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81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Ian Gow to Peter Thorneycroft (Central Office attitude) [allegedly defeatist attitude toward County Council elections] [released 2017]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised Industries: Nationalised Industries Chairmen's Group letter to No.10 (Group Chairman appointment) [Robert Marshall] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Accounting Officers memorandum") [updated guidance, issued to Ministers in addition to civil servants for first time, at MT request] [declassified Dec 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Internal audit") [MT request for more details about Treasury programme of reform] [declassified Dec 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Soviet Pentecostalist Families in Embassy Moscow, SALT Standing Consultative Commission (SCC), Soviets on U.S. TV, Dutch Prime Minister, Visit of Indian Ambassador") [declassified 2016]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Merseyside: Gowrie minute to MT ("Tate & Lyle") [closure of Liverpool sugar refinary: redundancy negotiations and position of trade union] [declassified Dec 2014]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (Treasury) [Wolfson & Walters agree “we must attack the Treasury position”; Lawson worried about Wass & “latent Keynesianism”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (a handwritten report on market conditions) [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Treasury paper for MT ("The Natural Rate of Unemployment") [Friedman and the Phillips Curve theory] [released 2012]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: MT interview for South Wales Echo (economic situation in Wales, industry, SDP, Cabinet divisions) [released 2012]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: DT note to Stephens (DT will attend Scottish Party Conference) ["I will be on parade"] [released 2012]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: MT letter to Arnold Weinstock (thanks for letter) ["There always difficult times somewhere in every administration. It those which sort out the men from the boys"] [released 2012]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Anglo/Irish Joint Studies") [MT: "these studies are already out of hand"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Atkins letter to Nicholas Winterton (Anglo/Irish Joint Studies) ["You can hardly be surprised that I - or any other member of the Government - should take exception to your accusing the Government...of lying through its teeth"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Employment: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("National Mobility Scheme") [housing scheme to increase labour mobility] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Mexico: Foreign Minister Castaneda of Mexico letter to MT (thanks for meeting) [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: UKE Amman to FCO ("Tornado") [delivery of MT's message to King Hussein of Jordan on Tornado sales to Arab states] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Prime Minister: MT letter to Ann Taylor MP (Taylor was not notified of ministerial visits to her constituency) [MT apologises] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Patriation of Canadian Constitution") [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Canada: Canadian High Commissioner to UK, Jean Wadds letter to MT ("The Role of the United Kingdom in the Amendment of the Canadian Constitution") [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Vereker minute to MT ("Civil Service industrial dispute: possible formula") [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Joseph minute to MT ("Manpower in the Department of Industry") [explanation of "huge" numbers of Civil Servants in DoI] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Coal: Howell minute to MT (meeting between NCB and unions: Ezra wants to give unions details of NCB's financial position) [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Energy: Joseph minute to MT ("Northern Ireland Electricity Subsidy") [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Joseph-Howell-Fowler-Ibbs-Armstrong-Le Cheminant-Moore) [the relationship between Government and the Nationalised Industries] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Whitmore minute to MT ("Liaison Committee") [Pym favours re-establishing committee on presentation of policy] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Middle East: UKE Doha to FCO ("Visit of S of S for Defence") [account of Nott visit to Qatar] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	India: Gilmour minute to MT ("Your Visit to India: Voucher Quota for United Kingdom Passport Holders in India") [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: Department of Industry letter to No.10 ("BL Funding: Clearance with the Commission") [MT: "We must make it clear to the Commission that they MUST NOT make difficulties"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Economy: Ian Gow record of conversation (MT, Barry Jones MP, Michael Roberts, Gow) [job losses] [released 2017]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	USA: No.10 minute to MT (Donald Regan visit to London) [meeting with MT] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
81 Mar 31 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Message to President Reagan ("very distressed" by assassination attempt)
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2012]

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