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PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Walker) ["Sizewell": concern about rising costs of project in advance of Public Inquiry outcome] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Prime Minister's Visit to Paris, 23 January) [Armstrong, Attali: announcement & arrangements for visit] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Prime Minister's Visit to Paris, 23 January) [Armstrong, Attali: East/West issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Prime Minister's Visit to Paris, 23 January) [Armstrong, Attali: UK/French cooperation on strategic issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Prime Minister's Visit to Paris, 23 January) [Armstrong, Attali: Economic Summit 1984] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Prime Minister's Visit to Paris, 23 January) [Armstrong, Dumas: preparation for March meeting of European Council; Dumas visit to London on 8 Feb; UK contribution to EC Budget] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office record of conversation (European Community questions) [Armstrong, Attali: talks in advance of next EC Council meeting; role of Dumas; French farmers; EC trade policy; control of agricultural spending; UK contribution to EC Budget; 'Presidency proposals' tabled by Greek government at Athens] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science & Technology: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Annual Review of Research and Development") [draft Parliamentary question and answer] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Younger minute to MT ("Scott Lithgow") [case for financial support in recognition of firm's status as largest employer in the area; local regeneration] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and telecommunications: No.10 briefing for MT ("Your Meeting with Ken Baker on Post Offices: Wednesday, 18th January 1984 at 4.00 pm") [closures] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS Geneva telegram 12 to FCO (1940Z) ("Cyprus") [Pérez de Cuéllar, Evren: record of conversation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Iacovou) ["Cyprus"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: David Steel MP letter to Edward du Cann MP (visit to Soviet Union) ["I propose to sound out the Russians on starting up a European contribution to the East/West dialogue at Parliamentary level"] [declassified Dec 2018]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 ("Local Overseas Allowance - Germany") [details of further reductions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Minutes of Liaison Committee meeting (Whitelaw chairing) [“‘To keep under review the presentation of Government policy and measures’”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Competition Policy”) [briefing for meeting with Tebbit and Fletcher] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Peter Rowland, Lord Cockfield) [tax simplification] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hill letter to Heyhoe (“Ministerial Dealings with Sinn Fein Members”) [“no Northern Ireland Office Minister will meet any Sinn Fein MP or Assembly Member”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Power Station Endurance”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Sauve letter to MT (appointment as Governor-General) [will make “every effort to sustain and encourge the very warm and complimentary relationship we in Canada share with Britain”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson, Ambassador Price) [Price “very much afraid that the Budget proposals would show no reduction in the US deficit”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lawson minute for MT (“Argentina: Commercial Bank Lending”) [MT complains at being given "wrong 'facts'"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Nigel Lawson minute to MT (“Milk Marketing Arrangements and the Threatened FEOGA Disallowance”) [comments on Jopling’s minute] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: MT letter to Franz Joseph Strauss (Launch Aid for British Aerospace) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO record of conversation (Luce, Cradock, Donald, Youde, SY Chung/EXCO) [Negotiating objectives and transitional issues] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) European elections: Geoffrey Howe note to John Gummer (European Elections Publications’ Committee (“Howe Group”)) [requests meeting, need to ensure “themes in advertising and publicity are coherent with our manifesto themes”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) European elections: MT note to Geoffrey Howe (state of preparation) [suggests meeting, need to ensure “as clear and co-ordinated campaign strategy as possible”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute for Coles (“Discussion of Papers on Argentina/Falklands at OD”) [Falklands fisheries limit; possible sale of electricity generating sets] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Patrick Jenkin minute to Peter Rees (Public Expenditure White Paper) [presentation of capital spending] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (Environmental Pollution) ["handling of pollution issues has been deficient... [Cabinet Secretary] endorses the suggestion for an additional sub-committee of E, with a meeting of Ministers to be held to set the scene"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [French farmers: UK lorries blockade; US restrictions on steel imports; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of the Prime Minister to France: 23 January - Brief on the European Community") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The Prime Minister's Visit to Paris") [press