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Date range: 4 Nov 19863 Dec 1986. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1117 to FCO (1403Z) ("Lamb Exports to France") [French assurances that special controls have been lifted] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Michael Jopling minute to Geoffrey Howe ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [contracts cancelled, imposition of special customs checks, targetting of French apples imports] [declassified Jan 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]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: FCO record of conversation ("Afghanistan") [Janet Young, Lord Cranborne] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Shultz message for Howe ("Post-Reykjavik Proposals on Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("European Arms Control Coordination") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Bilateral Meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2802 to FCO (2100Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze Meeting in Vienna") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD record of telephone conversation (Younger, Weinberger) [post-Reykjavik] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS note to David Norgrove (Autumn Statement) [revised draft] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Star Chamber: Report to the Cabinet") [toughest and most unpleasant negotiations he had faced] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to MT (the future of British agriculture) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Douglas Hurd letter for Attorney General (protection of rape victims) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Geoffrey Dickens MP (child abuse) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Geoffrey Dickens MP (child abuse) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“European Council: Dinner for Heads of Government”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: UK Ambassador Washington letter to Lord Young (Conference on Private Sector Initiatives) [White House organisers disappointed by low British participation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Saudi Arabia, Labour shadow cabinet, hostages freed, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Patrick Mayhew minute to Michael Jopling ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [regards Jopling's proposal as dangerous, could request EC Commission proceedings] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO letter to No.10 (UK Security Policy Post-Reykjavik) [thoughts on the changing nature of US/Western European relations] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Secretary of State's Bilateral with Shultz: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram to MOD (0200Z) ("JCS Views on the Reykjavik Proposal for the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2804 to FCO (0850Z) ("Mid-Term Elections") [foreign policy section of presidential stump speech] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for MT ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [poundage options] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [heavy burden of the Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rifkind PS minute to David Norgrove ("Autumn Statement Publicity") [presentation of the settlement reached] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Mrs Thatcher's visit to Washington") [Charles Powell saying MT had no intention of seeking a joint statement; "no draft communiques would be up her sleeve"] [declassified 2007]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: UKE Washington telegram 2815 to FCO (2340Z) (“US Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [MT unhappy about low level of British participation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 22 (Public Expenditure Survey) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (“The BBC”) [stronger and weaker aspects of BBC response to CCO complaint] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Conservative Central Office statement (Tebbit on alleged BBC bias) [initial reaction to BBC response; promises fuller analysis later] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending, industry, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: State Department telegram to London Embassy (US-UK next steps on Syria) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US Embassy Buenos Aires to State Department (Argentine policy) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US NATO Mission to State Department (Howe-Shevardnadze meeting) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US Embassy Bonn to State Department (Germans approached by Argentina over Falklands) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy London to State Department (British deny an arms control initiative with France & Germany) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Summary Schedule for MT visit to Reagan at Camp David [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Ridgway briefing for Secretary of State Shultz (meeting with Foreign Secretary Howe) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (visit to Australia) [accepts invite] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1135 to FCO (1159Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [programme, French delegation] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: FCO telegram to UKE Paris ("Anglo/French Summit") [programme, UK delegation, internal market issues] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: Andreas Papandreou message to MT (Falkland Islands) [UK should "spare no effort ... for the peaceful and negotiated solution" of fisheries issue] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Charles Price note to Charles Powell (sends to MT Wall Street Journal article -"British Lion Mustn't Spit Out Nuclear Teeth") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Edwards minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Ridley minute for Walker ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Rifkind minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [Soviet Ambassador requesting a meeting with MT] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill") [proposal for water and sewerage charges] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Paying for Local Government - Community Charge") [scope of the collective charge] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nicholas Ridley ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [keep all options open] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Norman Fowler ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [logic is that everyone should pay the charge] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [wants similar proposals for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [role of courts] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Secretary letter to Permanent Secretary Department of the Environment ("Leak investigation: Local Government Finance") [recommended actions] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("South West Atlantic Fisheries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending, industry