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General Election: Aide-memoire for St.Francis prayer ("Where there is discord ...")

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: Downing Street
Source: Thatcher MSS (1/17/44A)
Editorial comments: A longer draft of the prayer also survives. This tiny filecard seems to have been in MTs hand as she spoke on the steps of Downing Street. She had probably studied it en route from Buckingham Palace.
Importance ranking: Key
Word count: 1p
Themes: Conservatism, General Elections