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Text 75 May 13 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 79 Apr 16 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Rally in Cardiff
PDF 79 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Malta: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Dr. Adami, leader of the Maltese Nationalist Party) [membership of the EEC, Libya, situation in Malta] [declassified 2011]
Text 79 Nov 20 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with French President (Giscard d’Estaing)
Text 79 Nov 30 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Press Conference after Dublin European Council
Text 79 Dec 18 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for British Press in Washington
Text 80 Feb 7 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 80 Mar 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Tunisia: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Habib Bourguiba) [Libya-supported attack on Tunisia at Gafsa] [declassified 2010]
Text 80 Mar 28 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech at Koenigswinter Conference Annual Dinner
PDF 80 Apr 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 16th (Rhodesia, British Leyland, Public Sector Pay, etc) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Apr 26 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT letter to Colonel Gaddafi (MT requests withdrawal of suspect Libyan diplomats) [released 2011]
Text 80 May 6 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 80 May 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 19th (Community Budget, Legislative Programme 1980-81, etc) [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 May 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Jordan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Lord Carrington, Jordanian Ambassador) [Arab/Israel dispute; Saudi Arabia; Gulf; Iraq; Algeria; Libya; Syria] [declassified Dec 2011]
PDF 80 Jun 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Italian PM Cossiga-Foreign Secretary) [Arab-Israeli conflict] [declassified 2010]
PDF 80 Jun 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 24th (12-13 June 1980 European Council Venice, Preliminary Discussion of Top Salaries Review Body Report, etc) [declassified 2010]
Text 80 Jun 25 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for American correspondents in London
PDF 80 Jul 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sudan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nimeiri) ["Call by President Nimeiri": UK aid; relations with neighbouring countries; domestic policy; Ethiopia/Eritrea/Somalia; Uganda/Tanzania; Chad/Libya; Organisation of African Unity summit/Middle East; Zimbabwe] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 80 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Jordan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Sir John Graham, Ibrahim Izziddin) [Arab/Israel dispute; Lebanon; Libya; Syria; Saudi Arabia; North Yemen; Gulf; Iran] [declassified Dec 2011]
PDF 80 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sierra Leone: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Carrington, Luce, President Stevens & Ministers, High Commissioner Sumner) [educational links; training; development aid programme; internal situation; Namibia; Uganda; S. Africa/Zimbabwe; Chad; Cuba; Gambia/Libya; British Caledonian] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 81 Jan 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 2nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Poland, Namibia, Libya/Chad, Spain, EC, 1981-2 Cash Limits, Inflation-Proofed Pensions, Pay and Performance, Remuneration of Junior Ministers in the House of Lords) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jan 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(81) 3rd (Parliamentary Affairs, Iran, Libya/Chad, EC, 1981-2 Cash Limits, Future of the Inner London Education Authority) [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO note of conversation (Haig-Carrington meeting) [Libya, Middle East, China, Arms Control, relations with White House ("would resign" if his authority challenged)] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 May 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: UKE Rome to FCO ("Libya") [account of quadripartite Ministerial dinner in Rome, 3 May: concerns about Gaddhafi] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 May 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("El Salvador, Safety of Americans in Libya") [declassified 2016]
PDF 81 Jun 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Latin America/Middle East: National Security Council minutes (1930Z) ("Arms Transfer Policy & F16s for Venezuela; US Policy Toward Libya") (NSC 0011) [declassified Oct 2012]
PDF 81 Jun 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Malta: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Dr. Adami, leader of the Maltese Nationalist Party) [forthcoming election in Malta, membership of the EEC, Libya, relations with the Soviet Union] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Jul 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East/Indian Ocean: National Security Council minutes (1600Z) ("Gulf of Sidra Exercise; US Naval Presence in the Indian Ocean; Security Assistance for Egypt") (NSC 0018) [declassified Dec 2015]
PDF 81 Aug 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Egypt: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Sadat of Egypt) [plenary session: Arab-Israeli conflict, bilateral issues, Libya, Ethiopia/Somalia, Iraq, Iran] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Aug 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Libya, Medfly, Puerto Rico") [declassified 2016]
PDF 81 Aug 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("El Salvador, Libya, Puerto Rico") [declassified 2016]
PDF 81 Oct 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Jordan: FCO record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Sir John Graham, Lord Carrington) [Lebanon; Oman; Libya; Chad; Morrocco and the West Sahara; Dead Sea Canal; sale of Tornados/P-110s; Khalid tank; military training courses; fundraising for Hospital of St John and Jerusalem] [declassified Dec 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: FCO to UKE Amman ("Talks with King Hussein on 28 October") [account of Carrington's talks with King Hussein: Sinai MFO, Arab-Israeli conflict] [declassified 2011]
