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McNee, Sir David (Commissioner Metropolitan Police 1977–82), 145

MacShane case, 100, 102–3, 105, 106

Maekawa, Haruo, 498

Maginnis, Ken, 406, 411

Magnox power stations, 685

Maguire, Frank, 3

Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Dr, 502, 530–1

Major, John (Chief Secretary 1987–89, Foreign Secretary 1989, Chancellor 1989–90, Prime Minister 1990-): Whips’ Office, 422; DHSS junior minister, 422–3; Foreign Secretary, 530, 757; Kuala Lumpur (1989), 530–1; Health review, 609; health funding proposals (‘top- slicing’), 612; budget (1990), 622, 675–6; community charge, 655–6, 659–60, 664, 666; monetary policy, 690; EMU question, 716, 720–1, 724–6; Chancellor of Exchequer, 717–19, 758; ERM approach, 719–20; ERM entry, 722–3; suitability as successor to MT, 755, 757, 831–2; leadership election campaign (1990). 840, 844, 847, 850–4, 856, 858, 860–1; MT’s resignation, 856

Malawi, MT’s visit (1989), 527–8

Malaysia, MT’s visit (1985), 502

Manchester, HMS, 506–7

Mandela, Nelson (Vice-President ANC 1989–91 President 1991-), 514, 520, 531–4

Manifesto Committee, 571–2

Manley, Michael (Jamaican Prime Minister 1972–80, 1989–92), 76

Manpower Services Commission (MSC), 31, 421

Maritime Exclusion Zone (MEZ), 190, 209

Marjai, Jozsef, 454

Marks and Spencer, 31

Marsh, Lord, 113

Marshall, Sir Walter (Chairman, CEGB 1982–89), 358–9, 683–4, 685

Martens, Wilfried (Belgian Prime Minister 1979–81, 1981–85, 1985–92), 241, 413–14, 729, 746

Marxism, 265, 339, 370–1, 801

Mates, Michael, 653

Maude, Angus (Paymaster General 1979–81): Cabinet post, 29; trade union reform, 104; leaves Cabinet, 131; election campaign (1983), 286

Maude, Francis, 851–2, 860

Maxwell, Robert, 362, 372

Mayhew, Sir Patrick (Solicitor General 1983–87, Attorney General 1987–92), 431, 434, 822

Maze Prison, 388, 389–92

Mazowiecki, Tadeusz (Polish Prime Minister 1989–90), 799

MBB, 428

Meciar, Vladimir, 808

Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS): origins and aims, 96–7; Lawson’s role, 96, 309, 566, 688; money supply target exceeded, 125; Biffen’s views, 130; PSBR, 132, 673; £M3 problems, 694

Mercury, 680

Metal Box, 112

Metropolitan County Councils, 284, 305

Meyer, Sir Anthony, 830

Middle East, see under individual countries, also Arab-Israeli dispute, Gulf

Millar, Ronnie, 122, 292, 382, 379, 586

Mill Hill bomb (1988), 410

Mindszenty, Cardinal, 454, 813

miners’ strike (1984–5), 344–78, see also coal industry, National Coal Board, National Union of Mineworkers

Miners’ Wives Back to Work Campaign, 364

Minford, Professor Patrick, 138

Minimum Lending Rate (MLR), see interest rates under MONETARY POLICY

Mitterrand, François (French President 1981-): EC, 61, 337–8, 537–44, 546, 552, 736–7, 751, 760–1, 763, 766–7; G7, 164, 256–7, 300, 738, 754; Falklands, 182, 223, 227, 232, 548; Lebanon, 334; attitude to Libya, 442; hospitality, 476; Soviet policy, 476–7; Moscow visit, 540, 542; Fontainebleau European Council, 541–4, 733; socialist policies, 547; MT’s relationship, 557, 730, 733, 753; French elections (1988), 731, 734; London visit (1988), 734; MT’s visit (1988), 737; IGC deadlines, 751–2; EBRD, 759; Franco-German axis, 790; German reunification concerns, 793, 796–8; achievements, 813; Gulf crisis, 819; CSCE summit (1990), 843, 845

Moi, Daniel Arap (President of Kenya 1978-), 524–5

Moiseev, Marshal Mikhail, 805

Molesworth, 243

Molotov, Vyacheslav, 483

Molyneaux, James (Leader Ulster Unionist Party 1979-), 404, 406, 857

Monde, Le, 753

monetarism, see MONETARY POLICY monetary compensation amounts (MCAs), 336

MONETARY POLICY

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) 690–1; Lawson’s views, 554, 69, 7091, 708, 716; Delors Report, 707–8, 720–1, 723, 746, 750; Major’s views, 719; discussions (1990), 719–21; no compromise, 724–6; EC discussions (1988), 740–2; EC discussions (1989), 759–60; EC discussions (1990), 763, 765–6

European Currency Unit (ecu), 63; ‘hard’, 720, 741, 750, 762, 765, 833

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