMG declines to discuss further with Dalyell] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Security: Cabinet Office telegram to CDR WHCA ("KY 70 equipment at Chequers") [on loan from US] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
83 Jul 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 23rd (Parliamentary Pay and Allowances, Foreign Affairs, EC Budget, EC Affairs) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 578 to FCO (2230Z) (“The Falklands”) [Secretary General report to UN] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Lima (“Possible private visit by Tam Dalyell MP”) [seeking substantiation of theory ‘Belgrano’ was sunk to sabotage peace negotiations] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 14 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Jul 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“Purchase of Super ADAC Homing Head for Exocet”) [political sensitivity: sales to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: MOD record of conversation (Heseltine-Pattie-Fretwell-Chief of Defence Staff-Hernu & others) [Anglo-French defence cooperation, Skynet 4, new weapons systems, arms control] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
83 Jul 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: Director General of the Security Service PS letter to No.10 ("Forged Recording of a Telephone Conversation Between the Prime Minister and President Reagan") ["there is no information to indicate that any subversive group or individual in this country was involved in making this tape"] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Jul 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 609 to FCO (1931Z) (“The Falklands”) [Secretary General progress report on negotiations] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 2065 to FCO (2015Z) (“IMF/Argentina: US attitudes”) [MT prepared to rebuke US for lack of support] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UK delegate IMF telegram to FCO (“IMF: Argentina - financial restrictions”) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO briefing for MT (“Falklands: call by the Civil Commissioner”) [Argentine next of kin visit; UN; immigration & various other issues] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UK delegate IMF telegram to FCO (“IMF: Argentina - financial restrictions”) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (CIA) |
Falklands: Director of Central Intelligence Casey memorandum to President Reagan ("Report of Intelligence Activities") [published 2015] |
|
83 Jul 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cyprus: No.10 briefing for MT ("Talks with the President of Cyprus") [attendees; FCO briefing attached] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
83 Jul 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Rex Hunt) [proposed visit of Argentine next-of-kin to Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Craxi”) [profile - Craxi played decisive role in blocking Italian renewal of EC Argentine sanctions in 1982] [declassified Jan 2010] |
|
83 Jul 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Parkinson letter to Jenkin (“Falkland Islands construction projects”) [Leyland Vehicles vying with German companies for contract] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands debate at the next General Assembly”) [MT concerns about US support] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Jul 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Sri Lanka: FCO telegram 144 to UKHC Colombo telegram (1915Z) ("Sri Lanka: possible request for military aid") [line to take] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Jul 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
MT: MT notes for speech at Royal Air Force College Cranwell ("The Queen's Review - Luncheon") [released 2013] |
|
83 Jul 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Brasilia (“Falklands: Landbridge”) [RAF flights via Brazil] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Aug 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: State Department telegram to USE Buenos Aires ("Argentine Ambassador Garcia del Solar's Call on Ambassador Motley") [published 2015] |
|
83 Aug 1 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falkland Islands”) [Tam Dalyell MP article condemning UK govt’s role in the war] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Aug 2 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Home Affairs: Jenkin letter to Jopling ("Sea disposal of low-level radioactive waste") [strategy for tackling trade union blockage] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
83 Aug 4 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Jenkin (“Falkland Islands strategic airfield: plant and vehicles”) [criticises decision to award sub-contract to British Leyland] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Aug 8 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Argentine next-of-kin visit to Falkland Islands) [MT concerns] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Aug 9 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram to FCO (“Falklands at the UNGA”) [Chile to endorse Argentine call for negotiations] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Aug 16 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine minute to MT (“Food supplies for the Falklands”) [MT aims to lessen reliance on foreign sources of supply] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Aug 17 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO telegram 384 to UKMIS New York (1455Z) (“Falklands”) [reply to Argentina - UK maintains Falkland Islanders’ right to self-determination and UK protection] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 770 to FCO (2345Z) (“Committee of 24: Falklands debate”) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: MT letter to Prime Minister Papandreou (Tornado aircraft) ["Chancellor Kohl and the Government of Italy share with me the view that the purchase of Tornado is of major importance in cementing... defence, political and commerical links"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Sep 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands at the United Nations”) [response to UN Secretary General’s call for negotiations] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Security: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Commodore Dieter Gerhardt and British operations in the South Atlantic) [trial in South Africa for Soviet espionage - no truth in speculation he passed information to Russians about British operations] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Sep 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO telegram 436 to UKMIS New York (1100Z) (“Falklands at the United Nations: reply to Secretary-General’s letter of 20 July”) [UK takes a firm line] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands debate at the next General Assembly”) [comparison with French position on Comoro Islands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 13 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for HTV George Thomas in Conversation |
|
83 Sep 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: FCO briefing for MT ("The Prime Minister's Talks with Chancellor Kohl: 21 September 1983") [steering brief and annexes] [declassified July 2017] |
|
83 Sep 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 2600 to FCO (0015Z) (“Mr Heseltine’s meeting with Shultz: Belize and the Falklands”) [Heseltine conversation with Shultz] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Rees PS letter to No.10 (“1982-83 scrutiny of running costs”) [MT ongoing concerns] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Howe minute to Heseltine ("Portugese Frigate Programme") ["I very much share... [MT] view that we ought to help Portugal... therefore grateful to you for agreeing to make available to us... £5 million"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Sep 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 letter to Channon PS (“Embargo on imports from Argentina: books”) [MT endorses waiver in interests of UK] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands: search and rescue operations in the vicinity of the Falkland Islands Protection Zone (FIPZ)”) [“dangerous misunderstandings”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: NSC briefing for President Reagan (meeting MT) [declassified 2000] |
