1979 Aug 9 - 1986 Jul 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1758
Foreign Policy (Review of the British Council) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 279 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 33 of 33
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Mar 7 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Pym PS ("Spain: British Council school in Madrid") [MT favours extension of premises] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Oct 12 We | Major | Foreign Policy: Parsons minute to Coles ("British Council funding") ["would be the worst kind of false economy to inflict further cuts"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Dec 30 Fr | Major | Foreign Policy: Howe minute to Rees ("British Council: expenditure provision") ["a sudden reduction... would be hard to defend in the House and give rise to much more robust lobbying"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Mar 19 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: Howe minute to Rees (British Council funding) [case for additional funding] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Apr 18 We | Major | Foreign Policy: President Reagan letter to MT (fiftieth anniversary of the British Council) [message of congratulations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Apr 19 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: Howe minute to MT ("British Council finances") ["We need to reach a decision on this quickly or we shall face a major Parliamentary row"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 3 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("British Council finances") [Rees vexed about press leak regarding MT approval of additonal funding] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Oct 24 We | Major | Foreign Policy: Director-General of the British Council letter to MT ('Whitty boys: boarding school fees' case; FCO proposal for financial management/policy review) [MT: "...must pay [their fees]. It is not a matter of law - but of doing the only decent thing"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 11 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chairman of the British Council) [finances] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 4 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Call on the Prime Minister by Sir David Orr, Chairman of the British Council: 5 March") [annual report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 5 We | Major | Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chairman of the British Council) [annual report] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 7 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Director-General of the British Council") [appointment] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jul 21 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: MT letter to Chairman of the British Council (Annual Report) [notes "personal interest in the Council's activities overseas"] [declassified Dec 2014] |