1984 Jan 9 - 1985 Mar 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1504
Foreign Policy (Strategy on foreign policy and defence issues: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) resources) (Part 2)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 281 |
| Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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Date |
Value | Title |
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| 85 Mar 29 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: HMT letter to No.10 ("The Foreign Office Programme: Diplomatic Wing") [impact of exchange rate movements on FCO expenditure] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 29 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("FCO: Overseas Risen Costs") [impact of exchange rate movements on FCO expenditure; Treasury and FCO fighting over joint paper, but decision no closer] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 27 We | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("CDS' Visit to Egypt, Pakistan and Oman") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 25 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute to MT ("Meeting with the Prime Minister, 28 January") [background note in advance of meeting; East/West relations; SDI; arms control; Middle East; Central America; India; China; Southern Africa] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 11 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Sir Antony Acland letter to No.10 (follow-up to meeting on 5 January 1984) [FCO expenditure, organisation and procedure; East Germany] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 5 Sa | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Sir Antony Acland) [FCO expenditure; style of diplomacy; FCO procedures; FCO policy issues; FCO information; Prime Minister’s visits] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jan 4 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Foreign Office") [MT Chequers meeting with Sir Antony Acland; FCO expenditure and organisation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 21 We | Minor | Foreign policy: Hoskyns letter to MT (letter and paper from Laurent Murawiec of the Schiller Institute) ["As you advise, I will keep the Schiller Institute at arms length"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 16 Fr | Minor | Foreign policy: MT letter to Hoskyns (letter and paper from Laurent Murawiec of the Schiller Institute) ["In general the paper is a good deal stronger on unsubstantiated propositions than it is on facts"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 14 We | Minor | Foreign policy: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 (letter and paper from Laurent Murawiec of the Schiller Institute) ["It is a farrago of prejudiced and unsubstantiated propositions"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 12 Mo | Minor | Foreign policy: Hoskyns letter to Powell (follow up to letter to MT regarding the Schiller Institute) [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 6 Tu | Minor | Foreign policy: Hoskyns letter to MT (letter from Laurent Murawiec of the Schiller Institute) [concerns about the rise of the Green party in West Germany] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Oct 29 Mo | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Cradock & Powell) [East-West relations, Middle East, Southern Africa, SDI, arms control, China, Pakistan and Germany] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Oct 26 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Sir Percy Cradock, 29 October") [his move to JIC chair; BMD; Gorbachev visit; MT Peking visit; Middle East] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Aug 29 We | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 letter to Heseltine PS ("Europe and Defence") ["The Prime Minister has commented that she doubts the need for so many "general point" papers since they get nowhere"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Aug 21 Tu | Major | Foreign policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Europe and Defence") [comment on minutes by Foreign Secretary and Heseltine] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Aug 10 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Heseltine minute to MT ("Europe and Defence") [Heseltine response to Foreign Secretary's minute; MT: "I doubt the need for so many 'general point' papers. They get nowhere."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Aug 3 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Charles Powell letter to Foreign Secretary PS ("The Diplomatic Service") [MT "disagrees with a number of views expressed" by Sir Derek Day] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Aug 1 We | Key | Foreign policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("The Diplomatic Service") [Howe sends parting thoughts of Chief Clerk; CDP comments on the "Foreign Office way of looking at the world" - "At worst it can degenerate into a tendency to pre-emptive surrender"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Aug 1 We | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("NATO Strategy") [papers produced by the Chiefs of Staff] [declassified Dec 2014] |