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1990 Nov 20 - 1991 Nov 11
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3213
Prime Minister (Resignation of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 215
Any docs withheld? 2

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90 Nov 22 Th Major Resignation: MT letter to General Secretary Jiang Zemin (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Th Major Resignation: MT letter to King Hassan II of Morocco (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Th Major Resignation: MT letter to King of Saudi Arabia (parting thoughts) [MT: “I shall continue to give my strong support to our common purpose in the Gulf”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Th Major Resignation: MT letter to President Gorbachev (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sa Key Resignation: MT letter to President Gorbachev (parting thoughts) [“together we really did contribute to changing our world”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sa Major Resignation: MT letter to President Mitterrand (parting thoughts) [“completion of Channel Tunnel will be an event of enormous significance”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Th Major Resignation: MT letter to Secretary General Perez de Cuéllar (parting thoughts) [MT: “My admiration for your strength of purpose and commitment… knows no bounds”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Th Major Resignation: MT letter to Sultan of Oman (parting thoughts) [and letters to other Heads of Arab Gulf States] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mo Major Resignation: MT message to Brent Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [MT: “I have an unshakeable faith in the United States, particularly under George Bush’s leadership”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Th Key Resignation: MT resignation statement (announces decision not to contest second ballot) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 27 Tu Major Resignation: MT telegram to Bob Gates (thanks) [“the greatest imaginable privilege to have worked closely with the United States”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 27 Tu Major Resignation: New Zealand PM Bolger letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["many things for which we are grateful"] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sa Major Resignation: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (“Anglo-Soviet relations”) [“consternation in Moscow” at MT resignation] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Th Major Resignation: No.10 minute (“Resignation action plan: 22 November 1990”) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fr Major Resignation: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ruud Lubbers) [“she would be leaving office with her record clear and undefeated”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 22 Th Major Resignation: Powell record of phone conversation (Powell-Kissinger) [“in a very emotional state … worse than a death in the family”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fr Major Resignation: President de Klerk message to MT (parting thoughts) [acknowledgements from senior South African figures including Nelson Mandela] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fr Major Resignation: President Havel message to MT (parting thoughts) [open invitation to visit] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fr Major Resignation: President Mitterrand message to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fr Major Resignation: Prime Minister Andreotti letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]