1988 Jan 5 - 1988 May 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2458
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad (Prime Minister's visit to Turkey, April 1988: administrative arrangements)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 220 |
| Any docs withheld? | 15 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 88 Jan 5 Tu | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: UKE Ankara telegram 002 to FCO (1013Z) ("Proposed Visit by the Prime Minister") [Ozal welcomes visit 7-8 April] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jan 6 We | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Proposed Visit by the Prime Minister to Turkey") [MT concerns that her programme might be restricted on Friday "given that Turkey is a Muslim country"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jan 18 Mo | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Visit of the Prime Minister to Turkey") [agrees 'Scenario 2' arrangements, on assumption full programme possible on Friday] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jan 26 Tu | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: UKE Ankara telegram 38 to FCO (1455Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [Turkish suggestions] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jan 27 We | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: UKE Ankara telegram 41 to FCO (0735Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [Turkish suggestions on programme] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Feb 5 Fr | Trivial | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Wreath-Laying Ceremony") [arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Feb 15 Mo | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey" - revised programmes) [lack of time for change of clothes; visit to a sewage plant after Topkapi and Aya Sofia "seems a bit of a let-down"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Feb 15 Mo | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: UKE Ankara telegram 75 to FCO (1333Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [DT programme] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Feb 25 Th | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [programme "now in a very acceptable shape"; "I am not at all sure that the PM has a burning ambition to convert an Istanbul audience to her politico/economic philosophy"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 2 We | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [points made by UKA on programme] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 4 Fr | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute for MT ("Your Visit to Turkey") [MT's speech at dinner with Ozal] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 8 Tu | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Third Bosphorus Bridge") [press aspects] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 8 Tu | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [draft agenda "rather more elaborate" than MT is used to, with "a particularly Turko-centric list of subjects"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 8 Tu | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Programme") [agrees suggested visit to water treatment plant and Land Rover] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 14 Mo | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Harry Goodman letter to MT (offers an Air Europe aircraft for her visit to Turkey) [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 16 We | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [cemetery visit; Turkpetrol] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 17 Th | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Programme") [draft, with Turkish Government views] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 17 Th | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Chairman of Stretto di Messina letter to Powell (construction of the Bosphorus Bridge) [invitation to visit] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 17 Th | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Woolley minute for Powell ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [Cabinet Secretary surprised not to be consulted on free travel issue] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 18 Fr | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute for MT ("Prime Minister's Programme for Visit to Turkey: 6-8 April 1988") [MT: arrival in Turkey "very late"; would prefer leave UK an hour earlier] [declassified Dec 2016] |