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Date |
Category | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
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| 75 Apr 9 We | Press |
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Major | Thatcher memoirs | Cold War: Early meeting with Ronald Reagan [memoirs extract] |
| 75 Apr 9 We | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | MT met Ronald Reagan for the first time (or possibly the second) |
| 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] |
| 78 Nov 27 Mo | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | MT met Ronald Reagan for the second time (or possibly the third) |
| 78 Dec 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (thanks for meeting; defence) [released 2007] |
| 80 Jan 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Ray Whitney to Geoffrey Howe (US-UK relations) [“there is a widespread fear among the incoming Administration of being ‘Thatcherised’”] [released 2017] |
| 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] |
| 80 Jun 25 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference for American correspondents in London |
| 80 Jul 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT Engagement Diary |
| 80 Jul 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Gordon Reece note for MT (account of visit to Washington DC) [meeting presidential campaign teams] [released 2011] |
| 80 Jul 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Gordon Reece minute to MT (US Presidential Campaign teams) ["Reagan's is far and away the richest and also the least media dominated group"] [released 2011] |
| 80 Jul 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Alexander (report of conversation with Chancellor Schmidt) [acquiring Trident: Armstrong delivers MT's personal message; Schmidt recounts visit to Moscow] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Aug 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“United States monthly economic report for July 1980”) [“decline in US economic activity is continuing”] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Aug 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Press Office: Transcript of 'Special Edition' radio programme (Richard Staley reports on interview with MT) [released 2011] |
| 80 Oct 22 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Belize: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Anglo-Guatemalan Negotiations Over Belize (OD(80) 59)") [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Nov 4 Tu | Chronology |
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Key | [Chronology] | Reagan elected US President |
| 80 Nov 5 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Letter to President-elect Reagan (invitation to visit Britain) |
| 80 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Yue-Kong Pao) [shipbuilding contracts and the new Chinese and US regimes] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Nov 6 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 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] |
| 80 Nov 7 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Paris letter to FCO (US election result) [notes MT likely to get on particularly well with Reagan] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Nov 10 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet |
| 80 Nov 10 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: President-elect Reagan letter to MT (thanks for her congratulations) [looks forward to another meeting] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Nov 12 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Health of the Alliance”) [proposed review of NATO to reduce UK contribution to budget] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Nov 13 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | France: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Giscard) [military spending, election of Reagan, Schmidt visit to US, East/West relations] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Nov 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Northern Ireland (OD(80) 67 and 68)") [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Nov 16 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Labour: MT letter to Paul [Johnson] (significance of Michael Foot's election as Labour leader) ["I fear it will start with mob oratory in an attempt to create disorder"] [released 2011] |
| 80 Nov 16 Su | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter to Paul Johnson (Reagan's election and Foot as Labour leader) ["I fear [Foot's leadership] will start with mob oratory"] [released 2011] |
| 80 Nov 16 Su | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [Carrington's visit to Eastern Europe, NATO, Middle East and South West Asia, Quadripartite Consultation, Arab-Israeli Conflict, EC affairs, Anglo-French bilateral relations, Spain, defence] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | China: Carrington minute to Pym (“COCOM: defence sales to China”) [UK seeks to reassure allies] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Nov 20 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Key | Margaret Thatcher | HC S: [Debate on the Address] |
| 80 Nov 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: No.10 letter to FCO (“Contacts with the Reagan team”) [proposed MT first meeting with Reagan as President] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Nov 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter to Sir Robert Thompson (Thompson's discussion with Nixon, views of Reagan's administration) [Soviet influence in the third world] [released 2011] |
| 80 Nov 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | France: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Giscard) [MT's conversation with Schmidt, Middle East, quadripartite summit, Commission portfolios, New Zealand, Luxembourg] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Nov 23 Su | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Germany: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [Schmidt's visit to Washington, Reagan's Administration, arms control negotiations] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 3 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC Stmnt: [Luxembourg European Council] |
| 80 Dec 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Trade: Keith Joseph minute to MT (“Textiles”) [problem of US imports] [declassified 2012] |
| 80 Dec 10 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Japan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Japanese Foreign Minister, Japanese Ambassador) [oil prices; Middle East; MT views on Carter and Reagan administrations; MT views on place of human rights in foreign policy; Poland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 80 Dec 11 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKDEL NATO to FCO ("Poland") [discussion of situation in Poland at Foreign Ministers' dinner: contingency planning for Soviet intervention in Poland] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Dec 23 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Belize: FCO to UKE Washington ("Belize/Guatemala") ["Apparent hardening of the Guatemalan position...may not be unconnected with their hopes for better understanding and support from the Reagan Administration"; need to brief Haig] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Dec 24 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Belize: UKE Washington to FCO ("Belize/Guatemala") ["The apparent hardening of the Guatemalan position may indeed owe something to their expectation that US/Guatemalan relations will improve under a Reagan Administration"] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Dec 31 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Press Office: Press Office memo ("Review of the Year") [main events in 1980] [released 2011] |
| 80 Dec 31 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Hugh Thomas minute to MT ("A Western policy towards the Soviet economy") ["Mr. Reagan's administration may be interested in a radical approach of this nature"] [released 2013] |
| 80 Dec 31 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Pym-Carrington-Chancellor of the Exchequer) ["Defence Estimates 1981/82"] [declassified 2011] |
| 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 Jan 4 Su | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Ingham minute for MT ("Note for the Record") ["Rupert Murdoch Lunch"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Jan 4 Su | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 The World this Weekend |
