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1984 Mar 1 - 1984 Aug 17
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1180
Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, New Delhi, November 1983; security of small states) (Part 8)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 102
Any docs withheld? 1

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Date Value Title
84 Mar 26 Mo Minor Commonwealth: MT letter to Kanjimull & Sons Jewellers (Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in New Delhi) [gift from Mr Thatcher; jewellery exhibition] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 21 Mo Major Commonwealth: Howe minute to MT ("The Security of Small States") [background; foreign policy proposals; aid; security assistance; BBC Caribbean Service; strategy; benefits of supporting small states; UN; costs; next steps] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 12 Tu Major Commonwealth: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Security of Small States") [point by point response to MT's comments on Howe minute] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 18 We Major Commonwealth: Howe minute to MT ("The Security of Small States") [background; foreign policy proposals; aid; security assistance; BBC Caribbean Service; strategy; benefits of supporting small states; UN; costs; recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 20 Fr Major Commonwealth: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("British Cemetery in Goa") [MT agrees to financial support for its maintenance following visit to Goa in November 1983 for Heads of Government meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 24 Tu Major Commonwealth: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("OD: Security of Small States") [Howe paper on "study commissioned at last November's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting"; advises MT to request further work be done on the paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 25 We Major Commonwealth: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Security of Small States") [denies that MoD were not consulted over FCO paper and that they were unaware of "work being done by the Chiefs of Staff... None of this makes... [Howe's] memorandum a good or adequate paper"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 27 Fr Major Commonwealth: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Security of Small States") [timing of MoD/FCO revised joint paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 17 Fr Major Commonwealth: Baroness Young PS letter to No.10 ("Commonwealth Study on the Special Needs of Small States") [cover letter for Ramphal circular to Heads of Government attaching memo for Consultative Group] [declassified Jan 2014]