|
83 Sep 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO (“Falklands: Search and Rescue operations in the vicinity of the Falkland Islands Protection Zone (FIPZ)”) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher meeting) [declassified 2000] |
|
83 Sep 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 856 to FCO (0020Z) ("Falklands at the UN") [dealing with discussion of the Falklands at the UN] [released 2013] |
|
83 Sep 21 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after visiting British Forces in West Germany |
|
83 Sep 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: Motley, Newell & Kelly memorandum to Shultz ("US Position on the Falklands Resolution in the UNGA") [published 2015] |
|
83 Sep 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: MT letter to Sonny Ramphal (Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting) [agenda] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falklands at the General Assembly: US Position") [seeking to secure US abstention on Argentine draft resolution] [released 2013] |
|
83 Sep 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Commonwealth: MT letter to Commonwealth Secretary-General Ramphal (agenda for New Delhi Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) [released 2013] |
|
83 Sep 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKHC Canberra (“Falkland Islands: UN General Assembly”) [advice on lines to take regarding Argentine resolution] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT letter to Foot (purchases for Falkland Islands Strategic Airfield project) [released 2013] |
|
83 Sep 26 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to the Canadian Parliament |
|
83 Sep 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: NSC briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000] |
|
83 Sep 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: President Reagan's talking points (private meeting with MT) [declassified 2000] |
|
83 Sep 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Hong Kong: FCO telegram 1605 to UKE Washington (1700Z) (“Foreign affairs round up”) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [first meeting: Lebanon, East/West, arms control, KAL007, INF, Belize, US supply of arms to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [second meeting: East/West relations, arms control, Belize, unitary taxation, Lebanon, Arab-Israeli conflict, US economic situation] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Press |
Key |
Thatcher memoirs |
Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting in Washington (record of conversation) [memoirs extract] |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO telegram 554 to UKMIS New York (1545Z) (“Falklands at UNGA”) [UK protest at Italian pro-Argentine lobbying] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for CBS (visiting Washington) |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after meeting President Reagan |
|
83 Sep 29 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at the Winston Chuchill Foundation Award dinner |
|
83 Sep 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Assessment”) [forthcoming elections - social and political climate] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 3 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Falklands at UNGA”) [conversation between Lord Bridges and Giulio Andreotti] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 4 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Extracts from MT interview with 'The Harrovian' [released 2013] |
|
83 Oct 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iraq: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit of Iraqi First Deputy Prime Minister") [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
83 Oct 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Hong Kong: Parsons minute to Coles (“Hong Kong”) [“Hong Kong is not the Falklands”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 29th (Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Paul Channon letter to Lord Gowrie (imports of books from Argentina) [MT-approved waiver on ban] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Cecil Parkinson: MT letter to Maurice Laing (Cecil Parkinson's affair with Sarah Keays) ["I need hardly tell you that this has been a very difficult and painful episode for me"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Oct 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Athens telegram to FCO (“Falklands at the UNGA: Rome telno 513”) [Howe urges Italy not to support Argentine resolution] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Copenhagen telegram to FCO (“Falklands at UNGA”) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome letter to FCO (“Fanfani the Fifth”) [record of brief Fanfani government] [declassified Jan 2010] |
|
83 Oct 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (CIA) |
Belize/Falklands: Jack Anderson article for Washington Post ("Thatcher's Bit of Pressure Angers Reagan") [CIA marked copy of article] [declassified Jan 2012] |
|
83 Oct 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“CHOGM: attendance by the Fijian Prime Minister”) [Heads of Government meeting] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: FCO draft game plan (“Anglo-French Summit, 20-21 October 1983”) [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Oct 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT letter to Prime Minister Muldoon of New Zealand (thanks for New Zealand Navy's assistance with joint patrol operations) [released 2013] |
|
83 Oct 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter to New Zealand PM Muldoon (Operation Armilla: Royal New Zealand Navy participation) [MT expresses thanks] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands at the General Assembly”) [UK lobbies European partners] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Mozambique: Coles minute to MT ("President Machel") [brief for visit of President Machel of Mozambique] [released 2013] |
|
83 Oct 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 letter to Lord Cockfield PS ("Public Expenditure Survery: Defence") [No.10 Policy Unit note for Lord Cockfield's role in Ministerial Group] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Oct 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: State Department telegram to USE London ("Assistant Secretary Burt's Discussion with UK Charge Derek Thomas on the UN Resolution on the Falkland Islands, October 18, 5:30 PM") [published 2015] |
|
83 Oct 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 30th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Grenada, EC Budget, EC Affairs, Public Expenditure Survey 1983) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 20 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3031 to FCO (2341Z) (“UNGA debate: Falklands”) [US to support Argentine resolution again] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Mitterrand) [Anglo-French Summit: East-West relations, arms control, Allied cooperation, Falkland Islands, Middle East, EC issues, British-French bilateral relations] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Oct 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Mitterrand) [European Community issues, UN Resolution on the Falkland Islands] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Oct 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands at the General Assembly: American position”) [MT - “too mild in tone”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (article by Sir Nicholas Henderson in ‘The Economist’) [circumstances surrounding sinking of the ‘Belgrano’] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Lima telegram to FCO (“Visit of Tam Dalyell MP”) [allegations regarding sinking of the ‘Belgrano’] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Tonga: No.10 briefing for MT ("King of Tonga") [meeting with Tupou IV] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Oct 25 Tu |
