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Text 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Kadar") [General Secretary János Kádár visit to UK: Hungarians request more time be set aside for scheduled meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Inland Revenue paper circulated to Official Steering Committee on Local Government Finance Studies - E(LF)(O) (85) 5 ("A Modified Property Tax") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Lord Chancellor's Office letter to No.10 ("Handsworth Riot") [Birmingham riots] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Cabinet Office letter to Private Secretaries ("Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Nassau: 16-22 October 1985") [briefing arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1185 to FCO (0900Z) ("Counter Retaliations against Soviet Expulsions") [Ambassador regrets ministers unwilling to follow his advice] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO telegram 889 to UKE Moscow (0430Z) ("Retaliatory Expulsions from Moscow") [no final decision; ministers clear there must be further expulsions from London, but should avoid going into a third round of expulsions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hurd-Howe and others) ["Retaliation for Expulsions from Moscow" - should go ahead with further expulsions, but choose carefully to avoid further Soviet retaliation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO briefing ("Gordievsky: Second Wave Expulsions") [Howe TV interviews to discuss expulsions of Soviet officials] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: Andreas Papandreou message to MT (bomb attack at Glyfada resort) [Greek shock at attack, hunt for perpetrators, desire to reinforce bilateral relations in all possible areas] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to Ian Gow ("Community Budget for 1986: Budget Council 17-18 September 1985") [EC enlargement and the cost of the past; staffing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to Hurd ("European Community Migration Policy") [supports Hurd proposal to take EC Commission to European Court] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo 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 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Education: Addison minute to Cox (education seminar invitation) [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to David Young (“Fraud Staff”) [agrees in principle to case for staff increase but recommends a less ambitious programme] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute for MT (‘Presentation of Policy’) [“the longer a Government lasts, the more Ministers become administrators and the less politicians”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria briefing to FCO (“Visit to Britain by Bishop Tutu”) [declassified 2014]
CD only 85 Sep 16 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Written Statement on Soviet expulsion of British diplomats
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