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Text 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit: Political Declaration") [Germans accept wording very close to ours on German unity] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Bonn Summit: 2-4 May") [French will have two positive aims and two defensive aims for the summit; international monetary conference proposal] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Robert Armstrong) ["Bonn Economic Summit" - discussion of summit draft declarations] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office minute for No.10 ("E(LF) 20 May: Meeting and Buffet Lunch") [attendees - Lawson's name added] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Tom King ("Cost-Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Measures Related to Employment") [PAC recommendations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Bernard Ingham minute to MT ("Mr Mulroney's Visit - Media") ["the Canadians would have cameras in on virtually everything"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Charles Powell minute to Brittan PS ("Sikh Extremists: Damage to Indo-British Relations") [MT wishes to discuss issue urgently] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 363 to FCO (0810Z) ("Westlands") [Gandhi realised issue was potentially difficult political problem for British government] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT (Assassination and Death in Service: benefits payable to dependants) ["I share... [Peter Rees'] concern about the suggestion that longer-term benefits might also be improved"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO telegram 383 to UKE Moscow (1200Z) ("Expulsion of Soviet Officials") [Soviet Ambassador summoned, blustering denial of accusations against Soviet officials; FCO expressed regret for leak to press] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Proposed Expulsion of Soviet Intelligence Officers") [concern at need for decision at short notice and apparent leak to BBC] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 note ("Prime Minister's Questions: 18 April. Soviet Expulsions. Line to Take") [want to improve bilateral relations, but this does not mean relaxation of policy on kinds of activity which led to expulsions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (Government Response to the Beach Report on the Control of Military Information) [publication date/time; proof copy of text] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Armed Forces Pay Review Body") [background to problematic report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Rees letter to Tebbit ("MISC 108") [help for small firms: additional costs & off-setting savings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO minute ("Draft Agreement on Political Cooperation") [present state of text, with annotations by Powell] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Alan Clark letter to MT (GLC adverts on employment opportunities for disabled people) [rebutting GLC claims] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi message to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to India) [Tamil extremism; Pakistan nuclear programme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (Government Response to the Environment Committee Report on the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981) [proposed final draft] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 13th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Economic Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“CAP price fixing: developments prior to Agriculture Council on 22-23 April”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Competition Policy”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sport: Redwood minute to Young (“An exhbition hall and sports centre in Docklands”) [“I suggested that the LDDC should move quickly to the next stage”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Rees letter to Brittan (“Public Order White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Jenkin letter to Whitelaw (“Public Order White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Kenneth Kaunda (peaceful solution for South Africa) [have pressed for unconditional release of Mandela; hope his powerful influence would be used for moderation, against violence] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO (“Bundestag Debate on SDI”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Apr 18 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
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