Press |
Major |
Shultz (George) |
Cold War: US disappointment at MT’s line over Grenada (Shultz memoirs) |
|
83 Oct 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Baroness Young PS letter to Lord Trefgarne PS (South Atlantic Battle Honours award) [announcement in Parliament] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 25 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Oct 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3134 to FCO (0430Z) ("Grenada: Debate in the House") [US Administration "will not understand it if we publicly criticise their actions while their troops are still engaged"] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Grenada: UKE Kingston to FCO ("Grenada") [Prime Minister Seaga of Jamaica angry at MT's comments in debate on Grenada operation] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: Howe PS minute to John Coles ("Visit of Prime Minister of Greece: 4 November") [proposed agenda, expect meeting to focus on EC issues, bilateral relations] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
83 Oct 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 31st (Parliamentary Affairs, Grenada, Lebanon, EC Budget) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 1172 to FCO (0026Z) (“Secretary Genrals report: Falklands”) [appeals for dialogue and offers services as intermediary] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO telegram 1803 to UKE Washington (1440Z) (“Falklands at the General Assembly”) [concerns about US policy] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 27 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Oct 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Armstrong briefing for Coles (finalising arrangements for Anglo-Irish Summit) [declassified 2012] |
|
83 Oct 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Reaction to the elections in Argentina”) [proposed UK government official reaction] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 28 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands: possible visit by Argentine next-of-kin”) [MT disagrees with Howe’s proposal] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Oct 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: State Department record of conversation (MT, President Reagan) [arms sales to Argentina] [published 2015] |
|
83 Oct 30 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for BBC World Service (phone-in) |
|
83 Nov 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Butler minute to MT ("Falklands Dinner at Northwood: Tuesday 1 November") [notes for speech and menu] [released 2013] |
|
83 Nov 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT speech for Falklands Dinner at Northwood [released 2013] |
|
83 Nov 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT speech for Falklands Dinner at Northwood [with MT annotations - page missing] [released 2013] |
|
83 Nov 1 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Nov 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: North memo for McFarlane ("Call from Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick") [has "re-established rapport" with MT] [declassified 2005] |
|
83 Nov 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: Cockfield letter to Butler ("Mansion House Speech") ["I have serious reservations about describing us as a "Reforming Government"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Nov 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: John Coles minute to MT ("Mr. Papandreou") [during meeting Papandreou wants to concentrate on EC issues, should raise concerns on British property holders] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
83 Nov 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 32nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Grenada, Lebanon, Argentina, Arms Control, EC Budget, Unemployment Figures) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: MT letter to Admiral Staveley (thanks for Falklands dinner at Northwood) [released 2013] |
|
83 Nov 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [“Argentine next-of-kin”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Elections in Argentina”) [“preliminary assessment of the results”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 3 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Nov 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Greece: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Papandreou) [NATO, EC Athens summit, EC budget, European Parliament elections, Falklands UN resolution, arms control] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
83 Nov 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1851 to FCO (“American arms for Argentina”) [conversation between Oliver Wright and Kenneth Dam] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 4 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Daily Mail (Grenada, Cruise) |
|
83 Nov 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Prior, FitzGerald, Spring, Barry, Nally & others) [EC: Athens summit; Budget; CAP; Irish sheepmeat; Windscale pollution; Grenada; new policies; Irish milk industry; Spanish & Portugese admission to EC; EMS; Kinsale gas deal; Lebanon/Syria; Northern Ireland: growth of support for Sinn Fein; 'Weekend World' programme; Ireland Forum; unionists; wording of joint communique/date & location of next meeting] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Nov 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: FCO minute for Armstrong (“Anglo-German Summit, 8-9 November 1983: Game Plan”) [declassified 2015] |
|
83 Nov 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Grenada, etc: No.10 record of conversation (MT-US Deputy Secretary of State, Kenneth Dam-Howe-Bullard-Burt-Streator-Coles) [US intervention in Grenada, INF deployment, Lebanon, Falklands and Argentina, Iran/Iraq War] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Falklands at the General Assembly) [assessment of likely support for Argentine resolution] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Arms for Argentina”) [Howe advises against use of anti-semitism allegations to dissuade US from arms sales] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Private visitors from Argentina”) [Howe recommends discretion] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Grenada: USE Rome to State Department (“Deputy Secretary Dam’s meeting Nov 7 with PM Thatcher”) [partially declassified 2010] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO telegram to UKE Dublin ("Anglo-Irish Summit: Taoiseach's press conference") [summary of main points] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: USE Rome record of conversation (MT, Deputy Secretary Dam) [Argentine certification] [published 2015] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Kohl) [East-West relations, US foreign policy, Middle East, Grenada, Allied cooperation, arms supplies for Argentina] [declassified 2015] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (“South Atlantic surrender documents”) [public display and archiving] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKHC Bridgetown (“Falklands at the General Assembly”) [Argentina condemns US-led invasion of Grenada] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Rome (“Falklands at the General Assembly”) [plea to Italy to abstain from vote on Argentine resolution] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Paris (“Falklands at the General Assembly”) [plea to France to abstain from vote on Argentine resolution] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Falklands at the General Assembly) [France minded to support Argentine resolution - MT urges abstention] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Stmnt: [Anglo-Irish Summit Meeting] |
