| 79 May 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Draft remarks on becoming Prime Minister (St Francis's prayer) |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
General Election: Aide-memoire for St.Francis prayer ("Where there is discord ...") |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (Energy, EC, East/West, etc) [master copy of whole briefing set][declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“Summary and Timetable of Urgent Economic Issues”) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“The Budget”) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“Pay and Cash Limits”) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary incoming brief for MT ('Rhodesia') [MT: "I agree we need care but a little courage is necessary too"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 May 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT notes for cabinet-making (near final copy?) [Heseltine refuses Energy; alternative names for other jobs, etc] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 5 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) |
General Election: MT to Ronnie Millar (letter of thanks) [“I could not have done it without you”] |
| 79 May 9 We |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Vance-Brown memo to Carter (urging TNF modernization) [declassified 1997] |
| 79 May 10 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: Ronnie Millar letter to MT (congratulations) [“At least three Parliaments’ worth of work to do”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 12 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: Brzezinski memo for Carter (Thatcher no longer "the dogmatic lady" who visited in 1977) [declassified 2000] |
| 79 May 17 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Daily Mail editor David English (thanks for congratulations) [“You have been a wonderful friend in recent years ... I hope I will not let you down”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 24 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Transition to power: MT letter to Sun editor Larry Lamb (thanks for congratulations) [“your encouragement meant so much”] [released 2010] |
| 79 May 30 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Europe: Ronne Millar draft Party Election Broadcast (European Elections) [MT: “This is NOT a script for me”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Jun 12 Tu |
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Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1979 Budget (Howe 1) |
| 79 Jun 20 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
EC: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The European Monetary System") [economic considerations should have primacy in UK decision] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jun 24 Su |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: MT note to Chancellor of the Exchequer (press reports possible increase in mortgage rates) [“This MUST NOT happen” - if necessary cap by subsidy] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jun 26 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: MT meeting with Soviet PM Kosygin (record of conversation) [stop-over in Moscow en route to Tokyo] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jul 4 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: MT meeting with ministers (record of conversation) [mortgage rates - possible subsidy] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Jul 13 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington-Zimbabwe/Rhodesia PM Bishop Muzorewa) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 5 Su |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Commonwealth: MT notebook (conversation at Lusaka CHOGM retreat) [case for British initiative on Rhodesia] [released 2010] |
| 79 Aug 15 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Carrington) [Carrington regards success in constitutional conference as "virtually inconceivable"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter letter to MT (Mountbatten) [“tragic death”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Economy: Lawson minute to Howe ("Economic and Financial Situation Report") ["strong £ is the biggest thing we have going for us"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Sep 3 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Carter (Mountbatten) [“brutal and senseless murder”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Oct 3 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: MT notes for conference speech (“Thoughts on the Moral Case I”) [“There is no such thing as a collective conscience ...”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Oct 3 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservatism: MT notes for conference speech (“The First Few Months”) [“Not just actions but attitudes”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Oct 31 We |
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Key |
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EC: Donald Maitland minute to Foreign Secretary (state of EC-UK relations) ["the mood is sober, if not sombre"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 19 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT & Giscard (Iran) [asks UK to reduce its diplomatic presence in Iran] [released 2010] |
| 79 Nov 30 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Europe: Speech to Dublin European Council (urges British budget rebate) [“arrangement would last as long as the problem”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Dec 17 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
US: MT plenary meeting with President Carter (record of conversation) [Iran, Rhodesia, Middle East, energy, Northern Ireland, defence] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Dec 17 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
US: MT restricted meeting with President Carter (record of conversation) [Diego Garcia; China; Cambodia] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Dec 23 Su |
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Key |
Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary |
US: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington) |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [“extremely grave development”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter phone call to Giscard (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter phone call to Schmidt (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996] |
| 79 Dec 29 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: MT letter to President Brezhnev (Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) [“profoundly disturbed”] [released 2010] |
| 79 Dec 29 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Brezhnev letter to Carter (defending Afghanistan invasion) [declassified 1995] |
| 79 Dec 31 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Ingham MSS) |
Press Office: Bulletin (PM’s letter to Brezhnev) [MT “profoundly disturbed at recent developments in Afghanistan”] [released 2010] |
| 80 Jan 29 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: Carter note (British & European reaction to Afghanistan invasion “very weak”) [unclassified] |
| 80 Feb 17 Su |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Trade Unions: No.10 record of conversations (MT phone calls with Joseph, Whitelaw, Havers, Howe) [picketing at Hadfields] [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Mar 26 We |
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Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1980 Budget (Howe 2) |
| 80 Apr 24 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: Sherman minute to MT ("Need for Better Economic Advice - in re Alan Walters") [Walters ready to return from US if made a reasonable offer] [released 2011] |
| 80 May 27 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Trade Unions: Gow minute to MT (“Employment Bill”) [Chief Whip knows Ian Percival is behind dissent to Clause 16] [released 2011] |
| 80 Aug 4 Mo |
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Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: The New Conservatism (Lecture to the Bow Group) |
| 80 Sep 10 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falklands (Ridley-Cavandoli secret meeting in Geneva) [declassified 2010] |
| 80 Sep 19 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Governor phone call to Lankester) ["uncomfortable meeting ... the Governor should not be alarmed about it"] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Sep 25 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Ryrie & McMahon) [Wass, Ryrie & Burns urge public sector pay freeze] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Oct 23 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Carter Library) |
Cold War: SCC meeting on “Polish Contingencies” [declassified 2000] |
| 80 Nov 19 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Monetary policy: Treasury minute to No.10 ("The financial effects of a 2 point cut in MLR") [markets getting ready to accept - medium-term will depend on budget] [released 2011] |
