1988 Jan 5 - 1988 May 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2458
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad (Prime Minister's visit to Turkey, April 1988: administrative arrangements)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 220 |
| Any docs withheld? | 15 |
PREM19/2458 - download whole file (PDF, 200.73 MB)
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Showing items 21 - 40 of 43
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 88 Mar 18 Fr | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute for MT ("Prime Minister's Programme for Visit to Turkey: 6-7 April 1988") [draft programme] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 18 Fr | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [MT "determined to go" to cemeteries on other side of the Bosporus] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 18 Fr | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [impossible to accept offer to use Air Europe aircraft for visit] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 19 Sa | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute for MT ("Visit to Turkey: Programme") [MT decision to vary programme so as to visit Commonwealth War and Florence Nightingale Cemeteries, at DT's suggestion] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 21 Mo | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute for Addison ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Speech at Mayor of Istanbul's Lunch") [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 21 Mo | Trivial | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [MT choices between proposed menus on VC10 flights] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 21 Mo | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO briefing for No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey") [interview with Turkish television] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 21 Mo | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: UKE Ankara telegram 143 to FCO (1620Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Programme") [Turkish comments on programme] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 22 Tu | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Programme") [finding time to visit Scutari] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 22 Tu | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Mr Thatcher's Programme") [seeks approval; Powell gives it] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 24 Th | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: DTI letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Speech at Lunch at Istanbul") [minor changes suggested] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 24 Th | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Wreaths") [two British war cemeteries at Scutari, Crimean and WW1] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 24 Th | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Speeches") [drafting changes, including new paragraph on the Middle East] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 25 Fr | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey 6-8 April 1988: Communications") [security arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 25 Fr | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute for MT ("Visit to Turkey: Speech at Turkish Government Dinner") [FCO toning down draft on Turkish expectations of EC membership; CDP urges a more upbeat but still non-committal formula] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 25 Fr | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Chairman of the British Council letter to MT ("The British Council in Turkey") ["a good story of promoting Britain's commercial interests on the back of cultural relations work"] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 28 Mo | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Banquet") [guest list for black tie dinner] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 28 Mo | Major | PM's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Turkey: Speeches: EC/Turkey") [Howe worries about striking the right note; CDP response] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 30 We | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Visit by the Prime Minister to Turkey, 6-8 April") [communications security] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Mar 31 Th | Minor | PM's Tours Abroad: Powell minute for Denis Thatcher ("Visit to Turkey") [programme for DT] [declassified Dec 2016] |