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’, 747; Delors meeting, 767; INF treaty (1987), 771, 774; MT’s discussions (1987), 772–4; Reagan Washington summit (1987), 774; Afghanistan withdrawal, 774; influence on Germany, 783; UK visit (1989), 786; Soviet changes, 790; MT’s visit (1989), 792, 802; German reunification, 798–9, 805; Yeltsin opposition, 803–4; MT’s Soviet visit (1990), 805–6; CSCE summit (1990), 843, 845; MT’s resignation, 858

Gorbachev, Raisa, 459, 461, 470, 478, 480, 483–4, 773, 786

Gordievsky, Oleg, 470, 476, 774

Gormley, Joe (President NUM 1971–82), 140

Gould, Bryan, 581

Gow, Ian (PPS to Prime Minister 1979–83): PPS, 29–30; memo on backbench morale, 132;. Cabinet reshuffle, 151; frames quotations from Powell, 184n; Falklands, 185; election campaign (1983), 285, 288; Anglo-Irish proposals, 394; resignation, 403; murder, 414–15, 822; leadership election campaign (1989), 830

Gow, Jane, 414–15

Gowrie, Grey, Lord (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1984–85), 420

Granada 500, 293

grant-maintained schools, 570–1, 578, 592–3, 597

grant-related expenditure assessments (GREAs), 643

Greater London Council (GLC), 284, 305

Greece: EC membership, 545–6; support for German EC proposals, 763

Greenham Common, 243

Grenada: Bishop government, 166; military coup, 328–9; US invasion, 328–32, 334–5, 818

Griffiths, Professor Brian (Head of Prime Minister’s Policy Unit 1985–90): Strategy Group, 565; education proposals, 570, 592, 597–9; Manifesto Committee, 572; education in Scotland, 620–1; ERM question, 700

Griffiths Report, 47

Gromyko, Andrei (Soviet Foreign Minister 1957–85), 242, 458, 451, 468, 469

G7 (Group of Seven) summits:

Tokyo (1979), 65–71

Ottawa (1981), 164–6, 739

Versailles (1982), 192, 231–2, 256–8

Williamsburg (1983), 290, 299–301, 586

Tokyo (1986), 498–9

Venice (1987), 586

Toronto (1988), 737, 738–40

Paris (1989), 752, 754, 759

Houston (1990), 762, 763–4

Guardian, 43, 52, 561

Guise, George, 640

Gulbenkian Collection, 633

Gulf: British withdrawal from (1970), 8, 162; Armilla Patrol, 91, 164, 816; MT’s visit (1981), 162–4, 817

Gulf Co-operation Council, 163

Gulf War: Belgian policy, 414; scud missile attacks on Israel, 507; Anglo-American relations, 769; build-up to, 822–8

Gummer, John (Party Chairman 1983–85, Agriculture Minister 1989–92): election campaign (1983), 292; Party Chairman, 310, 311, 421; Brighton bomb (1984), 380, 381; local government finance review, 646; Agriculture Minister, 757, 758; leadership election campaign (1990), 849, 851; MT’s resignation, 856

Gummer, Penny, 379, 380

Habibie, Professor BJ., 503

Hadfields, 107, 112

Hague, Professor Douglas, 126

Haig, Alexander (Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1974–79, US Secretary of State 1981–82): MT’s Washington visit (1981), 158; Falklands crisis, 176, 178; shuttle diplomacy, 181; Falklands negotiations, 188, 190, 191–200, 202–8, 210–11, 216, 217, 222–3, 224, 229–30; Falklands proposals, 194–8; Peruvian peace plan, 216, 217; British Falklands landings, 229, 230; UN vote, 232; NATO, 240; Polish crisis, 253, 255

Hailsham, Quintin Hogg, Lord (Lord Chancellor 1979–87), 28, 37

Hamilton, Archie (PPS to the Prime Minister 1987–88), 411, 822

Hammond, Eric, 363

Hanna, Vincent, 588

Hanrahan, Brian, 214

Harlech, Lord, 72–3

Harper, Ross, 621

Harris, Robin, 565, 570, 572

Harrison, Margaret, 630

Harrods bomb (1983), 397

Hart, David, 365

Hassan, King of Morocco (1961-), 526

Hastings, Sir Stephen, 212

Haughey, Charles (Irish Prime Minister 1979–81, 1982–83, 1987–92): relationship with MT, 388, 410; compared with FitzGerald, 388, 393; hunger strikers, 390; Anglo-Irish Agreement, 405, 409- 10; extradition issue, 407; US speech (1988), 408–9; EC, 760, 762

Havel, Václav (President of Czechoslovakia 1989–92), 789–90, 808–9, 813, 826

Havers, Michael (Attorney General 1979–87, Lord Chancellor 1987): picketing issue, 107, 346, 348; Falklands, 189, 214, 228–9; miners’ strike (1984–5), 346–8, 374; NUM funds, 374

Hawke, Bob (Australian Prime Minister

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