|
83 Nov 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Kohl) [INF deployment and relations with the US, presidency of the European Commission, developments in the German economy, EC negotiations, East-West relations, bilateral relations] [declassified 2015] |
|
83 Nov 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: David Barclay No.10 internal minute to John Coles (“Falklands at the UN”) [list of expected abstentions on Argentine resolution] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3395 to FCO (2305Z) (“Weinberger on Argentina and Grenada”) [arms supplies to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO (“Falklands at the General Assembly”) [Japan declines to support UK position] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Cabinet Office letter to FCO (Alfredo Spilsinger) [business partner of Lord Mayor with contacts in Argentine government] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to MT (UN General Assembly vote on the Falklands resolution) [France to abstain - decision linked to ‘SKYNET’] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands”) [Baroness Young meeting with President Belaunde of Peru] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: No.10 briefing for MT (Howe speech to Royal Commonwealth Society, 14 November 1983) [MT annotates] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: Motley & Middendorf memorandum to Eagleburger ("OASGA Vote on Falklands") [published 2015] |
|
83 Nov 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 1363 to FCO (0142Z) (“Falklands debate”) [“detailed breakdown of voting on this year’s resolution”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: FCO briefing for MT (“CHOGM: Prime Minister’s response to address of welcome”) [Heads of Government meeting - MT unhappy with draft speech] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 34th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Budget, EC Affairs, Economic Affairs) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to Biffen PS (“Falklands: Sir Nicholas Henderson’s article in the Economist”) [procedure for security clearance of articles by former government officials] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falkland Islands: Chief Executive”) [appointment] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Sir Antony Acland letter to General Sir John Stanier (Royal visit to Falkland Islands) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 17 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Nov 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Foreign policy: Hugh Thomas note for MT (policy suggestions) [Argentina, Grenada, Belize, Nicaragua, US] [released 2014] |
|
83 Nov 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Argentina: Sherman minute to MT ("Danger: Argentine and Central America") [danger of US arms sales to Argentina] [released 2013] |
|
83 Nov 19 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: UK Delegation Secretary briefing to No.10 PS (“CHOGM briefing”) [Heads of Government meeting] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKHC New Delhi (“Anti-Americanism in the UK and the certification of Argentina”) [likely resumption of US arms sales to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Moore PS letter to Biffen PS (“Withdrawal of Falkland Islands draft order in Council”) [incorrect reference to single colony rather than two separate colonies] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Sir John Leahy minute to No.10 PS (“Bilateral meeting with President Jawara (The Gambia)”) [Heads of Government meeting] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Robert Armstrong briefing to No.10 PS (“CHOGM 1983”) [Heads of Government meeting: agenda and timetable; draft declaration & communique] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs memorandum to Shultz ("Presidential Certification of Argentina") [published 2015] |
|
83 Nov 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Department of Trade & Industry minute to N0.10 & others ("Westland helicopters") [grounding of all Westland 30s in US following accident: "very bad news indeed... will undoubtedly cause problems for Westlands with the Government of India"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Nov 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Afghanistan: UKMIS New York telegram 1435 to FCO (0138Z) ("UNGA Debate on Afghanistan: Conclusion") [results & analysis] [released Jul 2018] |
|
83 Nov 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Anthony Parsons minute to No.10 (“The Falklands”) [advocates necessity for more conciliatory policy in light of newly elected Argentine government] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKHC New Delhi (‘Guardian’ article on UK territorial claim to Falklands) [allegation that Government suppressed documents casting doubt on claim] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: No.10 PS minute to MT (“Goa retreat: Bilaterals”) [Heads of Government meeting] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
International economic policy: Turnbull minute to HMT (“Argentina: Commercial Bank Lending”) [clearing line with MT in New Delhi] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Nov 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: Eagleburger memorandum to Shultz ("Presidential Certification of Argentina") [published 2015] |
|
83 Nov 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands telegram to FCO (“Destefanis”) [detained on ship after attempted illegal entry as stowaway] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (Beach Report on the Protection of Military Information) [advice on publication & Report's recommendations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
83 Nov 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
International economic policy: Turnbull minutes to MT (Argentine drawing of £1.5b loan) [details; HMT line - "for the banks themselves"] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Nov 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO (“Relations with Argentina”) [UK makes clear to Spain its ongoing firm line over Falklands] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (South Atlantic Fund) [MT concerns over disposal of remaining funds] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Argentina: uranium enrichment plant”) [liaison with US over concerns] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Argentina”) [Howe advocates worth of congratulatory message to newly elected Argentine government] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Nov 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO briefing for MT (Athens European Council, 4-6 Dec 1983) [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
83 Nov 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 note to MT (Tam Dalyell MP ‘Wall Street Journal’ article) [allegations regarding circumstances surrounding sinking of ‘Belgrano’] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 1 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
83 Dec 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: President's Assistant for National Security Affairs memorandum to President Reagan ("Argentine Certification") [published 2015] |
|
83 Dec 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Hugh Thomas letter to MT (conversation with Argentinian Ambassador to US) [Raul Alfonsin would like “to end the state of war between us”] [released 2014] |
|
