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82 Feb 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Defence: MT letter to Reagan (MT thanks Reagan for agreeing to supply materials for UK nuclear weapon programme) [released 2013] |
82 Feb 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Deaver letter to MT (thanks for assistance during visit to UK) [anticipates Reagan's visit to the UK] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Wright letter to Coles ("Visit to Britain by President Reagan") [Armstrong meets with Deaver to discuss plans for Reagan's visit] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 13 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (June 1982 visit to UK) [unclassified] |
82 Feb 13 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan's state visit to the UK) [Reagan looking forward to visit] [released 2013] |
82 Feb 13 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan accepts invitation to visit the UK) [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's Visit") [US Administration now against address to both Houses of Parliament] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Coles minute to MT ("Visit of President Reagan") [MT: "I really think we should press for a speech [from Reagan]"] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 11 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Hayek MSS) | Conservatism: Hayek letter to President Reagan (US-Iranian relations) ["...the only peaceful solution which we could find for this highly dangerous...problem: submit the whole issue to the International Court at the Hague"] |
82 Feb 11 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("Visit of President Reagan: Press Announcement") [White House requests amendment to text of British announcement] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 11 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington-Atkins-Jopling-Pym-Armstrong) ["Visit of President Reagan"; proposed Reagan address to Parliament] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (June 1982 visit to UK) [unclassified] |
82 Feb 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT message to Reagan (Reagan's state visit to the UK) [MT glad that Reagan has accepted Queen's invitation] [released 2013] |
82 Feb 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: MT letter to Reagan (delighted that Reagan accepts invitation to visit) [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit of President Reagan") [proposed programme] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Geoffrey Pattie PS letter to No.10 (Arms control: public opinion and security) [Pattie paper for annual Wehrkunde Conference] [declassified 2013] |
82 Feb 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Atkins minute to MT ("President Reagan's Visit") [Atkins recommends that Reagan addresses both Houses of Parliament] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit of President Reagan") [draft message from MT to Reagan] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan letter to MT (Washington air crash) [thanks for message] [released 2013] |
82 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's Visit") [Deaver suggests that "we had better drop the idea of a visit to the UK at this time"; Henderson doubts that "crying off at this stage would be understood in London"] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO to UKE Washington ("President Reagan's Visit") [revised programme for Reagan visit] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's Visit") [Henderson meets with Eagleburger; US now favours London NATO summit] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Armstrong letter to Palliser (President Reagan's visit) [possible clash with Versailles dinner] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“United States: budget for FY83”) [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | France: Treasury minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("The French and the US PSBRs") [figures for public borrowing] [declassified Dec 2014] |
82 Feb 3 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: No.10 letter to FCO ("Invitation to President Reagan") [MT would like to renew invitation to Reagan] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Invitation to President Reagan") ["the Americans have now focussed on the prospect of a visit to Windsor and are keen on it"] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: Prime Minister Spadolini of Italy letter to MT (situation in Poland) [sanctions against the USSR] [released 2013] |
82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("Possible Visit of President Reagan to the UK") [Henderson discusses possible Reagan visit with Deaver] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Invitation to President Reagan") [further instructions for Henderson] [declassified 2012] |
82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT notes on conversation with Chancellor Schmidt (Schmidt's visit to Moscow) [released 2013] |
82 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT letter to Reagan (Trident D5 missiles) [UK would like to buy Trident D5 missiles: arrangements for talks in Washington] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 31 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's Travel Plans") [Henderson discusses possible Reagan visit with Deaver] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 30 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Reagan Library) | Italy/US: White House record of conversation (Reagan-General James Dozier) [relief at his release, praise of Italian rescue] [unclassified] |
82 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (Polish sanctions) [summary declassified 2000] |
82 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig telegram to Reagan (MT on Polish sanctions) [declassified 2000] |
82 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: MT message to Reagan (situation in Poland) [sanctions against the USSR] [released 2013] |
82 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: MT message to President Mitterrand (situation in Poland) [sanctions against the USSR] [released 2013] |
82 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: MT message to Chancellor Schmidt (situation in Poland) [sanctions against the USSR] [released 2013] |
82 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: MT letter to President Reagan (Allied response to the repression in Poland) [“deep concern… divisions within the alliance… could advance Soviet interests”] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: MT message to President Reagan (reaction to the repression in Poland: disunity among Allies) [declassified 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 Jan 27 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Lord Carrington minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“US economic policy and the Alliance”) [“increasing strain… between the United States and Europe”] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 26 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Defence: Reagan letter to MT (US willing to supply special nuclear materials to UK for nuclear weapon programme) [released 2013] |
82 Jan 26 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Ingham press digest and diary for MT (rail strike, pay and trade unions, economy, EC, Pope's visit, rape, industry, education, welfare, Northern Ireland, SDP, Poland) [released 2013] |