pay and unions, latest polls teachers’ pay, BBC) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy Vienna to State Department (Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting - day 1) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT ("Arms Control: Anglo/French/German/Italian Coordination") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Shultz/Shevardnadze: NATO Briefing by Shultz") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Howe minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [proposal by the Presidency] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: MacGregor minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [safeguards for sulphur dioxside reassuring] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of Homes and Hostels") [pressure for exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [information on registrations] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Treatment of Water Charges") [not eligible for rebate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to Powell ("Falkland Islands Fisheries: Options for Dealing with Incursions into the FICZ by Argentine Commercial Vessels and Naval Auxiliaries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ridley minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 minute for MT (“AIDS”) [H(A) meeting next Tuesday; MT endorses household leaflet] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Policy Unit minute for MT (“AIDS”) [recommends she agrees household leaflet] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Ingham minute for Whitelaw (“AIDS Committee”) ["important that the Government gets this under control at the outset"] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Norman Fowler minute for Howe (“AIDS”) [screening for visitors entering UK] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Geoffrey Pattie MP letter to Biffen (“European Community Framework Programme of Community Activities in the Field of Research and Technological Development (1987-1991)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (“International Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Howe minute to John Moore (“European Community Aviation Negotiations”) [“the Presidency’s compromise package really does represent the UK’s bottom line”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (increasing competition and consumer choice for airline passengers) [“The French are proving difficult”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (autumn statement, pre-election position of parties, civilian helicopter crash, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy Vienna to State Department (Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting - day 2) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2843 to FCO (0234Z) ("US Compliance with SALT Agreements") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Tebbit minute to Nicholas Ridley (non-domestic rates) [poundage should be uniform] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [timing] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 213 to UKDEL NATO (1215Z) ("North Atlantic Council Ministerial, 11-12 December: Communique") [Reykjavik; arms control; CSCE; Afghanistan; international terrorism] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT ('Time' magazine: President Reagan's Account of Reykjavik) [MT: "very worrying"] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("Arms Control") [arguments against basing deterrence on cruise missiles] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [enforcement of payment] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Stewart PS minute to Norgrove ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [to examine how the law has stood the test of time] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Lavin & Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Thatcher Visit") [have done everything to accommodate the British, who still want more; President playing unprecedented role in visit arrangements] [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MacGregor minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agriculture Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling minute for MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 23 (The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of the New Session) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Department of Transport letter to Ministry of Agriculture (“Privatisation of British Airways - disclosure of promoters’ interests”) [the Crown and BA] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: State Department to US Embassies (British statement on Falklands fisheries) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2858 to FCO (0245Z) ("Nuclear Arms Control: New Soviet Proposals in Geneva") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Message from Mr Nakasone") [trade relations & investment] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [rebate levels] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Paying for Local Government: Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [likely political pressure] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Paul Channon minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Non-Domestic Rates") [preference for a national non-domestic rate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Uniform Business Rate") [proposals for poundage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Bank of England minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [wording of draft reply and terms of reference] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Channon PS minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [not an opportunity to open matters now reflected in Financial Services Act] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lord Hailsham minute to Ian Stewart ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [appointee should be a commercial lawyer] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Agriculture and Rural Employment (ALURE)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Inter-Departmental Working Party on Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment (ALURE)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to Howe (“Common Agricultural Policy - milk and beef”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Alternative Land Use and Rural Economics”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Lord Hailsham minute for Douglas Hurd (“Anonymity of Complainants in Rape Cases”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Lord Hailsham minute for Douglas Hurd (“Anonymity of Complainants in Rape Cases”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 minute for MT (“AIDS”) [H(A) meeting conclusions; leaflet agreed] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (UK participation in EC Regional Development Fund: DTI report) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to Waldegrave (“Presidency Handling of Nuclear Issues”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: State Department telegram (EC statement on Syrian terrorism) [unclassified]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Extension