| 81 Jan 8 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | China: No.10 letter to Dept of Energy (Guangdong Nuclear Power Station) [directive to discuss with French but keep other options open] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jan 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Energy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Energy Prices") [briefing for meeting with Howell and Chancellor of the Exchequer] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Energy: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Energy Prices") [need to assist British industry with energy prices; competition with EC and US] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 12 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Namibia: FCO UKE Washington ("Namibia") [need to persuade incoming Reagan Administration to encourage South Africa to engage with Namibia independence negotiations] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 13 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Namibia: UKE Washington to FCO ("Namibia") [Reagan Administration "likely to be hostile to the idea of sanctions" against South Africa] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Namibia: UKE Washington to FCO ("U.S. Policy on Namibia") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Nott minute to MT ("Defence Estimates 1981/82") [further adjustments to defence programme] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Armstrong minute to MT ("Defence Estimates 1981/82: Flotation of British Aerospace") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Nott-Carrington-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Joseph-Havers) ["Defence Expenditure and BAe Flotation"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 20 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Jan 20 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Letter to President-elect Reagan ("your inauguration ... a symbol of hope for the Alliance") |
| 81 Jan 20 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (inaugural congratulations) [unclassified] |
| 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 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] |
| 81 Jan 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC discussion of Thatcher visit (urges accepting invitation to return event at British Embassy) [declassified 2006] |
| 81 Jan 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Hugh Thomas letter to MT (President Reagan) [evaluation by Dr Edward Luttwak] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jan 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC discussion of Thatcher visit (disinclination to accept return event at British Embassy) [declassified 2006] |
| 81 Jan 27 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Jan 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Press Office: Ingham minute to MT ("Time") [arrangements for interview; comment on Labour party divisions, US, Northern Ireland] [released 2012] |
| 81 Jan 29 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at the Pilgrims’ Dinner |
| 81 Jan 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 4th (Parliamentary Affairs, US, Namibia, Poland, Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Israel, Iran, EC, Scrutiny of Department Running Costs) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 31 Sa | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Finchley Conservatives (no U turns) |
| 81 Feb 2 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (the special relationship) [declassified 1997] |
| 81 Feb 2 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan letter to MT (congratulations on MT's speech to the Pilgrim's Dinner) [concern for "democracy and liberty" is "the essence of the special relationship"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 2 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: President Reagan letter to MT (MT speech to the Pilgrims’ Dinner) [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 Feb 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Armstrong minute to Alexander ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States: 25-28 February") [UK priorities and objectives] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 3 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Feb 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Dutch Ambassador to London, Robbert Fack) [MT's visit to the Netherlands] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 5 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC planning for MT visit (dinner guests) [declassified 2006] |
| 81 Feb 5 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Feb 5 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Namibia: President Masire of Botswana letter to MT (future of Namibia) [need to resist calls for sanctions; appeals to MT to impress upon Reagan need for positive US influence] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 6 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Poland") ["the slide to anarchy in Poland is reaching such a point that the Soviet Union may find it impossible not to intervene"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 6 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: National Security Council minutes (“Caribbean Basin & Poland”) (NSC 001) [preliminary discussion] [declassified 2007] |
| 81 Feb 8 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Sherman paper for MT ("Potential snags in Anglo-American relations") [Reaganites since election "brutally differentiated themselves" from MT's government] [declassified 2010] |
| 81 Feb 10 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Feb 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversations ("Ottawa summit and meeting of Personal Representatives") [Sir Robert Armstrong, Allan Gotlieb] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Feb 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Nott-Carrington) [future defence policy] [declassified 2011] |
| 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 Feb 11 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: National Security Council minutes (“Central America [& Taiwan]”) (NSC 002) [declassified 2007] |
| 81 Feb 11 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (importance of the US-UK relationship) [unclassified] |
| 81 Feb 11 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter to Reagan (thanks for message of congratulations regarding MT's speech the Pilgrim's Dinner) [special relationship] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 12 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Lankester minute to Walters ("Georgetown University Speech") [Walters' draft for MT's speech and comments] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 12 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Nott minute to MT (“A Review of NATO”) [objectives] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Feb 12 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Reagan Library) | Italy/US: White House record of conversation (Reagan-Foreign Minister Colombo) [expressions of mutual regard; TNF; Italy as a "difficult democracy"] [declassified 2006] |
| 81 Feb 13 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Press Office: Ingham minute to MT ("Briefing for American Correspondents in London") [arrangements for on-the-record briefing] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 13 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Firearms for the RUC") [US ban on export licences] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 13 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Overseas aid: Lord Carrington minute to MT (“International Development Association: 6th replenishment: bridging arrangements: Parliamentary timetable”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Feb 16 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference for Association of American Correspondents in London |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: State Department briefing for President Reagan (“Essential Issues Papers”) [declassified 2006] |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Germany: UKE Bonn letter to FCO ("Farewell Call on the Chancellor") [account of UK Ambassador's final meeting with Schmidt] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Text of New York Times article ("Mrs. Thatcher is Confident of Close Ties with Reagan") [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary | Cold War: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT nervous about coming Washington visit) |
| 81 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Al Haig briefing for President Reagan (MT visit, with copy of her final schedule) [declassified 2006] |
| 81 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War & Middle East: National Security Council minutes (Caribbean Basin & F15s) (NSC 003) [declassified 2007] |
| 81 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (inauguration) [unclassified] |
