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PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Craxi) [future of European Community; Economic Summit; FCO copy] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Jenkin minute to MT ("Private Rented Sector") [deregulation: public expenditure implications; housing benefit] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Monckton minute to MT ("Private Rented Sector") [deregulation: public expenditure implications; housing benefit] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Leyland Bus: Thai contract) [British response to Belgian bid; proposal for avoiding OECD "no-aid" rules] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Rees minute to MT ("Leyland Bus: Bangkok") [warns against breaching OECD rules to win contract] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Tebbit minute to MT ("Leyland Bus: Bangkok") [seeks approval of revised negotiating position] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Warry minute to No.10 ("Bangkok Order for Leyland Bus") [suggested negotiating position] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [comments on Heseltine/Tebbit memorandum] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [background; UK conditions for proceeding with partnership project; alternative possibilities] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Drug Abuse - Weekend Update") [political strategies; legislation to enable forfeiture of assets; summary of research findings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Review Body Reports") [proposed increases for nurses, doctors & dentists, and armed forces respectively] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor Kohl, on 18 May, 1985") [attaches paper on political cooperation; meeting "will be crucial in determining whether we succeed in channelling the debate on the future of the European Community over the next months towards sensible conclusions with which we can live"; need to convince Euro-enthusiasts Britain moving ahead, but "we don't want to succumb to the drivel about European Union"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Department of Energy note to No.10 ("Gas Privatisation") [draft Parliamentary statement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 briefing for MT ("Social Security Reviews") [pre-meeting on pensions, in advance of Cabinet meeting] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("SERPS and the Welfare Reviews") [state earnings-related pension scheme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: G7 draft declaration ("Political Declaration on the 40th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War") ["we dedicate ourselves and our countries anew to the creation of a world in which all peoples enjoy the blessings of peace, of justice, and of freedom"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Ministers' Meeting) [Central America, drugs, political declaration, economic issues, press briefing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Clark bilateral) [VE day celebrations, Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, UNESCO, European Community] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Abe bilateral) [East-West relations in the Asian context, international trading system] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Craxi) [future of the European Community, Economic Summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: ?Butler record of conversation (plenary - heads of government) [Middle East, anniversary of WWII, economic recovery, trade] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: ?Butler record of conversation (plenary) [trade and monetary policy, aid for Africa] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor Kohl, on 18 May, 1985") [attaches paper on political cooperation; meeting "will be crucial in determining whether we succeed in channelling the debate on the future of the European Community over the next months towards sensible conclusions with which we can live"; need to convince Euro-enthusiasts Britain moving ahead, but "we don't want to succumb to the drivel about European Union"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT-McFarlane: "IDU Meeting in Washington") [MT "was clearly taken aback to hear that the President knew nothing of the meeting and commented that a certain amount of 'leverage' appeared to be going on"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO minute to Robert Armstrong ("New GATT Round: Agriculture") [EC statement - a hard-fought compromise, best avoid all reference to agriculture in G7 economic declaration] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Secretaries’ note circulated to Official Group on Coal - MISC57(85) 8 (“Lessons of the miners’ strike: draft report to ministers”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UKHC Ottawa letter to No.10 (reasons for MT’s attendance at Expo in Canada) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [review body reports, local government finance, gilts prospectus] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: Peter Rees minute to Paul Channon (“Poland: Rescheduling v Refinancing”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Nick Ridley minute to MT (“Laker: attempted settlement”) [“BA are required to report progress to the US judge on 8 May”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan PS letter to Biffen PS (economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the BBC) [National Audit Office scrutiny of Home Office role] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Barney Hayhoe PS letter to No.10 (“VAT Tribunals: transfer of responsibility”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: Sherbourne minute for MT (“Scottish Party Conference: Friday 10th May”) [drafting, especially on rates] [released 2015]
Info only 85 May 3 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks at Bonn G7 (all leaders present against protectionism)
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