of ITV Contracts") [proposed three year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: FCO minute to Lord President of the Council's PS ("Meeting at House of Commons between Sir Frederick Bennett MP & Mr Denktash") [Greek objections to meeting with President of "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"] [declassified July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell (Anglo/French Summit) [proposed programme, attendees; Chirac] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Anglo-French Summit, 21 November") [travel requirements for UK delegation; working supper with Chirac] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Moore PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo French Summit: 21 November") [transport ministers will not participate] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 note to Charles Powell (Anglo-French Summit) [use of the Matignon] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [unredacted version] [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 566 to UKE Bonn (1500Z) ("European Consultations Post Reykjavik") ["off-the-record brain-storming session before the WEU Ministerial meeting"] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Moscow to FCO ("UK/Soviet Relations: Gorbachev's Position") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [reaction to the Autumn Statement; the markets; Daily Telegraph leak] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Soviet Ambassador's Call on the Prime Minister: 13 November") [arms control, Syria/terrorism, CSCE/human rights, UK-Soviet relations] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [access to police records] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [separate poundage for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to John MacGregor ("Specific Grants to Local Authorities") ["how specific grants might fit with the Green Paper proposals for a new system of local government finance"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Clarke PS minute to Lawson PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [membership, draft announcement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: John Bruce Lockhart letter to No.10 (South Africa and 'The Lobby') [cover letter only, referring to an enclosed paper on "various influences outside South Africa, which are distorting the political realities inside South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Common Agricultural Policy: Beef and Dairy Products”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Queen’s speech, latest polls, Knowsley by-election, teachers’ pay, Robert Armstrong) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1203 to FCO (1824Z) ("France and the Middle East") [criticisms of French policy, French objectives for Lebanon, Arab/Israel dispute, inconsistencies in approach] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKA Paris despatch to FCO ("Cohabitation and Chirac") [cohabitation between Chirac and Mitterrand is generating more friction but unlikely to break down in near future] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: John Stanley PS letter to No.10 ("PQ by Mr Beith, 4th November") [apologies for failure to note Charles Powell's amendment to draft reply on arms control/Reykjavik] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to the US, 14/15 November") [key points on arms control] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("SALT Limits") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Arms Control Negotiations: Implications for European Security") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ken Clarke minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Non Domestic Rates") [transitional arrangement to avoid outcry from businesses] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Rifkind PS minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [membership of review team] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands at the UN") [MT's draft letter to Chancellor Kohl] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 2885 to FCO (2310Z) ("Falklands Fisheries: Multilateral Solution") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter for Chancellor Kohl (resolution on Argentina/Falklands in the UN) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("South Africa") ["FRG still pursuing idea of a joint political initiative... [with] US, UK" ] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Channon PS minute to MacGregor PS ("RDGs") [announcement of delay in payment] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Channon PS ("RDGs") [public spending provision for regional incentives] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Howe, Edwards, Tebbit, King, Jopling, Ridley, MacGregor, Rifkind, Channon, Waldegrave) [alternative uses of agricultural land and sources of rural employment] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: John MacGregor minute to MT (“Public Expenditure Treatment of ERDF Receipts by Privatised Industries”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Council: meeting with the Belgian Prime Minister”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Kenneth Clarke minute to MT (“London European Council: 5-6 December”) [business and jobs; completing the internal market] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 37th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: Charles Thomas briefing for Shultz (meeting with MT) [Camp David agenda, arms control] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Caroline Ryder note for MT (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["Latest weather reports are that it is getting colder and it would be advisable for you to take a coat"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT notes (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["Alarmed by suggestion to eliminate in 10 years all strategic ballistic missiles … Security of West in danger"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT briefing cards (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["CAN'T trust RUSSIANS when taking a few tanks & columns out of Afghanistan - surely you wouldn't trust them over ballistic missiles"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (“The Chairman and the BBC”) [has warned Tebbit that MT would prefer him not to send his letter to BBC; suggests she see him in person] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Nigel Wicks minute for MT (points for meeting with Tebbit) [“I see a danger of some elements of this episode repeating the Westland troubles. A colleague with an obsession, doing things difficult to reconcile with collective responsibility”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Extension of ITV Contracts") [MT agrees with three year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: Prime Minister's Briefing Meeting, 5pm Thursday, 20 November") [arrangements, attendees] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS (Anglo/French Summit) [MT approves proposed UK delegation and programme] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Poindexter briefing for President Reagan (MT visit) ["concerned about the strategic implications of your