83 Dec 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: UKE Washington telegram 3632 to FCO (1919Z) (“Argentina: Certification”) [Eagleburger said decision imminent, certification inevitable after elections] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Dec 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (arms sales to Argentina) [Reagan defends US policy - MT sceptical] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“US arms sales to Argentina”) [draft message conveying UK concerns] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“French arms sales to Argentina”) [UK to express regret over French decision to lift ban] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Press summary”) [current events including receipt of international loan] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 3 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: US Ambassador Price letter to MT (message from the President on certification of Argentina) [MT annotates critically] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 3 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3650 to FCO (184Z) (message to Shultz on arms sales to Argentina) [US gives confidential assurance to consult UK prior to any sales] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 3 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO telegram 2037 to UKE Washington (2130Z) (message to Shultz on arms sales to Argentina) [Howe conveys “serious concerns”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 4 Su |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: US State Dept brief (resuming US arms sales to Argentina) [declassified 2002] [external link] |
|
83 Dec 4 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 2 to UKE Athens (1930Z) (“Argentina: US certification”) [concerns about backlash over lack of UK support for US action in Grenada] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil service: No.10 letter to Central Office of Information ("New technology in the GIS") [proposal for Government Information Service] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Dec 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: Lawson minute for MT (“Argentina: Arms Sales and Bank Lending”) [review in light of possible US arms sales] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Dec 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS minute to No.10 (“Argentina”) [concerns over re-certification of Argentina as a potential purchaser of US arms] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: MT letter for President Reagan (Argentine certification) [published 2015] |
|
83 Dec 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: Thatcher letter to Reagan (resuming US arms sales to Argentina) [summary declassified 2000] |
|
83 Dec 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3678 to FCO (2012Z) (“Argentina”) [conversation between Rodric Braithwaite & Vice-President Bush] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 telegram to Heseltine PS and Howe PS (“US certification and arms sales”) [MT decides to avoid major row over certification; "take up the cudgels" only if major US arms sale in prospect] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Sudan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("President Nimeiri of the Sudan") [FCO case for MT meeting with Nimeiri at short notice during his private visit to UK] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
83 Dec 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: President Reagan letter for MT (Argentine certification) [published 2015] |
|
83 Dec 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Ingham minute to Tim Flesher (Beach Report on the Protection of Military Information) [summary/analysis & advice on publication; attached oral evidence to Committee on Censorhip] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
83 Dec 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
South America: MT letter to David Owen (UK policy towards Argentine and Chile) [released 2013] |
|
83 Dec 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: Reagan letter to Thatcher (resuming US arms sales to Argentina) [declassified 2000] |
|
83 Dec 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (re-certification of Argentina as a potential purchaser of US arms) [defends] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 36th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Northern Ireland, Local Government) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Argentina: Reagan letter to MT (situation in Argentina) [US to make Argentina eligible for arms transfers] [released 2013] |
|
83 Dec 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Argentina: MT letter to President Alfonsin of Argentina (situation in Argentina) ["Although we have many difficulties, we can all take pleasure in the restoration of democracy to Argentina"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Dec 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter to President Alfonsin (personal message) [draft congratulations on inauguration] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Berne (“Argentine elections”) [MT personal message to Alfonsin on his inauguration] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Vice-President Bush letter to MT (re-certification of Argentina as a potential purchaser of US arms) [wishes "we could sit down and chat because I have been troubled by recent tensions"] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Sudan: FCO briefing for MT ("Call by President Nimeiri: Aid") [supplementary brief on aid, with general briefing attached] [declassified Aug 2013] |
|
83 Dec 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Argentina: President Alfonsin of Argentina message to MT (MT's comments on situation in Argentina, Anglo-Argentine relations) ["Where there's a will there's a way"] [released 2013] |
|
83 Dec 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO (“Argentine elections”) [Alfonsin reaction to initial contact from MT] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: State Department telegram to Shultz ("Bush-Alfonsin Bilateral Meeting") [published 2015] |
|
83 Dec 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Foreign policy: Hugh Thomas memoranda for MT (notes, records of meetings) [Hungary, disarmament, Gibraltar, Argentina, France] [released 2014] |
|
83 Dec 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3732 to FCO (2315Z) (“Argentina”) [Vice-President Bush visiting Alfonsin] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-German Ambassador Ruhfus) [European Community issues, East-West relations, the Falklands] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Dec 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Lord Trefgarne PS letter to No.10 (South Atlantic Fund annual report) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (CIA) |
Falklands: Paper prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency ("Argentina-UK: Status of the Falklands Dispute") [published 2015] |
|
83 Dec 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: Motley, Burt & Howe memorandum to Eagleburger ("Review of Argentine Arms Transfers and Consultations with the UK") [published 2015] |
|
83 Dec 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 37th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Budget, EC Affairs, Restrictions on Conveyancing for Reward, Electricity Prices) [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO (“Relations with Argentina”) [conversation between UK Ambassador and Spanish Foreign Minister] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 note to MT (FCO and MOD ministers both planning visits to Falklands) [MT: "absurd for both to go. Michael [Heseltine] MUST go"] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Alfredo Spilsinger”) [potential Argentine-UK go-between] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Arms sales to Argentina”) [UK dismayed by French lifting of restraints] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 19 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Thames TV CBTV (children’s television) |
|
83 Dec 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Security: MT letter to Ted Leadbitter MP (Commodore Dieter Gerhardt and British operations in the South Atlantic) [trial in South Africa for Soviet espionage; "absolutely no evidence... that Gerhardt may have obtained or disclosed information from British sources on operations in the South Atlantic last year"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