PDF 81 Oct 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Jordan: MT letter to President Reagan (King Hussein and the Middle East peace process) [US arms sale to Saudi Arabia; Hussein meetings with MT & Reagan: Libya; Chad; Egypt; Palestine] [declassified Dec 2011]
PDF 81 Dec 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East & Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1415Z) ("Libya and Global Negotiations") (NSC 0029) [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 81 Dec 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("NATO Position on Poland, Departure of U.S. Citizens from Libya, Economic Relations with Brazil, Congressional Notification: Aircraft Spare Parts for Taiwan") [declassified 2016]
PDF 82 Jan 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: National Security Council minutes (2105Z) ("Libya") (NSC 0038) [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Argentine Archivo General de la Nación) Argentine Junta: ?MFA minute (contacts with Iran and Libya) (Spanish original) [Catholic University of Tucumán] [declassified 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 141 to UKE Cape Town and others in Africa and Middle East (1630Z) ("Falklands: Follow up to Security Council Resolution") [approach governments to pressurize Argentina to comply with UNSCR502] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BDS Washington telegram to MODUK (2320Z) (Argentine attempts to procure Exocet missiles from Libya) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Tripoli telegram 136 to FCO (1050Z) ("Libya and Argentina") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Italy: Secretary Haig memo for President Reagan ("Your Meeting with PM Spadolini of Italy") [NATO, Libya, Falklands, Central America; meeting also with President Pertini] [declassified 2002]
PDF 82 May 29 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Tripoli telegram 150 to FCO (0000Z) ("Libya/Argentina") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Jun 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Tripoli telegram 158 to FCO (1005Z) ("Libya/Argentina") [report of Libya supplying arms to Argentina] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Jun 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO letter to No.10 (“Lt Commander Astiz”) [French seeking quid pro quo] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Jul 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia letter to FCO ("Brazil and the Falklands crisis") [notes on Brazilian performance] [declassified Dec 2012]
Text 82 Sep 15 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for Chinese correspondents (coming visit to China)
PDF 83 Jan 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sudan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nimeiri, Sir John Leahy, Sudanese Ambassador) [Sudanese economy; relations with neighbouring countries; Ethiopia; UK aid; Libya; Arab League Delegation prospective visit to UK/support for PLO; compensation for British firms] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Mar 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Middle East: Jackling minute for Coles (“JIC Business”) [Brunei, Belize-Guatemala, Sudan-Libya, Argentina-Falkland Islands, Soviet arms control attitude] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Apr 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (1500Z) ("Briefing on Soviet Technology Acquisition Effort") (NSC 0078) [declassified Nov 2005]
PDF 83 Nov 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe minute to Heseltine ("Defence sales to Libya: Saladin spares") ["I found it necessary to delay political approval for this export license in September, following an intemperate Libyan threat to give active support to the IRA. We now need to decide whether to go ahead"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Nov 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: No.10 minute to MT ("Lebanon") [Iran/Libya] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East/Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (1600Z) ("Libya & Oil and Gas Export Control Issues") (NSC 0097) [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 84 Jan 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Paul Channon minute for Howe (“Credit for Libya”) [asks FCO view for fear of offending US] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 20 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech (and sketch) for BBC1 Yes, Prime Minister
PDF 84 Jan 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Richard Luce minute for Paul Channon (credit for Libya) [agrees to offer if rivals do; MT endorses 'reluctantly'] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Peter Rees minute for Paul Channon (“Credit for Libya”) [MT wonders if Germans could be persuaded not to offer credit] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Feb 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (& others) (Lebanon: redeployment of US marines offshore) [declassified 2000]
Text 84 Feb 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (Lebanon: redeployment of US marines offshore) [declassified 2000]
Text 84 Apr 19 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN (visiting Portugal)
Text 84 Apr 23 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Letter to Italian Prime Minister (Bettino Craxi) (Libya)
PDF 84 Apr 28 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Middle East: MT telegram to Italian PM Craxi (Libyan Embassy siege) [warm thanks for Italian support evacuating British diplomats from Tripoli] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Apr 28 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO to UKE Rome (MT message to the Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [Italian support for British interests in Libya] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Apr 29 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
Text 84 Apr 30 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
Text 84 May 1 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 84 May 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Kohl) [Cyprus, Iran/Iraq, Libya, Law of the Sea Convention, Argentina, East/West relations and arms control] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 May 2 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Kohl)
PDF 84 May 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing for MT (Prime Minister's Visit to Paris, 4 May: non-EC topics) ['no-passport' excursions; Normandy landings; European security & the WEU; Libya; Channel Fixed Link] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand, Howe, Dumas) [EC Budget/UK contribution; EC enlargement; D-Day celebrations; Libya] [declassified Jan 2014]