Reykjavik proposals"] [declassified Jul 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Luxembourg record of conversation (0100Z) (Younger, Genscher, Andreotti, Spandolini, Giraud, Woerner, Chalker, Van den Broek, Van Eekelen, Tindemans, Bosson) ["WEU Ministerial Meeting: European Security Post Reykjavik"] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government - Non-Domestic Rates") [freezing and indexing only a temporary solution] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [calculation of rate, operation of system] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Unified Business Rate") [Ridley proposes uniform poundage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Gordon Borrie minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [pleased at proposed liaison group] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands Fisheries: OAS Resolution") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT message for Chancellor Kohl (draft resolution on the Argentina/Falklands at the UN) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“CAP Reform Paper”) [Common Agricultural Policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (State Department) Cold War: Shultz Evening Reading Item for Reagan ("My meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher") [MT expressed extreme concern about the potential impact of the proposals made at Reykjavik ] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (Hurd-Kaufman correspondence) [briefing for PMQs] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne notes on conversation (meeting with Tebbit on BBC) [main points discussed] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Knowsley by-election, teachers’ pay, unemployment, Reagan-Gorbachev) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 15 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Netherlands: UKE Washington telegram 2904 to FCO (2138Z) ("Prime Minister's meeting at Camp David: arms control") [MT's statement after the meeting, agreed with President Reagan] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 15 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Civil Service long-term pay arrangements”) [advises proceeding with the data collection which would underpin the Government proposals, in anticipation of their being accepted by the Unions, failing which “all bets would be off”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 16 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2908 to FCO (2200Z) ("Camp David: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 16 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (FBI) US: FBI airtel (“Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - Victim”) [arrest at time of Nov 1986 Camp David visit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd (ITV contracts) [IBA two year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Channon minute to Douglas Hurd ("Extension of ITV Contracts") [length of proposed extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Maputo telegram 298 to FCO (0900Z) ("Visit of Chancellor Kohl") [issues in southern Africa, South Africa sanctions, FRG views on visit] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2920 to FCO (2030Z) ("Camp David: Arms Control") [Shultz speech "Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control and the Future of Deterrence"] ​​​​[declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets; the City: "further scandals unavoidable"; teachers' pay; "prospects for a more buoyant economy"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates") [proposal for a uniform poundage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government: Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [exemptions to be kept to the absolute minimum] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Scottish Rates Bill") [timetable for legislation] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Channon PS minute to Ridley PS (statement draft) [publication on rates and limits] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Rate Support Grant Settlement 1987/88") [proposed measure to help "those counties who are losing grant this year compared to last"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Griffiths note to MT (surprising Patrick Minford article) ["Has Lawson made a U-turn?"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute for Powell ("Argentine Offer to Declare Cessation of Hostilities") [latest Reuters and BBC monitoring reports] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ridley minute to MT (“Public Expenditure and the European Regional Development Fund”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (visit to US, Iran, teachers’ pay, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy London to State Department (British party reaction to Reykjavik Summit) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Norman Tebbit ("World Television Service") [private sector will be given chance to make proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Douglas Hurd ("World Television Service") [BBC proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Ministry of Defence briefing ("Anglo-French Summit: Nuclear Weapons Dialogue") [British Trident programme is unaffected by Reykjavik] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo/French Summit") [position on EC issues, nuclear cooperation, arms control, east-west relations, terrorism] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo/French Summit: Briefing Meeting") [aims for the Summit: agriculture, defence, R&D, terrorism, EC] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1226 to FCO (1629Z) ("Anglo-French Summit, 21 November: Scene Setter") [tensions between Mitterrand and Chirac, differing UK/French views on Middle East, cooperation on arms control, EC Presidency] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Michael Jopling minute to Patrick Mayhew ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [possibility of stepping up inspections of apples imports, prospect of EC Court action] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to John Fretwell (request to meet Leotard) [falls below level at which MT normally willing to receive foreign visitors] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Former Prime Minister: Howe PS letter to Lord Wilson PS (Visit to the Soviet Union) [MT requests that Lord Wilson be advised personally in regard to his request to stay at UK Embassy in Moscow] [released Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (1500Z) ("Chile") (NSC 0139) [transition to democracy; outstanding economic program; Reagan's suggests Pinochet State Visit, Shultz demurs ("He has done monstrous things")] [declassified Nov 2004]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT (the new generation of Leadership in the USSR and its impact on East/West relations) [copy of a speech by French Foreign Minister, in advance of MT's meeting with him] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Arms Control: Speech by Mr Shultz") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2930 to FCO (2352Z) ("Arms Control: Speeches by Shultz and Weinberger") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Channon PS briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Saito: 16.30 19 November") [industrial collaboration; trade imbalance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nigel Wicks minute to Rifkind PS ("Local Government") [timetable for Scottish bill] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("National Non-Domestic Rate: Treatment of Buoyancy") [how to treat growth in total rateable values] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("E(LF) 6th Meeting") [non-domestic rate, exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Kenneth Clarke minute for Whitelaw (“AIDS and Employment”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon minute to MT (“E(A), 20 November - EC R & D Framework Programme”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute for MT (“The Internal Market”) [ways to unblock current measures during UK Presidency] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (royals “snubbed” in Saudi Arabia, teachers’ pay, industry, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Wicks minute to Howe PS ("World Television Service") [MT agrees right way forward is through the private sector] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nicholas Edwards minute to Douglas Hurd ("Extension of ITV Contracts") [agrees with three year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Hurd PS ("Extension of ITV Contracts") [Tebbit agrees with three year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Moore PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo French Bilateral: Shipping") [shipping policy package at EC Transport Council] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Interview with Le Point") [answers to written questions on terrorism, EC, Chunnel, economy, defence] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Jopling PS ("Anglo-French Summit") [discussion with French of milk quotas and beef regime] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: MT message to Andreas Papandreou (Falkland Islands) [fisheries zone, UN resolution, UK disappointment that Argentina has chosen to "revive the issue of sovereignty"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Arms Control: European Coordination") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2934 to FCO (2345Z) ("President Reagan's 18 November Speech") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2933 to FCO (2335Z) ("US Post-Camp David Speeches") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message for Chancellor Kohl (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Channon, President of the Kiedanren, Japanese Ambassador) [industrial collaboration; trade imbalance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to MT ("Community Charge: Possible Exemption for the Mentally Handicapped") [a vulnerable sector of society] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Indexation of Non-Domestic Rates") [indexing poundage to RPI] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Exemptions from the Community Charge") [Scottish Bill exemption for "mentally handicapped"] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Non-Domestic Rates") [allowance for bouyancy, indexation] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("E(LF): Thursday 20 November") [non-domestic rate, exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Athens (“The Internal Market: UK Presidency”) [MT message to EC Heads of Government] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Walker minute to MT (“Public Expenditure and the European Regional Development Fund”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“ERDF Receipts for Privatised Industries”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Ministerial Steering Committee on Economic Strategy Sub-Committee on Economic Affairs (E(A))”) [Regional Fund receipts treatment, EC research and development programme] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Walker minute to MT (“EC Research and Development Framework Programme”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chief Scientific Advisor minute to MT (“European Community R & D Framework Programme”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: European Trade Union Confederation letter to MT (unemployment and poverty: proposals for action) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon minute to MT (“London European Council: 5-6 December”) [consumer interests in formulation of Community policies] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (crime, law and order, MI5,AIDS, Anglo-American relationship) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Younger letter to Jerry Wiggin (future of Westland Helicopters) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Channon minute to Douglas Hurd ("Peacock Report: Future of the BBC Licence Fee") [arrangements for collection of fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo/French Summit: Defence and Arms Control Issues") [French reservations about an agreement on INF, implications of US/Soviet dialogue] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo/French Summit: Coordination of UK/French Conditions for Involvement in Nuclear Arms Control") [Mitterrand will want to define circumstances for joining in the process for nuclear disarmament] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell note to MT (Anglo/French Summit) [may wish to bring up Camp David conclusions, Trident, EC budget, terrorism, Middle East] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell note to MT ("Anglo-French Summit") [French political scene, French policy on Middle East, defence and arms control] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 draft press conference statement for MT (Anglo-French Summit) [east-west and arms control, EC Council, terrorism, Middle East, agriculture, Falklands] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Patrick Mayhew minute to Michael Jopling ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [prospect of retaliation and possibility of action in French courts] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1057 to FCO (1733Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [Ambassador calls on Elysee; "De Coignac acknowledged that cohabitation was making planning difficult"; programme, French delegation] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Ian Gilmour MP letter to Younger (David Trefgarne's meeting with Richard Ottoway: MOD use of Broughton equipment) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message for EC Heads of Government (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Fitzgerald (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Japan: have Nakasone's fortunes changed?") [privatisation; education and tax reform; foreign policy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (arms control) ​​​​​​​[priorities are: INF agreement, cut in US and USSR strategic offensive systems, ban on chemical weapons] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (86) 6th ("Extension of the Dockland Light Railway"; possible exemption from CC for mentally handicapped; non-domestic rates) [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (immigration, terrorism and security of Europe) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 