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Date |
Category | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
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| 68 Oct 5 Sa | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: violence at Londonderry civil rights demonstration |
| 69 Aug 14 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast |
| 71 Mar 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Hailsham MSS) | Northern Ireland: Hailsham diary (Ulster PM resigns) [coded diary with translation] |
| 71 Aug 9 Mo | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: internment introduced |
| 72 Jan 30 Su | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | "Bloody Sunday": British troops killed 13 in Londonderry |
| 72 Mar 24 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: Stormont suspended; direct rule began |
| 74 May 15 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Northern Ireland: Loyalist strike began; executive resigned (28 May) |
| 74 Oct 5 Sa | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Guildford pub bombs: five killed |
| 74 Dec 13 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Written Statement to Finchley Times (support for death penalty) |
| 75 Sep 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: MT meeting with Prime Minister (briefing on situation) [declassified 2005] |
| 75 Oct 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) | MT: MT to Ronnie Millar (thanks for help with conference speech) [treasures the memory of working till 5am] |
| 75 Oct 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 80th Meeting |
| 75 Nov 19 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | HC S [Debate on the Address] |
| 75 Nov 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | EC: Steering brief for Rome European Council [declassified 2006] |
| 75 Nov 27 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Finchley Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women |
| 75 Nov 27 Th | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Ross McWhirter murdered by IRA - MT given 24 hour police protection |
| 75 Nov 28 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC PQ [Private Notice Question: Mr Ross McWhirter (Shooting)] |
| 75 Dec 5 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Letter appealing for donations to Ross McWhirter Foundation |
| 76 Jan 12 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons Statement [Northern Ireland (Security) (situation in Armagh)] |
| 76 Jan 19 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at Kensington Town Hall ("Britain Awake") (The Iron Lady) |
| 76 Jul 13 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | EC: Brussels European Council record of conversation (FCO telegram) [declassified 2007] |
| 76 Jul 13 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | EC: Brussels European Council record of conversation (Session 2) [declassified 2007] |
| 76 Jul 14 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons Statement [Brussels European Council] |
| 76 Jul 21 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons Statement [Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Irish Republic (death) (Ewart-Biggs assassination)] |
| 76 Jul 21 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Written Statement on IRA murder of British Ambassador to Ireland (Christopher Ewart-Biggs) |
| 76 Sep 16 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Australian Liberal Party Women |
| 76 Oct 4 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Conservative Party | The Right Approach (Conservative policy statement) |
| 76 Oct 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) | MT: MT to Ronnie Millar (conference speech thanks) [“all the time the pound & our prestige slide”] |
| 76 Nov 29 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (European Council) | EC: Hague European Council Procès-Verbal (Part 1) [text in French] |
| 76 Nov 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (European Council) | EC: Hague European Council Procès-Verbal (Part 2) [text in French] |
| 77 Mar 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Conservative Party | Conservative Campaign Guide 1977 |
| 77 Jun 16 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons Statement [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (London)] |
| 77 Oct 20 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) | MT: MT to Ronnie Millar (conference speech thanks) [“I just don’t know how we shall do better next year”] |
| 78 Mar 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Conservative Party | Conservative Campaign Guide Supplement 1978 |
| 78 Mar 16 Th | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Italy: kidnap of Aldo Moro (found dead 9 May) |
| 78 Mar 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Italy: MT telegram to Italian PM Andreotti (abduction of Aldo Moro) ["shocked to hear of today's terrible events"] [released 2003] |
| 78 Mar 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Italy: Italian PM Andreotti letter to MT (abduction of Aldo Moro) [thanks for "your expression of solidarity"] [released 2003] |
| 78 Apr 7 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (European Council) | EC: Copenhagen European Council Procès Verbal [text in French] |
| 78 Apr 8 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (European Council) | EC: Copenhagen European Council Procès Verbal [text in French] |
| 78 Apr 10 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons Statement [Copenhagen European Council] |
| 78 May 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Italy: MT telegram to Italian PM Andreotti (murder of Aldo Moro) ["deeply shocked … share your grief and your resolve to continue the battle against terrorism"] [released 2003] |
| 78 May 9 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Written Statement deploring the murder of Aldo Moro ("barbarous terrorism") |
| 78 May 11 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 78 May 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Italy: Italian PM Andreotti letter to MT (murder of Aldo Moro) ["sincere thanks for sharing in our grief"] [released 2003] |
| 78 Jun 19 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Ulster Unionist Council (business lunch) |
| 78 Jun 20 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference concluding Northern Ireland visit |
| 78 Jul 18 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons Statement [Heads of Government (Bonn Meeting) (G7)] |
| 78 Sep 15 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Carter Library) | Belize/Cold War: White House Situation Room memo for David Aaron ("Noon Notes") ["Fidel Castro has assembled a small military force of 125-150 Cubans in Belize"] [declassified Jan 2005] |
| 78 Dec 5 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Interview for Catholic Herald |
| 78 Dec 31 Su | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Article for News of the World ("The Year the People Speak!") |
| 79 Mar 7 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Carter Library) | Belize/Cold War: White House Situation Room memo for David Aaron ("Additional Information Items") ["Cuba feels Belize is a doorway for the infiltration of Cuban communism into Central America"] [declassified Jun 2009] |
| 79 Mar 22 Th | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Assassination of British Ambassador to the Netherlands, Sir Richard Sykes (IRA acknowledged responsibility in 1980) |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Remarks on the murder of Airey Neave ("some devils got him") |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Written Statement following assassination of Airey Neave |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Remarks after visiting Airey Neave’s widow (Airey Neave assassination) |
