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Text 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster minute to FCO ("Argentina: Falklands") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Chairman of the Coalite Group letter to MT ("South Atlantic Fishing Resources") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Keith Joseph minute to Peter Rees ("1984 Survey: Guidelines") [options for spending cuts] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Fowler minute to Peter Rees (Public Expenditure Survey) [proposed baseline and timetable] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("Mr J G Anderson: Direct Broadcasting by Satellite in the UK") ["represents US satellite manufacturing interests... seeks to denigrate and misrepresent the proposals of the... consortium... which the BBC had selected to provide a DBS satellite... [suggest] a neutral reply on the lines of the attached draft"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("DBS") [Direct Broadcasting by Satellite: criticism of project & Government over-commitment; third party involvement; alternative options; recommendation that MT convene review meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan minute to MT ("Direct Broadcasting by Satellite (DBS): A Joint Project") ["In the attached memorandum... [Tebbit] and I set out our joint conclusions... propose to announce the general lines of our policy"; potential risks to project going head; News International rival scheme; MT requests meeting of key Ministers] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Environmental Pollution") ["We are rapidly losing public confidence and we must take steps to regain the initiative"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Environmental Pollution") [Official Committee on Environmental Protection report] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Budget Imbalance") [record of conversation with French EC Commission officials: latest position on negotiations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ridley letter to Howe (Transport Council: shipping business) [draft resolution on unfair commercial practices: suggested amendment to French proposal] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Advance of Community own resources") ["Commission's withdrawal, yesterday, of their request for an advance on 30 March... clearly confirms... there was no need for an advance today"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("NHS Recruitment Advertising") ["proposal is for a jobs register put out to competitive tender"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Fowler PS letter to No.10 ("Scrutinies and Value for Money") [progress report] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Abolition of Control Over Port Development) [background; MT agrees announcement but requests delay to avert risk of dock strike] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Science & Technology: Sir Alan Muir Wood letter to MT (comments on retirement from ACARD) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (jobs) [paper presenting findings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 briefing for MT (Chequers seminar on employment) [key issues to be addressed; Dept of Employment paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("School Teachers' Pay (England and Wales) 1984") [report on Burnham Primary & Secondary Committee negotiations; repercussions of Scottish offer; next steps/Government line; arbitration] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: Lord Bethell letter to Leon Brittan (Afghanistan: Resettlement of Soviet Prisoners) [applications for political asylum: sponsorship] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1600Z) ("Iran-Iraq War") (NSPG 0087) [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: National Security Planning Group meeting minute (possible Iranian victory) [declassified 2005]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Press Minor Commentary (The Times) Coal: "Scargill's pension fund policy" [Scargill defends pensions policy in the high court]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Alison note for MT (drinks with MPs) [time to see “junior and middle ranking members of Government] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Employment: Redwood minute for MT (Policy Unit work on jobs) [“saw nothing that persuaded us that Direct Government involvement … would work”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute to MT (“Your Fifth Anniversary”) [MT “doing less media work these days”; make some time available for this - Sunday lobby?] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("Coal: MISC 101(84)6th meeting") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Pascall minute to MT ("Coal") [coal stocks and strike situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT ("Coal: Situation Report") [declassified 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to NIO (“Northern Ireland: Haagerup Report”) [Barry “said it offered new hope to the people of both traditions”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO telegram to UKE Dublin (“Border Road Closures”) [Prior to Barry: “Our security forces have … been making a thorough survey of crossing points”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Nick Ridley PS letter to Cabinet Office (“OD: Its sub committees and official committees”) [areas of discussion for Transport Secretary] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Armstrong PS minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Meeting with Mr Trudeau”) [advantages of meeting Trudeau during the Summit, as requested; suggestion of possible dates] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: FCO to No.10 (“Iran-Iraq: Chemical Weapons”) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: press coverage”) [Jardine Matheson company quitting Hong Kong] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: visit by EXCO unofficials to London”) [“have now reached a critical point”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: Nationality”) [“[EXCO] see a satisfactory resolution of this issue as crucial”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT (“London Regional Transport”) [GLC-appointed Chief Exec to be retained] [declassified 2014]
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