83 Dec 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Foreign policy: Hugh Thomas notes to MT (extract from Ford’s memoirs on Reagan, Falklands, etc) [“I didn’t take Reagan seriously”] [released 2014] |
|
83 Dec 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Lisbon telegram to FCO (“Argentina-Portugal”) [conversation between UK Ambassador & President Soares: Soares meeting with Alfonsin] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Argentina/Falklands: next steps with the Alfonsin Government”) [MT strongly disagrees with Howe] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Howe, Solicitor General) [Argentina: arms sales and bank lending] [declassified 2014] |
|
83 Dec 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Howe, Patrick Mayhew) [“Argentina: arms sales and bank lending”] [declassified 2013] |
|
83 Dec 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Alfonsin’s first two weeks: assessment”) [declassified 2013] |
|
84 Jan 4 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Channel 4 News |
|
84 Jan 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Appointment of M Roland Dumas") [as Minister for European Affairs] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
84 Jan 9 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Press Summary”) [President Alfonsin's statement about the Falklands; Argentine economy; the Beagle dispute; military unrest] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to Civil Commissioner of the Falklands (“Falkland Islands: Speculation about British Policy”) [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign policy: Flesher minute to Coles and MT (Speech by Sir Frank Cooper: "The Year Ahead - British Defence Issues 1984") [attracted some publicity in press] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
84 Jan 18 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government machinery: Sir Percy Cradock minute to Robin Butler ('Times' article on role of the Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs) [definition of role] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 2nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Jan 20 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for New York Times |
|
84 Jan 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: Heseltine minute to Howe ("Supply of Naval Equipment to Germany for Installation in Argentine Destroyers") [review of OD decision in 1982 to make exception to rules on embargo of defence equipment destined for Argentina] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Security: MT letter to Ted Leadbitter (Commodore Dieter Gerhardt and British operations in the South Atlantic) [trial in South Africa for Soviet espionage: "no basis whatever for your surmises that Gerhardt in some way compromised our operations"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Goodall minute for MT (“Argentina/Falklands - Next Steps with the Alfonsin Government (OD (84) 1)”) [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: FCO telegram 22 to UKE Berne (1052Z) ("Relations with Argentina") [conditions for talks; proposed agenda; public presentation] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome to FCO (“Anglo Italian Summit: 26-27 January: Falklands”) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Jan 27 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute ("First Thoughts") ["I take a bleak view of the international scene" - annotated by MT] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
84 Jan 27 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute ("First thoughts") ["I take a bleak view of the international scene"] [released 2014] |
|
84 Jan 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Joint Press Conference in Rome with Italian Prime Minister (Bettino Craxi) |
|
84 Jan 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC (Anglo-Italian Summit in Rome) |
|
84 Jan 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for ITN (Anglo-Italian Summit in Rome) |
|
84 Jan 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for BBC (Anglo-Italian Summit in Rome) |
|
84 Jan 27 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for IRN (Anglo-Italian Summit in Rome) |
|
84 Jan 30 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Coles note for MT (Howe paper OD(83) 19) ["are we not weakening our position on sovereignty?"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 31 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Hugh Thomas note for MT (encloses US newspaper article on present state of Argentina) [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Jan 31 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Feb 2 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (Argentina's policy towards talks with the UK over the Falklands) ["Argentina will never give up her legitimate rights over the Falklands"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 2 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Falklands: State Department telegram to Shultz ("British Propose Direct Talks With Argentines") [published 2015] |
|
84 Feb 2 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 4th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Liquid Milk Prices and the Future of Milk Marketing) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Feb 2 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Feb 3 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: John Houston note to Alison Ward (“Banana Skins Before Easter”) [possible media problems] [released 2014] |
|
84 Feb 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Bernard Ingham minute (year ahead) [list of events, commitments, publications, etc] [released 2014] |
|
84 Feb 9 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Feb 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Coles, Anthony Jolliffe) [Dr. Spilsinger's message: Argentine-British relations] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Papua New Guinea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Proposed Invitation to Visit Britain: Mr Michael Somare, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea") ["Our interests in Papua New Guinea are growing"] [released Dec 2014] |
|
84 Feb 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 6th (Parliamentary Affairs, Northern Ireland, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Feb 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Most Confidential Record to Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 6th (Northern Ireland) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Feb 17 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands/Argentina: Reply from Argentine Foreign Minister") [normalisation of relations between Britain and Argentina] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 20 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Coles minute for MT (call from Hugh Thomas: invited to round table discussion in Moscow & to visit Buenos Aires) [MT: Moscow visit a "good idea"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 20 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
New Zealand: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Muldoon) [elections, NZ/EC trade relations, international trade, Gulf] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
