| 25 Oct 13 Tu |
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Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Notice of birth |
| 25 Dec 28 Mo |
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Minor |
Archive (Grantham Methodist Circuit) |
1925-43 Grantham: Notice of Baptism |
| 30 Sep 3 We |
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Minor |
Archive (Lincolnshire County Archives) |
1925-43 Grantham: Primary School Register (first & last attendance) |
| 36 Jul 6 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts address as Rotary President ("a manacled age") |
| 38 Mar 2 We |
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Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): "Stormy budget night meeting" (Grantham 2d rate cut) |
| 38 Jul 6 We |
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Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): "No Games in the Grantham Parks on Sundays" |
| 39 Jan 26 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts Rotary address (Chamberlain's "will intent on peace") |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (sermon notes a) |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (sermon notes b) |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (sermon notes c) |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("The Inner Life") [292K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Mahogany & Child") [123K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Preachers study") [287K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Snail & cherry tree") [128K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Strength comes from within") [132K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Uniformity") [436K high quality scan] |
| 41 May 7 We |
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Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): "Dictatorship methods refuted" (criticism of War Emergency Committee) |
| 42 Apr 28 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Margaret Roberts (school exercise book) ("Qualitative Chemistry") [587K high quality scan] |
| 42 May 6 We |
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Major |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): "Sunday Games in Grantham Parks" |
| 44 Jan 1 Sa |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Margaret Roberts (Methodist Catechism) [587K high quality scan] |
| 44 May 1 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: 1944 Employment White Paper [MT's annotated copy] |
| 45 Dec 1 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1943-47 (Oxford): Oxford University Conservative Association Report (reacting to 1945 election defeat) [329K scan] |
| 48 Dec 17 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (offers interview for Dartford "short list") |
| 49 Jan 3 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (chosen for Dartford "short list") |
| 49 Jan 19 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (invitation to final interview) |
| 49 Feb 1 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to J.P.L. Thomas ("she is a winner") |
| 49 Feb 1 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Interview with Marjorie Maxse ("quite a good candidate there") |
| 49 Feb 1 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Letters of reference ("a grand young candidate") |
| 49 Feb 15 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Margaret Roberts to Marjorie Maxse |
| 49 Feb 19 Sa |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Marjorie Maxse to J.P.L. Thomas, etc (MR searching for a new job) |
| 49 Mar 4 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.P.L. Thomas to Margaret Roberts (congratulations) |
| 49 Jul 18 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.P.L. Thomas to Margaret Roberts (Dartford party funds) |
| 49 Jul 21 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Margaret Roberts to J.P.L. Thomas (Dartford) |
| 49 Aug 12 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Report on Dartford Conservative Association ("hard work rousing our people from their defeatist attitude") |
| 49 Oct 1 Sa |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Dartford: Article introducing "Miss Margaret Roberts" (Young Conservative Forum) [587K high quality scan] |
| 50 Jan 1 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Early life: Alfred Roberts (sermon notes d) |
| 50 Feb 3 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Winston Churchill's letter of support for Margaret Roberts |
| 51 Nov 19 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook report on Margaret Roberts ["an amazing young woman ... quite outstanding"] |
| 52 May 21 We |
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Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
Early life Photo of Alfred Roberts laying down his robes as Alderman (voted out by Labour) |
| 52 Jun 12 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to John Hare ("without exception the best woman candidate I have known") |
| 52 Jun 19 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): John Hare interview with MT ("immense personality & charm") |
| 52 Jun 23 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.P.L. Thomas to John Hare (commending MR but anticipating "nursery difficulties") |
| 52 Nov 19 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook note on MT ("an amazing young woman") |
| 53 Aug 27 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Hare to MT (birth of her twins) |
| 53 Sep 2 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to John Hare (no candidature for "at least six months") |
| 54 Dec 15 We |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): John Hare to MT (putting her forward for Orpington) |
| 55 Jan 3 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (not thinking of a parliamentary career for "many years") |
| 55 Jan 13 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (mind made up to pursue law "to the exclusion of politics") |
| 56 Feb 28 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry (asks to meet) |
| 56 Mar 14 We |
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Key |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Donald Kaberry Interview with MT (wishes to return to list) |
| 56 Mar 16 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry ("I seem to have done very little in 30 years") |
| 56 Apr 13 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Central Office to MT (readmitted as a candidate) |
| 56 Apr 23 Mo |
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Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Kaberry note (meeting with MT) |
| 57 Dec 2 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry (wants to be considered for South Kensington) |
| 58 Mar 18 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Maidstone selection committee report (MTs performance) |
| 58 Jul 15 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Harris note (MT selected for Finchley) |
| 58 Aug 7 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Kaberry to MT (congratulations on selection) |