Text 84 May 9 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jun 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to Howe ("Libya - current Defence sales business") [results of review undertaken "with the aim of terminating any contracts... of potential benefit to terrorist activity"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 9 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [European Community, Libya, terrorism, NATO] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 minute to MT ("Libya: Defence Sales") ["contracts of potential benefit to terrorists... Martello Surveillance Radars... The Lord Chancellor... thinks that we should try to get other countries to undertake not to supply the radars. Only if they refuse should the contract for Martellos be allowed to stand"] [declassified Jan 2014]
Text 84 Jul 4 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
Text 84 Jul 5 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jul 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 minute to MT ("Libya - current Defence sales business") [Marconi contract for supply of Martello Surveillance Radars: "should be allowed to go ahead only if... France and Italy would not supply... if we cancelled the contract"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Richard Luce letter to Heseltine ("Libya: current Defence sales business") ["Marconi's contract for the sale to Libya of Martello Surveillance Radar... undertakings from France and Italy that they would not supply if we were to cancel the contract... inconclusive... [I] consider that we should place no further impediment in the way of this sale"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War/Central America: National Security Planning Group minutes (1800Z) ("Review of the [words redacted] and Central America Special Activities") (NSPG 0095) [declassified May 2015]
PDF 84 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Jordan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Hussein, Heseltine, Luce & others) [Arab/Israel; arms sales; Saudi Arabia; Syria; Egypt; Libya/Morocco; Iran/Iraq] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 18 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [Libya, terrorism, Brighton bomb attack] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Oct 18 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech at dinner for Italian Prime Minister (Bettino Craxi)
PDF 84 Oct 19 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [Libya, European Community, unemployment, financial issues, bilateral issues, Malta, Cyprus] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 19 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [Libya, Falklands at the UN, European Community, CERN, financial issues, East-West relations, Middle East] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Oct 19 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with Italian Prime Minister (Bettino Craxi)
PDF 84 Oct 20 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Middle East: MT telegram to King Hassan of Morocco (“Anglo/Libyan Relations”) [hostages] [released 2014]
Info only 84 Oct 27 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] NUM link to Libya revealed in Sunday Times
PDF 84 Oct 29 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “TUC tells miners not to accept aid from Libyans” [TUC criticises Scargill’s contacts with Libya]
Text 84 Oct 30 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 84 Oct 31 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ORF (Austrian TV) ("vintage Thatcher")
Text 84 Oct 31 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Interview for Die Welt
Text 84 Nov 20 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 84 Nov 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) [UK/French Summit: China; defence cooperation: Libya/Chad, weakness of African armies, US/Soviet involvement in Africa; East/West arms control; Channel Fixed Link/press conference] [declassified Jan 2014]
Text 84 Dec 7 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for American correspondents in London
PDF 84 Dec 24 Mo Press Major Commentary (The Times) Coal: “Gadaffi “had £20m ready to boost pit strike fund”” [report Gadaffi was willing to offer funds; NUM rejects claims]
PDF 85 Jan 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: HMA Ambassdor to Italy despatch (“Italy: Annual Review for 1984”) [Craxi's first full year as PM - good economic record, but political costs for PSI and DC; death of PCI leader Berlinguer] [declassified Oct 2016]
Text 85 Jan 14 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for Regional and London Editors
PDF 85 Jan 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Egypt: UKE Cairo telegram 36 to FCO (1115Z) ("Meeting with President Mubarak") [Ambassador Weir, Mubarak: record of conversation: Arab/Israel; inter-Arab relations; Egypt/Israel; Libya; bilateral] [released Jul 2018]
Text 85 Feb 5 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 85 Feb 7 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 85 Feb 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 6th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, coal strike, pre-budget discussion of economic strategy) [most confidential record of latter] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: Leon Brittan to MT (lunch with Archbishop & Terry Waite) [very helpful to have Waite’s insights into Libyan activities] [released 2015]
Text 85 Sep 12 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for Jordanian TV (JBC)
Text 85 Sep 12 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Interview for Al Ahram
Text 85 Sep 17 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference in Cairo
Info only 85 Dec 27 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Palestinian terrorists killed 27 at Rome and Vienna airports; Libya involved
PDF 86 Jan 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1500Z) ("Review of US Policy in Central America") (NSC 0128) [declassified Dec 2005]
Text 86 Jan 10 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for American correspondents in London
Text 86 Jan 13 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference for American Press (CSIS Group)
Text 86 Jan 16 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 86 Jan 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: MT letter to President Mitterrand (Channel Fixed Link meeting) [grateful he made it a ceremonial occasion to underline the project's symbolic importance, glad to talk about Middle East developments] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1512Z) ("Canada") (NSC 0129) [Canada attempting to restrict imports of US films, the President said he could not blame them] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 86 Feb 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: White House memcon (President Mitterrand-Ambassador Vernon Walters) [possible cooperation over Libya] [declassified 2008]