| 81 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan letter to MT (thanks for message of congratulations on inaugration) [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: President Reagan letter to MT (MT visit to US) [inauguration] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Feb 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC memorandum to Vice-President Bush (urges he meet Carrington whose “support (and restraint) will be critical”) [declassified 2006] |
| 81 Feb 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 ("Central America") [background briefing] [released Dec 2017] |
| 81 Feb 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Namibia: MT letter to President Masire of Botswana (future of Namibia) [MT agrees with Masire's views] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC draft guidance for press on MT visit (“upbeat bad news”) [declassified 2005] |
| 81 Feb 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("Initial Reactions to Reagan's Programme for US Economic Recovery") [response in Congress and on Wall Street] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO briefing for MT (Prime Minister’s visit to Washington) [talks with Reagan; meetings on the Hill; US space programme budget cuts; honorary degree ceremony; Donovan award; Economic Industrial Lunch] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Feb 21 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit") [suggested approach for MT in talks with Reagan] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit") [Henderson's redraft of MT's speech for White House dinner] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States - Northern Ireland") [account of meeting of US/Northern Ireland representatives] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC-State department planning for MT visit (agreeing MT should have one on one meeting with Reagan) [declassified 2005] |
| 81 Feb 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Trade: Conservative Research Department briefing for Conservative MPs (“Textiles, clothing and footwear”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Feb 24 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Feb 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“26th Congress of the CPSU: Brezhnev’s speech”) [declassified 2012] |
| 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) |
| 81 Feb 25 We | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC & British schedules for MT visit (drafts) [declassified 2006] |
| 81 Feb 25 We | Chronology |
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Major | [Chronology] | MT visited Reagan in Washington (returned 1 Mar) |
| 81 Feb 25 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | France: MT message to President Giscard (MT's visit to the US, fisheries, New Zealand Butter) [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 25 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Germany: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Schmidt) [MT's forthcoming meeting with Reagan] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (White House Banquet 2) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (White House Banquet 4) (meeting Bob Hope) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (White House Banquet 5) (meeting Charlton Heston) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (White House Banquet 6) (Reagan speaking after dinner) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (Reagans bid farewell after Banquet) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (Oval Office talks) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (Cabinet Room talks) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (White House Banquet 3) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (White House Banquet 1) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Minor | Ronald Reagan | Remarks introducing the Harlem Ballet [audio] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Minor | Ronald Reagan & Margaret Thatcher | Conversation during press shoot (length of US election campaigns; noisy press cameras; art in the Oval Office) [audio] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Multimedia |
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Major | Ronald Reagan & Margaret Thatcher | Exchange of toasts at White House Dinner [audio] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Ed Thomas note to Ed Meese on US takeover of British engineering firm (Governor of Texas requests his intervention) [declassified ?2005] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | US: Martin Anderson note to senior White House Staff (“Reaganism & Thatcherism” - stresses differences of economic approach) [declassified ?2005] |
| 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 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 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT Engagement Diary |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT's invitation to White House dinner [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT notes for speech on arrival at White House (first visit to US since Reagan's election) [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Remarks arriving at the White House |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Remarks leaving the White House |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference for Washington Press Club |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Exchange of toasts at White House Dinner |
| 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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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: White House record of conversation (MT-Reagan plenary) [East/West, Central America especially Belize; jellybeans] [declassified 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] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT-US Senate Members) [Reagan Administration, defence, nuclear weapons, Soviet Union, Poland, economy, socialism, NATO] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT-US House of Representatives Members) [Reagan Administration, economy, Anglo-Irish relations, Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe, defence, Poland, Arab-Israeli conflict, NATO] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 27 Fr | Multimedia |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher & Ronald Reagan | Exchange of toasts at British Embassy Dinner [audio] |
| 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 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT Engagement Diary |
| 81 Feb 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | US: No.10 note ("Presents Given to the Prime Minister: Washington and New York") [MT's visit to the US] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War & Middle East: National Security Council minutes (El Salvador & Saudi F15s) (NSC 004) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 27 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | TV Interview for CBS Morning News |
| 81 Feb 27 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at Georgetown University |
| 81 Feb 27 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher & Ronald Reagan | Exchange of toasts at British Embassy Dinner |
| 81 Feb 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | US: FCO telegram to UKE Washington (Donald Regan criticism of UK economic policy) [Regan ‘plain talk’ ruffles diplomatic feathers during MT visit] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Multimedia |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (walking with Reagan) |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Multimedia |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (Oval Office talks) |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Multimedia |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | White House photos: MT visiting Reagan at the White House (farewells) |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Richard Allen briefing for Reagan (farewell call from MT) [declassified ?2005] |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT Engagement Diary |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan letter to MT (OSS award MT William J. Donovan Medal) [letter of congratulations] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Mr Haig: North/South Summit") [Reagan to attend North/South summit] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Radio Interview for IRN (visiting Washington) |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech accepting Donovan Award ("The Defence of Freedom") |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Secretary of State’s meeting with Mr Haig: North/South summit”) [Reagan would attend if postponed and Castro not present] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“edited extracts of the Prime Minister’s tv interview) [foreign policy, arms control] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | US: No.10 record of conversation (MT-UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim) [new US Administration, Cold War, arms control, Namibia, Afghanistan, El Salvador, Middle East, UNIFIL, UNWRA] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 1 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | US: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Visit of the Prime Minister and Lord Carrington to the USA: 25-28 February 1981”) [Reagan said he looked to the visit “as that of a leader who had a similar approach to international issues and economic policy”] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Mar 2 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC Stmnt: [Prime Minister (American Visit)] |
