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Category | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
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| 81 Mar 19 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Mar 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Call on Gromyko”) [Gromyko conversation with Curtis Keeble] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: UK High Commission Delhi to FCO ("Mrs Gandhi's India") [assessment of the Indian scene prior to MT's visit] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 26 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: No.10 note to Department of Energy (“Co-operation with the US on Fast Reactor Development”) [US Energy Secretary “enthusiastic about the idea of such collaboration”] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Mar 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | India: FCO letter to No.10 (“Invitation to Mrs Gandhi to visit the United Kingdom”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Mar 30 Mo | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | Reagan shot |
| 81 Mar 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (assassination attempt) [unclassified] |
| 81 Mar 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT message to Reagan (attempted assassination of Reagan) ["I pray the injuries are not serious"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Mar 31 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Message to President Reagan ("very distressed" by assassination attempt) |
| 81 Apr 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | China: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Meeting between the Secretary of State and Chinese Foreign Minister, 1 April”) [conversation between Lord Carrington and Huang Hua] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Apr 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 14th (British Telecommunications Bill, Poland, Canadian Constitution, Belize, Thailand, Zimbabwe, Iran, United States, EC Affairs) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig telegram to US Embassy in London (Soviet preparations for invasion of Poland) [declassified 2002] |
| 81 Apr 4 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig telegram to Carrington (Soviet invasion of Poland “serious posibility”) [declassified 2002] |
| 81 Apr 6 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference for Arab Correspondents |
| 81 Apr 8 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Diplomatic and Commonwealth Writers Association |
| 81 Apr 8 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, King Hussein, Jordanian Ambassador) [exchange of reports on Haig visit to Jordan & MT visit to Washington; Arab/Israel dispute/Palestine; Syria; Iran/Iraq; Rapid Deployment Force; North Yemen; Egypt; Tornado MT visit to Gulf] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Apr 9 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig letter to Carrington (Spanish and NATO) [declassified 2002] |
| 81 Apr 9 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference for Indian journalists |
| 81 Apr 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: FCO record of conversation (Carrington, Gilmour, Haig, Lawrence Eagleburger) [Middle East] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: No.10 record of conversation (MT, US Secretary of State Haig, Lawrence Eagleburger) [Middle East, India/Pakistan, Spain in NATO, USSR/Poland] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: UK High Commission Delhi to FCO ("Visit of the Prime Minister: Race Relations and the Nationality Bill") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 14 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Message to President Reagan (successful flight of space shuttle) |
| 81 Apr 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: MT letter to President Reagan (message of congratulations) [maiden flight of ‘Columbia’] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT message to Reagan (Space Shuttle Columbia flight) [MT offers congratulations] [released 2012] |
| 81 Apr 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Romania: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Verdet of Romania) [third session: Middle East] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 15 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Gandhi of India) [plenary session: Anglo-Indian relations, Reagan Administration, SALT, Arab-Israeli conflict, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Iran-Iraq War, Pakistan, China] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 15 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Indira Gandhi, Narasimha Rao, Sir John Thomson, Sir John Graham) [“Meeting between the Prime Minister and Mrs Gandhi”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: UK High Commission Delhi to FCO ("Prime Minister's Talks with Mrs Gandhi") [account of plenary session] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKA Washington despatch to Lord Carrington (“The Reagan Administration’s economic policy - an initial assessment”) [assesses content, prospects in Congress & chances of success] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“US trade representative”) [visit to UK] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir John Thomson, Sir John Graham, Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao) [“The Prime Minister and the Indian Foreign Minister, Mr Rao”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Trivial | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Robert Conquest letter to Gow (comments on members of Reagan's Administration) [comment on resentment within the Administration at British attitudes] [released 2012] |
| 81 Apr 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: UK High Commission Delhi to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to India") [report on MT's visit to India: "I would judge that the visit is being a real success but not a spectacular one"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 18 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig to Thatcher (Pakistan/Afghanistan) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Apr 18 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: Haig message to MT (MT's comments to Indian press on Pakistan's defence needs and the situation in Afghanistan) ["As so often has been the case, we find ourselves in complete agreement with you"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Apr 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT, “Naif, Minister of the Interior”) [visit to Saudi Arabia] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT, “Prince Sultan, Minister of Defence and Aviation”) [visit to Saudi Arabia] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 23 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“US grain embargo”) [US notification of ending] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 23 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT, “Sultan Qaboos of Oman”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (assassination attempt) [declassified 1997] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: MT letter to President Reagan (MT’s visit to India and the Arabian Gulf) [“warm personal regards… the world needs you”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter Reagan (MT's visit to Gulf states and India) [report of MT's talks with Gandhi and Gulf leaders] [released 2012] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan recovering from injuries sustained during assassination attempt) [released 2012] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: MT letter to President Reagan (Overview of visit to Middle East and India) [Reagan and Schmidt on Palestine and USSR] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: President Reagan letter to MT (thanks) [assassination attempt and meetings with MT] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Grain sales to USSR”) [reaction to lifting of US embargo] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 May 1 Fr | Declassified documents |
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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] |
| 81 May 7 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Schmidt) |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | United Nations: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Kurt Waldheim, Perez de Cuellar) [Northern Ireland, E/W, Afghanistan, Iraq/Iran, Lebanon, Cambodia, Namibia, Middle East, South Lebanon, Cyprus] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 May 13 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economy: Peter Tapsell MP letter to MT (Reaganite policies and macro-economic strategy) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 15 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Foreign Office letter to Cabinet Office ("Ottawa Seven Power summit: political preparations") [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 May 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Washington to FCO ("US Press Coverage of British Defence Spending Proposals") [defence cuts "likely to cause anxiety" in the US according to US press] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Firearms for the RUC") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 19 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 May 20 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Conservative Women’s Conference |