Text 86 Mar 12 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with Italian Prime Minister (Bettino Craxi)
PDF 86 Mar 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1605Z) ("Libya") (NSPG 0129) [planning response to Libyan threats against US forces in the Gulf of Sidra; possible request to MT for use of UK-based F-111s; NSDD to be drawn up] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 86 Mar 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Egypt: UKE Cairo telegram 198 to FCO (1130Z) ("Call on President Mubarak") [record of conversation: Urwick, Mubarak: message from MT; recent security forces mutiny/economic recovery; Cairo wastewater scheme; relations with Libya] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Mar 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Terrorism: Oliver North memo for Poindexter ("US-UK Bilateral Talks on Terrorism, March 5, 1986") [topics covered by "semi-annual and very frank talks with the UK on terrorism"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Mar 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Glenholmes affair) [US operations in Gulf, review of extradition procedures] [released 2017]
Text 86 Mar 25 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 86 Mar 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya) [US action, MT backs Reagan] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Mar 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (thanks) [her support over US exercises in Gulf of Sidra] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: Poindexter memo for President Reagan ("Response to Libyan Terrorist Attacks") [recommendations of Terrorist Operations Sub-Group after Berlin disco bombing] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: North memo for Fortier ("Next steps re Libya") [decisions needed in afternoon meeting] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: North, Teicher & Stark memo for Poindexter ("Next steps: Libya") [draft memo for the President] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: North, Teicher & Stark memo for Fortier ("Next steps re Libya") [draft letters to European leaders] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 8 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: President Reagan letter to MT ("Response to Libyan terrorism") [seeks support for use of British based FB-111s to respond to Libyan attacks] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 9 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [reply to MT's points] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT letter to US Ambassador to West Germany Richard Burt (Berlin bomb) ["horrified … by the dreadful incident"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 10 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [thanks for seeing Walters] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: North, Stark & others memo for Poindexter ("Letters regarding Libyan terrorism") [presidential letters to Mitterrand, Chirac, Kohl, Craxi, Gonzalez & MT] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Northern Ireland, GLC, Fulham by-election) [Reagan on brink of retaliation] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 11 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [thanks for her decision; targets] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: North, Stark & others memo for Poindexter (Libya) [message to Lubbers; instructions for Walters] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: UPI report (Libya) [reports from Washingon that Weinberger dissenting from Libyan attack; MT asked for permission to use FB-111s]
PDF 86 Apr 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Shops Bill, Northern Ireland, Libya) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Fulham by-election, economy) [US fleet on battle alert] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 12 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: President Reagan letter to President Mitterrand (requests immediate decision on overflight request) [warns against "luke-warm support or no support at all from our closest allies"] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: Poindexter telegram to Vernon Walters ("Special instructions for Presidential Emissary Walters") [request overflight for FB-111s flying from UK (request then cancelled but too late)] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 13 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: Spanish PM Gonzalez letter to President Reagan (Libyan terrorism) ["I consider inappropriate the resorting to this type of war actions" (sic)] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Libya - Media highlights alleged request for use of British air bases”) [speculation MT denied request] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Demonstrations at Embassy London”) [opposition to US action in Libya] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Oakley meeting at FCO, April 14”) [UK government working on “convincing justification” for intervention] [declassified 2013]
Info only 86 Apr 15 Tu Chronology Key [Chronology] US air raids on Libya, mainly flown from British bases
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: USE The Hague to State Department ("EC Foreign Ministers April 14 Statement on Terrorism") ["gravely concerned … the twelve underline the need for restraint on all sides"]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: Poindexter telegram to Robert Armstrong (Libyan raid) [President "sincerely appreciates" MT's stand; ""we will do everything possible to help you"] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: President Reagan letter to Egyptian President Mubarak (Libyan terrorism) [explains US action] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 15th (Libya, Shops Bill) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Early morning radio and TV coverage of US bombing mission over Libya”) [difficult position of UK government] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Libya: USE London to State (“Libya - British public and political reactions to US air strikes on Libya”) [Howe’s justification for US intervention] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Thatcher defends UK support for