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PDF 83 Aug 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT (Foreign Affairs meetings) [background papers by Foreign Office] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Sep 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Cabinet Office letter to No.10 (Global Strategic Perspective from Moscow) [paper assessing probably Soviet policies under new leadership of Andropov] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Trudeau, Fowler) [East/West relations; Trudeau proposal for conference of the nuclear powers ] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Apr 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Heseltine, Whitelaw, Robert Armstrong, Patrick Wright, "C") ["Soviet concern about a surprise NATO attack"] [declassified Dec 2018]
PDF 84 Apr 14 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: UKE Lisbon telegram 001 to FCO (1230Z) ("Prime Ministers Visit to Portugal") [NATO; East/West relations; Africa; Central America; Latin America; Gibraltar; Hong Kong; East Timor; Macao; Iran/Iraq] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute ("Meeting with the Prime Minister on 20 July") [wide-ranging review of "points of special interest or concern" in foreign policy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe minute to MT ("East/West Relations") [note on recent background & views on general policy guidelines for coming year] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Paddy Ashdown MP letter to MT (possible CIA operation against British companies in the computer technology field) ["very serious questions which ought to be investigated"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev's Visit: UK Objectives") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with Shultz) [Middle East, NATO, Soviet Union, Central America, US economy, US stance on main foreign policy issues ] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 3626 to FCO (2355Z) ("East-West relations and Arms Control") ["a mood of guarded optimism here... The Geneva talks are seen as crucial"; inter-agency preparation: main points under discussion] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1900Z) ("Discussion of Substantive Issues for Geneva") (NSPG 0104) [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 84 Dec 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Heseltine, Prince Bandar, Stephen Egerton) [British media; MT forthcoming talks with Reagan; Arab/Israeli dispute/Middle East peace process; international financial stability; terrorism; sale of Tornado to Saudi Arabia] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to FCO ("Gorbachev's Visit") [briefing allies on Gorbachev meeting] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US State Department brief (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000]
Text 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Burt briefing for Shultz (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: President Reagan's briefing cards for Camp David meeting [declassified 2000] [81K scanned image]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 3046 to FCO (1807Z) ("PM's Visit: Meeting with Chairman Deng Xiaoping: 19 December: Sino-Soviet and East-West Relations") [MT, Deng Xiaoping, Howe meeting - Sino-Soviet relations; Hong Kong] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO to Hong Kong Government ("Gorbachev Visit") [account of Luce's dinner conversation with Gorbachev] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000] [117K scanned image]
PDF 84 Dec 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: NSC briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000] [125K scanned image]
PDF 84 Dec 22 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT message to Reagan (account of MT's meeting with Gorbachev) [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 22 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: No.10 minute (“Record of a meeting between the Prime Minister and President Reagan at Camp David on 22 December 1984 at 1030 hours”) [tête-à-tête on Gorbachev, SDI] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 22 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT message to Reagan (account of MT's meeting with Gorbachev) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 22 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Reagan) [Strategic Defence Initiative, civil aviation, US economy, Middle East, famine in Africa, UK-Irish relations] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 84 Dec 22 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting at Camp David (record of conversation) [declassified 2000]
PDF 84 Dec 22 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Camp David Declaration (draft) [declassified ?2000] [23K scanned image]
PDF 84 Dec 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to Washington: 21/22 December 1984") [Strategic Defence Initiative: statement to press] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: MT letter to President Reagan (thanks for visit to Camp David) ["a rare privilege ... very helpful to hear your thinking on some of the issues which will come up in your second term, particularly the Strategic Defence Initiative"] [declassified Jul 2023]
PDF 84 Dec 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: MT letter to President Reagan (thanks for visit to Camp David) ["I found our discussion and the agreed conclusions we reached very valuable"] [declassified Jul 2023]
Text 84 Dec 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: NSC memorandum for McFarlane ("The President's Meeting with Mrs Thatcher: Gorbachev") [MT's impressions] [declassified 2000]
PDF 84 Dec 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Prime Minister's Visit to Washington: 21-22 December") [briefing for allied countries, on outcomes] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to King Fahd (Prime Minister's talks with President Reagan at Camp David) [USSR; Middle East peace process] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Jan 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to Chernenko (East/West relations and arms control) [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Moscow telegram 14 to FCO (1510Z) ("Prospects for Geneva: Soviet attitudes") [Shultz/Gromyko meeting: analysis of Soviet press articles] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Public Statement on Shultz/Gromyko Meeting") [suggested key points for statement, to be issued following MT meeting with McFarlane] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Sir Percy Cradock minute to MT ("Meeting with the Prime Minister, 28 January") [background note in advance of meeting; East/West relations; SDI; arms control; Middle East; Central America; India; China; Southern Africa] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jan 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 briefing for MT ("Arms Control: Briefing Meeting, Chequers, 2 February") [summary of purposes & detailed outline of main points] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Soviet Message to the Prime Minister") [MT "very angry indeed" about Howe pre-empting Ambassador's call on her] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Foreign Minister of Hungary) [General Secretary János Kádár visit to UK; arms control; EC; Hungarian & Soviet economies; Chernenko] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 Mar 11 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (affirms “personal commitment ... to serious negotiations”)
PDF 85 Mar 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Mr. Gorbachev: Speaking Note") [Gorbachev's election, economic management, strategic defence initiative, US-Soviet relations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Vice-President Bush) [Mozambique, arms control, Egypt, Laker case, Soviet Union, Middle East, exchange rates] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to President Reagan (Geneva Talks) [value of consultations; her Moscow talks with Gorbachev] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Mar 24 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Gorbachev to Reagan (declares “positive attitude to ... a personal meeting ”) [declassified 2000]
Text 85 Mar 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz note on Gorbachev letter (helpful) [declassified 2000]
Text 85 Apr 4 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (value of “political meetings” in building trust) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Apr 14 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, King Fahd, Antony Acland, Crown Prince Abdullah & others) [Arab/Israel; Iran/Iraq; Lebanon; Afghanistan] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UK Delegation NATO telegram to FCO ("US/Soviet Geneva Talks: Briefing to NAC") ["Despite the lack of movement, the atmosphere of the talks had been cordial and quite business-like"] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (obstacles to trust) [declassified 2000]

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