Source: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/releases/december-files.htm?foi=rss
Timestamp: 2013-06-19 01:47:39
Document Index: 275146145

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art 3', 'art 5', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 2']

Road haulage dispute: secondary picketing; part 2 Catalogue ref: PREM 16/2128
Political situation; UK government and banking exposure; evacuation of British citizens; Shah's inquiry about residence in UK; part 3 Catalogue ref: PREM 16/2131 Date: 01 Jan 1979 -19 Feb 1979
Political situation: political, economic and defence implications for UK; admission of Shah to UK; part 4 Catalogue ref: PREM 16/2132 Date: 20 Feb 1979 - 30 Apr 1979
Position of the Shah of Iran and Pahlavi family: question of entry into the UK Catalogue ref: FCO 8/3392
UK/Malta relations: participation by British shipbuilders in shipbuilding venture in Malta; textile negotiations; progress of British military withdrawal; form of departure ceremonies; part 3 Catalogue ref: PREM 16/2163
Financial difficulties in newspaper industry: Atlantic Richfield acquisition of 'The Observer'; industrial dispute at 'The Times'; part 5 Catalogue ref: PREM 16/2213
Steel baths; UK industry (including Edward Curran Engineering Limited, firm in PM's constituency) undercut by imports from Italy Catalogue ref: PREM 16/2273
Freeze on Civil Service manpower; action to reduce Civil Service numbers and staff costs; part 1 Catalogue ref: PREM 19/5 Date: 08 May 1979 - 28 Aug 1979
This file looks at one of the very first initiatives set out by the new Government, looking at ways to reduce the Civil Service by an initial freeze on recruitment. The file contains correspondence between Ministers and the Prime Minister discussing the arrangements for individual departments, as well the Civil Service in general. Go to Discovery to view the images Proposal for Prime Minister to send a Christmas message to civil service Catalogue ref: PREM 19/7
Tokyo economic summit, June 1979; part 1 Catalogue ref: PREM 19/27 Date: 08 May 1979 - 29 Jun 1979
Situation in Northern Ireland; part 1 Catalogue ref: PREM 19/80 Date: 02 May 1979 - 24 Aug 1979
The Thatcher Government took a tough line when faced with the US decision to hold back on approval of the supply of weapons for the Royal Ulster Constabulary. The file includes some forthright comments by Mrs Thatcher. Go to Discovery to view the images Ministers
Request by Prime Minister for Cabinet Ministers to give an assessment of the position inherited in their departments Catalogue ref: PREM 19/93 Date: 09 May 1979 - 11 May 1979
Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong; resettlement in UK; part 1 Catalogue ref: PREM 19/129
Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong; resettlement in UK; part 2 Catalogue ref: PREM 19/130
Mrs Thatcher expressed some strong opinions about the refugee issue. The UK accepted a quota of 10,000 refugees. Go to Discovery to view the images Histories
Release of intelligence records to Public Record Office; avowal of intelligence organisations; publication of official history on wartime intelligence Catalogue ref: PREM 16/2081