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Text 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) European elections: Geoffrey Howe note to MT (“EDG Links with other Parties in the European Parliament”) [“first objective should be to attempt to establish a closer working relationship with the Christian Democrats”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Genscher and the FDP") ["...to resign as FDP Party Chairman... but continue as Foreign Minister... FDP in a major crisis."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("The FDP and the Bonn coalition") ["...domestic anxieties... have worsened with Genscher's [resignation]... growing doubts about... long term viability [of FDP] as Coalition partner."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish relations: Northern Ireland") [draft speaking note] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lubbers) [UK contribution to EU Budget; Mitterrand "taking a very tough stance"; MT: "very bad news"] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Jenkin minute to MT ("Limpenhoe Marshes: Mr David Archer") [Jenkin/Jopling dispute over Jenkin proposal to issue order to conserve threatened landscape] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("German approach to Fontainebleau") ["a fair and lasting solution to the problem of British net contributions"; successor to Gaston Thorn] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Dumas) [EC Budget: European Council meeting, Fontainebleau, 25-26 June] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to Howe ("European Council, 25-26 June") [outline of anticipated agreement] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Council, Fontainebleau, 25-26 June") [MT speaking notes] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("European Council: preparation for the European Council") [David Williamson, Étienne Davignon: Budget imbalances] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office letter to Imperial Chemical Industries PLC ("The Fontainebleau European Council") [UK "to press hard for measures which will genuinely ensure the operation of the internal market"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone (London Economic Summit) ["grateful to you for the... [gift]... I found our talks particularly helpful and interesting"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Prior minute to MT ("Kinsale Gas") [options for future of project] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 544 to FCO (1135Z) ("Demonstrations against the High Commission") [protests about BBC interview of Chauhan] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Benefit Reviews: Brief for Meeting with Norman Fowler") [general principles; options; conclusions] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Fowler PS letter to No.10 ("Poverty and Unemployment Traps") [Social Security Reviews] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("Urban Policy and Programme Review - Report") [preliminary meeting; options] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sri Lanka: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Sri Lanka") [UK-Ceylon Defence Agreement: MT rejects proposed line to take in her meeting with Jayewardene on 27 June] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("EDG links with other Parties in the European Parliament") [establishing a closer working relationship with the German Christian Democrats; Howe advises MT to raise issue with Kohl; speaking notes attached] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Arab-British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC)") [opening of new premises: Howe emphasises need for equal treatment of Arabs/Israel, in terms of UK government representation at official events] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “MacGregor in “no victory” warning to NUM” [insists NUM will not win in letter delivered to 178,000 miners]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Education: Bob Dunn speech in Dartford (religious & moral education in schools) [“the development of moral values is also a much neglected area of the curriculum”] [annotations released 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) G7: President Reagan message to MT (thanks) [“The industrial democracies now are firmly launched on a close, collaborative approach to the problems of the eighties.”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Power Station Endurance") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT ("Coal Dispute: BSC") [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: MT letter to President of the World Bank Clausen (the supplementary financing of the International Development Association) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: David Barclay minute to Butler, MT (“Possible visit to Liverpool”) [proposes keeping plans quiet “to minimise the inevitable disruption and demonstrations”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Turnbull minute to Jenkin PS (“Liverpool: Commissioners”) [MT’s response to Jenkin’s suggestions for appointments] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Turnbull note to MT (Jenkin’s stance on Liverpool) [“Jenkin seems to have done well in shepherding Liverpool back towards the fold without conceding much in 1984-85”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Heseltine minute to MT (Liverpool Commissioners) [“It is essential to consider now a private list of people who could be approached if - against all our wishes and efforts - we are forced to intervene”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (meeting with Liverpool City Council) [plans for 1985-6 budget, possible rate increase agreement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (breach of security) [Brittan leaves classified papers exposed: Armstrong discusses with MT and Brittan] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italy internal”) [fresh assessment of Craxi’s prospects - DC the biggest threat to him] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Mackworth-Young (restructuring of the international debt) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PPS letter to No.10 (“Argentina”) [latest developments & French role] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town to FCO (“South Africa’s Relations with her Neighbours”) [declassified 2014]
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