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| 87 Oct 9 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
| 87 Nov 16 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet |
| 88 Nov 14 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet |
| 88 Nov 16 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Speeches at White House State Banquet (MT & President Reagan) |
| 89 Nov 13 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet |
| 90 Jan 24 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Interview for Wall Street Journal |
| 92 Sep 19 Sa | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to CNN World Economic Development Conference |
| 96 Jan 11 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture ("Liberty and Limited Government") |
| 75 Apr 9 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT met Ronald Reagan for the first time (or possibly the second) |
| 83 Mar 23 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reagan announced Star Wars programme (SDI) |
| 84 Nov 6 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reagan reelected US President |
| 86 Oct 11 Sa | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (ended 12 Oct) |
| 86 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC note for ?Poindexter (MT letter to Reagan urging NATO commit to Camp David points) [declassified 2000] |
| 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 Jan 21 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: No.10 telcon (Reagan phone call to MT on inauguration day) [MT promises to brief him on her mistakes] [declassified 2010] |
| 82 Nov 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: MT letter to President Reagan (reaction to death of Brezhnev) [agrees his view that "a more constructive East/West relationship is available" if new leaders "adopt a new approach"] [declassified 2010] |
| 86 Apr 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Libya: President Reagan letter to MT ("Response to Libyan terrorism") [seeks support for use of British based FB-111s to respond to Libyan attacks] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Apr 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [reply to MT's points] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Apr 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [thanks for her decision; targets] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Apr 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [thanks for seeing Walters] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Apr 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (UK hostages killed in Beirut) ["deeply grieved"; "direct Libyan role in their deaths"; French & Spanish "fully prepared to take more profound action to remove Qadhafi from power"] [declassified 2008] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: White House record of conversation (Reagan-MT) [Reykjavik summit] [declassified 2010] |
| 83 Oct 26 We | Multimedia |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Grenada: Reagan phone call to MT (throwing his hat in the door) [audio] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Sep 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: White House record of conversation (MT-Reagan, then lunch plenary) [Lebanon, East/West, arms control, KAL007, INF, Belize, US supply of arms to Argentina; Middle East, economy] [declassified 2008] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: White House record of conversation (MT-Reagan plenary) [East/West, Central America especially Belize; jellybeans] [declassified 2012] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: President Reagan letter to MT (farewell) ["You have been an invaluable ally, but more than that, you are a great friend"] [released Mar 2019] |
| 89 Jan 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT letter to President Reagan (farewell) ["You have been a great President, one of the greatest, because you stood for all that is best in America"] [released Mar 2019] |
| 84 Dec 22 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting at Camp David (record of conversation) [declassified 2000] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Falklands: Reagan telegram to Thatcher (will contact Galtieri) [declassified 2000] [20K scanned image] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Falklands: Reagan letter to Thatcher (defends US stance at UN) [declassified 2000] |
| 83 Dec 7 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Falklands: Reagan letter to Thatcher (resuming US arms sales to Argentina) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Jan 20 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (inaugural congratulations) [unclassified] |
| 82 Oct 25 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Falklands: Thatcher letter to Reagan (U.N. resolution unacceptable to UK) [summary declassified 2000] |
| 82 Jun 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Falklands: Reagan telegram to Thatcher (victory congratulations & need for "a just peace") [declassified 2000] |
| 84 Nov 7 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher telegram to Reagan (congratulations on his reelection) [declassified 1998] |
| 83 Sep 29 Th | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting in Washington (record of conversation) [memoirs extract] |
| 84 Dec 22 Sa | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting at Camp David (account of conversation) [memoirs extract] |
| 83 Oct 26 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Grenada: Reagan phone call to Thatcher (record of conversation) [declassified 2000] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Press |
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Key | Thatcher memoirs | Grenada: Thatcher letter to Reagan ("deeply disturbed" at US plans) [memoirs extract] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Grenada: Reagan letter to Thatcher (thinking of intervening) [declassified 2000] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Grenada: Reagan letter to Thatcher (decided to intervene) [declassified 2000] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Grenada: Reagan letter to Thatcher (intervention goes ahead) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Dec 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: MT letter to Reagan (Iran-Contra -"anything which weakens you weakens America") [declassified/released 2000] |
| 75 Apr 30 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (fall of Saigon) ["a dark day ... somehow the shadows seem to have lengthened"] [released 2003] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (farewell) [declassified 2000] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: MT letter to Reagan ("you stood for all that is best in America") [declassified 2000] |
| 04 Jun 11 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Eulogy for President Reagan |
| 89 Jan 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT letter to President Bush (congratulations) ["You bring to the Presidency enormous experience in Government which will be of immense value"] [released Mar 2019] |
| 86 Nov 13 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT briefing cards (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["CAN'T trust RUSSIANS when taking a few tanks & columns out of Afghanistan - surely you wouldn't trust them over ballistic missiles"] [released Jan 2017] |
| 86 Nov 13 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT notes (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["Alarmed by suggestion to eliminate in 10 years all strategic ballistic missiles … Security of West in danger"] [released Jan 2017] |
| 87 Jul 11 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Visit to Washington") ["The task is at least to disguise the weakness of American leadership and to restrain any inclination to erratic and ill-thought out initiatives"] [released Oct 2017] |
| 87 Jul 11 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Charles Powell conversation record ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [MT meets academics at Chequers; enthusiasts vs sceptics] [released Oct 2017] |
| 82 Jun 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“President Reagan and the US budget debate”) ["I am sorry to go on about this"; urges MT to intercede with Reagan, to get interest rates down] [declassified 2012] |
| 04 Jun 26 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | MT: MT to Nancy Reagan (death of her husband) ["History will view him as one of America's greatest Presidents"] |
