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| Date | Category | Type | Value |
Author/Source |
Title |
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| 82 Jun 4 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Ronald Reagan & Margaret Thatcher | Conversation during press shoot (US civil war; boom microphones; the Falklands) |
| 81 Feb 25 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary | Cold War: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington) |
| 82 Jul 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Washington National Records Center) | Falklands: Weinberger memorandum to President Reagan ("Military Lessons from the Falklands") [published 2015] |
| 81 Jan 1 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Walters MSS) | Alan Walters diary (1981) [whole year transcribed as a single document] [released 2013] |
| 81 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Brittan keen on package; opposes recruiting youths in Liverpool to clean up city post-riots][released 2012] |
| 82 Jan 27 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary (MTFS) [Sterling appreciates; Middleton disappointed at MTFS meeting][released 2012] |
| 82 May 26 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary (Falklands) [“Disaster indeed - but not yet reported”; critical issue of rail strike][released 2012] |
| 82 May 27 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [PM desires reduction in federal spending; Walters angry he was not invited to summit meeting; PM looked in good form][released 2012] |
| 82 May 28 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary [Walters trying to stop MT and Howe from goading Reagan][released 2012] |
| 82 Jun 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary (unemployment) [wrote note for PM on tax increase issue for Reagan; lunch with “stupid” Silk who believes expansionism will reduce unemployment][released 2012] |
| 82 Jun 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary (taxation) [Couzens desires to recommend PM to nudge Reagan towards tax increases][released 2012] |
| 82 Jun 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary (Falklands) [Reagan visit briefing for PM; MT has “silly ideas” about development of Falklands with tourism][released 2012] |
| 82 Jun 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary [lunch with Reagan][released 2012] |
| 82 Aug 12 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary [speechwriting - PM insists on fair tax system; Brezhnev dies - Reagan sent letter saying there might be opportunities][released 2012] |
| 82 Nov 17 We | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary [interviews with Reagan][released 2012] |
| 82 Nov 22 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Walters MSS) | Economy: Alan Walters diary (inflation) [PM very concerned at decline of pound; monetary stance has changed in US; keen on persuading Reagan to cut deficit by increasing taxes][released 2012] |
| 82 Mar 13 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA)/(Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan message to MT (Trident II Sale) [Reagan regrets embarrassment caused by "premature press reports concerning my visit to London"] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Nov 6 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 39th (1981-82 Cash Limits & Votes, Rate Support Grant Supplement 1981-82, Public Expenditure 1981-82, etc) [declassified 2010] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: No.10 note of conversation (Reagan-Thatcher meeting) [plenary session] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: No.10 briefing for MT (Reagan-Thatcher discussions) [topics to raise] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO note of conversation (Haig-Carrington meeting) [France, Germany, NATO, Afghanistan, Middle East] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO note of conversation (Haig-Carrington meeting) [Libya, Middle East, China, Arms Control, relations with White House ("would resign" if his authority challenged)] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: White House Press Briefing (MT visit) [distance between British & US approach to the economy] |
| 81 Feb 11 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Monetary policy: No.10 minute (MT meeting with Paul Volcker, chairman Federal Reserve) [prospects of the Reagan Administration; monetary control, etc] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(81) 35 (The Arab/Israeli Dispute) [declassified 2011] |
| 82 Mar 31 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 180 to UKMIS New York (2244Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Argentina invasion of Falklands appears likely; possible UN actions] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1060 to FCO (2025Z) ("Falklands Crisis") [US Ambassador to Buenos Aires talks with Argentine Foreign Minister Costa Mendez] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (US Secretary of State Haig-Carrington) [third call by Haig to Carrington] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 88 to UKE Buenos Aires (0444Z) ("Falklands") [Reagan call to Galtieri failed] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 31 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO telegram 614 to UKE Washington (2040Z) ("Falkland Islands") [MT message to Reagan; Argentine invasion seemingly imminent] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Apr 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Kissinger) [US Administration, Iran, East/West relations, Arab-Israeli dispute, Western summit] [declassified 2010] |