82 Jan 26 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“US interest rates”) [concerns about US budget deficit] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 22 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Lord Carrington (“US economic policy and the Alliance”) [concerns about US budget deficit] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 21 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Carrington minute to MT ("Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty") [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 21 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT letter to Reagan (Trident D5 missiles) [UK would like to buy Trident D5 missiles] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 21 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: FCO briefing for MT (“Prime Minister’s dinner with the American Ambassador on 21 January 1982”) [USSR, Poland, Middle East, El Salvador, trade, Reagan visit to UK] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 20 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: Cabinet Office minute to MT (Intelligence activities by Warsaw Pact civil aircraft over the United Kingdom) [Joint Intelligence Committee report] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Armstrong minute to MT ("Trident") [Trident D5 missiles: Cabinet speaking note and draft message to Reagan] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (“FRG economic interests in the East: the background to the economic debate”) [reaction to martial law declaration] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 18 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT letter to Reagan (trade with the USSR and situation in Poland) [released 2013] |
82 Jan 18 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: FCO telegram to UKE Washington (“Poland: economic measures towards the Soviet Union”) [“major transatlantic row” brewing] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 18 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: FCO record of conversation (“Call on the Secretary of State by the American Ambassador”) [Lord Carrington, John Jeffry Louis Jr.] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 18 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Vatican: MT letter to Dr. Max F. Perutz (nuclear arms control) [Vatican concerns about US policy] [declassified 2013] |
82 Jan 15 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (“Poland: Bundestag debate”) [reaction to martial law declaration] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 15 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO telegram to UKE Washington (“Poland”) [reaction to martial law declaration] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 15 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Day of solidarity with the Polish people”) [reaction to martial law declaration] [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] |
82 Jan 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT message to Reagan (Washington air crash) [shock and sympathy] [released 2013] |
82 Jan 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Washington air crash and disappearance of Mark Thatcher) [released 2013] |
82 Jan 14 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Germany: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Schmidt) [Schmidt's talks with Reagan and Mitterrand] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 13 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (& others) (trade with Soviet bloc) [declassified 2000] |
82 Jan 13 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (trade with the USSR and situation in Poland) ["The uncontrolled export of technology and critical equipment for the Soviet military infrastructure must be stopped"] [released 2013] |
82 Jan 13 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Poland”) [NATO reaction to martial law declaration] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Defence: MT letter to Max Perutz (nuclear weapons) ["I do not accept the view that the United States is moving to a strategy of a disarming first strike"] [released 2013] |
82 Jan 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: Pym PS letter to Ministerial Private Secretaries (European Community presentation) ["Mr Pym hopes [the enclosed material] can be put to effective use by his collegues"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
82 Jan 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Armstrong minute to MT ("MISC 7: Trident: Negotiations with the Americans") [Trident D5 missiles] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: MT letter to Reagan (situation in Poland and EC position on sanctions) [Poland "a blatant example of the failure of the Soviet system and Soviet ideas"] [released 2013] |
82 Jan 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: MT letter to US President (Reagan messages to Jaruzelski and Brezhnev on martial law in Poland) [MT on draft reply to Reagan: “much too turgid. I am not happy with our reactions so far…”] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | United Nations: FCO telegram to Missions and Dependent Territories (“Global negotiations”) [framework for discussions] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Vatican: MT letter to Pope John Paul II (Papal World Peace Day message on nuclear arms control) [declassified 2013] |
82 Jan 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO (“Polish situation”) [Jaruzelski letter to MT and other heads of state] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Carrington, Howe, Jenkin, Biffen, Robert Wade-Gery) [reaction to martial law declaration] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: Carrington minute to MT (“Strategic exports to the Soviet Union”) [Defence considerations] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 6 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Schmidt/Reagan meeting: Poland”) [reaction to martial law declaration] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 6 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO briefing for MT (“Poland”) [reaction to martial law declaration] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 5 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong FCO record of conversation (No.10 briefing pack Annex F: “Record of a meeting between the Lord Privy Seal and Vice Premier Ji Pengfei at the Great Hall of the People at 1800 hours on Tuesday 5 January 1982”) [“Prime Minister’s visit to the Far East”] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 4 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Henderson letter to Palliser ("Possible Visit by the President to the UK") ["there is reluctance to commit the President to any bilateral visits in Europe which might produce a hostile reaction"] [declassified 2012] |
82 Jan 2 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Ingham minute to MT ("BBC Radio 4 - World This Weekend") [briefing for interview; MT's aim should be "to dispel the gloom and accentuate the positive"] [released 2013] |
81 Dec 31 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Radio Interview for IRN |
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] |
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 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Poland: The Soviet Role") [assessment of the extent to which the USSR was responsible for declaration of martial law in Poland; predicted future developments] [declassified 2012] |
81 Dec 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Carrington) [situation in Poland; Reagan to announce sanctions against the USSR; Carrington attempting to arrange meeting of foreign ministers; concerns] [declassified 2012] |
81 Dec 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO to UKE Brussels ("Poland: Meeting of Foreign Ministers") [invitation to and arrangements for meeting] [declassified 2012] |
81 Dec 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Poland: US measures against the Soviet Union”) [reaction to martial law declaration] [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 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: Reagan letter to MT (situation in Poland) [Reagan sends letters to Jaruzelski and Brezhnev] [released 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 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("Possible NATO Summit in 1982") [Nott suggests "that a Summit in 1982 might be a way of breathing life into the Alliance"] [released 2013] |
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