| 81 Mar 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Couzens letter to Sprinkel (Regan testimony to Congress re: MT's economic policies) [offers "one or two corrections"] [declassified 2010] |
| 81 Mar 3 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Mar 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: FCO letter to No.10 (“French wheat sale to Soviet Union”) [UK registers protest at US green light for deal] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Mar 4 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Namibia: President Masire of Botswana letter to MT (future of Namibia) [thanks for support] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 5 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter to Sir Nicholas Henderson (thanks for help on Washington visit) ["I have great confidence in the President"] [declassified 2010] |
| 81 Mar 5 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | US: MT letter to Nicholas Henderson (thanks for assistance in arranging visit to US) ["I have great confidence in the President. I believe he will do the things he wants to do - and he won't give up"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 5 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (thanks for Washington hospitality) [unclassified] |
| 81 Mar 5 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter to Reagan (thanks for visit to Washington) ["We shall never have a happier visit"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Mar 5 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 9th (Civil Service Dispute, US, Soviet Union, Belize, EC Affairs, Marriage of the Prince of Wales) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 6 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference visiting Enniskillen (Ian Paisley "a rather desperate man") |
| 81 Mar 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Messages to President Sadat and King Hussein“) [briefing on MT visit to US, and invitation to visit UK] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Mar 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Mexico: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Foreign Minister Castaneda of Mexico) [Belize, El Salvador, North/South Summit] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Soviet Ambassador, Julian Bullard) [“Message from President Brezhnev”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Afghanistan: UKE Washington to FCO ("US Aid to Afghan Resistance") [Reagan's comments on aid to Afghan resistance in TV interview] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Mar 12 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Canada: UK High Commission Ottawa to FCO ("Reagan's Visit to Canada: 10-11 March") [account of Reagan's visit] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 12 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 11th (Parliamentary Affairs, Belize, Mexico, Iraq/Iran, South Africa, UN Convention on Law of the Sea, Soviet Union, Community Affairs, Civil Service Pay) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 16 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Anglo-Soviet contacts”) [MT unhappy with Carrington proposal to renew contact without US consultation] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Mar 17 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Mar 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Nott minute to MT (“Visit to Washington”) [conversations between Nott, Weinberger and Haig] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Mar 18 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Statement on the Defence Estimates 1981 (C(81) 11)") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 18 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Trade: Biffen minute to MT (“US textiles”) [UK at odds with EC over imports issue] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Mar 18 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Walters briefing for MT ("Visit of Mr. "Tom" Clausen") [President of tthe World Bank: likely topics for discussion with MT] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 81 Mar 18 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: FCO record of conversation (Lord Carrington, Marten, Clausen, McMillen) [meeting with President of the World Bank: bilateral aid; politicisation of World Bank; proportional representation; World Bank's role in assisting developing countries; reduction in US and other countries' support & new strategies to compensate] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 81 Mar 18 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Clausen, McMillen) [meeting with President of the World Bank: US economy; UK economic strategy; Bank's role in recycling of oil money; principles & role of World Bank & IMF; proportion of UK aid; increased visibility for capital projects vs increased credit] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 81 Mar 19 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: National Security Council minutes (Sinai peacekeeping & Pakistan) (NSC 005) [declassified 2005] |
| 81 Mar 19 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Mar 19 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | [Chronology] | Reagan shot |
| 81 Mar 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (assassination attempt) [unclassified] |
| 81 Mar 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
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. |
|
Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Message to President Reagan ("very distressed" by assassination attempt) |
| 81 Apr 2 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference for Arab Correspondents |
| 81 Apr 8 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Diplomatic and Commonwealth Writers Association |
| 81 Apr 8 We | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig letter to Carrington (Spanish and NATO) [declassified 2002] |
| 81 Apr 9 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference for Indian journalists |
| 81 Apr 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: FCO record of conversation (Carrington, Gilmour, Haig, Lawrence Eagleburger) [Middle East] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Message to President Reagan (successful flight of space shuttle) |
| 81 Apr 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: MT letter to President Reagan (message of congratulations) [maiden flight of ‘Columbia’] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT message to Reagan (Space Shuttle Columbia flight) [MT offers congratulations] [released 2012] |
| 81 Apr 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“US trade representative”) [visit to UK] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig to Thatcher (Pakistan/Afghanistan) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Apr 18 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT, “Sultan Qaboos of Oman”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (assassination attempt) [declassified 1997] |
| 81 Apr 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: President Reagan letter to MT (thanks) [assassination attempt and meetings with MT] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Apr 29 We | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Schmidt) |
| 81 May 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economy: Peter Tapsell MP letter to MT (Reaganite policies and macro-economic strategy) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 15 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 May 20 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Conservative Women’s Conference |
| 81 May 21 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (India/Pakistan, Middle East) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 May 28 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Interview for Jewish Chronicle |
| 81 Jun 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UK delegation NATO to FCO (“Brezhnev letter to President Reagan”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jun 17 We | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Jun 18 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | EC: MT speech at Luxembrough European Council ("Economic Situation - Speaking Note") [released 2012] |
