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1979 Nov 20 - 1984 Mar 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1396
Tonga (Visits to UK by King and Queen of Tonga, December 1979 and October 1983)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 84
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79 Nov 20 Tu Major Tonga: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of the King and Queen of Tonga") [advice to MT to meet with King & Queen during their visit] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 Nov 30 Fr Major Tonga: FCO briefing for MT ("Courtesy Call on the Prime Minister by the King and Queen of Tonga at 16.15 on 4 December") [background; brief on UK aid; personality notes] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 Dec 4 Tu Major Tonga: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Tupou IV) [oil in Tonga's off-shore waters; Cambodia; relations with China and Taiwan; Vietnamese refugees; Tongan economy] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 Dec 5 We Major Tonga: MT letter to King Tupou IV (King and Queen's visit to the United Kingdom) ['thank you' note for gift] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 Dec 20 Th Major Tonga: King Tupou IV letter to MT (King and Queen's visit to the United Kingdom) [courtesy note following visit] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 19 Mo Major Tonga: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of King and Queen of Tonga as Guests of Government") [arrangements] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 20 Th Major Tonga: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Talks with the King of Tonga: 26 October 1983") [arrangements] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 25 Tu Major Tonga: No.10 briefing for MT ("King of Tonga") [meeting with Tupou IV] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 26 We Major Tonga: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Tupou IV, Lady Young, Baron Vaea, Bernard Coleman) [US/Grenada; Hong Kong; Tonga economy; Stabisoil] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 16 Fr Major Tonga: MT letter to King Tupou IV (Stabisoil) ["a product... I promised [you] we would investigate"; advice] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 13 Mo Major Tonga: King Tupou IV letter to MT (Stabisoil) [acknowledgement of MT letter] [declassified Jan 2014]