| 79 Mar 30 Fr | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Airey Neave murdered by INLA |
| 79 Apr 2 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC S [Mr Airey Neave (Tributes)] |
| 79 Apr 2 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | TV Broadcast in reply to the Prime Minister |
| 79 Apr 6 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Italy: Canadian Embassy Rome telegram to Canadian Department of External Affairs (“Italian Elections - background & prospects”) [Andreotti Government 'Hari-Kiri'] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Apr 11 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Conservative Party | Conservative General Election Manifesto 1979 |
| 79 Apr 29 Su | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Article for the News of the World ("The left have poisoned minds against those who uphold the law") |
| 79 May 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“The Italian political situation one month before the General Election”) ["little hope that the election will result in a stronger government"; polls show DC gaining, PCI losing a few points] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Taoiseach Lynch) [Northern Ireland, economic issues] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Royal family: Atkins PS letter to No.10 ("Visit to Northern Ireland by Princess Alexandra") [Red Cross presentation; RUC Book of Remembrance unveiling; security concerns] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 79 May 15 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | HC S: [Debate on Address] |
| 79 May 15 Tu | Multimedia |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | HC S: [Debate on Address] [audio] |
| 79 May 16 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at Airey Neave’s Memorial Service |
| 79 May 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Italy: Canadian Embassy Rome telegram to Canadian Department of External Affairs (“Italian Elections - aspects of campaigns”) [terrorism putting PCI on defensive, Andreotti under pressure also] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 24 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 79 Jun 5 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Carter Library) | Belize/Cold War: Odom memo for Brzezinksi & Aaron ("Soviet-Cuban Military Relationship") [draft Intelligence Community analysis] [declassified Apr 2008] |
| 79 Jun 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Terrorism: John Hunt minute to MT (“Counter-Terrorist Measures”) [“Regular exercises have enabled us to improve the arrangements for rapid and adequate communications”] [released Dec 2014] |
| 79 Jun 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Ingham MSS) | Press Office: Bulletin (PM’s safety at Lusaka) [Rhodesians claim terrorist threat to PM at CHOGM - deadpan response] [released 2010] |
| 79 Jul 12 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 79 Jul 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Commonwealth: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Premadasa of Sri Lanka) [Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Rhodesia, Non-Aligned Movement, Sri Lankan affairs] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jul 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: FCO to UKE Washington (Carrington message to Vance) ["grave concern" over Vance's decision against supplying arms to Royal Ulster Constabulary] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [Cossiga government confirmed in office] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 23 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Atkins) [Northern Ireland situation, US policy toward Northern Ireland] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 23 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Atkins) [response to New York Governor Carey's announcement of talks between Atkins and O'Kennedy] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Death of Mountbatten: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Explosion of Lord Mountbatten's Boat") [initial report] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Death of Mountbatten: Text of proposed Younger statement (death of Earl Mountbatten) ["Not issued, on PM's instruction"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Carter Library) | Death of Mountbatten: Christopher minute to Carter (IRA claims responsibility for Mountbatten's death) [US Embassy in London "reports receipt of numerous phone calls protesting support of the IRA by Irish-Americans and expects to be the target of a demonstration tomorrow"] [declassified 2008] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: No.10 note to Cartledge ("Irish Events") [Warrenpoint ambush: MT to write to next-of-kin of soldiers killed] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: No.10 note to Cartledge ("Irish Events: Arrangements made") [Warrenpoint ambush: Atkins to come to No.10] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Written Statement on the murder of Lord Mountbatten |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Written Statement on Warrenpoint and Mountbatten murders |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | IRA murdered Mountbatten and 18 soldiers (Warrenpoint) |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Death of Mountbatten: Taoiseach John Lynch message to MT (condolences and condemnation) ["I was horrified and saddened at the news of the murder of Earl Mountbatten"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Atkins) [Warrenpoint ambush] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Ingham MSS) | Press Office: Lobby Briefing (murder of Mountbatten) [released 2010] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Death of Mountbatten: Message from Lord Chamberlain's Office (Queen commands mourning to be worn) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Death of Mountbatten: Peterson minute to MT (arrangements for Lord Mountbatten's funeral) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Death of Mountbatten: UKE Washington to FCO (statement by the US State Department on death of Mountbatten) ["I reiterate in the strongest terms the condemnation of the US Government of all groups or organisations which seek their goals in Northern Ireland through violence"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | No.10: Summary of the General Post sent to No.10 (Week Beginning 28 August 1979) [murder of Mountbatten] [released 2010] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington to FCO ("Death of Lord Mountbatten") [statement by House of Representatives Speaker O'Neill: "the perpetrators must be condemned in the strongest terms"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Alexander minute to Cartledge (Warrenpoint ambush: MT writing to next-of-kin) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: MOD note to No.10 (Warrenpoint ambush: list of soldiers missing and believed killed) [MT: "16 letters here [to next-of-kin]...At the back are the two...which I fear may be needed before the day is out"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: MT letter to Mrs Anne Blair, wife of Lieutenant Colonel David Blair (Warrenpoint ambush) [MT: "On Monday, we lost our bravest and most courageous men, men who followed the superb example set by Colonel Blair"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Death of Mountbatten: Prime Minister Muldoon of New Zealand letter to MT (shock at murder of Mountbatten and condolences) [released 2010] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Death of Mountbatten: Prime Minister Nordli of Norway letter to MT (shock at murder of Mountbatten and condolences) [released 2010] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers) [death of Mountbatten, Warrenpoint Ambush, Northern Ireland] [declassified 2009] |
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