| 81 Jun 30 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference after Luxembourg European Council |
| 81 Jun 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
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. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC Stmnt: [Luxembourg European Council] |
| 81 Jul 2 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (Siberian gas pipeline) (NSC 0016) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Jul 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Weinberger paper (“US policy on the West Siberian pipeline”) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Jul 8 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Haig paper (“Control on Exports to the Soviet Union”) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Jul 9 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Casey paper (“CIA Memorandum on Siberian pipeline”) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Jul 9 Th | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Energy: Brittan minute to MT (“Fast Reactor collaboration”) [prospects of international collaboration] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 11 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Prospects for the U.S. economy”) [“concern expressed by other countries”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("Trudeau's visit to Washington: 12 July") [summary of his meeting with Reagan in advance of G7 summit] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Ottawa economic summit") [summary of final preparatory meeting, with annexes addressing key issues] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: No.10 minute to MT (Eldon Griffiths visit to US) [negative press coverage; Northern Ireland] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Relations with developing countries") [minute presenting policy options & background briefing paper for forthcoming international summits] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Hunger Strike: Irish Initiative in USA") [Irish Ambassador to US appeals to Reagan to intervene in the hunger strike at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("Trident") [need to take decisions about aspects of the Trident force, including submarine design] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: UKHC Canberra telegram to FCO ("Australian Prime Minister: North/South") [global negotiations on foreign aid] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Hong Kong: FCO briefing to No.10 (“Sir Y K Pao”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Richard Allen brief for President Reagan (dinner with Lord Carrington) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Jul 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: FCO letter to No.10 ("Ottawa Economic Summit: Bilateral Meeting with President Reagan") [objectives for meeting] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | North/South: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Relations with Developing Countries") [summits on aid, North/South issues, development] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Northern Ireland: Hunger Strike") [FCO advises against allowing the Friends of Ireland to send a delegation to HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: FCO letter to No.10 ("President Reagan's statement on non-proliferation and peaceful nuclear cooperation") [briefing for Ottawa G7] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: FCO letter to No.10 ("Ottawa Summit: Briefing for the Prime Minister: Northern Ireland") [briefing for meeting with Reagan] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Multimedia |
|
Trivial | Ronald Reagan & Margaret Thatcher | Remarks during press shoot (Lebanon) [audio] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT: Ronald Reagan's doodling (Ottawa G7) [heads, torso, etc] [released 2012] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT Engagement Diary |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | G7: MT's notes on talks at the Ottawa G7 [released 2012] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | G7: MT's notes on talks at the Ottawa G7 [released 2012] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT notes for Reagan bilateral (Home and Foreign Affairs) [declassified 2010] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan-Carrington-Haig-Regan-Meese-Allen-Armstrong-Whitmore) [global negotiations, trade with Japan, Lebanon, CoCom, interest rates] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: G7 record of conversation (Ottawa G7: second plenary session) [developing nations and aid, energy, Middle East] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: G7 record of conversation (Ottawa G7: first plenary session) [macroeconomic situation, fiscal and monetary polices, trade] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Spadolini of Italy) [French elections, economic situation in Italy] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Transcript of Chancellor of the Exchequer's interview with CBS Morning News (Ottawa G7) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Transcript of MT interview with BBC Radio 4 (Ottawa G7) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 21 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference after Ottawa G7 Summit |
| 81 Jul 21 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Radio Interview for Central Office of Information (Ottawa G7) |
| 81 Jul 21 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Radio Interview for IRN (Ottawa G7) |
| 81 Jul 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: G7 record of conversation (Ottawa G7: third plenary session) [summit communique] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: G7 record of conversation (Ottawa G7: fourth plenary session) [assessment of summit] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 23 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC Stmnt: [Ottawa Summit Meeting] |
| 81 Jul 23 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 29th (Parliamentary Affairs, Namibia, Israel/Lebanon, Gibraltar/Spain, Ottawa Economic Summit, EC Affairs, 1981 Public Expenditure) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Whitmore ("Trident") [Armstrong speaks to Ed Meese about Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 25 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT Engagement Diary |
| 81 Jul 25 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Nancy Reagan letter to MT (thanks for hospitality) [released 2012] |
| 81 Jul 30 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington to FCO ("Irish Prime Minister's Letter to President Reagan") [Reagan's "masterfully non-commital" reply to Fitzgerald's letter] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 30 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | United Nations: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to N0.10 (“Global negotiations”) [framework for discussions] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Richard Allen memo for President Reagan (“Britain Drifts”) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Jul 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Nott minute to MT ("Special Nuclear Matters (SNM)") ["remarkable change of attitude" by US on supply of special nuclear materials to UK] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US economic programme: budgetary legislation”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Aug 3 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Speech at lunch for Egyptian President (Anwar Sadat) |
| 81 Aug 3 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Egypt: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Sadat of Egypt) [first session: Arab-Israeli conflict, Soviet policy in the Middle East, oil supplies] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 3 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Egypt: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Sadat of Egypt) [plenary session: Arab-Israeli conflict, bilateral issues, Libya, Ethiopia/Somalia, Iraq, Iran] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 4 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (Montebello G7) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Aug 4 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | G7: Reagan letter to MT (Ottawa G7) [thanks for constructive role play at G7 talks and royal wedding] [released 2012] |