| 82 Mar 29 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 119 to FCO (1535Z) ("South Georgia") [Williams speaks to US colleague; expresses doubt that Reagan Administration could "carry the weight of suggesting an Argentina climb down"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1107 to FCO (1915Z) ("Falklands") ["It is possible that the US Administration will become involved, whether directly or indirectly, in efforts to find a solution so as to avert conflict"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner meeting: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 15 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (2353Z) (account of Reagan's conversation with Galtieri) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (response to Reagan's account of his conversation with Galtieri) ["Any suggestion that conflict can be avoided by a device that leaves the aggressor in occupation is surely gravely misplaced"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 17 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [Reagan does "not think [MT] should be asked to go any further" in order to reach compromise] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 21 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Pattison minute to MT (account of Pym's statement to the Commons on the Falklands) [Labour press for UN involvement] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands") [Reagan in touch with Galtieri but situation unclear] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT letter to President Reagan (Cabinet response to Haig's latest proposals) [deadline has passed without word from Argentina; "the proposals must now be regarded as having been rejected by the Argentines"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands") [Haig to make statement conveying "a tone of sorrow more than anger" at intransigence of Argentine Government] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (position of US Administration given Argentina's failure to accept US proposals) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1174 to FCO (2142Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson summarises US views; Haig: "there cannot be another Suez"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 2 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0730, 2 May) [Vulcan & naval attacks on Port Stanley airport; Galtieri speech] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 2 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands: Secretary of State's Visit to Washington") [account of Pym's meeting with Haig; Reagan says UK Forces are "doing the work of the free world"; Peruvian peace proposals] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 2 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands: Your Talk with Haig") [clarification of Peruvian peace proposals] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 4 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (MT proposes US enact complete ban on imports from Argentina to US) ["with so many young lives at risk - British and Argentine - I feel that we must make a supreme effort to prevent a major military clash"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 5 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan urges MT to consider new US peace proposals) [need to seize chance for a peaceful settlement "before more lives are lost"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 5 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (MT expresses serious concerns about US/Peruvian peace proposals; proposes amendments) ["I am writing to you...because I think you are the only person who will understand the significance of what I am trying to say"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 7 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands") [Henderson to protest to Haig about "the very unsatisfactory tone and content" of Reagan's message to Latin American presidents] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 8 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands") [Haig clarifies Reagan's statement on UK decision to blockade Argentine forces; Henderson complains about Reagan's statement to Latin American presidents] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 12 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands - US Guarantee") [MT rejects compromising tone of draft message to Reagan: "If anything my views are hardening"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands") [Henderson has further meeting with Haig; Haig reports that Reagan is "very solid, more so than those around him"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 2 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Washington (message to pass on to Reagan) ["The position of principle taken by the President himself...has been and remains an immensely beneficial influence"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 31 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [Reagan urges MT to consider ceasefire; MT refuses: "[MT] had lost valuable British ships and invaluable British lives. She was sure that the President would act in the same way if Alaska had been similarly threatened"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falklands: Other Territorial Disputes") [MT requests list of other territorial disputes that could be "exacerbated if Argentina succeeds in its aims" for use in talks with allies at Versailles] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO (MT's call with Reagan of 31st May) ["Mrs Thatcher felt that, given the relationship between ourselves and the Americans, some advance warning of the nature of the President's message could have been expected"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 4 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [MT gives Reagan account of peace negotiations thus far, and plans for recapture of Port Stanley] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 5 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (Versailles G7 Summit Dinner) ["Mrs Thatcher said she had found strong support for our general position and President Reagan had been particularly robust in his comments"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (congratulations on re-capture of Falklands) ["A just war requires a just peace"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 37 (Message from President Reagan) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 6 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Facer note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 42 (Message from President Reagan: 4 May) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 3 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 41 to FCO (1715Z) ("Falkland Islands Invasion") [Governor Rex Hunt's account of the invasion] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 31 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT message to President Reagan (2025Z) (intelligence reports Argentine navy preparing to invade) [MT asks Reagan to intervene with Galtieri] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (1600Z) (response to her appeal for assistance) [will attempt to persuade Argentina not to take military action] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 2 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (0245Z) (Reagan phone call to Galtieri) [just spoken with Galtieri: "he left me with the clear impression that he has embarked on a course of armed conflict"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 34 (Message to President Reagan) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 11 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 10th (UK Strategic Deterrent, Parliamentary Affairs, Visit of Reagan, Soviet Union, EC, Industrial Affairs) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jan 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | MT: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar rally] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 19 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: Reagan message to MT (situation in Poland) [measures must be taken to put a stop to Polish military oppression and prevent possible Soviet Intervention] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 20 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Carrington) [situation in Poland; discussions with the US; MT: "[Reagan's message] was so vague I didn't think it was worth reading last night when it came in about half eleven"] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: MT letter to Reagan (situation in Poland) ["It is essential that the Western response should be both firm and coordinated"] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Washington to FCO ("Poland") [Reagan's television broadcast regarding the situation in Poland] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Poland") [USSR response to Reagan's television message about the situation in Poland] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Poland") [developments in Poland and Western responses] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Poland: Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Ten, 30 December") [draft press line in response to Reagan's speech] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: Reagan letter to MT (situation in Poland) [Reagan's letters to Jaruzelski and Brezhnev] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Washington to FCO ("EC Lunch for Haig: Poland") [Henderson reports on his talks with Haig] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Carrington) ["Poland": Haig's message to Carrington; US sanctions against the USSR; need for meeting of the Ten] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: Haig letter to Carrington (US sanctions against the USSR) [Haig urges UK and EC to take similar steps; text of Brezhnev's response to Reagan's letter] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 30 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO to UKDEL NATO ("US Sanctions Against the Soviet Union") [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 30 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO to UKE Brussels ("Poland: Informal Meeting of Political and Economic Directors of the Ten, 30 December") [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 30 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Carrington) [situation in Poland; possibility of coordinated sanctions against the USSR; MT and Carrington agree that "to take measures like those announced by President Reagan would affect the interests of British industry and Government Departments"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 4 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT draft letter to Reagan (proposes complete ban on imports to the US from Argentina) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Washington ("Haig's Views on the Falklands") [Pym message to Haig regarding ceasefire negotiations] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Lima to FCO ("Falklands") [President Belaunde of Peru urges Reagan to organise truce] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands") [Henderson informs Judge Clark of British attitude to ceasefire: "we could not simply pull out before our task was accomplished"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands: Bilateral with Reagan") [arrangements for MT's meeting with Reagan at Versailles] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO to UKE Washington ("Falklands") [message of thanks to pass on to Reagan] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands") [Haig upset by accusations in British press that he is "wet"; assuaged by Pym's message of thanks] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO Sitrep (3 June 1982) [UN, military action, hospital ships] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Falklands: OD(SA) on 28th April") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Falklands: OD(SA) on 30th April") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 18 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: UKE Washington to FCO ("Falklands") [US urging further negotiating initiative; Henderson says this is "inappropriate"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jun 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Goodall briefing for MT ("Falklands: OD(SA) on 9th June") [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Jul 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: Henderson Valedictory Despatch ("US Policy in the Falkands Crisis with some Valedictory Comments on US/UK Relations") [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jan 21 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO to No.10 ("Visit to Britain by President Reagan") [MT: "I think it would be very nice if it were a state visit - even without an open carriage ride"] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Feb 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO to No.10 ("Visit to Britain by President Reagan") [problems with state visits of US Presidents to the UK] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Oct 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO to No.10 ("Possible Visit by President Reagan to Europe") [MT might wish to remind Reagan of his invitation to visit Britain] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Palliser letter to Henderson ("Possible Visit by President Reagan") [Palliser asks Henderson to discuss arrangements "at whatever level you think appropriate in the White House and State Department"] [declassified 2012] |
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