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1989 Nov 23 - 1990 May 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3146
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad (Prime Minister's visit to Turkey, April 1990: administrative arrangements)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 158
Any docs withheld? 7

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89 Nov 23 Th Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: BAe 146") ["I think it is clear that we shall need a VC10 on this trip"] [declassified July 2017]
89 Dec 21 Th Minor PM's Tours Abroad: MOD letter to Powell ("ANZAC Day Celebrations") [HMS Broadsword & HMS Argonaut will be present offshore & available for meetings or a lunch] [declassified July 2017]
90 Feb 5 Mo Major PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Travel Plans: April 1990") [MT willing to go to Gallipoli for ANZAC day, but is dropping visits to Cyprus, Malta and Rome and sees "limited value" in visit to Czechoslovakia or Hungary at this point] [declassified July 2017]
90 Feb 21 We Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: 75th Gallipoli Anniversary") [MT prefers coach to Gallipoli to "the hazards of a frigate"] [declassified July 2017]
90 Feb 24 Sa Minor PM's Tours Abroad: No.10 minute for MT (Royal British Legion letter to The Times: "Seeking Widows of Gallipoli") [RBL taking a party for 75th anniversary; two places still available] [this copy declassified July 2017]
90 Mar 6 Tu Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: April 1990") [wreathes] [declassified July 2017]
90 Mar 15 Th Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Gallipoli: Travel Arrangements") [helicopter essential for Gallipoli visit] [declassified July 2017]
90 Mar 25 Su Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute for Bean ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [trip arrangements - helicopters "should make all the difference"] [declassified July 2017]
90 Mar 26 Mo Minor PM's Tours Abroad: FCO letter to Powell ("Prime Minister's Visit to Gallipoli") [wreathes & inscriptions on cards] [declassified July 2017]
90 Mar 26 Mo Trivial PM's Tours Abroad: FCO letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Gallipoli: 24/25 April") [venues, facilities] [declassified July 2017]
90 Mar 28 We Trivial PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Gallipoli: RAF VC 10") [menus & seating arrangements] [declassified July 2017]
90 Mar 29 Th Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("ANZAC Day: Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [MT willing to read the lesson at British ceremony] [declassified July 2017]
90 Apr 9 Mo Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to Director of British Electricity International (thanks for briefing) [British role in Turkish electricity privatisation] [declassified July 2017]
90 Apr 10 Tu Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [MT willing to have very brief meeting with the new leader of the Australian Liberal Party] [declassified July 2017]
90 Apr 10 Tu Minor PM's Tours Abroad: FCO briefing for MT ("ANZAC Ceremonies: Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: 25 April") [historical account of the Gallipoli campaign] [declassified July 2017]
90 Apr 12 Th Major PM's Tours Abroad: UKHC Canberra telegram 374 to FCO (0730Z) ("Meetings with Australian Ministers at Gallipoli") [suggested points for meetings with Hawke and Beazley] [declassified July 2017]
90 Apr 12 Th Major PM's Tours Abroad: Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [arrangements "fairly hair-raising: but there is little we can do, except to remind ourselves that we are fortunate not to be visiting Gallipoli under the same circumstances as those who went there in 1915"] [declassified July 2017]
90 Apr 19 Th Minor PM's Tours Abroad: No.10 minute ("Administrative Arrangements for the Visit of the Prime Minister to Turkey: 24-25 April 1990") [communications security] [declassified July 2017]
90 Apr 23 Mo Trivial PM's Tours Abroad: UKE Ankara telegram 199 to FCO (0808Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey, 24-25 April") [arrival arrangements] [declassified July 2017]
90 Apr 26 Th Minor PM's Tours Abroad: Sir Kit McMahon letter for MT (her conversation with Ozal on Midland's behalf) [thanks] [declassified July 2017]