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Info only 84 Oct 12 Fr Chronology Key [Chronology] Brighton bomb
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Cabinet Office briefing book ("Anglo-Italian Summit 18-19 October 1984") [FCO, Treasury & other departments contributing] [declassified Feb 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb:No.10 invitation (party conference) [tea with MT] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: CCO platform plan (party conference) [final session] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Belize: MT letter to Prime Minister Price of Belize (new High Commissioner) [“appointment will serve to maintain the relations of close friendship which so happily exist between us”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("European Political Cooperation Meeting: Falklands at the UN") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("MISC 106") [MT anotation: "I wonder if we have not misssed some possible economies"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to George Younger ("Territorial Blocks: Needs Assessment") [draft terms of reference] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Michael Jopling ("Report on Agricultural Development and Advisory Services") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Professor Bell report ("Report of a Study of ADAS") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robin Nicholson minute to MT ("MISC 106: R&D Expenditure by Departments") [government-funded R&D out of balance] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO minute (internal): Crispin Tickell to Robin Renwick ("Italian Commissoners") [Communist Party candidate] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department telegram to USE Buenos Aires & USMIS New York ("Falkland Islands (Malvinas) UNGA Resolution") [published 2015]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Efficiency Unit minute to MT ("The Urban Programme") [advice on Jenkin proposals, and on papers, for forthcoming MISC 104 meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3056 to FCO (2052Z) ("Laker Consultations") [strategy; objectives] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Howe PS letter to Ridley PS ("Laker") [agenda for Ministerial meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 3048 to FCO (0045Z) ("The Presidential Campaign") [report on first television Debate] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Conveyancing") [Solicitors' monopoly on provision of conveyancing services: H Committee proposals are 'a weak package'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (BT/IBM: Value Added Networks) [MT agrees with DTI decision not to allow venture to proceed] [released Dec 2014]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (immediate reaction to Brighton Bomb) [“The conference will go on, as usual”]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Miners welcome Acas formula as basis for settlement” [NUM willing to accept formula on 1974 plan]
Video 84 Oct 12 Fr Multimedia Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Party Conference [film]
Video 84 Oct 12 Fr Multimedia Key Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (immediate reaction to Brighton Bomb) [film]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: Hailsham letter to MT (grieving) [“fight the good fight against the forces of darkness”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Catford minute for MT (Runcie’s criticism of government) [“He had apparently not realised the significance of the timing in relation to the Party Conference”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Sherman speech module (“The NUM and the British People”) [“the dispute is part of an attempt by the NUM and like-minded unions to impose their diktat on the British people”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Belize: MT to Prime Minister George Price (introduces new High Commissioner) [routine letter signed on day of Brighton Bomb] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Draft speech opening (post-bomb) [rejected draft referring to bomb as assault on government] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT speaking text (Conservative Conference speech) [post-Brighton Bomb] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Press Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: “To Kill the Cabinet” (“The story behind the Grand Hotel bombing”) [Brighton Evening Argus 40 page supplement]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Employment briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Briefing - 12 October 1984: Major Industrial Disputes") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Friday 12 October 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("MISC 101(84)45th Meeting: Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Hurd content with proposed speaking notes for secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [Irish constitutional amendments] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKE Ankara telegram to FCO (“Secretary General’s initiative”) [reports of “Denktash’s genuine intention to negotiate”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Robert Young minute to MT (“The Urban Programme - Misc 104”) [criticises Environment Department’s response to programme review] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Urban Programme resources (Misc 104(84)5)”) [proposed distribution of cuts, level of resources for the programme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Rees minute to MT (“The AEA Review”) [future of UK Atomic Energy Authority] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“The Future of the Atomic Energy Authority”) [“the best solution would be to privatise the AEA”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Chief Scientific Adviser minute to MT (“E(NI) Review of UK Atomic Energy Authority”) [favours privatisation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Review”) [“AEA should become primarily a contract Research & Development… organisation operating through a Trading Fund”] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Brighton Bomb: Reagan letter to Thatcher (message of sympathy) [“We must work together to thwart this scourge”] [declassified 2000]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Press Key Thatcher memoirs Northern Ireland: The Brighton Bomb [memoirs extract]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Brighton Bomb: McFarlane minute for Reagan (suggested call to MT) [“nice gesture to complement your personal message”] [declassified 2000]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO minute to No.10 (“Anglo-Italian Summit 18-19 October: Participation by Officials”) [declassified 2014]
Audio 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Brighton Bomb: Reagan phone call to MT (sympathy and support) [audio] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Remarks following Brighton bomb
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Remarks entering Brighton Conference Centre

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