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1981–87, Employment Secretary 1987–90): Transport, 29; DHSS, 151, 277; Family Policy Group, 279; BL debate, 440; health targets, 571; election campaign (’987), 583–4. 584; NHS discussions, 607; leadership election campaign (1990), 840

France: economy, 7; EC role, 61, 540–1; lamb imports, 80, 84, 85; nuclear energy, 140, 341; Polish crisis, 254; nuclear deterrent, 323; Lebanon involvement, 328, 333–4; Libya policy, 442–3, 446; educational system, 591; federalist project, 727–8, 760–3, 814–15; elections (1988), 731, 734; Revolution Bicentennial (1989), 752–4; German reunification, 796–7; attitude to US European presence, 815; Gulf crisis, 819; see also Mitterrand

Francis of Assisi, St, 19

Franks Committee, 177

Fraser, Malcolm, 71, 76, 191, 519

Frederick the Great, 191

free enterprise, 6–7

free trade, 739, 764

Freight Rover (FR), 438, 441

French Revolution, MT’s remarks (1989), 753

Friedman, Professor Milton, 618, 710n, 804

Frost, David, 584, 586

Fulton Committee Report, 47

Gaddafi, Colonel Muammar (Libyan ruler 1969-): NUM contact, 351, 368–9; IRA supporter, 384, 401; US bombing of Libya, 442–4, 446, 449

Gaisman, Tessa, 285

Gaitskell, Hugh, 6n

Galtieri, General Leopoldo (Argentine President 1981–82): comes to power, 176; Reagan contacts, 179–80, 201–2; Haig diplomacy, 193, 197–8; proposals, 224

Gandhi, Indira (Indian Prime Minister 1966–77, 1980–84), 161–2, 169, 368, 504

Gandhi, Rajiv (Indian Prime Minister 1984–89), 426, 504, 517, 521, 523

Gandhi, Sonia, 504

Garda, 397–8

Gardiner, Sir George, 855

Garel-Jones, Tristan, 830, 850, 854

gas: prices, 52; privatization, 681–2

GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), 496, 732, 738–40, 745, 764–5

GCHQ, Cheltenham, 139n

Gdansk: Lenin Shipyard, 778, 779, 780–1; MT’s visit (1988), 780–2

GEC, 431

Gemayel, Amin (President of the Lebanon 1982–88), 327

General and Municipal Workers’ Union (GMWU), 111

General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 704

General Belgrano, 214–16, 217, 296, 302

General Council of British Shipping, 356

General Motors (GM), 438, 439, 440–1

Genscher, Hans-Dietrich (German Foreign Minister and Deputy Chancellor 1974–92), 335, 736, 740, 774, 785, 793

George II, King, 24

Germany: economy, 5, 7, 94; EC role, 61, 313, 552; NATO nuclear policies, 240, 241, 258–9, 268, 323, 335, 771–2, 774–5, 784–7; Polish crisis, 254; Berlin Wall, 263, 759, 789, 793; MT’s visit (1983), 318, 319; South African sanctions issue, 522; farmers, 544, 731, 732–3, 734, 736, 766; reunification, 552, 759, 769, 783, 792–6, 813; monetary union (EMU) policy, 554, 555, 720; European objectives, 556, 760–1; Bundesbank, 690, 696, 720, 740, 763, 814; hyperinflation experience, 707; interest rates, 707, 714, 814; Social Charter, 751; US relationship, 768, 783–4, 789; MT’s attitude to ‘German Question’, 769, 790–1, 813–15; Gorbachev’s influence, 783; fall of Honecker, 789; border with Poland, 797, 799; see also Kohl, Schmidt

Gersons, 224

Gibraltar: shooting of IRA terrorists (1988), 407, 409; discussions with Spain, 746

Gilmour, Sir Ian (Lord Privy Seal 1979–81): Foreign Office, 28–9; EC budget, 86; trade union reform, 105; economic critique, 130; dismissed, 151

Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry (French President 1974–81): Downing Street visit, 24; EC, 61–4, 552; G7, 69–70, 84; Trident, 246

Glamorgan, HMS, 233–4

glasnost, 475

Glemp, Cardinal, 778

Gleneagles Agreement, 166

Glenholmes, Evelyn, 405

global warming, 640

Glover, Eleanor, Lady, 845

González, Felipe (Spanish Prime Minister 1982-), 546, 746, 752, 767, 793

Goodlad, Alastair, 835

Goold, Sir James, 621, 647

Gorbachev, Mikhail (Soviet President 1985–91): Trudeau’s impression, 321; NUM connection, 369; public image, 437. 453; MT’S attitude, 452–3, 770, 774, 800–1, 813; embassy deal, 458; Chequers visit (1984), 459- 63, 468, 474; Soviet leadership, 469, 475; Geneva summit with Reagan, 470; Reykjavik, 470–2; MT’s Moscow visit (1987), 474, 478–85; Perestroika, 475, 773, 803–4; de Klerk comparison, 532; ‘Gorby-mania