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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 29 Thu Resignation: Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["it required a mother to put an end to the carnage" (in Zimbabwe)] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 27 Tue Resignation: Prime Minister Kaifu statement (parting thoughts) [“a rare leader of firm convictions”]
90 Nov 27 Tue Resignation: Luxembourg PM Santer letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["a most open and frank interlocutress"] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 27 Tue Resignation: India PM Shekhar letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["deep appreciation"] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 27 Tue Resignation: Colombian President Gaviria letter to MT (parting thoughts) [her "fundamental ideas … are precisely the parameters around which a new world order is being built"] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 27 Tue Resignation: New Zealand PM Bolger letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["many things for which we are grateful"] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 27 Tue Resignation: MT telegram to Bob Gates (thanks) [“the greatest imaginable privilege to have worked closely with the United States”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: MT letter to Chancellor Kohl (parting thoughts) [“staunch conservative governments”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s Resignation: Italian media reactions”) [“a great leader brought down by her own intransigence”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: Charles Powell message to General Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [“sad commentary on standards of loyalty in politics”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon 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 26 Mon Resignation: MT letter to Director-General of the Security Service (thanks) [“unsung labours which have contributed so much to making this country safe and free”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: Director GCHQ letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“grateful for all you have done to support GCHQ”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: Bob Gates message to Charles Powell (parting thoughts) [“terribly saddened by the turn of events in London”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 26 Mon Resignation: MT letter to Chief Rabbi (thanks) [“I have drawn enormous inspiration from your teachings and writings”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sat Resignation: MT letter to President Mitterrand (parting thoughts) [“completion of Channel Tunnel will be an event of enormous significance”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sat Resignation: MT letter to President Gorbachev (parting thoughts) [“together we really did contribute to changing our world”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sat Resignation: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (“Anglo-Soviet relations”) [“consternation in Moscow” at MT resignation] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 24 Sat Resignation: General Scowcroft message for MT (parting thoughts) [“devastated by the unexpected news”] [declassified 2016]
90 Nov 23 Fri Resignation: Director-General of the Security Service letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“changes and improvements in the Service owe an enormous amount to your interest”] [declassified 2016]