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81 Jan 1 Th	Declassified documents	★★★★	Archive (Walters MSS)	Alan Walters diary (1981) [whole year transcribed as a single document] [released 2013]
81 Jan 29 Th	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Alan Walters minute to Tim Lankester ("Electrification of Railways") [Dept of Transport/BR Study: "The results of the study depend on optimistic assumptions which have been discredited"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Feb 20 Fr	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [prepares “facing disaster” manuscript; PSBR rising] [released 2012]
81 Feb 22 Su	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [MT “very uncertain of herself”; did not want to discuss budget and had not read paper] [released 2012]
81 Mar 2 Mo	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (TNA)	Government machinery: Alan Walters minute to MT ("Use of Input-Output Tables") [advice on merits/demerits] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Mar 2 Mo	Declassified documents	★★☆☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Walters annoyed; Gow did not stop talk - “probably MT’s paranoia about Press”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 4 We	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [failing to face reality, no strategic thinking - “we have to persuade MT all the disasters were avoidable”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 4 We	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [failing to face reality, no strategic thinking - “we have to persuade MT all the disasters were avoidable”][released 2012]
81 Mar 5 Th	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Alan Walters minute to No.10 Policy Unit ("Railway Electrification") [Dept of Transport/BR Review; "I am very doubtful indeed if there is anything like a positive case for further electrification"] [declassified Jan 2014]
81 Mar 5 Th	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [“shambles of govt”; ”genuine confusion, especially Lamont, about where we were going”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 10 Tu	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget speech) [“Budget speech - all hell breaks loose, the wets are up in arms - we’ll have a hot summer!”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 11 We	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [sent Howe congratulatory note on budget; he was very pleased; “it WAS very courageous”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 12 Th	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Discussed budget strategy with Hoskyns] [released 2012]
81 Mar 13 Fr	Declassified documents	★★☆☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [364 economists write to The Times] [released 2012]
81 Mar 16 Mo	Declassified documents	★★☆☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [budget leak; petrol tax revolts continues - “really rather silly”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 18 We	Declassified documents	★★★☆	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	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Walters not invited to meeting; Burns claimed credit for budget switch; “Am I in the dog house?”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 19 Th	Declassified documents	★★☆☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (public spending) [ICL discussions - “Keith got away with it”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 20 Fr	Declassified documents	★★★☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [MT “irate about Niehans - thought it would be used to kill GH”; argued “but she would not yield”] [released 2012]
81 Mar 21 Sa	Declassified documents	★★☆☆	Archive (Walters MSS)	Economy: Alan Walters diary (MT) [“Discussed PM’s diary - hopeless”] [released 2012]

81 Jan 1 Th

Declassified documents

★★★★

Archive (Walters MSS)

Alan Walters diary (1981) [whole year transcribed as a single document] [released 2013]

81 Jan 29 Th

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (TNA)

Transport: Alan Walters minute to Tim Lankester ("Electrification of Railways") [Dept of Transport/BR Study: "The results of the study depend on optimistic assumptions which have been discredited"] [declassified Jan 2014]

81 Feb 20 Fr

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [prepares “facing disaster” manuscript; PSBR rising] [released 2012]

81 Feb 22 Su

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [MT “very uncertain of herself”; did not want to discuss budget and had not read paper] [released 2012]

81 Mar 2 Mo

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (TNA)

Government machinery: Alan Walters minute to MT ("Use of Input-Output Tables") [advice on merits/demerits] [declassified Jan 2014]

81 Mar 2 Mo

Declassified documents

★★☆☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Walters annoyed; Gow did not stop talk - “probably MT’s paranoia about Press”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 4 We

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [failing to face reality, no strategic thinking - “we have to persuade MT all the disasters were avoidable”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 4 We

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [failing to face reality, no strategic thinking - “we have to persuade MT all the disasters were avoidable”][released 2012]

81 Mar 5 Th

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (TNA)

Transport: Alan Walters minute to No.10 Policy Unit ("Railway Electrification") [Dept of Transport/BR Review; "I am very doubtful indeed if there is anything like a positive case for further electrification"] [declassified Jan 2014]

81 Mar 5 Th

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [“shambles of govt”; ”genuine confusion, especially Lamont, about where we were going”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 10 Tu

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget speech) [“Budget speech - all hell breaks loose, the wets are up in arms - we’ll have a hot summer!”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 11 We

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [sent Howe congratulatory note on budget; he was very pleased; “it WAS very courageous”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 12 Th

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Discussed budget strategy with Hoskyns] [released 2012]

81 Mar 13 Fr

Declassified documents

★★☆☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [364 economists write to The Times] [released 2012]

81 Mar 16 Mo

Declassified documents

★★☆☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [budget leak; petrol tax revolts continues - “really rather silly”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 18 We

Declassified documents

★★★☆

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

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [Walters not invited to meeting; Burns claimed credit for budget switch; “Am I in the dog house?”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 19 Th

Declassified documents

★★☆☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (public spending) [ICL discussions - “Keith got away with it”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 20 Fr

Declassified documents

★★★☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [MT “irate about Niehans - thought it would be used to kill GH”; argued “but she would not yield”] [released 2012]

81 Mar 21 Sa

Declassified documents

★★☆☆

Archive (Walters MSS)

Economy: Alan Walters diary (MT) [“Discussed PM’s diary - hopeless”] [released 2012]

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