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1979 Apr 6 - 1983 Jun 8
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1107
Prime Minister (Briefing for incoming Prime Minister from Cabinet Office, Prime Minister's Office and Civil Service Department, May 1979; post-election briefing, June 1983)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 162
Any docs withheld? 1
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Foreign policy - theory and process, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), British Constitution (general discussions), Executive, Executive (appointments)

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Date Value Title
79 Apr 6 Fr Major Prime Minister: No.10 letter to MT ("The Prime Minister's Office") [brief account of organisation and functioning of No.10] [declassified Aug 2013]
79 May 1 Tu Major Prime Minister: Bancroft minute to No.10 (machinery of government) [covering note for papers on possible merger of departments] [declassified Aug 2013]
79 May 1 Tu Major Prime Minister/No.10: Stowe minute ("Notes for a New Prime Minister") [matters requiring PM's early attention after election] [released 2010]
79 May 4 Fr Major Prime Minister: Cabinet Secretary incoming brief for new PM ("East-West relations") [top copy annotated by MT; other foreign policy and defence briefing] declassified Aug 2013]
79 May 4 Fr Major Prime Minister: Bancroft minute to No.10 ("Submissions for the Prime Minister") [briefing on Special Advisers; ministerial travel; official residences; public appointments] [declassified Aug 2013]
79 May 4 Fr Key Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (Energy, EC, East/West, etc) [master copy of whole briefing set][declassified 2009]
79 May 8 Tu Major Prime Minister: No.10 minute for MT (briefing from Hunt and Bancroft) [partial copies] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 25 We Major Prime Minister: Cabinet Secretary minute to Butler ("Post-Election Briefing") [including organisation diagram for Private Office] [declassified Aug 2013]