84 Feb 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Athens ("Relations with Argentina") [negotitations about sovereignty over the Falkland Islands] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO (translation of "La Prensa" article of 19 February) ["recent proposals by Britain to find a solution to the problem of the Falklands based on the defence of her position as a colonial power"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Jenkin minute for MT ("Mount Pleasant Airfield: Falkland Islands Second Progress Report") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Feb 21 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Feb 23 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 7th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Attack on Chairman of the National Coal Board) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Feb 27 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Guinea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Oral Message from the Prime Minister to the Heads of State of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ghana") [Rifkind visit] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Goodall minute for MT ("OD: Argentina/Falklands") [re-establishment of normal diplomatic and commercial relationships] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe minute for MT ("Argentina/Falklands") [re-establishment of normal diplomatic and commercial relationships] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Feb 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Goodall minute for MT ("Future Force Levels and Further Capital Works (OD) (FAF) (84)2") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Feb 29 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Netherlands: FCO briefing for MT (“Visit of the Dutch Prime Minister, Mr Lubbers, on 2 March”) [main brief] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Mar 1 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Mar 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("OD: Argentina/Falklands") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Mar 4 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
New Zealand: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lange) [NZ/EC trade relations, nuclear ships visits, nuclear weapons] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
84 Mar 6 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Mar 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Hong Kong: Clift, FCO minute to Howe PS (“Hong Kong: strategy and timetable”) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Mar 10 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: MT notes [?for her speech] (Conservative Local Government Conference) [“grand design” theme] [released 2014] |
|
84 Mar 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Parliament: Cabinet Office minute to MT (Special Adviser to the Select Committee on Defence) [MT shares Heseltine's concerns about appointment of a working journalist] [released Dec 2014] |
|
84 Mar 13 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Goodall minute for MT ("Future Force Levels and Further Capital Works (OD) (FAF) (84)2") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Mar 14 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe minute for MT ("Argentina/Falklands") [negotiations with Argentina: no discussion of the sovereignty issue] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Mar 15 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Mar 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Dalyell letter to Heseltine (sinking of the Belgrano) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Mar 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Liaison Committee (documents for meeting) [agenda, priority action points, coming weeks] [released 2014] |
|
84 Mar 21 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [Argentina/Falklands] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Mar 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Argentina: Falklands") [response to the Argentine approach in negotiations over the normalisation of bilateral relations] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Mar 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of US Ambassador to the United Nations: 9 April") [Howe advises MT to meet with Kirkpatrick] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Mar 25 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Hugh Thomas note to MT (Argentina) [message allegedly from Alfonsin: “under no illusion that he will be getting anything marvellous but he hopes that it will not be too negative”] [released 2014] |
|
84 Mar 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine minute for MT ("Falklands Airfield Land") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Mar 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Export credit for Pakistan") ["Given Pakistan's financial position, this proposal comes very close to aid, in military form. Pakistan is a poor risk... The prime object of exporting is to get paid, not to win prestige, or cement friendships"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Mar 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Liaison Committee (documents for meeting) [agenda, priority action points, coming weeks] [released 2014] |
|
84 Mar 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Argentina: Falklands") [response to the Argentine approach in negotiations over the normalisation of bilateral relations] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Mar 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to MOD ("Falklands Airfield Land") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Mar 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Tebbit minute for MT ("Argentina/Falklands") [Howe's suggestions for the response to the Argentines on talks about restoring bilateral relations] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Mar 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: No.10 letter to FCO ("Forged Recording of a Telephone Conversation Between the Prime Minister and President Reagan") [MT may wish to refer to tape in Panorama interview; seeks information on source of recording] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 1 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MOD minute to No.10 ("Argentina/Falklands") [Heseltine supports Howe's proposals for a revised approach to talks with Argentina] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 2 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MOD minute to No.10 ("Falklands: Allegations of Landings by Destefanis") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 2 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Treasury minute to FCO ("Argentina/Falklands") [Lawson agrees with the new approach to talks with Argentina] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 3 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (President Alfonsin's speech at Lujan to commemorate 2 April) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 3 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Sherbourne note on Alfred Sherman (visit to Argentina on behalf of Daily Telegraph ) [MT annotated: “He must make it clear that he does NOT represent me in any way”] [released 2014] |
|
84 Apr 3 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Apr 4 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter to Denzil Davies (sinking of the Belgrano) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Tam Dalyell letter to MT (sinking of the Belgrano) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKMIS New York telegram 250 to FCO (2240Z) ("Mrs Kirkpatrick's Visit") [Falklands statement] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Apr 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: Home Office letter to No.10 ("Forged Recording of a Conversation Between the Prime Minister and President Reagan") [Brittan advises against making reference to tape recording: "though it is a blatant forgery, some would insist on believing otherwise"] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Coles briefing for MT (the UK reply to Argentina regarding bilateral talks over the Falklands) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Belgrano: Eleven Questions by Mr Tam Dalyell MP") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Berne ("Relations with Argentina") [next steps towards the normalisation of bilateral relations] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Berne ("Relations with Argentina") [sovereignty and agenda] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Berne ("Relations with Argentina") [normalisation of bilateral relations: UK response to Argentina] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine minute for MT ("Falkland Islands: Further Capital