| 81 Aug 5 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: UKE Washington to FCO ("Northern Ireland Hunger Strike") [attempts by Irish Nationalist organisations to organise boycotts of British goods; Four Horsemen's letter to Reagan] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 5 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Northern Ireland: Hunger Strike and ICRC Report") [latest developments; Atkins believes there is no case for a new Government initiative at this point] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 6 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Conservative Party, Economy: MT off the record interview with Ivan Fallon (Pym & Thorneycroft) ["damned if she was going to change her views because of such a speech & press conference"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Aug 6 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US economic programme: budgetary legislation”) [“doubts have been expressed”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Aug 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“US economic policy”) [concern about high interest rates] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Aug 20 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | France: Armstrong record of conversation (Armstrong-Secretary General to the Presidency of the Republic of France, Beregovoy) [arrangements for Anglo-French summit, G7 summit, Iran, Northern Ireland, hunger strikes at HMP Maze] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 20 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (Montebello G7; Nancy Reagan visit to UK) [declassified 1998] |
| 81 Aug 20 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | G7: MT letter to Reagan (Ottawa G7) [reflections on summit; royal wedding] [released 2012] |
| 81 Aug 20 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: MT letter to President Reagan (G7 summit) [forthcoming CHOGM, Nancy Reagan's visit to UK for Royal Wedding] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Aug 21 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("US Strategic Nuclear Decision") [Nott meets with US Defense Secretary Weinberger; Reagan to announce decisions on nuclear weapons] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 24 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger letter to MT (US makes D-5 missile available to UK) [Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 28 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Government Machinery: Rayner minute to MT ("Efficiency USA") [proposed visit to Washington to investigate Reagan Administration's approach to efficiency] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Nott minute to MT ("Special Nuclear Materials") [communication with US over US supply of special nuclear materials to the UK: urges MT to write to Reagan] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Sep 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“President Reagan and the economy”) [budget deficit] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Sep 4 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Special Nuclear Materials") [communication with US over US supply of special nuclear materials to the UK: need for MT to write to Reagan now] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Sep 9 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Radio Interview for BBC Radio 2 Jimmy Young Programme |
| 81 Sep 10 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter to Ronald Reagan (modernisation of UK nuclear deterrent capability) [MT requests for assurance that US will supply materials for Trident] [released 2012] |
| 81 Sep 11 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Joint Press Conference with French President (Francois Mitterrand) |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: MT letter to US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger (US makes D-5 missile available to UK) [UK to consider offer] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("UK Strategic Nuclear Force") [Trident: choice between C-4 and D-5 missiles] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter to Caspar Weinberger (D5 Missile to be made available to the UK) [Trident] [released 2012] |
| 81 Sep 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Ingham press digest ("Press Digest for Saturday 19 September") [Mr Thatcher's letter] [released 2012] |
| 81 Sep 23 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: Julian Amery letter to MT (Nimrod deal with the Saudis) [US Senate stance] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Sep 24 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 32nd (Wedding Present to Prince and Princess of Wales, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Local Authority Expenditure, Queen's Speeches) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 26 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Sheik Khalifa of Bahrain) [second meeting: Gulf Council, Arab-Israeli conflict, US sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia, blitarial issues, future commercial opportunites, UK navy visits to Bahrain] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 27 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer telegram to MT (“The state of policy in the United States”) [“pressing the Americans… to reduce their budget deficit”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Sep 27 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Amir of Kuwait) [Gulf Co-Operation, Arab-Israeli conflict, Amir's visit to the Balkans] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 27 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Sa'ad Al Abdullah Al Sabah of Kuwait) [first meeting: Gulf Co-Operation, Iran-Iraq war, Palestine, Arab-Israeli conflict, Soviet-Gulf relations, bilateral issues] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 28 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference in Kuwait |
| 81 Sep 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Trident Negotiations") [Lord Trenchard's visit to the US] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 30 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Middle East: MT letter to Reagan (report on MT's talks with Gulf leaders) [AWACS] [released 2012] |
| 81 Oct 1 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: UKE Washington to FCO ("Sinai Peace-Keeping Force") [comment on Reagan's message to MT: "This message from the President compounds the dirtiness of the trick...of the American request for our participation in the Sinai force"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 1 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (Sinai Multinational Force) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Oct 1 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Thatcher letter to Reagan (impressions of Arab opinion) [summary declassified 2000] |
| 81 Oct 1 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Middle East: Reagan message to MT (withdrawal of Israeli forces from Sinai) [requests UK military assistance] [released 2012] |
| 81 Oct 1 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (US decisions on modernisation of strategic nuclear forces) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 2 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Australian Institute of Directors |
| 81 Oct 6 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (IEA MSS) | Conservatism: Friedman letter to Ralph Harris (MT's cabinet reshuffle and Reagan) ["I was glad to see the changes which Mrs. Thatcher made in her Cabinet; maybe that will do some good"] |
| 81 Oct 7 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (& others) (Sadat assassination) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Oct 7 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US economic recovery programme”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Oct 7 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Egypt: Reagan message to MT (assassination of President Sadat) [need to support Egypt to ensure stability] [released 2012] |
| 81 Oct 8 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (US economy) [scepticism about anti-inflation programme] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Oct 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Egypt: MT message to Reagan (assassination of President Sadat) [UK will support Mubarak] [released 2012] |
| 81 Oct 12 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT Engagement Diary |
| 81 Oct 12 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Middle East: Prime Minister Fraser of Australia letter to MT (withdrawal of Israeli forces from Sinai) [Australia will participate in Sinai peacekeeping force subject to UK and Canadian participation] [released 2012] |
| 81 Oct 12 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [Sinai Multinational Force: Reagan "being a pest again" by requesting UK involvement] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 15 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: Carrington minute to MT ("Sinai Multinational Force") [response of the Ten to US request for European contribution to MFO] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 15 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington) ["Sinai Multinational Force"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (Siberian gas pipeline) (NSC 0023) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Oct 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
