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 |
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Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
Classification: | Secret |
Page count: | 281 |
Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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Selections from this file
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84 Jan 27 Fr | Key | Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute ("First thoughts") ["I take a bleak view of the international scene"] [released 2014] |
84 Jan 27 Fr | Key | Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute ("First Thoughts") ["I take a bleak view of the international scene" - annotated by MT] [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 Jan 13 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Flesher minute to Coles and MT (Speech by Sir Frank Cooper: "The Year Ahead - British Defence Issues 1984") [attracted some publicity in press] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Feb 3 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Sir Anthony Parsons note to Coles (Palestine: accounts of phone calls with King Hussein and Prince Hassan of Jordan) [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 May 31 Th | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 letter to Foreign Secretary PS ("Expenditure on Overseas Activities and FCO Resources") [MT would like to discuss Foreign Secretary's minutes] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 May 28 Mo | Major | Foreign policy: Foreign Secretary minute to MT ("Expenditure on Overseas Activities") [comments on overseas expenditure copied only to MT and Cabinet Secretary] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jun 20 We | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Foreign Secretary) [FCO expenditure] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 11 We | Major | Foreign policy: Foreign Secretary minute to MT ("Exchange Rate Fluctuation and Overseas Inflation") [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 12 Th | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Exchange Rate Fluctuation and Overseas Inflation") [advice on response to Foreign Secretary's minute] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 13 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute ("Meeting with the Prime Minister on 20 July") [wide-ranging review of "points of special interest or concern" in foreign policy] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 13 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 minute to Foreign Secretary PS ("Exchange Rate Fluctuation and Overseas Inflation") [response to Rees and Foreign Secretary's minutes] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 17 Tu | Major | Foreign policy: Draft No.10 minute to MT ("Meeting with the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and Chief Secretary 17 July") [draft brief for meeting on FCO expenditure issues] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 20 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("FCO Expenditure") [advice on response to minutes between the Foreign Secretary and Rees] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 20 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: Rees minute to MT ("FCO Expenditure") [response to Foreign Secretary's minute] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 20 Fr | Major | Foreign policy: David Willetts minute to No.10 ("FCO Expenditure: Exchange Rate Fluctuations") [comments on disagreement between Foreign Secretary and Rees] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 23 Mo | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Cradock & Powell) [MT "reflected out loud ... on a number of current problems"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 23 Mo | Major | Foreign policy: No.10 letter to Rees PS ("FCO Expenditure") [response to disagreement between Rees and Foreign Secretary] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 25 We | Major | Foreign policy: Foreign Secretary minute to MT ("Europe and Defence") [European and US commitments to NATO] [declassified Dec 2014] |
84 Jul 26 Th | Major | Foreign policy: Heseltine minute to MT ("Defence Strategy") [comment on Chiefs of Staff papers on strategy] [declassified Dec 2014] |