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Subject: Foreign policy (USA). Document type: Declassified documents. Importance level: 1-Key.

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PDF 73 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (State Department) Conservative Party: State Department record of MT conversation (lunch at the Connaught) [declassified 1998]
PDF 75 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (fall of Saigon) ["a dark day ... somehow the shadows seem to have lengthened"] [released 2003]
PDF 75 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Ford Library) Cold War: White House memcon (President Ford, Brent Scowcroft, MT) [declassified 2004]
Text 76 Oct 4 Mo Declassified documents Key Conservative Party The Right Approach (Conservative policy statement)
PDF 77 Mar 23 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 156th Meeting
PDF 78 Aug 30 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Conservative Party Manifesto for 1978 General Election - 2nd draft) [1,436K]
PDF 79 Mar 31 Sa Declassified documents Key Henderson (Sir Nicholas) Economy: The Henderson Despatch (British decline, causes & consequences) [leaked 1979; declassified 2006]
PDF 79 May 4 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary’s incoming brief for new PM (Energy, EC, East/West, etc) [master copy of whole briefing set][declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 4 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary incoming brief for MT ('Rhodesia') [MT: "I agree we need care but a little courage is necessary too"] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 9 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Carter Library) Cold War: Vance-Brown memo to Carter (urging TNF modernization) [declassified 1997]
PDF 79 Aug 5 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Commonwealth: MT notebook (conversation at Lusaka CHOGM retreat) [case for British initiative on Rhodesia] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Aug 28 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: President Carter letter to MT (Mountbatten) [“tragic death”] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Sep 3 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: MT letter to President Carter (Mountbatten) [“brutal and senseless murder”] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: President Carter phone call to MT & Giscard (Iran) [asks UK to reduce its diplomatic presence in Iran] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Dec 17 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) US: No.10 record of conversation (MT plenary meeting with President Carter) [Iran, Rhodesia, Middle East, energy, Northern Ireland, defence] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 Dec 17 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) US: No.10 record of conversation (MT restricted meeting with President Carter) [Diego Garcia; China; Cambodia] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 Dec 17 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (MT, Carter, Vance, Brzezinski, Lord Carrington) [“The successor to Polaris”] [declassified 2012]
Text 79 Dec 23 Su Declassified documents Key Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary US: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington)
PDF 79 Dec 28 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [“extremely grave development”] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Dec 28 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Carter Library) US: President Carter phone call to MT (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996]
PDF 79 Dec 28 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Carter Library) Cold War: Carter phone call to Giscard (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996]
PDF 79 Dec 28 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Carter Library) Cold War: Carter phone call to Schmidt (Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) [declassified 1996]
PDF 79 Dec 29 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: MT letter to President Brezhnev (Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) [“profoundly disturbed”] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Dec 29 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Carter Library) Cold War: Brezhnev letter to Carter (defending Afghanistan invasion) [declassified 1995]
PDF 80 Jan 21 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Signor Cossiga) [detente, US-European relations, world affairs] [declassified 2014]
PDF 80 Jan 29 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Carter Library) Cold War: Carter note (British & European reaction to Afghanistan invasion “very weak”) [unclassified]
PDF 80 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Cossiga) [European Council: Iran] [declassified 2014]
PDF 80 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Nott letter to Carrington (“Trade with the Soviet Union”) [protecting UK’s competitive position] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Carter Library) Cold War: SCC meeting on “Polish Contingencies” [declassified 2000]
PDF 81 Jan 4 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute for MT ("Note for the Record") ["Rupert Murdoch Lunch"] [released 2012]
Text 81 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Thatcher letter to Reagan (inaugural congratulations) [unclassified]
PDF 81 Jan 21 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: No.10 telcon (Reagan phone call to MT on inauguration day) [MT promises to brief him on her mistakes] [declassified 2010]
PDF 81 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nott, Carrington) [future defence policy/cutbacks] [declassified 2013]
Text 81 Feb 25 We Declassified documents Key Henderson (Sir Nicholas) diary Cold War: Sir Nicholas Henderson diary (MT visit to Washington)
PDF 81 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 briefing for MT (Reagan-Thatcher discussions) [topics to raise] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: White House record of conversation (MT-Reagan plenary) [East/West, Central America especially Belize; jellybeans] [declassified 2012]
PDF 81 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 note of conversation (Reagan-Thatcher meeting) [plenary session] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 May 18 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Carrington-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Joseph-Nott-Armstrong) ["Defence Programme"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jul 31 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Richard Allen memo for President Reagan (“Britain Drifts”) [declassified 2000]
PDF 81 Nov 9 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: President Reagan meeting with US Ambassador to London (possible Thatcher defeat) [declassified 1998]
PDF 81 Dec 22 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1930Z) ("Poland") (NSC 0034) [Reagan calls European leaders “chicken littles … let our Allies know ... we have long memories”] [declassified Oct 2004]
PDF 82 Feb 5 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 365 to FCO (0310Z) ("President Reagan's Visit") [Deaver suggests that "we had better drop the idea of a visit to the UK at this time"; Henderson doubts that "crying off at this stage would be understood in London"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 2 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 671 to FCO (0030Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Luce meeting with Enders] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1055 to FCO (0310Z) (“Reagan statement on nuclear arms policy and East-West relations”) [“My goal is to reduce nuclear weapons dramatically”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT message to President Reagan (2025Z) (intelligence reports Argentine navy preparing to invade) [MT asks Reagan to intervene with Galtieri] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: NSC briefing for President Reagan ("Suggested Talking Points for Telephone Call to President Galtieri") ["Maggie is a very determined woman .... The use of force by anyone will be met by force on her part"] [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO note for the record (c0100Z) ("Points arising from Ministers' discussion at No.10") ["as reported by Mr Ure" - decisions made] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) Argentine Junta: Argentine Presidency record of Reagan-Galtieri phone conversation (0034-0114Z) (Spanish original & transcript, with English translation) [Reagan fails to persuade Galtieri not to invade the Falklands] [declassified 2013; this copy 2015]
Text 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Rentschler MSS) Falklands: Jim Rentschler diary (imminent Argentine invasion) [Reagan calls Galtieri; writes result to MT]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: President Reagan letter to MT (0245Z) (Reagan phone call to Galtieri) [just spoken with Galtieri: "he left me with the clear impression that he has embarked on a course of armed conflict"] [declassified 2012]

Documents lie at the core of this website, each one dated and sorted chronologically (by default) in search results. Most are images in PDF format of original paper documents scanned or filmed for the site. There also transcripts of speeches and interviews, press articles, photos, videos, and more. The document database contains tens of thousands of items and permits complex searching.

Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

Guides are articles about key events and topics. Many were written to accompany annual releases of Mrs Thatcher’s private and party papers at the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge.

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