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 Oct 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Germany: Armstrong minute to Alexander ("Anglo-German Consultations") [arrangements; MT: "I don't understand all the fuss. I don't even want a plenary"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (US strategic weapon modernisation) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Oct 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT letter to Reagan (modernisation programme for US strategic forces) [MT welcomes strong US stance against Soviet Union] [released 2012] |
| 81 Oct 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: FCO record of conversation (MT-Carrington) ["The Sinai Peace-Keeping Force (MFO"; position of the Ten] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 21 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | North-South: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Lopez Portillo of Mexico) [Cancun summit, Belize, Sicartsa II] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Oct 22 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UK Delegation NATO to FCO (“Brezhnev message to President Reagan”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Oct 22 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Yugoslavia: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Kraigher of Yugoslavia) [Cancun summit, Southern Africa] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Oct 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | North-South: MT notes from Cancun summit meeting [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Oct 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | North-South: UKDEL Cancun to FCO ("Cancun Summit: First Day") [report on first day of summit] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Oct 23 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Radio Interview for IRN (Cancun Summit) |
| 81 Oct 24 Sa | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference after Cancun Summit |
| 81 Oct 26 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC Stmnt: [Mexico Summit Meeting] |
| 81 Oct 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: CIA paper for NSC (“Possible Allied Response to US Strategy on the Pipeline”) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Oct 27 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Oct 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: FCO briefing for MT (King Hussein's call on the Prime Minister) [multinational peacekeeping force in Sinai; Lebanon/Palestine; Dead Sea Canal; Israeli excavations in Jerusalem; Iran/Iraq war; arms sales/contracts] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Oct 28 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Lord Carrington, Sir John Graham & others) [US arms sale to Saudi Arabia; multinational peacekeeping Force in Sinai; Palestine; Hussein visit to Washington; Egypt/Israel; Sudan] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Oct 28 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: FCO record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Sir John Graham, Lord Carrington) [Lebanon; Oman; Libya; Chad; Morrocco and the West Sahara; Dead Sea Canal; sale of Tornados/P-110s; Khalid tank; military training courses; fundraising for Hospital of St John and Jerusalem] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Oct 29 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Oct 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: FCO to UKE Amman ("Talks with King Hussein on 28 October") [account of Carrington's talks with King Hussein: Sinai MFO, Arab-Israeli conflict] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: FCO letter to No.10 ("Arab/Israel") [draft message to Reagan regarding MT's talks with King Hussein] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 31 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: UKE Jedda to FCO ("AWACS") [views in Saudi Arabia of US sale of AWACS to Saudis: "In truth, this is a battle which nobody has won"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 31 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Middle East: MT letter to Reagan (congratulations on outcome of vote on AWACS in the senate, report of MT's talks with King Hussein) [released 2012] |
| 81 Oct 31 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: MT letter to President Reagan (King Hussein and the Middle East peace process) [US arms sale to Saudi Arabia; Hussein meetings with MT & Reagan: Libya; Chad; Egypt; Palestine] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Nov 4 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: UKE Riyadh telegram to FCO ("Secretary of State's Visit to Riyadh: Arab Israel: Fahd proposals") [record of Carrington's conversation with Prince Saud: Palestine; Sinai] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Nov 4 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Middle East: MT messages to Reagan and Haig (Sinai Multinational Force) [UK, French, Italians and Dutch will contribute forces] [released 2012] |
| 81 Nov 4 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hurd) ["Sinai MFO": US reaction to message from the Ten] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 5 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("US/Jordan") [Hussein visit to US/talks with Reagan: US arms supply to Jordan; Palestine] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Nov 6 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("US/Jordan") [Soviet arms supply to Jordan; Sinai; Palestine; Hussein visit to US] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Nov 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: President Reagan meeting with US Ambassador to London (possible Thatcher defeat) [declassified 1998] |
| 81 Nov 9 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | Joint Press Conference with Italian Prime Minister (Giovanni Spadolini) |
| 81 Nov 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Spadolini of Italy) [tête-à-tête session: Italian economy, European Council: 30 May Mandate, Sinai Multinational Force, India and Prime Minister Gandhi, Cancun] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 10 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
|
Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Nov 12 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Zimbabwe: Julian Amery MP letter to MT (report on visit to Africa) [Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Egypt] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 12 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 36th (Parliamentary Affairs, Abolition of the Civil Service Department, Oil Tanker Drivers, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Chad, Nuclear Test, Ireland, EC Affairs, Rate Support Grant) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 13 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: MT letter to Bernard Braine (emergency relief operation for Poland) [co-ordination between Western powers] [released 2012] |
| 81 Nov 13 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: FCO briefing for MT ("King Hussein's call on the Prime Minister") [Hussein's visit to US; Sinai; Palestine; Lebanon; Israeli excavations in Jerusalem] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Nov 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Economy: Peter Cropper record of meeting ("Conservative Party Finance Committee - 17 November") [analysis of the UK's current economic position by Professor Dahrendorf] [released 2012] |
| 81 Nov 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Nott memo circulated to members of MISC 7 - MISC 7(81)1 (United Kingdom Strategic Deterrent) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: No.10 record of conversation (MT-King Hussein of Jordan) [King Hussein's visit to Washington, US-Israel relations, Arab-Israeli conflict, the PLO, Sinai] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [world economic situation, EC trade and industrial policy, European Council Agenda, EMS, EC Budget, aid, Canadian constitution, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Middle East, inner German relations, UN, defence] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Jordan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Sir John Graham) ["King Hussein's visit to Washington": report of his discussions with Reagan covering Sinai; Palestine; Lebanon] [declassified Dec 2011] |