| 81 May 21 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Sir Nicholas Henderson letter to Richard Allen (counters adverse press comment on British defence review) [declassified ?2005] |
| 81 May 21 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Kenya: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Kenyan Foreign Minister, Dr Ouko) [situation in Kenya, Uganda, Chad, USSR role in Africa, North/South dialogue] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 25 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Germany: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Schmidt) [MT gives Schmidt account of her Washington visit] [released 2012] |
| 81 May 27 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (India/Pakistan, Middle East) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 May 28 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Law of the Sea: Wade-Gery minute to No.10 (“Announcement of the Government’s decision to extend the United Kingdom Territorial Sea”) [“risk of… seriously upsetting the Americans is small enough to be acceptable”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 May 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | India: President Reagan letter to MT (MT’s visit to India and the Arabian Gulf) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 May 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan letter to MT (MT's visit to the Gulf and India) [Reagan unsure of Gandhi's position, expresses agreement with MT's view on Middle East] [released 2012] |
| 81 May 31 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Sir Nicholas Henderson letter to No.10 (handed MT Ulster speech to Meese) [impressed; "combined compassion with firmness"] [declassified 2010] |
| 81 Jun 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Stormont Speech, 28 May") [impact of MT's speech in the US; "it is very probable that [Ed Meese] showed and commended it to the President"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 12 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Interview for Jewish Chronicle |
| 81 Jun 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Meeting of Personal Representatives, 4 to 6 June 1981") [Ottawa G7 economic summit: key issues] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jun 16 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: UKE Washington to FCO ("Lord Privy Seal's Meeting with the Vice President") [Gilmour-Bush meeting: Arab-Israeli conflict, Mitterand's position on Israel, Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation in Iraq, Syria, European initiatives] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 16 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UK delegation NATO to FCO (“Brezhnev letter to President Reagan”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jun 17 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Nott minute to MT (defence programme: potential disagreement between Nott and Chancellor of the Exchequer) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 17 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Nott minute to MT ("Special Nuclear Materials (SNM)") [attitude of Reagan Administration to supply to UK of enriched uranium and other materials] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jun 17 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Japan: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Suzuki of Japan) [Royal wedding, Suzuki's visit to the US, economic issues, Soviet military build-up, third world problems, Poland, Afghanistan, defence spending, trade] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 18 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: FCO letter to No.10 ("Iraq and Israel: Security Council Debate") [Israeli attack on Osirak nuclear installation: text of Iraqi resolution, outstanding points of contention] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 18 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Jun 18 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("International economic situation: US interest rate policies") ["We need... to think carefully about the line that the United Kingdom should adopt... I am very conscious of the need not to part company from the Germans over this"] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jun 19 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Chancellor Schmidt's views on the German political situation, the Ottawa summit, and the Middle East) [Federal German Chancellory State Secretary, Sir Robert Armstrong] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jun 23 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("Visit of Mr. Trudeau") [Canadian High Commissioner, Sir Robert Armstrong] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jun 24 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington to FCO ("Northern Ireland: Meeting with Friends of Ireland") [Henderson meets with Ted Kennedy and others] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 25 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington to FCO ("Northern Ireland: Meeting with the Friends of Ireland") ["The ignorant and partisan nature of a lot of American comment is a further aggravation..."] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jun 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Trudeau, Gilmour, Biffen, Jopling, Lord Bridges, Michael Pitfield, Allan Gotlieb & others) [France; W. Germany; forthcoming Ottawa G7 summit; Canadian domestic issues] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jun 29 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | EC: MT speech at Luxembrough European Council ("Economic Situation - Speaking Note") [released 2012] |
| 81 Jun 30 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference after Luxembourg European Council |
| 81 Jun 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | EC: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [Anglo-French relations, British economy, EC budget, TNF, Soviet Union and US, Middle East] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 1 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC Stmnt: [Luxembourg European Council] |
| 81 Jul 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“President Reagan’s economic recovery programme: the present position”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("Ottawa economic summit: U.S. objectives") [speculative assessment] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Ottawa economic summit") [G7: anticipated French position on key issues] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 6 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (Siberian gas pipeline) (NSC 0016) [declassified 2004] |
| 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] |
| 81 Jul 8 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Weinberger paper (“US policy on the West Siberian pipeline”) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Jul 8 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig paper (“Control on Exports to the Soviet Union”) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Jul 9 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Casey paper (“CIA Memorandum on Siberian pipeline”) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Jul 9 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Allen briefing (President’s notes for NSC meeting on Siberian gas pipeline) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Jul 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Energy: Brittan minute to MT (“Fast Reactor collaboration”) [prospects of international collaboration] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 11 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: UKE Washington to FCO ("US Foreign Policy") [review of US Foreign Policy ahead of Ottawa G7] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("US Views on the British Economy") [doubts in the US about state of UK economy] [released 2012] |
| 81 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: UKE Washington to FCO ("US Views of the British Economy") [review of US views ahead of Ottawa G7] [declassified 2011] |
| 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] |
| 81 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Prospects for the U.S. economy”) [“concern expressed by other countries”] [declassified 2012] |
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