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PDF 80 Jun 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Ian Paisley (MT agrees to meet with Fermanagh widows) [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Jul 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Fermanagh Widows: 7 July 1980") [brief for MT] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Jul 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Fermanagh widows) [terrorism; situation in County Fermanagh] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Jul 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Cabinet Office letter to Whitelaw PS ("Menwith Hill") ['New Statesman' article on US National Security Agency activities] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Jul 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Meeting with the Fermanagh Widows") [commentary of Northern Ireland security authorities on the suggestions of the Fermanagh widows] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain: the impact of terrorism") ["The Government has put a brave face on this latest wave of violence... But winning the support of the Basque public... remains a slow and uphill business"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italy’s internal situation”) [terrorist incident at Bologna: damage to Cossiga’s reputation] [declassified December 2010]
PDF 80 Aug 9 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Fermanagh widows letter to MT (request for MT's help regarding border security) ["we would implore you to intervene personally to see that security operations are no longer bluff, but REAL"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Aug 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italy’s internal situation”) [PCI exploiting terrorist incident at Bologna] [declassified December 2010]
PDF 80 Sep 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of M. Chedli Klibi, Secretary General of the Arab League") [Palestine/Israel; Afghanistan/USSR; Anglo-Saudi relations; Euro-Arab dialogue; diplomatic status for the Arab League Office] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 80 Sep 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (letter from the Fermanagh widows to MT criticising border security) [comment on security operations in Fermanagh] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Sep 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: No.10 letter to Mrs Harriet Howe (response to letter from the Fermanagh widows to MT criticising border security) ["there has been no slackening whatever in the efforts of the Security Forces in the Newtownbutler area, or indeed anywhere else in Fermanagh"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Sep 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chedli Klibi, Julian Bullard, Omar Hassan) [Secretary General of the Arab League: Palestine/Israel] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 80 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (murder of Constable Johnston of the RUC Reserve near Rosslea) [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Carter Library) Belize/Cold War: CIA National Foreign Assessment Center memo ("Cuba-Nicaragua: Support for Central American Insurgencies") [possible use of Belize to step up Cuban support for Guatemalan guerrillas] [declassified 2008]
PDF 80 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 letter to Howell PS (Occidental Refinery at Canvey Island) [response to letter of protest from locals] [declassified Dec 2011]
PDF 80 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Lord Brockway letter to MT ("Dolours Price") [urges release of Dolours Price, 1973 Old Bailey bomber, on compassionate grounds] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 80 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Secretary note circulated to Cabinet - C(80) 67 (The Queen's Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Lord Brockway (Dolours Price: 1973 Old Bailey bomber) [response to Brockway: MT does not agree to release on compassion grounds] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 80 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 40th (The Fire Service, 1981-82 Cash Limits & Votes, Public Expenditure 1981-82 to 1983-84, European Convention on Human Rights, Social Security Expenditure, etc ) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: MT draft letter to Pope John Paul II (hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland) [declassified 2014]
PDF 80 Nov 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO record of conversation (MT, Forlani, Colombo & Carrington) [dinner talk] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Nov 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome record of conversation (MT - Prime Minister Forlani of Italy) [dinner conversation: EC issues, Japan, terrorism in Italy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 80 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKA Vatican despatch to FCO ("The Prime Minister's Visit to the Pope") [welcomed by Vatican, will have helped counter pressure over hunger strikes] [declassified Dec 2010]
PDF 80 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (Pauline McLaughlin: pressure for release on compassionate grounds) [Armagh prison "no-wash" protest] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 80 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Record of conversation (MT-Taoiseach Haughey) [Northern Ireland, hunger strikes] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Dec 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 43rd (New Zealand Butter, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg European Council, etc) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Dec 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: UKE Lisbon telegram to FCO ("Death of the Prime Minister") ["Carneiro... killed last night... no evidence of sabotage... but it is universally suspected by the Portugese... the loss of her outstanding leader is a tragedy for Portugal"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 80 Dec 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Lord Brockway (Dolours Price: 1973 Old Bailey bomber) [response to Brockway: MT does not agree to Christmas leave for Price] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 80 Dec 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Atkins minute to MT (situation in HMP Maze and Northern Ireland) [declassified 2011]
PDF 80 Dec 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Paisley-Peter Robinson-Michael Alison) [situation in Northern Ireland, constitutional status of Northern Ireland] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO guidance telegram 4 to UKE Dublin & others (1730Z) ("Northern Ireland: Pauline McLaughlin") [Atkins authorises release from Armagh Prison on medical grounds] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT letter to President Carter (US elections) [message to mark end of Carter's Presidency] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 81 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Mrs Olivier (PIRA murder of Sir Norman and James Stronge) [Tynan Abbey] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Jan 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Molyneaux letter to MT (murders in Northern Ireland and Anglo-Irish relations) [people "do not understand how [HMG] can be about to engage in friendly political discussion" with Irish Government when those who commit murders in NI cannot be extradited to UK from Eire] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 286 to FCO (0050Z) ("Hostages: Washington Reception") [report] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 81 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 314 to FCO (2220Z) ("Haig press conference: 28 January") [report on first press conference] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 81 Feb 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (CIA) Argentina: CIA National Foreign Assessment Center Memorandum ("Guatemala: The Climate for Insurgency") ["The 20-year old Marxist insurgency is again intensifying"] [declassified 2019]
PDF 81 Feb 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Armstrong minute to Alexander ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States: 25-28 February") [UK priorities and objectives] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Molyneaux letter to MT (need to push for reform to extradition arrangements during Anglo-Irish talks) [sends message "that the Government regard Ulster's place in the United Kingdom as expendable"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Councillor Mrs Hazel Bradford (PIRA murder of Sir Norman and James Stronge) ["I share your distress and revulsion"] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (FBI) US: FBI Alexandria teletype to FBI Director (“Possible threat to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain”) [conversation overheard by a “source of proven reliability”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 81 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Jim Molyneaux MP (murders of Sir Norman and James Stronge and Major Toombs) [Anglo-Irish joint studies do not constitute a "sell out"] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Molyneaux (terrorism in Northern Ireland, Anglo-Irish joint studies) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States: 25-28 February 1981") [complete set] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: FCO briefing for MT (Prime Minister’s visit to Washington) [talks with Reagan; meetings on the Hill; US space programme budget cuts; honorary degree ceremony; Donovan award; Economic Industrial Lunch] [declassified 2014]
PDF 81 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: White House record of conversation (MT-Reagan plenary) [East/West, Central America especially Belize; jellybeans] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 11th (Parliamentary Affairs, Belize, Mexico, Iraq/Iran, South Africa, UN Convention on Law of the Sea, Soviet Union, Community Affairs, Civil Service Pay) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(81) 19 (Convention Against the Taking of Hostages Bill) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Robert Cardwell") [proposed release of UVF prisoner on compassionate grounds] [declassified Dec 2014]

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