announcement] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Sir Percy Cradock minute to Robin Butler ('Times' article on role of the Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs) [definition of role] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Tebbit minute to MT ("Visit to India, 8-14 January 1984") [recount of visit; "impressed by the opportunities"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Tebbit PS letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("BL: Leyland Trucks Redundancies") [BL announcement; background; advice on handling] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Lebanon: UKE Beirut telegram 34 to FCO (1200Z) ("Security Situation in Beirut") [assassinations; "challenge to the Government's authority"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Robin Butler minute to MT (Coronary Artery Disease Research Association (CORDA) fundraising for NMR scanner) [Denis Thatcher & officials: correspondence with Professor Donald Longmore, National Heart Hospital; MT rules out possibility of reception at No.10] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and telecommunications: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kenneth Baker) ["Post Office Counters": closures] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Tim Flesher minute to MT (Barry Jones MP request for meeting to discuss redundancies at British Aerospace's Broughton (Chester) site) [MT rejects advice to decline meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (England and Wales)") ["Like you, I am unhappy with the suggestion that the whole of the 1.05% increase in contributions should be borne by the employers"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Overseas Aid: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Tebbit) ["IDA 7": additional contribution to International Development Association supplementary fund] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Efrem & Tatiana Yankelovich) [request for MT's assistance in persuading Soviet authorities to grant travel abroad for Dr. Sakharov's wife, for medical treatment] [released Dec 2018]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Sherbourne minute for David Wolfson (Special Advisers) [rules on pay, role in elections] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("Coal") [Redundant Mineworkers Payments Scheme] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Pascall minute to Turnbull ("NCB") [Redundant Mineworkers Payments Scheme] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute for MT (“Taxation Reform”) [advice on Bruce Sutherland proposals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“President Reagan’s Message to the Prime Minister: US/Soviet Relations”) [proposed draft reply: “We cannot expect rapid changes. The Soviet system is too rigid for that”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Howe PS minute to John Coles (“Economic Summit”) [pre-Summit meetings with the Foreign Secretary] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lawson minute for MT (“Nigeria - Debt”) [update] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: MT letter to President of Liberia Samuel Doe (Liberian debt) [glad to have been able to assist] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Liquid Milk Prices”) [the present arrangements review, possible prices increase] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 letter to Chairman of Hong Kong’s Urban Council (future of Hong Kong) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Hong Kong”) [comparison with Shanghai] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 letter to Ridley PS (“Shipping: Panamanian freight tax”) [MT sets deadline for countermeasures] [declassified 2013]
Text 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) European elections: John Houston note to Geoffrey Howe (“German Aspects of Public Relations Campaign on EC”) [queries, CDU connections] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) European elections: John Houston note to Stephen Sherbourne (“Cabinet Meeting on European Elections”) [importance of campaign, policy, objectives] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Treasury minute ("Ratios of Expenditure to GDP") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Tebbit letter to Rees ("EH101 Helicopter Project") [Westland acceptance of launch aid offer for Anglo-Italian project; terms & publicity] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: MT letter to President Reagan (relations with the Soviet Union) [thank for copy of his speech - pleased he placed on record willingness to establish "a constructive and realistic working relationship with the Soviet Union"; "We cannot expect rapid changes"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of the Prime Minister to Paris: 23 January 1984") [agreement on text of post-meeting press announcement] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of the Prime Minister to France: 23 January") [non-EC issues; bilateral and other issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Guinea: FCO telegram to UKE Dakar ("Official Visit by Sekou Toure") [request declined; "However, Ministers would be glad to see the President should he decide to make a private visit"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("India") [Indian High Commissioner: farewell call] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Fowler letter to Biffen ("Social Services Committee Enquiry into NHS Management Inquiry Report") [request for Parliamentary debate] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Electricity Supply Industry Board Salaries") [pay offer figures] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: FCO briefing for MT ("Lebanon/MNF: Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr Rumsfeld, 20 January") [current respective positions of US, Italy, France & USSR on the Multinational Force; Middle East peace process] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation (1900Z) (Howe, Gromyko) [trade & economic relations; US negotiating behaviour; arms control; human rights] [declassified Dec 2018]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Sixtieth Anniversary of the Establishment of Anglo-Soviet Diplomatic Relations") [proposals for marking the anniversary] [declassified Dec 2018]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Geoffrey Pattie minute to MT (Defence contracts with the Netherlands) [UK purchase of Dutch Goalkeeper Close-In Weapon System in return for Dutch purchase of Rolls-Royce Spey engines] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Shultz message to Howe (2000Z) (East-West Relations) ["impressions from my meeting with... Gromyko"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to President Reagan (East/West Relations) [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Tim Flesher note to MT (East/West Relations) [excerpt of recent Pym speech lamenting missed opportunities] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Gromyko) [human rights & request for Soviet authorities to grant travel abroad for Dr. Sakharov's wife, for medical treatment] [released Dec 2018]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation ("Coal Policy") [pit closure programme; enhanced Redundant Mineworkers Payments Scheme] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 2nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Jenkin and Edwards memo circulated to Cabinet - C(84) 1 (Non-Domestic Rating Revaluation) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(84) 30 (The Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation of Parliament and the Opening of the New Session) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute for MT (“Opening of the Joint European Torus (JET), Culham”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Taxation: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Tax Reform Strategy") [Lawson's general strategy for taxation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT letter to President Reagan (advance copy of US-Soviet relations speech) [“I hope that your speech will mark the beginning of a new phase”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“Economic Summit 1984”) [commercial sponsorship: past examples, what to do in present case] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Armstrong PS minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit 1984”) [visit from a trade union delegation a traditional event in run-up to economic summits] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Brittan minute to MT (“Video Recordings Bill”) [certification] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Stockholm to FCO (“Secretary of State’s Meeting with Gromyko on 19 January: Middle East”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKHC Brunei telegram to FCO (record of conversation: Lord Fanshawe, Lee Kuan Yew) [International Democrat Union, UK/China talks, Philippines] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: R.W. Gray (Deputy Secretary Department of Trade) minute for Coles (“Hong Kong”) [“I am sure I could bring matters to a satisfactory conclusion”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Future of Hong Kong: opening statement at eighth round of talks: 25-26 January”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Cradock minute to No.10 (“Hong Kong”) [EXCO, UK/China talks, Ministerial visit to Beijing] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Angola: MT telegram to President Dos Santos of Angola (clemency for British mercenary prisoners) [“humanitarian gesture” will be appreciated among relatives, parliamentarians and public] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) G7: Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan message to MT (London economic summit) [accepts invitation, “a very important opportunity to consolidate the economic recovery”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (Economic Summit 1984) [proposal for visit by Japanese PM; Reagan and Trudeau also to be in London before summit] [released Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Overseas Development Administration minute to Howe ("Falkland Islands: Possible Declaration of a 200 Mile Exclusive Fisheries Limit (EFL)") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Public Expenditure Reviews: Urban Programme") [how to measure cost effectiveness] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rees PS minute to David Barclay ("Publication of 1984 Public Expenditure White Paper") [arrangements] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull note to MT (chemists' pay) [applicability of principle to other NHS contractors] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Strategic co-operation with the French") [lines to take for meeting with Mitterrand] [declassified Jan 2014]

Documents lie at the core of this website, each one dated and sorted chronologically (by default) in search results. Most are images in PDF format of original paper documents scanned or filmed for the site. There also transcripts of speeches and interviews, press articles, photos, videos, and more. The document database contains tens of thousands of items and permits complex searching.

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).

Guides are articles about key events and topics. Many were written to accompany annual releases of Mrs Thatcher’s private and party papers at the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge.

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