US strike”) [“Thatcher did not give Washington carte blanche”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: UKE Washington telegram 948 to FCO (0350Z) (“Libya crisis”) [text of Reagan broadcast] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: UKE Washington telegram 949 to FCO (0425Z) (“Libya crisis: Shultz/Weinberger press conference”) [“tolerance or appeasement of aggression has historically brought more aggression”] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: FCO briefing (“Colonel Quadhafi support for terrorism”) [“Quadhafi said that he would train, arm and protect Arab guerillas and other volunteers for ‘suicide and terrorist missions’”] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: Stephen Sherbourne minute to MT (“Your speech tomorrow (Wednesday)”) [concerns over Reagan “provoking Qadhafi” … “people are unconvinced about what precisely and how much the US action will achieve”] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: US Information Service fact sheet (Libya) [US acting in self-defence, Reagan on US successes, questions and answers] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, law and order, economy) [Reagan attacks terrorist targets] [released 2017]
Text 86 Apr 15 Tu Press Key Shultz (George) Cold War: US bombing of Libya (Shultz memoirs)
Text 86 Apr 15 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 86 Apr 15 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher HC Stmnt: [US bombing of Libya]
Audio 86 Apr 16 We Multimedia Key Margaret Thatcher HC S: [US bombing of Libya] [audio]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: North, et al memo for Poindexter ("NSDD: Counter-Terrorist Operations against Libya") [targetting & additional planning] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: Poindexter telegram to Robert Armstrong (Libyan raid) [President agrees with MT’s understanding of the situation] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Socialist International condemns US attack”) [“urges the US to ‘provide the evidence’ supporting terrorist claims against Libya”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Anglo-Soviet relations so far unaffected by British support for US strikes on Libya”) [“Soviets have taken no action against the UK”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Libya - further UK reaction”) [Conservatives have “closed ranks”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: US Ambassador London telegram to Secretary Shultz (“Briefing the British”) [“The British should not feel shortchanged on privately communicated technical information”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to White House (“Libya - Support from Prime Minister Thatcher”) [“She could hardly have been more resolute as an ally and a friend”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Dublin to State (“Local reaction to US attack on Libya”) [“Irish Arab Liberation organisation” threats to retaliate] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (State Department) Libya: US Consul Edinburgh to State (“Reaction in Scotland to US action against Libya”) [demonstrations outside consulate] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Consul Belfast to State (“Sinn Fein protests Libyan bombing”) [“call on the US administration to cease all such acts of aggression”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Vienna to State (“US strike against Libya: Austrian reaction”) [initial reactions not favourable] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: UKE Washington telegram 978 to FCO (2359Z) (“US/Libya”) [US administration is “immensely appreciative”; "future benefits for us"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT draft speech (Libya House of Commons debate) [government’s decision to support US military action, “taken in self-defence, against terrorist targets in Libya”] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT notes for speech (Libya House of Commons debate) [evidence we have of Libyan complicity] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: No.10 minute (Tony Baldry phone call) [opinion in Upper Heyford on US military action] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Sunday trading) [only Canada, Israel, UK back US] [released 2017]
Text 86 Apr 16 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S: [US bombing of Libya]
PDF 86 Apr 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: North, et al memo for Poindexter ("CABO Cable to PM Thatcher and Message from you to Bianco") ["disappointment and confusion over the exact policy of France towards Libya"] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 16th (Queen’s birthday, Parliamentary Affairs, Libya, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Soviets low key in protest to Britain over support for US strikes in Libya”) [“a ‘routine, low key’”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 17 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Sierra Leone to State (“Unofficial GOSL reaction to Libyan situation”) [GOSL not likely to take a public position on the bombing] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: FCO situation report (“Libya: Sitrep No.7: 17 April 1986 (0630Z)”) [Tripoli, Gaddafi, European reactions, Libyans in UK, British hostages Beirut, Public Reaction, US evacuation Sudan] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: Sir Geoffrey Howe letter to Conservative MPs (government position on Libyan crisis) [evidence of Libyan-sponsored terrorism] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy) [party split 2-1 on US action] [released 2017]
Text 86 Apr 17 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: UKHC Canberra telegram 1016 to FCO (2359Z) ("Visit by Prime Minister of Australia") [agriculture, Libya, New Zealand] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (UK hostages killed in Beirut) ["deeply grieved"; "direct Libyan role in their deaths"; French & Spanish "fully prepared to take more profound action to remove Qadhafi from power"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Libya: UK reaction III”) [British deaths in Beirut, Heathrow bomb attempt “fueled further controversy over the Libya raid”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE London to State (“Security Council: United Kingdom confirms it will vote ‘no’ on resolution on central MED”) [resolution condemning US action fails to recognize Libyan involvement in terrorism] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Consul Belfast to State (“Sinn Fein/IRA attack US British, and Irish Governments and defend Gadaffi in more explicit terms