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PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Jamaica: MT message to Prime Minister Seaga (congratulations on re-appointment as Prime Minister) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT letter to Mrs Dodd, wife of Inspector Stephen Dodd (IRA bombing of Harrods: death of Inspector Dodd) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT letter to John Hermon, Chief Constable of the RUC (thanks for helping with MT's visit to Northern Ireland) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to mayor of Ards Borough (visit to Newtownards) [thanks for gift] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to Cecil Hull (visit to Newtownards) [thanks] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to Jim Kilfedder (visit to Newtownards) [security services are “a beacon of hope”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to Lieutenant Colonel Beroys (visit to Drumadd Barracks) [impressed by professionalism and morale] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to Lieutenant Colonel Draper (visit to Aughnacloy Army Base) [impressed by professionalism and morale] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to Lieutenant General Richardson (visit to Northern Ireland) [debt owed to security services] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to Prior (visit to Northern Ireland) [“the great majority of people in Northern Ireland support our efforts for peace and reconciliation”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to Group Captain Salter (visit to RAF Aldergrove) [thanks] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT note to Superintendent Forde (visit to RUC at Newtownards) [impressed by professionalism] [declassified December 2014]
Text 83 Dec 25 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
Text 83 Dec 26 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Franz Joseph Strauss letter to MT (meeting of the presidents of the Airbus partner companies) [declassified 2014]
Text 83 Dec 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon") [record of Multinational Forces coordination meeting] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon: MNF") [report on injured British soldiers] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: FCO telegram to UKE Beirut ("Lebanon Ceasefire Committee") [UK government's position] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1473 to FCO (0828Z) ("Central Committee Plenum") [leadership changes; Andropov's health] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 83 Dec 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Hungarian National Archive) Hungary: Hungarian Foreign Ministry to Deputy PM Marjai (MT visit) [requests briefing on economic issues] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013]
Text 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 1724 to FCO (2017Z) ("Lebanon: UN forces") [analysis of proposal that UN cover Israeli & Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 3881 to FCO (2252Z) ("Lebanon: Beirut bombings") [Reagan statement regarding US policy on tackling state-supported terrorism] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Washington telegram 3882 to FCO (2255Z) ("Lebanon") [Rumsfeld, Khaddam: record of conversation in Damascus] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Cairo telegram to FCO ("Meeting between Arafat and Mubarak") [briefing for US, French & Italian ambassadors: "The main thrust of Boutros's message seemed to be an appeal to the West to help Egypt make the most of the visit"; summary of the Arafat, Mubarak talks] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon - Ceasefire Committee") ['violations' sub-committee] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: No.10 minute to MT ("Lebanon") [Ceasefire Committee: 'violations' sub-committee] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Japan: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan (congratulations on re-appointment as Prime Minister) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Japan: Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan letter to MT (Nakasone re-appointed as Prime Minister; priorities for the future) [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: MT letter to Barbara Castle (EC Budget) ["I am grateful for your firm support over the Parliament's treatment of our 1983 refunds"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) USA: US Ambassador letter to MT (thanking for hospitality) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: MT letter to David Owen (launch aid for British Aerospace) [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO (“Alfonsin’s first two weeks: assessment”) [declassified 2013]
Text 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram to FCO ("Lebanon") [situation report] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: No.10 minute to Howe PS (UKMIS telegram 1717: Lebanon: role of UN forces) [MT request for more detail about passing reference in telegram to UN Secretary General's "secret negotiations" on Cyprus] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised industries: Rees letter to Walker ("BGC 1983 Corporate Plan") [British Gas: outstanding issues not addressed by the Plan; gas exports] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gibraltar: Howe minute to Heseltine ("Gibraltar") [elections: "one of the key issues will be the future of the Naval Dockyard... I agree... [with] your proposal for maintaining a Naval presence... until after the elections"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Prime Minister Mauroy letter to MT (New Year message) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 letter to Cabinet Office ("YTS") [Youth Training Scheme: negotiations with Civil Service Unions; trainee for No.10] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: Constitutional and Governmental Development”) [draft EXCO paper] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Hilton Cheong-Leong letter to MT (statement to Urban Council) [“British colonialism, no matter how benevolent and efficient it is, should in due course be replaced by self-administration by Hong Kong people”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: FCO telegram to UKHC Nicosia (“Cyprus”) [“Kyprianou was anxious to talk to the Prime Minister”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO minute to No.10 (“Anglo Italian Summit: 26-27 January”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Howe minute to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (“Liquid Milk Prices”) [declassified 2014]
Text 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe minute to Rees ("British Council: expenditure provision") ["a sudden reduction... would be hard to defend in the House and give rise to much more robust lobbying"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Justice: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (prisoners in police cells) [Brittan press article] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: President Mubarak message to MT (Middle East peace process) [significant recent developments] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 note (internal): Duty Clerk to Diary Secretary ("TSRB Meeting: 12 January") [Top Salaries Review Body: meeting rescheduled to accommodate Lord Chancellor] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: President Mubarak message to MT (meeting with Chairman Arafat) [record of conversation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Cold War: UK Embassy in Prague to FCO (1983 Annual Report on Czechoslovakia) [declassified 2007]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: Submission to Ministers - Working Paper on Future Security”) [“The Security issue has come to the fore earlier than anticipated”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Butler minute to Coles (Robin McLaren) [approach to Lord Cromer’s son] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 3899 to FCO (2154Z) (“Shultz’s visit to London”) [news beginning to leak, State Department to issue statement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Ridley minute to MT (“Shipping: Panamanian freight tax”) [possible countermeasures] [declassified 2013]