38th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (crime, law and order, latest polls, AIDS) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Norman Tebbit minute to Geoffrey Howe ("World Television Service") [use of licence fee income] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand-Chirac-Howe-Younger-Giraud-Channon-Raimond-Jopling-Madelin) [nuclear and chemical weapons, Middle East, terrorism, Chunnel, EC budget, EC internal market, EC/US relations, agriculture] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO telegram 768 to UKE Paris (1130Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: Larosiere Succession") [options for IMF candidacy, Airbus issue] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Ministry of Agriculture record of conversation (Jopling-Guillaume) [EC agri-monetary package, sheepmeat, scoio-structrual proposals, beef, milk] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 briefing ("Anglo/French Summit Meeting, Paris 21 November 1986") [administrative arrangements, delegation, programme, travel] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("NATO Generals on LRINF") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley PS letter to No.10 ("Planning: the Sainsbury Group") [breakdown of the number of outstanding planning appeals; No.10: "...[MT] was very interested to see these figures..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Norgrove minute for MT ("Lessons of Chernobyl") [interim CCU report; "bureaucratic and would not ... carry much reassurance for the world outside"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Wybrew minute for MT ("CCU Report - Lessons of Chernobyl") ["We have to demonstrate that the benefits of nuclear power can be harnessed safely"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO minute for Powell (MT's draft reply to Gorbachev) [arms control] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO minute for Powell (MT's draft reply to Gorbachev) [arms control] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO minute for Powell ("Prime Minister's Message to Gorbachev") [arms control, Afganistan, human rights, terrorism] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Timing of Revaluations") [non-domestic rate issues] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Clarke letter to Howe (“EC: Employment Initiative”) [a draft resolution] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Greek Ambassador letter to MT (E.E.C. summit meeting) [invitation to reception] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Council: Discussion Papers”) [and draft message to EC heads of government] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, AIDS, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [defence and arms control issues, nuclear cooperation, EC immigration, EC Commission, agricultural surpluses] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [southern Africa and Soviet involvement, Middle East, Falklands, Spain, Japan, visit to Moscow, defence and arms control issues, EC budget] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1252 to FCO (1042Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [comments to the press on bilateral relations, EC problems, nuclear weapons, Middle East] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Powell minute to MT (draft message to Gorbachev) [arms control, Afganistan, human rights, terrorism] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Japan") [MT rebuts Japanese press allegations that she criticised Japanese PM at a meeting with Chairman of the Kaidanren] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Chairman of the Independent Broadcasting Authority letter to MT (World TV service) [concern at prospect of public money being made available] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1260 to FCO (1707Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: French Media Reactions") ["Consensus that problems over terrorism, lamb and Falklands were eclipsed by common approach on nuclear and control issues"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Younger-Giraud) [UK commitment to Trident, French SSBNs, Giraud's proposals for cooperation, warship visits, AEW] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: MT letter to UK Ambassador to France (Anglo-French Summit) ["very much encouraged by the discussions", thanks to staff for preparations; his letter about Chirac "particularly perceptive and helpful"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: MT message to Jacques Chirac (Anglo-French Summit) ["reassuring to find how close are our views on virtually all the major issues"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: MT letter to President Mitterrand (Anglo-French Summit) ["pleased to find how close are our views on the most important issues, particularly in the fields of defence and arms control, but also on EC matters"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1397 to FCO (1045Z) ("Netherlands Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow 20-22 November") [summary of main points from van den Broek briefing] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Younger minute for MT (the ALARM programme: development problems) [MT: "another dreadful story"] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("Implications of the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Norgrove letter to Unwin ("The Lessons of Chernobyl") [MT "concerned about the time it has taken to produce this first report ... next stage should be taken forward as a matter of urgency"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Clause 5: Timing of Revaluations") [requirement for regular revaluations] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Registration of Students") [definition of full time students] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 letter to Chancellor of the Exchquer PS ("Local Authority needs indicators") ["The Prime Minister found this absurd and has said it must be stopped"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Local Authority needs indicators") ["being held now because the Scottish bill is to be published later this week... the local authority associations are likely to make hostile statements to the press afterwards"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Edwards PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's meeting with local authority associations to dicuss reform of local government finance) ["in Wales there has by no means been the total opposition to the Green Paper which is implied by the associations in their letter"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Chairman of Barclays Bank PLC letter to MT (disposal of Barclays Bank investment in Barclays National Bank of South Africa) [press statement] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Foreign Affairs Council: 24 November 1986”) [“Preparation for European Council”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Council, 5/6 December: United Kingdom Delegation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, Labour defence policy, economy, education, local government) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("M Giscard D'Estaing") [Giscard's political position, EMS, defence cooperation, east-west issues] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [preliminary arrangements] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Soviet and East European Studies") [MT concerned that loss of expertise is a risk to national security] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Michael Alison minute to MT (backbench operation) [“your troops are rallying!”