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Text 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT to Michael Jopling (birthday card) [touched the Whips remembered her birthday] [released 2017]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT to Michael Havers (birthday card) [thank you for remembering] [released 2017]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Prior letter to Jenkin (“DE/DHSS Joint Rayner Scrutiny on Delivery of Benefits to the Unemployed”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (Freedom of Information Campaign: pressure for legislation) [Open Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: UKHC Canberra telegram 575 to FCO (0551Z) ("Australian Federal Election 1980") [Fraser coalition returned with halved majority] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT letter to Carter (Poland) [Soviets taking "precautionary steps in case an armed intervention should appear necessary"] [released 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade Unions: Nott letter to Prior ("Green Paper on Trade Union Immunities") [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Biffen note ("Public Expenditure") [proposals for further cuts] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Privatisation: Pym letter to Joseph ("British Aerospace Flotation") [Pym has "no intention of agreeing to" Treasury proposals] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Industry letter to No.10 ("British Shipbuilders Finances") [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Hastie-Smith note circulated to OD Committee - OD(80) 58 (Northern Ireland Prisons: Possible Hunger Strike) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(80) 59 (UK Negotiations with Guatemala Over Belize) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: MT letter to Dr. Steven Muller (thanks for granting Alan Walters leave) [released 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: MT letter to Susan Crabtree (MT sorry to hear of small business difficulties) [MT defends economic record] [released 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT letter to Lord Caccia (thanks for letter) ["We shall go through a difficult time in the coming months and there will be many faint-hearts"] [released 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: Gilmour minute to MT ("Possible Economic Assistance for Poland") [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Soames minute to MT ("Civil Service Pay") [proposes suspension of Civil Service Pay Agreement: "The unions would only use the figures...to support their case for higher increases than we are ready to allow"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howell-Lamont-Moore-Maitland-Guinness-Hoskyns-Wolfson) [energy pricing] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Post Office: No.10 letter to Department of Industry ("Postal Tariff Increases") ["The Prime Minister is still very unhappy about the proposed increases"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Namibia: UKE Pretoria to FCO ("Nambia") [Pretoria Five meet with Pik Botha] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Nott) ["EX Committee"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("New Statesman Article on IMS Limited") [defence sales: further details on allegations of impropriety] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (NEDC: adding Heseltine to the Ministerial team on the Council) [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian internal situation”) [Forlani has formed a four-party coalition: list of ministers] [declassified December 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian internal situation”) [Forlani coalition: few surprises in ministerial appointments] [declassified December 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO internal minute (“New Italian government: messages from the Prime Minister”) [personality note on Forlani; messages to Forlani, Cossiga] [declassified December 2010]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: MOD to No.10 (“Gulf of Oman Patrol”) [strengthening the British naval presence in the Gulf] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: MT letter to Andrew Pearce MEP (Ellesmere Port Mill) [threatened closure and possible solutions] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Ellesmere Port Mill) [threatened closure: factors to consider] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Overseas aid: Lord Carrington minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Development Policy”) [declassified 2012]
CD only 80 Oct 20 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Interview for Woman’s Realm
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2011]
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