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1981 Dec 17 - 1982 Sep 13
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/893
Prime Minister (Disappearance and rescue of Mark Thatcher in Algeria during Paris to Dakar car rally)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 104
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82 Jan 12 Tu Major MT: FCO to UKE Algiers ("Paris-Dakar Rally") [Mark Thatcher goes missing during the Paris-Dakar Rally; "The Prime Minister is now most concerned, since there has been no (no) reliable information for three days"] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 13 We Major MT: FCO to UKE Dakar (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar Rally) [reported sighting; request for information] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 13 We Major MT: Coles minute to MT (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar Rally) [French Government plan to assist with search] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 13 We Major MT: Swraj Paul letter to MT (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar Rally) [Paul and Prime Minister Gandhi of Indian express concern] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: UKE Amman to FCO (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar Rally) [King Hussein of Jordan message of sympathy to MT] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: UKE Algiers to FCO (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar Rally) [Mark Thatcher picked up by Algerian frontier police] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: Armstrong minute to Whitmore (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar Rally) [French contribution to rescue effort] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: Coles note to MT (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar Rally) [Prime Minister Gandhi of India message of sympathy to MT] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: Coles minute to MT (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar Rally) [MT's message to Madame Verney] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: Ingham note ("Statement to be Issued from the Prime Minister on Confirmation of Mark's Safety") [Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar rally] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: Ingham minute to Whitmore ("Mark and Press") [Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar rally] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: FCO minute ("Mr Mark Thatcher") [Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar rally; note of FCO action] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: Lyne to Howarth ("Mr Mark Thatcher") [Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar rally; report of Algerian military's discovery of Mark Thatcher] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 14 Th Major MT: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [Mark Thatcher's disappearance during Paris-Dakar rally] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 15 Fr Major MT: Ingham minute to Whitmore ("Mark Thatcher") [MT requests action to ensure against "the danger that Mark Thatcher will be offered money for his story" about his disappearance during the Paris-Dakar Rally] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 18 Mo Major MT: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ambassador of Algeria-Denis Thatcher-John Coles-Young) [Mark Thatcher's disappearance during the Paris-Dakar Rally] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 20 We Major MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Muldoon of New Zealand (Mark Thatcher's disappearance during the Paris-Dakar Rally) [thanks for message of sympathy] [declassified 2012]
82 Feb 3 We Major MT: FCO letter to No.10 ("Mr Mark Thatcher") [costs of search and rescue operation for Mark Thatcher during Paris-Dakar Rally] [declassified 2012]
82 Feb 4 Th Major MT: Coles minute to MT ("Mark: Costs of Rescue Operation, Etc.") [Mark Thatcher's disappearance during the Paris-Dakar Rally] [declassified 2012]
82 Feb 8 Mo Major MT: No.10 letter to FCO ("Mr. Mark Thatcher") [costs of search and rescue operation for Mark Thatcher following his disappearance during the Paris-Dakar Rally] [declassified 2012]