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79 May 4 Fr	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	MT appointed Prime Minister
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Prime Minister: Cabinet Secretary incoming brief for new PM ("East-West relations") [top copy annotated by MT; other foreign policy and defence briefing] declassified Aug 2013]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Prime Minister: Bancroft minute to No.10 ("Submissions for the Prime Minister") [briefing on Special Advisers; ministerial travel; official residences; public appointments] [declassified Aug 2013]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Cabinet Secretary incoming brief for new PM ("House of Commons Procedure: Open Government: Official Secrets") [declassified Dec 2014]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	USA: UKE Washington telegram 989 to FCO (2226Z) ("The Outlook for U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy") [analysis; Presidential & Congressional elections] [declassified Jan 2014]
79 May 4 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech on being reelected MP for Finchley
79 May 4 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks at Central Office ("the very great responsibility")
79 May 4 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks during election night ("an aura of calm")
79 May 4 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks in Flood Street ("patience, patience")
79 May 4 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks thanking Central Office (acknowledgement of victory)
79 May 4 Fr	Press	Key	Commentary (Ronnie Millar memoirs)	General Election: “A View From The Wings” (how MT was persuaded to use St Francis’s prayer on the steps of Downing Street)
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	General Election: Draft remarks on becoming Prime Minister (St Francis's prayer)
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	General Election: MT draft (St Francis’s Prayer) [“moving & beautiful song of St Francis”] [released 2015]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	General Election: Aide-memoire for St.Francis prayer ("Where there is discord ...")
79 May 4 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks on becoming Prime Minister (St Francis's prayer)
79 May 4 Fr	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks on becoming Prime Minister (St Francis's prayer) [film]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“The Budget”) [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (“Pay and Cash Limits”) [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("European issues") [challenge & opportunity] [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("European issues") [as annotated by MT] [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("Energy Issues") [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	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	Declassified documents	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 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Carter Library)	US: NSC memo for Carter (congratulatory call to MT to end talk of rift) [declassified 2000]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: President Carter phone call to MT (congratulations on election result) [“tremendous personal victory for you”] [released 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Broadcasting: Michael Cole letter to MT (hopes to conduct first interview with her as PM) [released 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Treasury briefing for Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Overall Economic Outlook: Note by the Central Unit") [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economy: Central Policy Review Staff paper ("The Economy of the United Kingdom - Problems, Constraints, Opportunities") [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	General Election: William Lithgow letters to MT & Denis Thatcher (congratulations on election victory) [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: Cartledge minute to MT ("Chancellor Schmidt's Visit: 10/11 May") [arrangements and draft programme] [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: Cartledge minute to MT ("Guest List for your Dinner for Chancellor Schmidt") [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: FCO minute to No.10 ("Administrative Plan for the Visit of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Herr Helmut Schmidt...") [arrangements and programme] [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Germany: Hunt minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor Schmidt") [MT: "there are really too many" of these kinds of visits] [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Elections: Joan Varley note on election results ("Local Government Election Results 4th May 1979 as at 17.30") [released 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Hunt briefing for MT ("Teachers' Pay") [declassified 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Hunt briefing for MT ("Comprehensive Test Ban") [MT: "Am very unhappy and suspicious about this"] [declassified 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Hunt briefing for MT ("Strategic Arms Limitation Talks") [MT: "I am less complacent [about supposed positive benefits of SALT II] - but will do nothing and say nothing to undermine the authority of the President"] [declassified 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Bancroft minute to Stowe ("Special Advisors") [rules for appointment of special advisors] [declassified 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Energy: Austin Pearce of Esso Petroleum letter to MT (congratulations on election victory, and planned meeting with Clifton Garvin of Exxon) [declassified 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Carter Library)	US: NSC memo for Brzezinski ("Evening Report") [response to MT's election victory] [declassified 2008]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Carter Library)	US: Brzezinksi minute to Carter ("Information") [MT's election victory] [declassified 2008]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("Questions of Procedure for Ministers") [declassified 2011]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ministers: Sanders note to MT ("Ministerial Travel") [issuance of rules on Ministerial travel; MT: "I really think the whole thing is far too detailed"] [declassified 2011]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: Douglas Hague letter to MT ("Exchange Control") [argues for relaxation of exchange controls] [declassified 2011]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Bank of England)	Monetary Policy: Bank of England letters (from Governor of the Bank of England to Chancellor of the Exchequer) [domestic monetary policy, exchange rate, etc.] [declassified 2010]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	USA: No.10 record of phone conversation (MT, President Carter) [congratulates MT on becoming PM, "tremendous personal victory for you"] [declassified 2012]
79 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	EC: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Britain and the EC") [Taoiseach unsympathetic to British budget complaints] [declassified 2009]

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