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Text 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Prior PS letter to Whitelaw PS (“DE/DHSS Scrutiny of Benefits to Unemployed People”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Chairman of Centre for Policy Studies letter to No.10 (attempted coup d'état & Spanish accession to NATO) ["Felipe González... [hailed MT as] more vigorous in support of Spanish democracy in its hour of trial than any other Western leader"; NATO; Cuba] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: MT letter to Attorney General (Sir Peter Hayman) [security concerns arising from a police investigation into alleged sexual offences] [declassified Jan 2015]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Brittan letter to Jenkin ("NHS: use of Accountants") ["bringing in outside accountants to find ways of reducing costs and charges"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Security Council Action on Lebanon, EC Commissioner Davignon, Congressional Consultations on Sinai Security, Pakistan Assistance Program") [declassified 2016]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Rolls-Royce") [collaboration with US] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Peru: UKE Lima minute to FCO South America Department ("Peru: The Economy") ["major natural calamities have caused damage and destruction", Ecuadorian border incident] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Malcolm Fraser (developing countries) [worsening economic situation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Merseyside: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Merseyside") [possible measures to help Merseyside] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Merseyside: Joseph minute to MT ("Liverpool (Tate and Lyle Closure)") [response to refinery closure: possible measures to help Merseyside] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Overseas Aid: Prime Minister Mara of Fiji letter to MT (Sugar Protocol to the Lomé Convention) [market access of ACP States to European Community; closure of Tate & Lyle's Liverpool sugar refinery] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Walters MSS) Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [MT “irate about Niehans - thought it would be used to kill GH”; argued “but she would not yield”] [released 2012]
Text 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents 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]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Religion: MT letter to Archbishop of Canterbury (appointment of Graham Leonard as Bishop of London) [thanks for his "generous readiness" to accept her decision] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT letter to Mr Desmond (thanks for letter and pyjamas for Denis) [DT "is delighted with the three pairs you sent him and has asked me to say how grateful he is"] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Middle East: MT letter to Vivian Bendall (UK Government stance with regard to PLO and Yasser Arafat) [Arab-Israeli conflict] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Church of England: MT letter to Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie (appointment of Graham Leonard as Bishop of London) ["This has not been an easy decision"] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Press Office: Ingham minute to MT ("BBC Television Asian Programmes") [arrangements for appearance on "New Life" on the BBC] [released 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Lord Shepherd minute to MT (Shepherd prepared to continue at Chariman of the Civil Service Pay Research Unit Board) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Bydgoszcz") [clash between Polish authorities and members of Solidarity] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: Carrington minute to Biffen ("Contingency Planning About Poland") [planning for possible Soviet intervention] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("Tornado Sales to the Middle East") [message to Schmidt to be delivered at Maastricht European Council] [declassified 2014]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Vatican: Armstrong minute to Peterson ("The Pope's Visit to the United Kingdom") [Armstrong opposes Hailsham's suggestion that the Pope be invited to address members of Houses of Parliament] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Vatican: Peterson minute to MT ("Visit of Pope: Possible Address to both Houses of Parliament") [Peterson is opposed; MT: "such a course of action would have the gravest consequences and would damage the Pope"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Lawson PS minute to Griffiths and others ("Budget Correspondence: Standard Complaints") [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary policy: Peretz minute to Lawson ("Intervention in February 1981") [monthly report on Bank of England's intervention tactics] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) North/South: MT letter to Prime Minister Fraser of Australia (Australian review of North/South matters) [policies toward the developing world] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Jacques Chaban-Delmas) [French Presidential election] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Terrorism: Carrington PS minute to No.10 (“Convention Against the Taking of Hostages Bill”) [ready for introduction for next session] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lankester minute to MT (“Effect of the Civil Service Industrial Action on the Central Government Borrowing Requirement”) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 note to MT (interview with Bob Lutz, Chairman of Ford of Europe) [competition from Japan] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Mar 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2012]
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