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Text 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tony Christopher, General Secretary Inland Revenue Staff Federatio) [civil service unions and management] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to Willie Whitelaw ("RSG Debate 1986/87: Commitments for 1986/87") [backbenchers want answers on how low-spending authorities will be treated] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Inquiry into Local Government Practice and Procedures") [Widdicombe proposed as chairman] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull note to MT (PEWP publication arrangements) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rees PS minute to Whitelaw PS ("1985 Public Expenditure White Paper") [need to present plans positively] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robin Butler minute to MT ("Public Expenditure - Presentation") ["It is desirable to bring together decisions about expenditure and taxes"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [should aim for a shorter period between public spending survey and the Budget] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Public expenditure survey - lessons for the future") [difficult 1984 Survey, prospects for 1985] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Brittan PS minute to Howe PS (Sikh Demonstration) [protest against deportation of Jasvir Singh] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chile: Lord Thomas note to No.10 (negotiation with the Soviet Union) [newspaper article] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Moscow telegram 041 to FCO (1115Z) ("Shultz/Gromyko talks: Soviet press reaction") ["Generally welcoming in tone"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message to King Fahd (sale of Tornado & developments in the oil market) [MT "delighted" with sale, and promises discretion until details are finalised; notes that she has asked Peter Walker to meet with Sheikh Yamani "to discuss how our objectives in relation to oil prices might be met"] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: MT letter to President Reagan (Environment Ministers meeting) [cover letter for report on December meeting in London] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tebbit) [reclamation of UK's illegal regional aid for Dean Dove Ltd; MT of the view that "European Commission... insisting on their pound of flesh at the cost of causing unemployment"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Butler letter to Armstrong (report of visit of Leeds University professor to Moscow) [friend of Scargill's possible connections to Soviet Union] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Power Station Endurance”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: FCO letter to Powell (“Afghan Aid for UK Miners”) [suggestion of involvement of Afghan government in provision of financial support to NUM] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull letter to Hatfield (Afghan Aid for UK miners) [request that NUM receipt of cheque from Afghan NGO is publicised] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Peter Walker) ["BNOC and Oil Prices": agreement of Walker's lines to take for his forthcoming meeting with Sheikh Yamani] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “NUM left may oust moderates and seize control of executive” [NUM radical leaders prepare plan for expulsion of Nottingham]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Press Major Commentary (The Sun) Coal: “Scargill’s shock letter” [Scargill writes letter to father of imprisoned miner praising his actions]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Cold War: UK Embassy in Prague to FCO (1984 Annual Report on Czechoslovakia) [declassified 2007]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 1st (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, coal strike) [Tebbit returns after Brighton Bomb injuries] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 minute to MT (“Announcement of your visit to Washington”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Thursday 10 January 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker letter to Fowler (“Unemployment benefit for redundant miners”) [recommends review of social security legislation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 record of conversation (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Christopher”) [MT talking 'frankly' with General Secretary of Inland Revenue Staff Federation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 88 to FCO (2310Z) (“US budget deficit: latest developments”) [administration faces “the prospect of presenting a budget dead on arrival in Congress”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Keith Joseph minute to MT (“The Switch to Engineering and Technology”) [proposed meeting on Joseph’s plans] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Economy: Thatcher letter to Reagan (environment - London G7 follow-up) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe minute to MT (“Falklands Fisheries”) [Agreement between the CTC and the Falkland Islands Government ] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Jan 10 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: HMA Ambassdor to Italy despatch (“Italy: Annual Review for 1984”) [Craxi's first full year as PM - good economic record, but political costs for PSI and DC; death of PCI leader Berlinguer] [declassified Oct 2016]
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