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Text 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Unemployment: Allan Stewart letter to Gordon Brown (unemployment in constituency) [can be “misleading to consider individual communities in isolation from the employment opportunities in the whole of the Travel-to-Work Area of which they are a part”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 briefing for MT ("Telephone conversation with Chancellor Kohl") [Kohl visit to US; nuclear arms control; conventional defences; US economy; UN Law of the Sea Convention] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker minute to MT ("Proposed Fast Reactor Reprocessing Plant at Dounreay") [MT agrees to UK bid for participation in European collaboration] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Housing Policy") ["main issues, options and state of play"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [Johnson Matthey & banking supervision] [declassified 2013]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [Johnson Matthey & banking supervision] [declassified 2013]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Review of BBC External Services") [MT looks forward to hearing views on how government should react] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Jordan: UKE Amman telegram 797 to FCO (1520Z) ("King Hussein's Visit to London") [suitable dates; Middle East peace process] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT ("Implementation of Efficiency Scrutinies") [suggests investigation of slow and incomplete implementation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Younger-Armstrong-Ibbs-Fraser) ["Scottish Office: Value for Money Seminar"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Alan Walters minute to MT ("The Debt Problem") [meeting on the international debt problem] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Visit of Mr. Volcker") [MT requests meeting during his visit to London] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Paddy Ashdown MP (possible CIA operation against British companies in the computer technology field) ["there is no need for an inquiry"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Zaire: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mobutu, John Johnson, Umba di Lutete) [Zaire economy/foreign aid; Falklands; Chad; Southern Africa] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Robin Nicholson minute to MT ("EC Standards for Motor Vehicle Exhaust Emissions") [points for Norman Lamont's negotiating group to address in EC talks to reach compromise with West Germany on its demand for introduction of 3-way catalysts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("EC Standards for Vehicle Exhaust Emissions") [cheaper & more efficient lean-burn engine vs. 3-way catalytic converter: "the snag is that the lean-burn engine is not a realistic contender for.. [West Germany's] acclerated programme of emissions control"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Future of Europe") [Anglo/French summit; European Council; Dooge Committee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("European Community") [speculation on the terms of a new Treaty; long-term UK objectives] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo/Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [draft message to Taoiseach Fitzgerald on MT's remarks at press conference; MT: 'This whole proposal is too contrived and too apologetic'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Alison note to MT (call from Secretary of Working Miners group) ['Many striking miners have been telling her, discreetly, that they intend to go back to work after Christmas, but not before, to avoid family intimidation over the holiday'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Fowler PS letter to Brittan PS ("Ethnic Question in the Census") [publication of Government Reply to second Report of the Home Affairs Committee] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Lord Gowrie letter to Biffen ("The Museum of London and the Local Government Bill") [future of Museum after abolition of GLC; risk of Government having to provide two thirds of ongoing funding; Gowrie warns he doesn't have the money] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: MT letter to Lord Bethell (Soviet Prisoners of the Afghan Resistance: failed UK resettlement of two asylum applicants) [further details of the known background to the soldiers' repatriation] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “TUC and miners’ leaders to seek way to reopen talks” [TUC and NUM aim to re-open negotiations]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Scargill “the tyrant who hates democracy ”” [Thatcher and Brittan link Scargill with terrorists]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public Expenditure: Rees minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Planning Total for 1985-86") ["upward pressures on the [spending] figures are emerging"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO letter to No.10 ("East/West Relations: Call by Soviet Ambassador") [Soviet Ambassador talks with Luce: US/Soviet arms control talks] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: MT letter to Italian PM Craxi (Venice Conference on technological innovation) [most interested; seeks specifics] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Overseas aid: MT letter to Margaret Wickstead (defends policy) [“Total provision for expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office next year has not been cut”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Sherbourne notes (Liaison Committee) [points raised] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 27 November 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Ingham minute to Butler ("Miners' Strike - TUC") [record of Ingham's call with Daily Mirror journalist on Walker meeting with TUC representatives] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: AP News Wire (“NUM Branch President in Custody”) [arrest over attack on working miner] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 1402 to FCO (0220Z) (“Cyprus: Secretary General’s initiative”) [Denktash “accepted the bulk of the draft high level agreement”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Unemployment: Allan Stewart letter to Gordon Brown MP (unemployment in Dunfermline East constituency) [response to proposed initiative] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: MT letter to Senator John Tower (retirement) [“invaluable contribution to promoting the cause of NATO and our common defence”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“A banking crisis in the United States”) [“The balance sheets of US banks … are in a parlous state and cannot be quickly recapitalised”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: President Reagan letter to MT (UK-US civil aviation relationship: meeting preparations) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 27 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
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