| Churchill/THCR 1 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 8 |
European Community affairs |
| 9 |
Family and personal memorabilia (which contains the vast majority of the material before 1970 in the entire collection) |
| 10 |
Foreign affairs material and foreign tour schedules, including papers for individual summits and conferences with world leaders |
| 11 |
General election papers |
| 12 |
Home affairs |
| 13 |
Material from advisers |
| 14 |
Parliamentary affairs |
| 15 |
Policy and planning papers |
| 16 |
Press cuttings |
| 17 |
Speech and media transcripts |
| 18 |
Selection of MT's correspondence formerly stored in her safe |
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The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG., OM., FRS.
| Title |
Material from advisers |
| Reference |
THCR 1/13 |
| Covering Dates |
1975–1990 |
| Extent and Medium |
6 archive boxes |
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Access and Use
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Papers generally open to the end of 1982, see class lists and online catalogue for further information. Later material is currently closed. |
| Churchill/THCR 1/13 contains: |
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1-5
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Consist of material dating from after 1981 and currently closed.
32 parts. |
1981–1990 |
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6
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Briefing notes and suggested speech texts for MT from David Hart (1) 1981. Includes MT's handwritten annotations. Consists of papers by Hart for MT on, "Leading the soul politic", with attached letter from Hart, 19 February 1981; "Party Political broadcast, 8 July", early July 1981; and "Capturing the moral majority in Britain", circa August 1981.
1 bundle in folder. |
1981 |
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7
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Briefing notes and suggested speech texts for MT from David Hart (2) 1982. Consists of five separate papers by Hart for MT on aspects of the Falklands War, April-June 1982.
1 bundle in folder. |
April 1982-June 1982 |
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8-14
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Consist of material dating from after 1982 and currently closed. |
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15
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Briefing note for MT from Alfred Sherman (1), July 1975. NB the front page is missing.
1 item in folder. |
July 1975 |
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16
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Briefing note for MT from Alfred Sherman (2), November 1979. Consists of note by Sherman, "CBI radicalises- management/Militant", 9 November 1979.
1 item in folder. |
November 1979 |
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17
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Briefing notes for MT from Alfred Sherman (3), January-December 1980. Includes papers by Sherman: "The steel blockade- decisive for British democracy", 11 January 1980; "[Pay] comparability is odious", 5 February 1980; "The economics of failure and the failure of economics", 14 September 1980; and "The crunch: possible political repercussions and choices when the economy can no longer carry on as it is", 30 October 1980; and draft speech notes, "The ethnics of economic recovery". Also includes note from Sherman to MT forwarding two papers by Tim Congdon, "Are we really all Keynesians now?" (1975) and L. Messel & Co's Monthly Gilt review, 27 April 1978.
1 bundle in folder. |
January 1980-December 1980 |
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18
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Briefing notes for MT from Alfred Sherman circa 1980 (4), circa October 1980. Consists of draft speech notes by Sherman for MT's Party conference speech, circa October 1980.
1 bundle in folder. |
circa 1980 |
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19
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Briefing notes for MT from Alfred Sherman (5), April-August 1982. Includes: MT's handwritten annotations. Includes: eight separate notes by Sherman for MT on aspects of the Falklands war.
1 bundle in folder. |
April 1982-August 1982 |
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20
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Briefing notes for MT from Alfred Sherman (6), circa December 1980 & April-August 1982. Includes: MT's handwritten annotations. Includes: notes from Sherman on: "TV franchises- dangers ahead", circa December 1980; "The stable door remains unlocked, Foreign Office deficiencies threaten Government", April 1982; "Media problems. What machinery do we need?", May 1982; "Prime Minister's office", 11 June 1982, with attached note for MT from In Gow MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary), 5 July 1982; "Advance warning: conflict with nurses is dangerous for our political health", 21 June 1982; "Israel and Lebanon- my views", 16 July 1982; and "Hong Kong in immediate danger", 4 August 1982.
1 bundle in folder. |
December 1980-August 1982 |
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21-23
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Consist of material dating from after 1982 and currently closed. |
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24
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Briefing notes for MT from Lord (Hugh) Thomas of Swynnerton (1), October 1979- December 1980. Part 1, 1979: includes Thomas's speech drafts for MT's Churchill lecture in Luxembourg, 18 October 1979 . Part 2, 1980: includes notes by Thomas on: advocating the establishment of a Policy Unit on international and defence questions, with Elie Kedourie, February 1980; "Conversation with Henry Kissinger over lunch, June 19 1980", 25 June 1980; "Reflections on Lord Carrington's official visit to Latin America, July-August 1980", October 1980, "The purposes and programmes of the Centre for Policy Studies", December 1980; Thomas's speech drafts for MT's speech at the Royal Academy of Arts, May 1980; paper for MT from Brian Crozier, "Notes on foreign policy", May 1980, with attached articles; and a copy of a paper by Professor David Henderson, "Survival, development, and the reform of the international economic order: the report of the Brandt Commission", circa July 1980.
1 bundle in folder. |
1979–1980 |
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25
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Briefing notes for MT from Lord (Hugh) Thomas of Swynnerton (2), April-August 1981. Includes copy of Thomas's paper, "What shall we do about Cuba? A plan for action", 31 March 1981.
1 bundle in folder. |
April 1981-August 1981 |
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26
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Briefing notes for MT from Lord (Hugh) Thomas of Swynnerton (3), February 1982-December 1983. Part 1, 1982: includes notes by Thomas: forwarding a copy of a paper by himself and Elie Kedourie advocating the establishment of a Policy Unit on international and defence questions from February 1980, 6 April 1982; "British foreign policy towards the Falklands in the light of Argentinian psychology", 23 April 1982; "Some notes on the Argentinian economy", 30 April 1982; "The projection of British policy in Latin America", 13 May 1982; and "The Soviet pipeline" and "The current situation in Spain", both 14 July 1982; . Also includes note forwarded to MT from John Hoskyns (out-going head, No 10 Policy Unit), "Advice on Argentina and the Falklands", 30 April 1982, forwarding a note from Ray Whitney MP relating to Hugh Thomas.
2 folders. |
1982–1983 |
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27
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Briefing notes for MT from Lord (Hugh) Thomas of Swynnerton (4), May-October 1982. Includes: Thomas's papers for MT on "The revolution in Cuba", May 1982; notes on Thomas's conversations with various foreign figures, including King Juan Carlos, 7 June 1982; report of his conversation with Alvaro de Soto, Chef du Cabinet to Perez de Cuellar (Secretary-General, United Nations), the previous evening, 11 June 1982; "Considerations for policy towards Latin America and Argentina", 21 June 1982; "Islands and microstates", 29 June 1982; and "... the need for conceptual thought in foreign policy", 30 July 1982, with attached copy of report to the US National Security Council, "United States objectives and proposals for national security", April 1950. Also includes: copies of thank you letters to HT and Lady (Vanessa) Thomas following their dinner on 26 October 1982 attended by MT, including letters from Isaiah Berlin, Philip Larkin, Dan Jacobson, Sir John Plumb, Sir Victor Pritchett, Tony Quinton, Stephen Spender and Tom Stoppard.
1 bundle in folder. |
May 1982-October 1982 |
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28-32
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Consist of material dating from after 1982 and currently closed. |
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33
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Briefing notes and suggested speech texts for MT from Woodrow Wyatt (1) March 1980-July 1981. Part 1, 1980. Part 2, 1981.
2 folders. |
1980–1981 |
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34-36
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Consist of material dating from after 1981 and currently closed.
3 parts. |
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