| 81 Nov 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign Affairs: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Foreign Affairs") [Anglo-German Summit, Sinai, TNF arms control, Poland, Northern Ireland] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Germany: Ingham minute to MT ("Press Conference") [briefing for MT's joint press conference with Schmidt] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Germany: No.10 record of conversation (“Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Germany: No.10 record of conversation (“Record of a plenary discussion between British and West German ministers”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Germany: No.10 record of conversation (“Federal Chancellor and the Prime Minister”) [“ domestic [US] economic policy… also deciding the economic fate of the world“] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 19 Th | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Nov 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Germany: UKE Bonn to FCO (“Anglo-German consultations: press reactions”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 37th (Parliamentary Affairs, Germany, Arms Control, Arab-Israeli Conflict, EC Affairs, Northern Ireland) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Walesa's Views") [report of conversation between US Ambassador to Poland and Walesa] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 20 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Minor | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to Barnet Anglo-Asian Conservative Society |
| 81 Nov 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Radio Marti”) [‘Radio Free Cuba’] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 22 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: King Hussein of Jordan letter to MT (copies of Hussein's message to Reagan regarding Arab-Israeli conflict and the PLO) ["If there is anything you could do to get Washington to undo some very serious damage which they have caused us all it would be in our common interest"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: FCO letter to No.10 ("Jerusalem and US/Jordanian Relations") [King Hussein asks for UK assistance in dealing with US: "It is difficult to refuse a request from one who has deserved as well of us as King Hussein"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Armstrong briefing for MT ("The United Kingdom Strategic Deterrent (MISC 7(81) 1)") [Trident D5 missiles] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: Prime Minister Fraser of Australia letter to MT (Australian contribution to the Sinai Multinational Force) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 25 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: UKE Washington to FCO ("Jordan/US") [Hurd approaches Haig regarding King Hussein's concerns] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 38th (Parliamentary Affairs, Chad, East/West Relations, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Seychelles, EC Affairs, Northern Ireland, Public Expenditure) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Lenz memo for Allen (NSC leaning towards Haig rather than Weinberger on Poland) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Nov 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | EC: Ingham minute to MT ("Euro Council: Press Conference") [London European Council] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Nov 27 Fr | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Press Conference after London European Council |
| 81 Nov 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (European Union) | EC: London European Council (Presidency Conclusions) |
| 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] |
| 81 Nov 30 Mo | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | HC Stmnt: [London European Council] |
| 81 Dec 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | US: Wright letter to Burns ("Economic Summit Dates") [Armstrong suggests that Henderson should suggest possibility that Reagan visit UK after Versailles G7] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (peace process) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Dec 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Middle East: Reagan letter to MT (Reagan reports on his talks with King Hussein) [released 2012] |
| 81 Dec 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Perle memorandum for National Security Adviser (Siberian gas pipeline) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Dec 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | United Nations: UKMIS New York telegram to FCO (“Global negotiations”) [framework for discussions] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | G7: FCO letter to No.10 ("Economic Summit 1982") [arrangements for G7 summit; possible Reagan state visit] [released 2013] |
| 81 Dec 4 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Middle East: MT letter to King Hussein of Jordan (response to King Hussein's concerns about Jordanian/US relations) [MT asked Hurd to "urge the Americans to...clarify their policy [on the Arab-Israeli peace process] in a satisfactory way"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 8 Tu | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | House of Commons PQs |
| 81 Dec 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO (transcript of Judge Clark’s RTE interview) [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 81 Dec 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Burnside letter to Reagan (Ulster Unionist delegation to US) [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 81 Dec 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Northern Ireland: Wood letter to Coles (Judge Clark’s comments on reconciliation, unification) [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 81 Dec 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: US Secretary of State Weinberger letter to MT (thanks for meeting) [released 2012] |
| 81 Dec 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Weinberger note of meeting with MT (“absolutely delighted” with zero option) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Dec 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Royal family: HMQ's Private Secretary letter to No.10 (Prime Minister’s audiences with the Queen) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Vatican: FCO letter to No.10 (“Message from the Pope to the Queen about nuclear weapons”) [delegation on arms control] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | G7: Armstrong minute to Coles ("Economic Summit 1982") [account of negotiations over dates of Versailles G7 Summit; apparent French deception] [released 2013] |
| 81 Dec 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Trade: Biffen PS letter to No.10 (“Overseas projects: competitors’ practices”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 16 We | Speeches, interviews, etc. |
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Major | Margaret Thatcher | Speech to the European Parliament (British Presidency) |
| 81 Dec 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“The US recession and President Reagan’s economic recovery programme”) [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“President Brezhnev’s 75th birthday”) [MT: “I really don’t think we should send a message”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Vatican: FCO briefing for MT (“Message from the Pope about nuclear weapons”) [meeting with delegation on arms control] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Nationalised industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Younger, Edwards, Jenkin, Biffen, Parkinson etc) [“BSC’s proposal to acquire US company Kaiser”] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Vatican: No.10 record of conversation (MT, delegation from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences) [nuclear arms control] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 19 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: Reagan message to MT (situation in Poland) [need to take measures against Soviet repression in Poland] [released 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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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: National Security Council minutes (Poland) (NSC 0034) [Reagan calls European leaders “chicken littles … let our Allies know ... we have long memories”] [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Dec 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC briefing for President Reagan (responses to martial law in Poland) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Dec 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (Poland) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Dec 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Poland: MT letter to Reagan (situation in Poland) [MT shares Reagan's concerns; emphasises need to consider options] [released 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 (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] |
| 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: 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: 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] |
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