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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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88 Mar 25 Fr Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey 6-8 April 1988: Communications") [security arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Mar 30 We Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Visit by the Prime Minister to Turkey, 6-8 April") [communications security] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 May 12 Th Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Chairman of Pilkington Ltd letter to MT (Defence sales in Turkey) [thanks for help] [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 25 Fr Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Chairman of the British Council letter to MT ("The British Council in Turkey") ["a good story of promoting Britain's commercial interests on the back of cultural relations work"] [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 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 18 Fr Major PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [MT "determined to go" to cemeteries on other side of the Bosporus] [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 28 Mo Major PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Speeches: EC/Turkey") [Howe worries about striking the right note; CDP response] [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 Mar 24 Th Minor PM's Tours Abroad: DTI letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Speech at Lunch at Istanbul") [minor changes suggested] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Mar 21 Mo Major PM's Tours Abroad: FCO briefing for No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [interview with Turkish television] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Mar 18 Fr Minor PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [impossible to accept offer to use Air Europe aircraft for visit] [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 28 Mo Minor PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Banquet") [guest list for black tie dinner] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Mar 22 Tu Minor PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Mr Thatcher's Programme") [seeks approval; Powell gives it] [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 22 Tu Minor PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Programme") [finding time to visit Scutari] [declassified Dec 2016]