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PDF 80 Mar 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain: the Basque elections") ["this is an important victory for Basque nationalism"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 May 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Centre for Policy Studies letter to MT ("Spain in NATO") ["if we do want this we should seek to do something about it soon"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 May 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("The state of Spain") ["The Home Secretary is due to visit Spain next week... the Spanish government is undoubtedly going through a bad patch... but I expect to see the present leadership pull through"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain: the impact of terrorism") ["The Government has put a brave face on this latest wave of violence... But winning the support of the Basque public... remains a slow and uphill business"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("New Spanish Government") [analysis] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spanish Government's Programme") [analysis of Suarez proposals] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: FCO telegram to UKE Belgrade ("UNGA General Debate: Gibraltar") [Perez-Llorca statement to UN: "obstacle to good relations between the UK and Spain"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: FCO record of conversation ("Secretary of State's talk with the Spanish Foreign Minister") [Lord Carrington, Pérez-Llorca: NATO; Gibraltar; EC] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: UKE Lisbon telegram to FCO ("Election results") ["Sa Carneiro will not be tendering his resignation... the Government intend to continue in office"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Jan 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid record of conversation ("Spain/NATO") [Ian Gilmour, Pérez-Llorca] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Jan 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Suárez' resignation") ["surprised everyone... rumours of a major row involving the King, Suárez and possibly the army... Calvo Sotelo, if confirmed, would represent continuity rather than radical change"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Feb 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Change of Spanish Prime Minister") ["at least a week's delay... Suárez' removal, even if it proves temporary, has undoubtedly precipitated a major crisis... in the stability of Spain's still fragile institutions"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Prime Minister Suárez letter to MT (resignation) [courtesy letter] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: FCO internal minute ("Spain: internal") [failed coup d'état] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Prospects for new Spanish government: foreign policy aspects") ["dramatic events of this week have demonstrated that the return to democracy... is a continuing process in which Spain urgently needs the support of her foreign friends"; EC; NATO; Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: MT message to Prime Minister Calvo-Sotelo (Spanish General Election) [congratulations, and references to recent coup d'état attempt & forthcoming accession to EC] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Prime Minister Calvo-Sotelo message to MT (Prime Minister of Spain's investiture) [courtesy letter acknowledging MT congratulations] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Mar 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: MT letter to Prime Minister Suárez (Prime Minister of Spain's resignation) [MT warmly reciprocates Suarez' courtesy letter on his departure from office & commends his part in the prevention of the recently attempted coup d'état] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Chairman of Centre for Policy Studies letter to No.10 (attempted coup d'état & Spanish accession to NATO) ["Felipe González... [hailed MT as] more vigorous in support of Spanish democracy in its hour of trial than any other Western leader"; NATO; Cuba] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Apr 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: FCO record of conversation ("Secretary of State's discussions with Mr. Haig: Spain and Gibraltar") [Carrington, Haig] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 May 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Carrington minute to MT ("Spain/NATO") ["in the aftermath of the attempted coup d'etat, Sr Calvo Sotelo's government [intends] to accelerate the application for Spanish membership of NATO... might be possible to settle the Gibraltar impasse at the same time"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Nov 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: FCO record of conversation ("Conversation with the Spanish Foreign Minister") [Carrington, Llorca: Gibraltar; Calvo-Sotelo visit to UK] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Dec 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Spain/NATO/Gibraltar") [Spain to sign Protocol of Accession on 10th Dec; questions in Parliament & press anticipated; "lifting the restrictions on Gibraltar... [will not be] a condition of Britain's approval of Spain's entry to NATO" ] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Jan 2 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: HM Ambassador Parsons letter to Carrington ("Annual Review from Spain for 1981") ["democracy... remains extant though it is still fragile"; NATO; EC; Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Jan 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain: position of the Government") [three deputies transfer allegiance from ruling UCD party to right wing Alianza Popular; "disincentives for early elections, which neither of the major parties want, are... strong"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Mar 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKREP Brussels telegram 1177 to FCO (1240Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council: 22 March 1982") ["Spanish accession: mini-package: preparation of Community position"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO (1537Z) ("Stability of Spanish Government") [fallout from failed military coup; Falklands/Gibraltar; forthcoming elections; terrorism] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Jun 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: MT message to Prime Minister Calvo-Sotelo ("Spain and NATO") [formal accession] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Aug 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("The Spanish economy") ["lack of direction... when Ministers return [from summer holiday] they are likely to be more interested in running for office in the general elections expected this autumn"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Oct 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Coup plot: Gibraltar") ["we cannot exclude the possibility at any time of unauthorised military action"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Oct 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid record of conversation ("Conversation with the King of Spain") [HM Ambassador Parsons, Juan Carlos I: defence equipment sales] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Oct 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Spain") [preliminary comments on likely policies of a Socialist government, on eve of General Election results: NATO; Gibraltar; EC] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Oct 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Implications for the UK of Spanish elections") [EC; NATO; Gibraltar; Falklands; trade; banking; defence sales] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Oct 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("Spain and NATO") [message from newly elected Socialist government to "halt all negotiations"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Dec 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain: new Government") [report on González' opening speech, notably position on Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Dec 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: MT message to Prime Minister González ("Spain/Gibraltar") [reserved congratulations; Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 Jan 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Prime Minister González message to MT (Spanish elections) [reciprocal courtesy note] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 Jan 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Spanish relations") [trade imbalance; Gibraltar; EC enlargement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 Feb 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Ceuta and Melilla") [Arab Parliamentary Union calling for Morroccan sovereignty over Spanish territories] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 Mar 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Lord Cockfield minute to MT ("Spanish cars") [MT agrees to meeting to discuss how to address the tarriff imbalance between UK car exports to Spain and Spanish car imports to UK] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 Mar 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Parkinson, Lord Cockfield, Hurd, Lamont) ["Spanish cars"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 Mar 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Parkinson PS letter to No.10 ("Spanish cars") [not briefed for meeting: communication issues arising from Parkinson's dual role as Cabinet Minister & Chairman of the Party] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 Mar 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community affairs") [N. Ireland; subsidised exports to Soviet Union; negotiations with Spain on duty quotas for car imports; impact of falling oil prices; Lome Convention; food aid; 1983 CAP price fixing; UK budget problem] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 May 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Brasilia telegram to FCO ("Gibraltar/Falklands") [Spanish Foreign Minister Moran: "We do not lay claims by force"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 83 Dec 9 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Spain: MT message to Prime Minister González ("Madrid Airline disaster") [condolences] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Jan 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain and NATO") [Spain to hold referendum onn membership; Gonzalez to call election "in the event of an adverse result"; Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Mar 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: No.10 note to Howe PS ("Spanish assessment of current British attitude on Gibraltar") [reply to FCO letter] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Jun 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: No.10 note (precedents for a visiting Foreign Minister to meet members of the Opposition) [advice from Foreign Office on visit to UK of Spanish Minister for Education] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Jul 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo-Spanish relations: greetings from King of Spain") [cover note reporting HM Ambassador meeting with King] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Jul 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spanish foreign policy") ["prospects for Ministerial changes"; relations with France; Gibraltar; NATO; EC accession] [declassified Jul 2016]

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