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Info only 85 Sep 2 Mo Chronology Key [Chronology] Reshuffle: Hurd replace Brittan at Home Office; Tebbit new Party Chairman; Jenkin replaced as Environment Secretary by Baker
Text 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Prime Minister Gonzalez of Spain letter to MT (construction of the European Fighter Aircraft: Spanish participation) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove note to MT ("1985 Survey: Scotland and Northern Ireland") [proposed spending cuts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Charles Powell note to MT ("Ptarmigan/MSE") [UK bid for US contract: unconfirmed report of action following MT message to Reagan] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Proposed United Kingdom Action Against the Commission in the European Court of Justice") [annual premium for sheep; MT "delighted" with shift to "more aggressive policy" with regard to EC Commission/European Court] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Strategy for the Coal Industry”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO letter to UKREP Brussels ("EC Enlargement Negotiations") [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1128 to FCO (1500Z) ("Gorbachev's Interview with Time Magazine: Comment") [summary & analysis] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: No.10 notes (gameplan) [final stage of planning - who to see/call, etc; names, including PPSs] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Armstrong minute to Wicks (possible machinery of government changes) [draft Note for Editors] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Draft press notice ("Ministerial Resignations and Appointments") [last minute adjustments written in] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Wicks note for MT (Hurd reservations about wholesale changes at Northern Ireland Office) [warns Chief Whip not to move Scott & Patten as well as himself] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby briefing (reshuffle) [12.30 & 6.50pm briefings, with attached note "Reshuffle 1985"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer APS letter to No.10 (“Press Advertisment: Keith Package”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Gummer letter to MT (regrets at leaving CCO, accepts new job, her vital role) ["you ought not to entertain thoughts of the kind you raised latterly with me"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: No.10 note for the record (“The 21 limit on the number of Cabinet Ministers”) [“Mr Tebbit will not count against the 21 limit”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa: Bishop Tutu”) [suggests he meet MT during his visit to the UK] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO to UKE Luxembourg (“Political Committee Meeting: 3-4 September: South Africa”) [resist claim SA financial crisis improves case for economic sanctions] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Sep 2 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Letters to persons leaving the Government (Rees, Gowrie, Jenkin)
Text 85 Sep 2 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (reshuffle)
Text 85 Sep 2 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN (reshuffle)
Text 85 Sep 2 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for IRN (reshuffle)
Text 85 Sep 2 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Letters to persons leaving the Government (Butler, Fletcher, Macfarlane, Stradling Thomas)
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