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Michael Alison minute to MT (mobilising backbenchers) [re-activating backbench group, list of recruits within 24 hours] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Decision Timetable") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Lord Trefgarne letter to Broughton (investigation into MOD's usage of his patents) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("SALT Limits") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Garret Fitzgerald letter to MT (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Edwards (further guidance on planning policies, including land for housing) [Ridley's view on need for new circular not shared by Cabinet colleagues; MT advises that Ridley should make his points in a speech instead] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets/interest rates; Space programme; Cardiff & the Docklands; IMF Managing Director] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT message to Gorbachev ("Prime Minister's Message to Gorbachev") [arms control, Afganistan, human rights, terrorism] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ridley, Edwards, Rifkind, Ingham, Peter Stredder, Chairmen of the the four local authority Associations) ["Meeting with the Local Authority Associations": "All of the associations opposed the community charge"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Powell, Bujon) [French vote on the Falklands resolution at the UN] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: President of the European Parliament letter to MT (meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Peter Brooke minute to MT (“Budget Council, 26-27 November”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Peter Brooke letter to Kenneth Clarke (European Community employment initiative) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Kenneth Baker letter to Kenneth Clarke (“EC: Employment Initiative”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Afghanistan: possible European Council statement”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Council: Presidency papers”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, Tory divisions, teachers’ pay, South Africa) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Giscard) [French political situation, future of the EMS, nuclear cooperation] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson-Nanteuil) [arms control, EC budget and agricultural spending, Airbus aid, Nimrod] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn saving telegram 16 to FCO ("Five Wise Men's Annual Report") [outlook for economic growth, unemployment] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Government policy: Michael Alison minute to MT (“Your meeting with Lord President, Lord Privy Seal and Chief Whip after Cabinet”) [PMQs, Wright case] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2995 to FCO (0232Z) ("Proposal for the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Patrick Jenkin MP letter to MT (3rd meeting of the UK-Japan 2000 Group) [industrial/scientific/technological collaboration; education reform] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Ridley minute for MT (publication of the Efficiency Scrutiny & transfer of the Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate) [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [social security records] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Non-Domestic Rates: Indexation") [burden on industry and commerce] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Rifkind PS minute to Nigel Wicks ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill") [commentary on the bill] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Rate Support Grant Settlement 1987/88") [measures to address loss of grant under new proposals] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to Lawson PS ("Briefing on Monetary Policy and the Exchange Rate") [MT agreed Lawson suggestion of updated line to take on interest rates and exchange rate; No.10 draft] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10/Policy Unit briefing for MT (meeting on AIDS) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Rome telegram 718 to FCO (1638Z) (“European Council: request for interview with the Prime Minister in the margins”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office letter to Howe PS (“Possible meeting between the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Delors) [EC affairs: economic and social situation; terrorism, immigration, drugs; CAP; structural funds; sex discrimination] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT message to EC Heads of Government (“Presidency Report on Frontier Controls, Terrorism, Immigration and Drugs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT message to EC Heads of Government (“Presidency Report on the Economic and Social Situation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT message to EC Heads of Government (European Council in London 5-6 December: agenda) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, Iran-Contra affair, AIDS, law and order) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [regime for community radio] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Alastair Burnet letter to MT (DSB) [ITN's proposal for news service] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove note to MT (Duke Hussey) [any meeting would have to be considered carefully] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("BBC and ITN") [organisational structure, news, editorial control] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr. Orlov") [human rights abuses in the Soviet Union, and their link to disarmament] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Constraints on Shorter-Range INF") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 3015 to FCO (0216Z) ("SALT II Limits") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands: UNGA Vote: FRG) [MT's draft message to Chancellor Kohl] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("UN Security Council: arms embargo on South Africa") ["[Howe] intends to authorise our delegation in New York to vote for the resolution provided the Americans and French also vote in favour"; MT: "we should not do anything to persuade them to vote that way"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Norman Fowler- Whitelaw-Sir Donald Acheson) [AIDS] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Budget Council, 26-27 November 1986: 1986 and 1987 Budgets”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Copenhagen telegram to FCO (“European Council”) [Denmark not content with internal market package] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 39th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan, Iran-Contra