Costs") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Portugal: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Portugal: 17-19 April") [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Mrs Jeane Kirkpatrick") [views on the Falklands war; Nicaragua debate in UN Security Council] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Mrs Jeane Kirkpatrick") [interview with Sunday Times; US internal political scene; UN; Central America; Lebanon and Arab/Israel; Iran/Iraq; USSR; NATO; Falklands; personality note] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Apr 6 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Forged Recording of PM-Reagan Telephone Conversation") [origin of recording unclear: CIA considers KGB unlikely; press attribute tape to punk band CRASS] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 7 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO ("Relations with Argentina") [Caputo's reactions to the British Government's communication] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 8 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: No.10 record of conversation (1800Z) (MT, Jeane Kirkpatrick) [chemical weapons; Soviet concerns about risk of surprise US nuclear attack; the Gulf; Soviet penetration of Iran/Nicaragua; Lebanon; MT visit to Hungary; Eastern European support for USSR in event of war; US election campaign] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Apr 10 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Tebbit minute for MT ("Falkland Islands: Further Capital Costs") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 10 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Apr 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Coles minute for MT ("Belgrano: Mr Dalyell's Letter") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Belgrano") [a letter by Mr Dalyell to MT] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MOD minute to No.10 ("The Belgrano") [a letter by Mr Dalyell to MT] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 375 to FCO (1835Z) ("Relations with Argentina") [Caputo's call on the UN Secretary-General] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to MOD ("Falkland Islands: Further Capital Costs") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Jenkin minute for Heseltine ("Falkland Islands - Further Capital Costs") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Belgrano: Peruvian Peace Proposals") [Tam Dalyell's questions] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter to Tam Dalyell (sinking of the Belgrano) [not true that "the Belgrano was attacked in order to destroy the prospects for peace negotiations"] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 15th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Miners' Strike, Industrial Affairs, Statement on the Defence Estimates 1984) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 12 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Apr 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Portugal: UKE Lisbon telegram 141 to FCO (1330Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Portugal") [analysis of internal political & economic situation] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Apr 14 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Portugal: UKE Lisbon telegram 001 to FCO (1230Z) ("Prime Ministers Visit to Portugal") [NATO; East/West relations; Africa; Central America; Latin America; Gibraltar; Hong Kong; East Timor; Macao; Iran/Iraq] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 Apr 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Foreign Affairs Select Committee: Falklands Inquiry") [MT: "I find it astonishing"] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Coles minute to Cabinet Office ("Argentina: Military Capability") [MT's comment] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 18 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine letter to Tam Dalyell (sinking of the Belgrano) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Genscher's Visit to Argentina") ["stressed the need for the Argentines to start talking with HMG"] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Visit of Argentine Foreign Minister to Paris: 24 April") ["Falklands discussed; but no evident shift in Argentine position"] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 16th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Student Incursion into Iranian Embassy, Libyan People's Bureau in London, Miners' Strike, The Observer) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 Apr 26 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
84 Apr 29 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO ("Relations with Argentina") [Argentine conditions for a proposed meeting] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Kohl) [Cyprus, Iran/Iraq, Libya, Law of the Sea Convention, Argentina, East/West relations and arms control] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Heseltine minute for MT ("Submarine Operations in the South Atlantic") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Security: Armstrong minute for Robin Butler (Ted Rowlands MP & Falklands) [public quotation by Rowlands from sensitive documents; claim that British Government read Argentine telegrams; MT approves decision not to prosecute] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 May 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Foreign Affairs Select Committee: Falklands Enquiry") [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe minute for MT ("Relations with Argentina") [normalisation of bilateral relations: talks through the Swiss Protecting Power] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Foreign Policy") ["There is a danger of a number of foreign policy matters going wrong over the next few weeks and months"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
84 May 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Berne ("Relations with Argentina") [British/Argentine talks in Berne: speaking note for the Swiss] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Berne ("Relations with Argentina") [British/Argentine talks in Berne: speaking note for the Swiss] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
New Zealand: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Muldoon) [NZ/EC trade relations, international debt, Argentina, banking system, economic summit] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
84 May 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO ("Relations with Argentina") ["your observations on Swiss role not well taken"] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: MT letter to Hayward (future of the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Revised Assessment of Argentine Holding of Exocet Missiles") [MT: "how have they paid for these expensive missiles?"] [declassified 2014] |
|
84 May 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Howe minute to MT ("The Security of Small States") [background; foreign policy proposals; aid; security assistance; BBC Caribbean Service; strategy; benefits of supporting small states; UN; costs; next steps] [declassified Jan 2014] |
|
84 May 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO ("Relations with Argentina") [the Argentine unwilling to hold talks at which discussion of sovereignty is excluded] [declassified 2014] |
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84 May 23 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Women’s Conference |
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84 May 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Treasury minute to No.10 ("Argentina") [the latest sale of Exocet missiles to Argentina by France] [declassified 2014] |
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84 May 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Liaison Committee (documents for meeting) [agenda, priority action points] [released 2014] |
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84 May 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Argentina/France: Exocets") [declassified 2014] |