| 58 Aug 18 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry ("anti-woman prejudice") |
| 59 Nov 1 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Report on MTs performance as Finchley candidate |
| 59 Dec 2 We |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Evelyn Sharp minute (meeting MT) ["she would be content with any Bill that meant a real advance"] |
| 59 Dec 9 We |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Henry Brooke paper for Home Affairs Committee (recommends government draft MT's Bill) ["something of a problem"] |
| 60 Jan 7 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Official minute of meeting (MT rough on parliamentary draftsman) [holds "low opinion of local authorities, their members and officials"] |
| 60 Jan 11 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: MT to Sir Keith Joseph (drafting the bill) ["I have made one or two suggestions"] |
| 60 Jan 11 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Evelyn Sharp minute for Minister (MT meets draftsman) ["extremely unsatisfactory discussion"] |
| 60 Jan 15 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Private Member's Bill: MT letter to other MPs (asks for support on Second Reading) |
| 60 Jan 15 Fr |
|
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): P.V. Smith to Central Office (MTs busy diary) |
| 60 Jan 18 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Brooke meeting with Local Authority Associations (MT's Bill) [Brooke "in no way responsible for it"] |
| 60 Jan 29 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Pearce minute (adjournment debate on trade union issue) |
| 60 Feb 2 Tu |
|
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Cabinet Legislation Committee (government line on Second Reading) |
| 60 Feb 5 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Private Member's Bill: MT notes for her maiden speech |
| 60 Mar 30 We |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Pearce minute (possible amendment to Bill) [removal of council committees from scope] |
| 60 Apr 1 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Brooke minute (possible amendment to Bill) [removal of council committees from scope] |
| 60 Apr 6 We |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Private Member's Bill: Brooke minute (possible amendment) [MT seems agreeable & Deedes says otherwise Bill will be lost] |
| 61 May 4 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): R.A. Butler to MT ("I hope we shall see more of you") |
| 61 Sep 1 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MTs party Curriculum Vitae |
| 67 Feb 20 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (US Dept of State) |
US visit: State Department program for MT's 1967 US tour (20 Feb-31 Mar) [unclassified] [221K scan] |
| 67 Feb 20 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (US Dept of State) |
US visit: State Department file on MT's 1967 US tour (20 Feb-31 Mar) [unclassified] [376K scan] |
| 67 Feb 20 Mo |
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Major |
Archive (US Dept of State) |
US visit: International Exchange Program file on MT's 1967 US tour (20 Feb-31 Mar) [unclassified] |
| 67 Nov 16 Th |
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Minor |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Correspondence between Ralph Harris and Nigel Lawson (failure of the Spectator to write about IEA publications) |
| 68 Feb 14 We |
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Minor |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Economy: MT letter to Hailsham (steel) |
| 69 Sep 17 We |
|
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: Tom Bridges to FCO (MT & Paul Channon visit USSR, 4-14 Sept 1969) [declassified 2000] |
| 69 Oct 24 Fr |
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Minor |
Archive (IEA MSS) |
Conservatism: Correspondence between Arthur Seldon and Geoffrey Howe [Seldon: "May we hope for something better from Margaret. She said one day...that she was one of a small group of Tory politicians like Enoch, Keith and you who saw the value of the market in economic affairs"] |
| 70 Jan 31 Sa |
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Archive (Conservative Party) |
Conservative Party: Selsdon Meeting transcript (morning session) |
| 70 Jan 31 Sa |
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Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
Conservative Party: Selsdon Meeting transcript (afternoon session) |
| 70 Feb 1 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
Conservative Party: Selsdon Meeting transcript (morning session) [‘rough’ transcript] |
| 70 Feb 1 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
Conservative Party: Selsdon Meeting transcript (morning session) ['smooth' transcript] |
| 70 Sep 15 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Vaizey MSS) |
Education: MT to John Vaizey (welcomes his letter & urges they meet) |
| 70 Oct 13 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Private Office minute to Heath (not practicable to exclude MT from discussion of education policy) [declassified 2003] |
| 70 Nov 8 Su |
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Major |
Archive (Vaizey MSS) |
Education: MT to John Vaizey (nursery school charges) |
| 70 Dec 19 Sa |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Minute of Chequers meeting with Heath (& Joseph) [declassified 2003] [155K scan] |
| 71 Feb 3 We |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Economy: Hailsham diary (nationalisation of Rolls-Royce) [coded diary] |
| 71 Mar 16 Tu |
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Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
MT: Hailsham diary ("bad day for Margaret T") [coded diary] |
| 71 Mar 17 We |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Thatcher minute to Heath (student union finance) [declassified 2003] [151K scan] |
| 71 Mar 22 Mo |
|
Major |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Northern Ireland: Hailsham diary (Ulster PM resigns) [coded diary with translation] |
| 71 Aug 5 Th |
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Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Falklands: Exchange of Notes between HMG and Argentine Government ("Communications between the Falkland Islands and the Argentine Mainland") [MT copy of 1971 White Paper] [released 2013] |
| 71 Oct 22 Fr |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip letter to PM (“Ministerial Changes”) [reshuffle recommendations] [declassified 2002] |
| 71 Nov 20 Sa |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Heath minute (student union finance) [declassified] [125K photo] |
| 71 Nov 25 Th |
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Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Chief Whip's minute (student union finance) [declassified] [328K photo] |
| 72 Jan 12 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Minute of Chequers meeting with Heath [declassified] [240K scan] |
| 72 Feb 18 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Hailsham MSS) |
Miners' strike: Hailsham diary (government's hand forced) [coded diary with translation] |
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