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1983 Sep 1 - 1984 Feb 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1200
Economic policy (International banking system) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 338
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83 Sep 14 We Key International economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Leigh-Pemberton) ['Brazil'] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 24 Fr Major International economic policy: Treasury minute for Turnbull (“International Financial Scene”) [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 22 We Major Economic policy: Nicholas Ridley letter to Lawson (“Nigeria: Economic Relations”) [British Caledonian remittances blocked] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 20 Mo Major Economic policy: Howe minute for MT (“Nigeria: Economic Relations”) [agrees Lawson's approach] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 17 Fr Major Economic policy: Tebbit minute for MT (“Nigeria: Economic Relations”) [agrees Lawson's line] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 16 Th Major Economic policy: Lawson minute for MT (“Nigeria: Economic Relations”) [MT agrees his plan for Nigerian debt problem - "we have little alternative"] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 14 Tu Major Economic policy: Treasury minute for Turnbull (“Argentina: Commercial Bank Lending”) [ministers in the dark] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 10 Fr Major Economic policy: Howe minute for MT (“Nigerian Debt: Possible Further Coup”) [Turnbull: "valid up to a point", but don't permit toothless programme for fear of one] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 7 Tu Major Economic policy: Lawson minute for MT (“Argentina: Commercial Bank Lending”) [further drawings should be conditional on IMF programme] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 3 Fr Major Economic policy: FCO minute for Coles (“Argentina: Debt Rescheduling”) [UK line for Paris Club meeting] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 2 Th Major Economic policy: Peter Rees minute for Paul Channon (“Credit for Libya”) [MT wonders if Germans could be persuaded not to offer credit] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 23 Mo Major Economic policy: Richard Luce minute for Paul Channon (credit for Libya) [agrees to offer if rivals do; MT endorses 'reluctantly'] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 18 We Major Economic policy: Lawson minute for MT (“Nigeria - Debt”) [update] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 18 We Major Economic policy: MT letter to President of Liberia Samuel Doe (Liberian debt) [glad to have been able to assist] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 17 Tu Major Economic policy: Lawson minute for MT (“Argentina: Commercial Bank Lending”) [MT complains at being given "wrong 'facts'"] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 12 Th Major Economic policy: Paul Channon minute for Howe (“Credit for Libya”) [asks FCO view for fear of offending US] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 12 Th Major Economic policy: UKHC Lagos to FCO (“Nigerian Debt”) [the ECGD action against Nigeria ‘uncalled for’] [declassified 2014]
84 Jan 12 Th Major Economic policy: Solicitor General minute for MT (“Argentina: Arms Sales and Bank Lending”) [Bank of England could forbid UK banks lending to Argentina] [declassified 2014]
83 Dec 22 Th Major Economic policy: Littler minute for Lawson (“Nigerian Debt”) [UK is THE major creditor] [declassified 2014]
83 Dec 22 Th Major Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Howe, Solicitor General) [Argentina: arms sales and bank lending] [declassified 2014]