1981 Feb 20 - 1988 May 6
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2366
New Zealand (Internal situation: UK/New Zealand relations; Robert Muldoon succeeded as Prime Minister by David Lange; Labour government's ban on visits by nuclear-armed warships; sinking of Greenpeace vessel by French agents in Auckland harbour) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 242 |
| Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Feb 20 Fr | Minor | New Zealand: Robert Muldoon message to MT (Privy Council appointment) [Thomson's credentials] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 81 Nov 29 Su | Major | New Zealand: UKHC Wellington telegram 307 to FCO (2355Z) ("NZ General Election") ["worst possible result for New Zealand"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Aug 20 Fr | Minor | New Zealand: Robert Muldoon message to MT (Air New Zealand) [launch of new service] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Aug 20 Fr | Minor | New Zealand: Robert Muldoon message to MT (Air New Zealand) [launch of new service, new treaty] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Aug 24 Tu | Minor | New Zealand: Robert Muldoon message to MT (appointment of new High Commissioner) [Young's credentials] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Sep 24 Fr | Minor | New Zealand: FCO minute to New Zealand High Commission (initial courtesy calls) [arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 82 Oct 13 We | Minor | New Zealand: No.10 record of conversation (MT-NZ High Commissioner Young) [domestic politics, EC butter quotas, Falklands, bilateral trade] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Sep 19 Mo | Minor | New Zealand: DTI minute to Robin Butler ("High-Level Trade Mission from New Zealand") [arrangements, background] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Sep 23 Fr | Minor | New Zealand: MT message to David Steel (High-Level Trade Mission from New Zealand) [welcome to the mission] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Oct 7 Fr | Major | New Zealand: Howe PS minute to John Coles ("Visit of the New Zealand Minister for Foreign Affairs and Overseas Trade") [EC/NZ butter quota, steel contract] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Oct 10 Mo | Major | New Zealand: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Cooper-Walding) [GATT round, EC butter quotas, sheepmeat, Hong Kong, steel] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 83 Oct 11 Tu | Minor | New Zealand: Warren Cooper message to MT (visit to UK) [thanks for support on access to EC market] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Apr 1 Su | Major | New Zealand: Robert Muldoon message to MT (EU agriculture ministers' meeting) [proposals on dairy not acceptable] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Apr 6 Fr | Major | New Zealand: Warren Cooper message to Geoffrey Howe (New Zealand butter) [Irish position, compromise arrangement] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Apr 8 Su | Major | New Zealand: MT message to Robert Muldoon (EU agriculture ministers' meeting) [will have UK's support in seeking a five-year arrangement] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Jun 12 Tu | Major | New Zealand: Robert Armstrong minute to Robin Butler ("Avowal of New Zealand SIGINT Organisation") [signals intelligence cooperation with allies] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Jul 8 Su | Minor | New Zealand: MT message to Robert Muldoon (civil aviation sale) [EC decisions on Boeing, butter] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Jul 8 Su | Major | New Zealand: UKHC Wellington telegram 211 to FCO (0051Z) ("Civil Aviation Sales") [purchase of Boeing or Airbus] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Jul 9 Mo | Minor | New Zealand: MT message to Robert Muldoon (new High Commissioner) [O'Leary's credentials] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 84 Jul 11 We | Major | New Zealand: UKHC Wellington telegram 214 to FCO (0328Z) ("New Zealand Election, 1984") [Labour well ahead in the polls] [declassified Dec 2016] |