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Info only 83 Oct 20 Th Chronology Major [Chronology] Anglo-French summit in London (ends 21 Oct)
Text 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gibraltar: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Gibraltar") ["giving certain EC rights to Spain in advance of accession... in return for the Spaniards lifting all their remaining restrictions on Gibraltar"; MT unconvinced by proposal] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Secretary-Rifkind-Fretwell-Cheysson & others) [EC, EC budget, CAP] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ministers: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Membership of Lloyds") [procedure for dealing with conflicts of interest when appointing Ministers] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ministers: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Membership of Lloyds") [John Moore: conflict of interests as Treasury Minister] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Tonga: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Talks with the King of Tonga: 26 October 1983") [arrangements] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mozambique: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Machel of Mozambique) [Tête-à-tête session: USSR presence in Africa; Rhodesia/Zimbabwe; non-aligned movement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mozambique: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Machel of Mozambique-Howe-Chissano-others) [Plenary session: future of Southern Africa; Rhodesia/Zimbabwe; South Africa] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Brittan letter to Whitelaw (“The Prison Adjudication System”) [review of system for dealing with disciplinary offences] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Sonny Ramphal letter to MT (Report on work of the Commonwealth Secretariat) [“A Healing Touch”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Justice: No.10 minute to MT ("Prison adjudication") ["...review of the present system for dealing with offences in prison."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Part time farming") [MT "asked yesterday morning about the figures on part-time farming in the Community"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 3039 to FCO (0300Z) ("President Reagan's press conference: Lebanon") [US objectives] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Tebbit PS letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS (paper on Regional Policy) [final draft for Ministerial approval; White Paper] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Saudi Arabia: No.10 letter to Ronald Smith (Helen Smith) [circumstances of death] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 letter to Ridley PS ("Objectives for the Chairman of British Rail") ["On transitional costs... [MT] thinks that it is unwise to advertise this problem in the brief"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("RAF Greenham Common: Cruise missile deliveries and security arrangements") [details] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Deliveries of Cruise Missiles to RAF Greenham Common - Parliamentary and public statements") [proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Mitterrand) [defence disarmament, Allied cooperation, East-West relations, Middle East] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Paul Channon minute for MT (“Anglo-French Summit: Airbus A320”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada: Regional Reactions") [reactions to death of Maurice Bishop] [declassified 2013]
PDF 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]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Tebbit minute to Jenkin (“Merseyside”) [Merseyside Task Force report, activities of companies in the area] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Joseph minute to MT (“Education on Merseyside”) [“the number of educational institutions is inefficiently and expensively out of line with reduced demand”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 3036 to FCO (0139Z) (“President Reagan’s press conference: the US economy”) [Reagan said that “1000 days into his administration a strong recovery was under way”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: UKE Brasilia to FCO (“Brazilian Debt Crisis”) [emergency measures] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Alan Walters minute to MT (“Hong Kong - Monetary Reform”) [“reform… was handled with astonishing speed and I believe remarkable efficiency”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe telegram to UKE Beijing (“Robert Adley MP”) [pro-Chinese sovereignty Conservative MP proposing to visit China and go public on his views] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: fifth round: press communique”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: fifth round: second day”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Hong Kong: possible contingencies”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 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]
Text 83 Oct 20 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech at lunch for President of Mozabique (Samora Machel)
Text 83 Oct 20 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech at dinner during Anglo-French Summit
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