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Date range: 4 Nov 1986 – 3 Dec 1986. Document type: Declassified documents.

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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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) Soviet Union: Powell minute to MT (draft message to Gorbachev) [arms control, Afganistan, human rights, terrorism] [declassified Jul 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 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) 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) 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) 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]

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

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