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Date: 16 May 1984.

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84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food minute for Coles ("Subsidised Food Exports to the Soviet Union") [declassified 2015]
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 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: UKDel NATO telegram to FCO ("Defence Planning Committee, 16 May: Restricted Session") ["dominated by strong appeal to Dutch to stand firm on INF deployment"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine PS letter to Howe PS ("Sale of Tornado to Saudi Arabia") [need for ongoing confidentiality, with deal nearly clinched] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Education in Liverpool") ["Keith is still understating the appalling educational consequences of accepting Liverpool's proposals"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environmental affairs: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Environmental Pollution - meeting on 17 May") ["[Patrick Jenkin] is absolutely right in saying that... the 'do nothing' option would be a political and economic disaster"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environmental affairs: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Environmental Pollution") [background; main issues; policy proposals; Economic Summit initiative; handling; conclusions] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Community Credit Rating on New York Markets") [risk of Standard & Poor downgrading: MT opposes Treasury's proposed amendments to EC Commission reply to S&P] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet Office: Community Affairs") [Foreign Affairs Council 14/15 May: outcomes; reform of EC financing/UK refunds; Finance Ministers meeting 12/13 May: outcomes; Transport Council 10 May: outcomes; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Allan Stewart PS letter to Howe PS ("Visit to Brussels 30 May 1984") ["to dicuss further used of... [EC] funds in Scotland"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Jordan: FCO briefing for MT ("King Hussein's call on the Prime Minister") [comprehensive briefing on Middle East including concerns about USSR defence sales to Jordan] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	India: Indira Gandhi message to MT (North-South dialogue) [urgent need for global negotiations] [declassified Jul 2015]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: Cockfield minute to MT ("British Leyland Corporate Plan - Need for Additional Finance") [opposes additional finance] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised Industries: Heseltine PS letter to Tebbit PS ("Warshipbuilding") [future orders] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Chile: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Chile") [defence sales to Chile; HMS Antrim] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Younger letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Teachers' Pay Negotiations 1984") [pay awards for locally funded and for centrally funded higher education] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Afghanistan: Lord Bethell letter to Howe (Afghanistan: Resettlement of Soviet Prisoners) [applications for political asylum: sponsorship & media coverage] [released Jul 2018]
84 May 16 We	Press	Trivial	Commentary (The Sun)	Coal: “Happiness is a hamlet called Scargill” [report on town called Scargill]
84 May 16 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Walker (Peter)	Coal: Peter Walker speech in London (Coal Merchants Federation) [“Too many miners have been duped into a pointless and futile strike by propaganda with a political motive.”]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Coal: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Industrial Affairs: Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Coal: Hailsham minute to MT (Nottingham magistrates' courts: offences relating to picketing) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Younger letter to Whitelaw (“Corporal Punishment”) [declassified 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: John Coles minute to Robert Armstrong (“London Economic Summit”) [current preparations: draft statements on terrorism and democratic values; UK initiative on industry and the environment; draft economic declaration] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Howe PS letter to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Prime Minister’s Meeting with President Reagan”) [opportunity to discuss Summit-related issues and wider political questions] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Indira Gandhi message to MT (London Economic Summit) [need for fresh impetus on a “North-South dialogue”] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Visit of the South Africa Prime Minister”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: Mengistu message to MT (Botha’s visit to Britain) [appeal to MT to withdraw the invitation] [declassified 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Hong Kong: No.10 letter to Howe PS (“Hong Kong”) [UK/China negotiations] [declassified 2014]
84 May 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Hong Kong: Howe draft speech for Commons (“Debate on Hong Kong”) [MT annotations and notes] [declassified 2014]
84 May 16 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

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