than usual”) [adoption of “a more prominent apologist role on Libya than is ordinarily the case”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Sofia to State (“Bulgarian demarche to Uk on Libyan situation”) [concern over use of British bases] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Beijing to State (“Chinese tilt toward Libya: Embassy Security issue”) [additional security for US missions and personnel] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT letter to US Ambassador to UK Charlie Price (thanks for his letter) ["vital to stand up to terrorism even though the price can be very harsh, as the murder of the hostages has shown"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: Caspar Weinberger letter to MT (action in Libya) [“Your courage and strength is a source of great inspiration to all of us”] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya) [papers dominated by latest terrorist outrages] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Libya will dominate) [released 2017]
CD only 86 Apr 18 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks visiting Woking (Britain not "war-mongering" against Libya)
Text 86 Apr 18 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Remarks visiting Finchley (Libya)
PDF 86 Apr 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hawke) [Libya; New Zealand ship visits; South Africa; South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; Australian Bicentennial] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Dublin to State (“Libya - further Irish reaction”) [Fianna Fail more critical, alleging military aggression] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (State Department) Libya: US Consul Edinburgh to State (“Demonstration against US raid on Libya”) [number of protestors, police action] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Madrid to State (“International democrat union statement in support of US action in Libya”) [scourge of terrorism] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Stephen Sherbourne minute ("Notes on future speeches") [Libya raid changing defence debate to Labour advantage] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT letter to Dr David Owen (responds to his letter of 17 Apr) ["I reserved the position of the UK on any question of further action which might be more general or less clearly directed against terrrorism"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy, Northern Ireland) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [Libya dominates, Queen’s birthday] [released 2017]
Text 86 Apr 21 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Letter to Dr David Owen MP (US bombing of Libya)
Text 86 Apr 21 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for Granada Television
PDF 86 Apr 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [Libya and IRA; security situation; Molyneaux/Paisley; Intergovernmental Conference; RUC] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Consul Belfast to State (“London Times editorial on extradition treaty”) [political reaction to UK decision to allow US use of military bases] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: USE Buenos Aires to State (“Demonstration at US stand - international book fair, Beunos Aires”) [three political groups identified as organisers] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, domestic politics, industry) [Europe finally acts on Libyan terrorism] [released 2017]
Text 86 Apr 22 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 86 Apr 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: US Ambassador London telegram to Secretary Weinberger (“London press conference on Libya”) [“Thatcher urgently needs our help in convincing the UK public”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Labour’s new programme) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: State to USE London (“Deputy Secretary Whitehead’s meeting with Sir Geoffrey Howe, April 18, 1986”) [“Howe said the UK had paid a high doemstic, politcal price for its action on Libya”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT letter to Paul Johnson (thanks for writing) ["a very difficult time for me … your booklet on the seven deadly sins of Terrorism most helpful … sapping the will of civilisation to resist"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy, domestic politics) [“Reagan warns Libya that no-one can kill Americans and brag about it”] [released 2017]
Text 86 Apr 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with M Jacques Chirac: 26 April") [French domestic politics, Chirac's policies, Libya, east-west issues and arms control, bilateral issues] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Libya raid, Tokyo Summit) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Duchess of Windsor death, Libya) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 26 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Washington telegram 1093 to FCO (0001Z) (“Tokyo Economic Summit: Libya Sanctions and Other Points”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 27 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: Nick Edwards letter to MT (reasoned response to raid on Tripoli) [his wife's critical letter; arguments for & against the raid; MT placed in "a horrendously difficult position"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit: Mr Nakasone’s Political Prospects”) [Japanese domestic policy, economy, terrorism, Libya] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [Libya, Economic Summit, Northern Ireland] [released 2017]
Text 86 Apr 28 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Written Interview for Newsweek International (Libyan raid)
Text 86 Apr 29 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 86 May 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: No.10 telegram to MT's party in Seoul (updates) [prisons; nuclear accident; markets; Libya; plutonium; supplementary benefit and mortgage interest; ministerial visit] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
Text 86 May 3 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference in Seoul
PDF 86 May 4 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Reagan) [Libya, Middle East, South Africa, Ireland, Japan, East/West relations, Soviet nuclear accident, EC/US, Korea] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 May 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War, Libya, etc: White House record of conversation (MT, Reagan, Shultz, Regan, Poindexter) [terrorism, Libya, Middle East, South Africa, Northern Ireland; G7, trade, East/West, Chernobyl, EC enlargement, South Korea] [declassified 2011]