Text 83 Dec 31 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 83 Dec 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Angola: President Dos Santos letter to MT (Angola/South Africa) [complaint of incursion & request for UK support; UK ambassador record of conversation with Dos Santos] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 83 Dec 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Cold War: UK Embassy in Warsaw to FCO (1983 Annual Report on Poland) [declassified 2007]
PDF 83 Dec 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT letter to Alison (thanks to political office for Christmas gift of hair rollers) ["At least my hair should look all right in the Orwellian year to come!"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Dec 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Angola: President Dos Santos of Angola message to MT (claims South African aggression against Angola) [released 2013]
Text 84 Jan 1 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: MT message to President Mitterrand (TGV and Marseille station bombings) ["I was shocked to hear of the bomb outrages in France over the New Year"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies note (“Reports of Study Groups 1983-1984”) [domestic policy, cold war] [released 2014]
Text 84 Jan 2 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Hugh Thomas minute for MT (“The Future of the Centre for Policy Studies”) [position of Sherman] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Hungarian National Archive) Hungary: Hungarian Foreign Ministry minute (“Conceptual Plan” for MT visit) [antecedents, goals, press handling] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013]
Text 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to Rees PS ("Public Expenditure Reviews") [options for savings; NHS contractor arrangements; territorial programmes] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 note to MT (Athens European Council) [communication of UK concerns to Mitterrand about increased EC public expenditure and UK's 1983 refund] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Net Payments to European Community Institutions: public cxpenditure White Paper figures") [1983 refund; 1982 risk-sharing refund] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Post-Stuttgart Negotiations and the French") ["we do not know with certainty why the frequent ministerial and official level contacts in the weeks before the Athens European Council failed to give us any forewarning of the line the President was likely to take... we have to find a way of getting our views over to the French at the only level that matters - that of the President"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram 2 to FCO (1440G) ("Lebanon") [meeting of the Coordination Committee: record of conversation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 letter to Fowler PS (Social Security Seminar) [control of expenditure on Family Practitioner Services & social security benefits; forecasting FPS expenditure] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram 003 to FCO (1440Z) ("Cyprus: Denktash's goodwill proposals") [details of statement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: John Coles minute to MT ("Competitiveness of the UK Defence Industry") [commissioning of paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Private money and School Closures") [MT critical of Oliver Letwin paper "suggesting a new way of increasing the number of independent schools and of reducing the opposition to school closures"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan (Japanese conference on life sciences and mankind) [third British nominee for conference] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Cold War: UK Embassy in East Berlin to FCO (1983 Annual Report on GDR) [declassified 2007]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: John Coles minute (lunch for Brian Mulroney) [visit later cancelled after Trudeau government brought budget forward] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“White Paper on Training”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Belize: MT letter to Prime Minister Price of Belize (Hillbank project) [sees economic benefits at first glance, full evaluation to follow] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local government: Ryder minute to Flesher (“London Docklands”) [dates for proposed visits] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ingham minute to MT (“London Docklands Railway”) [hears “there is a big row brewing over the tendering for this project”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Queen’s Speeches and Future Legislation Committee (QL) membership”) [proposed addition of Lord Advocate] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“Economic Summit: 1984”) [discussions with France over potential date clashes, potential impact on PMQs] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Bernard Ingham (Economic Summit) [press announcement of date and participating countries] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: TUC Assistant General Secretary letter to MT (&dquo;World Economic Summit&rduqo;) [tradition of pre-summit meetings with host nation; proposes meeting in London] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: policy review”) [record of conversation: Youde, EXCO] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 letter to Howe PS (letter from Christine Loh of the Hong Kong Observers) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to President of the National Farmers' Union (National Farmers' Union views on agricultural issues before the European Council) [UK contribution to EC Budget; milk levy; green pound; cereals prices; EC Commission proposals on lamb] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT ("President Mitterrand") [possible meeting in Paris in advance of European Council meeting in March] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 3 to FCO (0056Z) ("Lebanon") [encouraging UN involvement: MT message to UN Secretary General & diplomatic initiatives] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Lebanon: Message to the Prime Minister from the Druze Community") [draft reply] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: FCO telegram 14 to UKE Washington (1900Z) ("Lebanon") ["MNF role and the possible involvement of UN forces"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Manufacturing Nationalised Industries") [Corporate Plans: due dates; costs; decisions; presentational issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Caroline Ryder (John Gummer) [meeting for “a general discussion on what we are doing”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 4 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Hungarian National Archive) Hungary: Hungarian Ambassador London to Foreign Ministry (confirms to FCO date of MT visit) [news received “with rather great happiness”] [declassification date uncertain; accessed 2013]

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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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