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Text 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: No.10 letter to Managing Director of Nissan UK (Sunderland plant opening ceremony) [MT to open, after threat of trade union agitation comes to nothing] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong to Humphrey Maud ("Bonn Economic Summit: African Expert Group") [recommendation should be put to Heads of Government for early publication of report] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Brittan minute to MT (securing value for taxpayers' money) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Cabinet Office letter to No.10 (new management board for Ordnance Survey) [proposal to reorganise structure] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to No.10 ("Ordnance Survey: Top Management Structure") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Ingham minute to MT (Enoch Powell speech on "repatriation of Britain's African and Asian populations") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) New Zealand: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Call on the Prime Minister by the New Zealand Leader of the Opposition on Monday, 23 September, at 1045 am") [visits of nuclear ships, EC trade] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) New Zealand: Tessa Gaisman minute to MT ("Meeting with Mr McLay, Leader of the Opposition Party in New Zealand") [background on McLay] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ian Gow minute to MT ("Budget Council, 17-18 September 1985") [report; "Looking ahead to next year, the prospects are even gloomier"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (Anglo-Irish talks: report on Armstrong's latest meeting with Nally) [joint courts; Intergovernmental Committee; Summit arrangements; possible US offer of financial support for Northern Ireland] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Norgrove minute to MT ("Notts Miners") [members of NCB Executive wish to formally recognise breakaway union; risk of NUM legal action] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to No.10 ("EFL Overshoots for Electricity and Gas") [External Financing Limit overshoots] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to President Reagan (Prime Minister's meeting with US National Security Advisor) ["I am just completing a visit to Egypt and Jordan and wanted to let you know personally straight way how worried I am by the absence of progress in following up King Hussein's peace initiative"; proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute for Hurd ("Macau") [Portugese passport holders' special status vis-a-vis EC] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1500Z) ("Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze's Visit") (NSC 0121) [declassified Feb 2008]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Unemployment Benefit Offices") [argument for rationlisation of UBO/DHSS offices; MT of view that issue has already been addressed by Rayner review] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to David Norgrove ("The Oil Market") [analysis of the consequences of change in Saudi policy on its role in controlling global production] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade Unions: Armstrong minute to MT (“Contingency planning for oil tanker drivers’ strike”) [Workng group’s second report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Education: Addison minute to Venn (education seminar arrangements) [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Wicks minute (“The Prime Minister’s Time”) [“I wonder whether we can give her added assurance that it is being put to the best possible use”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Gaisman note (“Christmas Card 1985”) [Hallmark mock-ups: MT note, “The wording is not quite right”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Ken Clarke letter to Nick Ridley (BA pay proposals) [“an offer of 10% to BA engineers would seriously undermine attempts to moderate public pay sector increases”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Tebbit letter to John MacGregor (“Control of Civil Service Running Costs”) [“I am disappointed that no special provision is made to deal with fee earning establishments”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Government Emergency Communications Systems”) [MT request for advice on possibility of competitive tenders] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mexico: MT message for President Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico (earthquake in Mexico) [offer of UK aid] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT (“E(LF) on Monday”) [briefing arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley minute to MT (“E(LF) on 23 September 1985”) [his views on Baker’s proposals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT (“Reform of Local Authority Finance”) [overview and recommendation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Tom King minute to MT (“Reform of Local Government Finance”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Woodrow Wyatt notes for MT (thoughts) [public memory short - remind them of horrors of last Labour government] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: Sherbourne minute for MT (“Party Conference Speech”) [draft material from Redwood & Sherman] [released 2015]
Text 85 Sep 20 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference in Aqaba
CD only 85 Sep 20 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (visiting Jordan)
Text 85 Sep 20 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN (visiting Jordan)
CD only 85 Sep 20 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for BBC (visiting Jordan)
Info only 85 Sep 20 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Trivial Margaret Thatcher Message of sympathy to Mexican government (earthquake)
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