| 82 Mar 31 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington to FCO (“Reagan statement on nuclear arms policy and East-West relations”) [“My goal is to reduce nuclear weapons dramatically”] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (Argentina rejects US plan) (extract) [will make clear UK "worked with us in good faith", acting on self-defence] [declassified 1993] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (US State Dept) | Falklands: Reagan letter to Thatcher (Galtieri intends to use force) [US neutral on sovereignty but not on Argentine use of force] [declassified 2001] |
| 87 Oct 22 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Economy: Thatcher letter to Reagan (concern at US deficit) [declassified 2007] |
| 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 5 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan commends Haig's latest peace proposals) ["The decisions I made last Friday were aimed at putting you in the strongest position to achieve a peaceful settlement"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (position of US Administration given Argentina's failure to accept US proposals) [US "tilt" towards UK] [with MT annotations] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 1 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan message to MT (apparent Argentine moves against the Falklands) ["we are contacting the Argentine Government at the highest levels to urge them not to take military measures"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 15 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (account of Reagan's conversation with Galtieri) ["He said that the advance of your fleet and the blockade of the Islands were making his situation difficult"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT message to Reagan (Reagan's conversation with Galtieri) ["it is essential that America, our closest friend and ally, should share with us a common perception of the fundamental issues of democracy and freedom at stake"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT message to Reagan (apparent rejection by Argentina of latest peace proposals) ["I cannot conceal from you how deeply let down [we] would feel if under these circumstances the U.S. were not now to give us its full support"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Apr 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan message to MT (Argentina rejects US peace proposal) [Argentina's refusal "to negotiate in good faith [has] made it necessary for the United States to adopt a new posture toward Buenos Aires"] [released 2013] |
| 82 May 5 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan commends Haig's latest peace proposals) ["The decisions I made last Friday were aimed at putting you in the strongest position to achieve a peaceful settlement...I believe there is now a chance to realise that aim"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Jun 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan message to MT (congratulations on victory in the Falklands) ["A just war requires a just peace"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan message to MT (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) [US will vote for resolution] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT message to Reagan (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) [UK "dismayed" by Reagan's message: "A vote by the United States for the resolution would be received here with incomprehension"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan message to MT (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) [Reagan argues for keeping open possibility of "a solution by negotiations sometime in the future"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: MT message to Reagan (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) ["The British people would see your vote for this resolution as an American decision to...support a dictatorship against the home of democracy"] [released 2013] |
| 82 Nov 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Falklands: Reagan message to MT (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) ["I realize that our understanding of these events is indeed quite different"] [released 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (situation in Grenada: US intervention) ["I have decided to respond positively" to OECS request for US intervention in Grenada] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Grenada: MT message to Reagan (US intervention in Grenada) ["I must tell you at once that the decision which you describe causes us the gravest concern"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (US intervention in Grenada) ["I well appreciate the dangers inherent in a military operation...but, on balance, I see this as the lesser of two risks"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (OECS request US participation in "collective security effort" in Grenada) ["I am giving serious consideration to the OECS request"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Grenada: MT message to Reagan (US intervention in Grenada) ["I must tell you at once that the decision which you describe causes us the gravest concern"] [released 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (OECS request US participation in "collective security effort" in Grenada) ["I am giving serious consideration to the OECS request"] [released 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (situation in Grenada: US intervention) ["I have decided to respond positively" to OECS request for US intervention in Grenada"] [released 2013] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Grenada: Reagan message to MT (US intervention in Grenada) ["I well appreciate the dangers inherent in a military operation...but, on balance, I see this as the lesser of two risks"] [released 2013] |
| 84 Feb 8 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Hungary: MT letter to President Reagan (visit to Hungary) ["as far ahead as we can see we have to find a way of living side by side with the Communist system, repugnant as it is"] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Nov 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan message to MT (vote on UN resolution) ["I realise that our understanding of these events is indeed quite different"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Nov 4 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT message to President Reagan (vote on UN resolution) ["an American decision to support Argentina against Britain"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan message to MT (UN General Assembly resolution calling for resumption of UK/Argentina negotiations) ["I am truly sorry that we disagree on this matter"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (UN General Assembly resolution calling for resumption of UK/Argentina negotiations) ["we believe it reasonable now to vote for the substantially modified resolution"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: MT letter to President Reagan (UN General Assembly Debate) [resolution calling for resumption of UK/Argentina negotiations; MT: "we are utterly dismayed by [US position]"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 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] |
| 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 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] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [US intervention in Grenada; Reagan to MT: "We are already at zero"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 26 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [US intervention in Grenada: Reagan said he "very much regretted the embarrassment that had been caused" to HMG] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Sep 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [first meeting: Lebanon, East/West, arms control, KAL007, INF, Belize, US supply of arms to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Grenada: No.10 letter to FCO (“Grenada”) [record of No.10 meetings & decisions 24-25 Oct] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jun 5 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | G7: No.10 record of conversation (Heads of Delegation “Falklands”) [Versailles economic summit] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 May 13 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [Reagan asks MT to hold off military action, says US has sided with UK "at the price of its relations with Latin America"] [declassified 2012] |
| 84 Feb 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Hungarian National Archive) | Hungary: Hungarian Foreign Ministry record of conversation (MT-Kádár tête-à-tête) [East-West relations] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Haig) [dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |
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