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1985 Mar 27 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1527
Home Affairs (Football hooliganism: behaviour of British football fans abroad; Bradford City stadium fire and European Cup Final disaster in Brussels, May 1985) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 344
Any docs withheld? 1

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85 May 14 Tu Major Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Lord Aberdare at 0900 on Wednesday 15 May") [Bradford City fire and football hooliganism] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 15 We Major Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Jim Lester and the All Party Sports Committee at 1600 on Thursday, 16 May") [Bradford City fire and football hooliganism] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 15 We Major Home Affairs: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lord Aberdare-Wharton-Booth) [meeting with Football Trust and Football Grounds Improvement Trust: Bradford City fire and football hooliganism] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 16 Th Major Home Affairs: No.10 record of conversation (MT-All Party Committee on Sport-Macfarlane-Booth) [Bradford City fire and football hooliganism] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major Home Affairs: Department of Environment letter to No.10 (Football Association report on identity cards for football spectators) [football hooliganism] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT ("Report from Football Association on Membership Cards") [tackling football hooliganism: "for six weeks' work, [the report] is a pretty puny effort"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 21 Tu Major Home Affairs: Macfarlane letter to MT ("Football's Balance Sheet") [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 23 Th Major Home Affairs: Booth minute to MT ("Football/Police Charges") [football hooliganism: cost of policing to football clubs][declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: UKE Brussels telegram 152 to FCO (0915Z) ("Football: Liverpool v Juventus") [Heysel Stadium disaster: deficiencies in policing of match] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: UKDEL Strasbourg telegram 113 to FCO (1330Z) ("Violence at European Cup Final: Council of Europe Action") [Heysel Stadium disaster] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: UKE Rome telegram 60 to FLASH FCODistress (1530Z) ("European Cup Final Disaster") [Heysel Stadium disaster: death and bomb threats received at Embassy and consular posts in Italy] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: MT letter to Prime Minister Craxi of Italy (Heysel Stadium disaster) ["These terrible events have brought shame and disgrace on those responsible and on their country"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: MT letter to Prime Minister Martens of Belgium (Heysel Stadium disaster) ["These terrible events have brought shame and disgrace on those responsible and on their country"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Safety at Sports Grounds - Brussels") [Heysel Stadium disaster: donation to fund for victims] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: MT letter to President Mitterrand (Heysel Stadium disaster) ["This terrible tragedy has brought shame on those responsible and on their country - it should never have happened"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Macfarlane-Luce-Shaw) [Heysel Stadium disaster: Government's response] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: UKE Brussels telegram 151 to FCO (0815Z) ("Football: Liverpool v Juventus") [Heysel Stadium disaster: Belgian response] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: UKE Brussels telegram 150 to FCO (0025Z) ("Football: Liverpool v Juventus") [Heysel Stadium disaster: casualty reports and advice on Government response] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Minor Home Affairs: No.10 note to MT (call from Sir Hector Laing) [Heysel Stadium disaster: Laing suggests that MT deliver a Prime Ministerial broadcast] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Home Affairs: UKE Paris telegram 452 to FCO (1600Z) ("Brussels Football Riote [sic]") [Heysel Stadium disaster: French response] [declassified Dec 2014]