PDF 86 May 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (Admiral Poindexter-Charles Powell) [the Chernobyl nuclear accident, SDI, nuclear deterrent, Libya] [declassified 2014]
Text 86 May 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for IRN (Tokyo G7)
Text 86 May 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference after Tokyo G7
PDF 86 May 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (G7 Summit, Libya, Chernobyl, top salaries) [released 2017]
Text 86 May 8 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 86 May 8 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher HC Stmnt: [Tokyo G7 Summit]
PDF 86 May 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT to Bob Dole (support for US military action) [“the Administration was right to take firm action against terrorism, and I have no reservations about the part which the United Kingdom was able to play”] [released Jan 2017]
Text 86 May 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for CBS
Text 86 May 27 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference ending visit to Israel
PDF 86 May 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Syria, Libya, terrorism: NSC notes of conversation (NSC officials, Cradock & Acland) [Syria, Lebanon, terrorism] [declassified 2011]
Text 86 Jun 3 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 86 Jun 10 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 86 Jun 12 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Trivial Margaret Thatcher Remarks to American tourists visiting No.10 (Britain is safe)
PDF 86 Jun 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Egypt: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Abu Ghazala) [defence sales; situation in Egypt; Sudan; Libya; Iran/Iraq] [released Jul 2018]
Text 86 Jun 25 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Interview for Forbes Magazine
Text 86 Jul 3 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 86 Jul 7 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Text 86 Jul 15 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 86 Jul 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to 1922 Committee
PDF 86 Aug 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1503Z) ("Libya") (NSPG 0137) [Tripoli raid judged more successful than hoped] [declassified Dec 2005]
Text 86 Sep 16 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Kohl) (visiting Bonn)
Text 86 Sep 18 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Interview for Sunday Mirror
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Younger, German Defence Minister) [US isolationism; General Political Guidelines on nuclear weapons; France; Libya; new tank technology; chemical weapons; conventional defence; SDI; TNW; European security; equipment collaboration; SP70; INF; environmental impact of training areas] [declassified Dec 2014]
Info only 86 Oct 10 Fr Chronology Major [Chronology] Tebbit complained at BBC coverage of US bombing of Libya
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Conservative Central Office analysis (BBC news coverage of US Libya raid) [coverage "far from being balanced, fair and impartial"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Norman Tebbit to Marmaduke Hussey (analysis of BBC coverage of Libya raid) [questions “whether an increasingly subjective and confrontational style of BBC news coverage is appropriate for a public service broadcasting system”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (teachers&rsdquo; pay deal, BBC Libya libel case, law and order, health) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Vienna record of conversation (2030Z, telegram 169) (Howe, Shevardnadze) ["Human Rights": individual cases; Syria; Libya; Falklands fishing dispute; MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
Text 86 Nov 18 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher HC Stmnt: [US Visit]
Text 86 Nov 19 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN News at One
Text 86 Nov 21 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Interview for Le Point Magazine
Text 86 Nov 25 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 87 Jan 29 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 87 Feb 9 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for RAI (Italian TV)
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 conversation record (MT-Italian PM Craxi tête-à-tête; joined later by FM Andreotti, Howe) [situation in Italy; SDI; East/West; Terrorism; Libya; Lebanon; Ferruzzi bid for British Sugar; EC budget] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: National Security Planning Group minutes (1500Z) ("Middle East") (NSPG 0144) [Reagan: "Now we need to help Iraq. We also need to get on with the peace process, but gradually"] [declassified Jul 2011]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Terrorism: National Security Planning Group minutes (1500Z) ("Terrorism") (NSPG 0146) [CIA judges that Iran has influence over but does not control Hizballah] [declassified Dec 2005]
Text 87 Apr 24 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Interview for Illustrated London News
Text 87 Oct 22 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher HC Stmnt: [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Vancouver)]
Info only 87 Oct 31 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] French intercepted huge IRA arms shipment from Libya (Eksund)
PDF 87 Nov 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Libya; East/West relations; European Council; Irish ratification of European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism] [declassified Jul 2019]
Text 87 Nov 11 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for Italian TV (Channel 5)
Text 88 Jan 18 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech to Hanson Trust Achievments Awards dinner
Text 88 Mar 1 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 88 Mar 4 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher HC Stmnt: [NATO Summit (Brussels)]
Text 88 Mar 15 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 88 May 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000]
Text 88 Aug 5 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference in Brisbane
Text 88 Aug 5 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (Brisbane EXPO 88)
PDF 88 Oct 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Charles Powell conversation record (MT-De Mita, Howe and Andreotti joining later) [Italian economy; E/W relations; Conference on Human Rights; Tornado for Jordan; Libya; the Gulf; EC] [declassified Jul 2017]