| 80 Nov 20 Th |
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Key |
Archive (Bank of England) |
Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jan 4 Su |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Ingham minute for MT ("Note for the Record") ["Rupert Murdoch Lunch"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Jan 14 We |
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Key |
Lawson (Nigel) |
Economy: Thatcherism in Practice: A Progress Report (Speech to Zurich Society of Economics) |
| 81 Jan 19 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Economy: Alan Walters diary (first meetings with MT as economic adviser) ["What should she do about Geoffrey?"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Jan 20 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (inaugural congratulations) [unclassified] |
| 81 Jan 21 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: No.10 telcon (Reagan phone call to MT on inauguration day) [MT promises to brief him on her mistakes] [declassified 2010] |
| 81 Jan 30 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Sir Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("The 1981 Budget") [urges £1b "industrial package" & direct action to reduce sterling 5-10 per cent] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 6 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Treasury minute (Chancellor's meeting with Governor) ["Monetary Policy & the Budget"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 10 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (MT meeting with Chancellor, Wass, etc) [Budget discussion - no decisions] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 13 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (MT meeting with Chancellor, Wass, etc) [Howe thinks PSBR below £11b not "politically possible"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 13 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns diary (budget discussion) [MT & Howe rejecting draconian budget as "not on politically"] |
| 81 Feb 16 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Lawson minute for Chancellor ("Competitiveness & the Exchange Rate") [response to Wass working group] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 17 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe now wants to raise basic rate in order to increase allowances; MT agrees] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 20 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Walters, Hoskyns & Wolfson minute to MT ("Budget Strategy") [necessity of a tough budget] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 23 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Walters MSS) |
Budget: Alan Walters diary (MT-Howe-Wass budget meeting) [MT telling Howe get down PSBR or "you are for the chop"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Feb 24 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor & Wass) [MT 'dismayed' at £11.25b PSBR, but accepted Howe rejection of increased basic rate] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 25 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Treasury minute (Chancellor's meeting with ministers & officials) [decisions to freeze income tax & CTT thresholds, reducing PSBR by further £1b] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 25 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: No.10 minute (meeting with Chancellor) [Howe reports decision to freeze thresholds & reduce PSBR below £11b] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 25 We |
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Key |
Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary |
Cold War: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington) |
| 81 Feb 26 Th |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: No.10 briefing for MT (Reagan-Thatcher discussions) [topics to raise] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: No.10 note of conversation (Reagan-Thatcher meeting) [plenary session] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Feb 26 Th |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Budget: Walters letter to Sir Douglas Wass (disappointment at budget measures) [budget proposals "too little and of the wrong kind"; maximum 1 per cent MLR cut] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns diary (Cabinet reaction to budget) [Prior strongly attacks but with little support] |
| 81 Mar 10 Tu |
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Key |
Hansard |
Economy: 1981 Budget (Howe 3) |
| 81 Mar 13 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [report on Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Mar 20 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Hoskyns MSS) |
Economy: Hoskyns diary (Reece warns MT to be ready) [Macmillan, Thorneycroft and du Cann will tell you to stand down in the summer] |
| 81 Jun 30 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Fearn minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands: Strategy Meeting") [draft record of meeting of FCO officials, Falklands Governor Hunt and UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Jul 8 We |
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Key |
Archive (Northern Ireland Office) |
Northern Ireland: MT meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary (record of conversation) [authorises communication with PIRA over hunger strikes] [declassified 2009] |
| 81 Jul 18 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (Northern Ireland Office) |
Northern Ireland: MT meeting/phone exchange with Northern Ireland officials & Secretary of State (record of conversations) [decision not to take further initiative on hunger strikes] [declassified 2009] |
| 81 Jul 31 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Richard Allen memo for President Reagan (“Britain Drifts”) [declassified 2000] |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play regarding Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Nov 9 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: President Reagan meeting with US Ambassador to London (possible Thatcher defeat) [declassified 1998] |
| 81 Nov 20 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Gow minute to MT ("Drinks for backbenchers") [Dorrell letter; now gives assurances "he will NOT be joining the SDP"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Nov 25 We |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: "Gang of 25" letter to Chief Whip (collective protest against government economic policy) [will vote against any measures "which deflate aggregate demand"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Dec 1 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [state of play regarding Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012] |
| 81 Dec 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Gow minute to MT ("Tuesday's Debate") ["disturbing note" from Jopling; 45 possible rebels] [released 2012] |
| 81 Dec 4 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Chief Whip minute to MT ("The Prime Minister") ["we are facing a very serious situation which we must discuss"] [released 2012] |
| 81 Dec 22 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: National Security Council minutes (Poland) [declassified 2004] |
| 81 Dec 29 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Conservative Party: Gow letter to MT (support & encouragement) ["a giant among pygmies"] [released 2012] |
| 82 Feb 5 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
US: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's Visit") [Deaver suggests that "we had better drop the idea of a visit to the UK at this time"; Henderson doubts that "crying off at this stage would be understood in London"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 15 Mo |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [British and Argentine negotiating positions prior to New York talks] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 26 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (First Session) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 26 Fr |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (Second Session) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 27 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (Third Session) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 27 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (Fourth Session) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Feb 27 Sa |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Ministerial talks on the Falkland Islands in New York (Annexes) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 2 Tu |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falklands Talks") [Argentine statement following Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Mar 3 We |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires to FCO ("Falklands Talks") [further Argentine press comment following Anglo-Argentine talks in New York] [declassified 2012] |
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