affair, MI5) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Norman Tebbit ("World Television Service") [no question of licence fee revenue being used for BBC external services] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Younger PS ("Anglo-French Nuclear Co-Operation: Discussion with M. Giraud") [some of Giraud's proposals go beyond agreed limits of discussion] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: British Aerospace letter to Charles Powell ("BAe Advanced Turboprop Aircraft (ATP) for Greece") [hopes MT will discuss the possible contract with Papandreou] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Orlov, Lord Bethell) ["Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr. Orlov": human rights conference in Moscow; conditions for scientists in the USSR] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("AEW Decision Timetable") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute to MOD ("Implications of the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("SALT II Ceilings") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 3024 to FCO (2355Z) ("SALT Limits") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: UKE Washington telegram 3026 to FCO (2330Z) ("NSC/Iran/Nicaragua") [sale of arms to Iran to fund Contras] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter for Chancellor Kohl (German vote on Argentina/Falklands in the UN) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: MacGregor PS minute to David Norgrove ("Cumulating Costs") [quoting spending levels and charges] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Drugs: Policy Unit minute for MT (“India Relents on Drug Liaison Officers”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Prime Minister Gonzalez of Spain letter to MT (completion of the Internal Market) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Peter Brooke minute to MT (“EC Budget Council, 26-27 November”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“European Council”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 29 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Prime Minister Craxi of Italy letter to MT (completion of the Internal Market) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("MISC 128: Meeting on Tuesday 2 December") [regulatory regime for local radio] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: UKE Athens telegram 565 to FCO (0845Z) ("The Greek Political Scene: An Update") [Papandreou is "in a corner", will "not be easy to deal with Greece over the coming months"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 1037 to FCO (1000Z) ("FRG Internal Political Round-Up") [coalition likely to be returned again at election] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE The Hague telegram 654 to FCO (0925Z) ("Visit of Dutch Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to Moscow") [reform; human rights; trade; SDI] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MOD ("ALARM") [possible sale of Royal Ordnance to BAe] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [work should be handled by local valuation courts] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Rate Support Grant and Rate Capping: Total Expenditure") ["we are faced with an extremely serious problem... [since 1980] we have calculated a local authority's "total expenditure"... in a way that we must now acknowledge to have no lawful basis"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("Total Expenditure Bill") [Whitelaw, Ridley, Edwards, Biffen, MacGregor, Lang, Wakeham, Lord Denham] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Hurd PS ("MISC 128: Green Paper on Radio Policy") [financing arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Francois Mitterrand message to MT (conference of African heads of state) [in French] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Francois Mitterrand message to MT (conference of African heads of state) [in French] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: UKE Athens telegram 570 to FCO (1140Z) ("Papandreou") [defence sale prospects, Greek defence and civil projects] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Michael Alison minute to MT (Commons support) [first meeting of backbench group] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Treasury minute to MOD ("ALARM") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Government response to the Fifth Report from the Environment Committee, Session 1985/86: Planning: Appeals, Call-In and Major Enquiries") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Unwin letter to Norgrove ("The Lessons of Chernobyl") [problems with Department of the Environment] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets; Managing Director of IMF; Peter Walker/Sizewell decision; Bank of England directors; IMF: UK economy; dual resident companies ] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Italian Summit") [Craxi agrees 11 Feb in London; Powell "Oh dear!"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Development") ["I know... that you have been worried about the strength of feeling in the south-east against over rapid development... It does, however, have some other advantages"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Edwards PS letter to No.10 ("South Cardiff urban renewal") [revised text of Ridley speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [do something to protect owners] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Netherlands: FCO briefing for MT ("European Council: Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Lubbers, 1745 hours, 4 December") [key issues] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5 case, Kinnock speech in Atlanta) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (70th anniversary of the Cabinet Office) [MT expresses concern about draft article] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Channon minute to MT ("Japan") [summary of conversations with Prime Minister Nakasone and others in Tokyo] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Fowler ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [difficulty of registering social security recipients] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind mintue to John MacGregor ("Non-Domestic Rates: Indexation") [ceiling will be index-linked] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government' - Response to Consultation") [consensus that domestic rates should be aboliished but no consensus on what should take their place] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Netherlands: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Netherlands Prime Minister") [key issues] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Department of Health and Social Security minute for No.10 (“AIDS: Briefing to the Prime Minister”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (government appeals in MI5 case, Kinnock’s US visit, Reagan’s popularity ratings) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Dec 3 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: NSC note for ?Poindexter (MT letter to Reagan urging NATO commit to Camp David points) [declassified 2000]
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