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1984 Dec 5 - 1985 Apr 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1456
Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 12)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 390
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84 Oct 22 Mon Monetary Policy: Lawson letter to Dennis Skinner MP (Bank of England’s decision to rescue Johnson Matthey Bankers company) [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 23 Tue Monetary Policy: David Owen letter to Lawson (Bank of England’s decision to rescue Johnson Matthey Bankers company) [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 31 Wed Monetary Policy: Lawson letter to David Owen (“Sterling and the EMS, Johnson Matthey Bankers”) [declassified 2014]
84 Nov 9 Fri Monetary Policy: Governor of the Bank of England letter to David Owen (Bank of England’s decision to rescue Johnson Matthey Bankers company) [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 5 Wed Monetary Policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“Contingency Planning for Banking Problems Caused by Events Overseas”) [Brazil used as a topical illustrative case] [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 11 Tue Monetary Policy: Lawson minute to MT (“Johnson Matthey Bankers”) [the Bank of England’s rescue operation & bank supervision system] [declassified 2014]
84 Dec 12 Wed Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to Turnbull (“JMB”) [the Bank of England loan to Johnson Matthey Bankers] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 2 Wed Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to Turnbull (Government spending and Sterling rate) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 7 Mon Monetary Policy: Bank of England minute to No.10 (“The Thinking Underlying The Bank of England’s Consultation Document on Gilt Dealing”) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 9 Wed Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to Turnbull (the Bank’s paper on gilt dealing: problems) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 14 Mon Monetary Policy: Lawson’s Commons statement (sterling exchange rate) [some MT annotations] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 15 Tue Monetary Policy: MT message to President Reagan (exchange market situation: coordinated intervention) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 16 Wed Monetary Policy: President Reagan message to MT (exchange market situation: coordinated intervention) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 17 Thu Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Chancellor’s call from Washington: G5 meeting on exchange market) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 17 Thu Monetary Policy: UKE Washington telegram 152 to FCO (2315Z) (text of announcement issued to press by Don Regan after G5 meeting) [commitment to work toward greater exchange market stability] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 17 Thu Monetary Policy: Treasury minute (“Monthly Monetary Report: December-March”) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 19 Sat Monetary Policy: UKE Washington telegram 173 to FCO (0006Z) (“Meeting of Five Finance Ministers in Washington: Background Briefing by Chancellor of the Exchequer”) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 22 Tue Monetary Policy: MT message to President Reagan (foreign exchange markets) [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 24 Thu Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to Turnbull (“Funding Meeting”) [briefing] [declassified 2014]
85 Jan 25 Fri Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“A ‘ Bear Squeeze’ on Speculators against Sterling”) [declassified 2014]