Text 88 Oct 21 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with the Italian Prime Minister (Ciriaco De Mita)
Text 88 Nov 16 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech at State Department lunch
Text 88 Dec 30 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for TV-AM Frost on Sunday
Text 88 Dec 30 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Article for National Review ("Reagan’s Leadership, America’s Recovery")
Text 89 Jan 12 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 89 Jan 14 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Interview for Reader’s Digest
PDF 89 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Arab/Israel; Gorbachev's visit; Libya; Southern Africa; Namibia; Hong Kong] [declassified Jul 2019]
PDF 89 Feb 2 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Environment: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Ozone Layer Conference") [does UK have to invite Libya and Syria] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 89 Feb 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Environment: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Ozone Layer Conference") [distate for inviting Libya and Syria] [declassified Dec 2016]
Text 89 Mar 27 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Written Interview for Moroccan Press Agency
Text 89 Apr 7 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference following President Gorbachev’s visit to London
Text 89 Apr 7 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (Gorbachev visit)
Text 89 Apr 7 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for Channel 4 (Gorbachev visit)
Text 89 Apr 7 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for BBC (Gorbachev visit)
Text 89 Apr 12 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for Royal Marsden Hospital Radio
Text 89 Apr 27 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Written Interview for la Repubblica (visit of Signor De Mita)
Text 89 May 3 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to 1922 Committee (10th anniversary of 1979 General Election)
Text 89 May 4 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for Sky TV (10th anniversary as Prime Minister)
Text 89 May 26 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech on receiving the freedom of the City of London
Text 89 Jun 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Interview for Sunday Mirror
Text 89 Jul 10 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech on receiving Freedom Foundation’s American Friendship Medal
PDF 89 Jul 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with President of Egypt") [Arab/Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Egyptian economy] [released July 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT-Mubarak) [Arab-Israel, Lebanon, Sudan, Libya] [released July 2017]
Text 89 Sep 22 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to International Democrat Union Conference in Tokyo
Text 90 Jan 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Margaret Thatcher interviewed about Ronald Reagan [released 2002]
Text 90 Feb 18 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to the Board of Deputies of British Jews
Text 90 Feb 21 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Interview for Sunday Times
PDF 90 Feb 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO conversation record (FM De Michelis, Douglas Hurd, plus officials) [German Unification, Eastern Europe, EMU; Cambodia, Vietnam, Libya] [declassified Jul 2017]
Text 90 Feb 23 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with Italian Prime Minister (Giulio Andreotti)
PDF 90 Mar 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Peter Walker, NUM) [alleged contributions from Russia and Libya to NUM's coal strike fund] [released Feb 2020]
Text 90 Aug 5 Su Press Major Commentary (Sunday Times) Gulf War: "Rape of the Gulf" (Insight account of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait)
PDF 90 Oct 20 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC/Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Andreotti) [Italian politics; Cossiga state visit; European Council; the Gulf; GATT; CSCE; aid to USSR; South Africa; seat of the institutions; IGCs; EC/US; Gorbachev; Libya] [declassified Jul 2017]
Text 90 Nov 23 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falling from power: "America astonished by fall of loyal ally" (reaction from Reagan & Bush)
PDF 91 Jan 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: George Bush phone call to Egyptian President (Mubarak) ("just checking in") [declassified 2003]
Text 91 Mar 7 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom
PDF 91 Nov 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Stephen Wall conversation record (Major-Andreotti) [EC issues; Italian internal politics (Andreotti saw "strong signs of people wearying of the existing political system"); Yugoslavia; Libya] [declassified Jul 2017]
Text 94 Jun 19 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to Citibank in Dubai
Text 94 Jun 20 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to Citibank in Abu Dhabi
Text 95 Aug 4 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to the Aspen Institute ("Managing conflict - the role of international intervention")
Text 96 Mar 9 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher John Findley Green Foundation Lecture ("New threats for old")
Text 96 Mar 23 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to Citibank in Islamabad ("The challenges of the 21st century")
Text 96 May 11 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech at The New Atlantic Initiative ("The common crisis: Atlantic solutions")
Text 97 Nov 25 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks launching her Collected Speeches
Text 97 Dec 10 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Lecture to the Heritage Foundation ("The Principles of Conservatism")
Text 98 Dec 3 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to the National Institute for Public Policy in Washington D.C. ("Deterrence is not enough: security requirements for the 21st century")
Text 00 Jul 19 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech at the Hoover Institution ("A Time for Leadership")
Text 01 Aug 7 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech in Bermuda
Text 02 Feb 11 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Article for the New York Times ("Advice to a Superpower")
Text 04 Jun 5 Sa Press Key Commentary (The Times) Obituary: Reagan [Ronald] (1911-2004) [US President 1981-89]
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