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83 Jan 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Capital underspending") [alternative Treasury & Department of Environment proposals] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jan 16 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for London Weekend Television Weekend World ("Victorian Values")
83 Jan 18 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Falkland Islands (Franks Report)]
83 Jan 19 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Foreign Affairs: Anthony Parsons minute to Derek Howe (Parsons will not attend World Balance of Power Conference) ["One of the most neuralgic points at present [in relationship with FCO] is that I will become a kind of alternative Foreign Secretary"] [released 2013]
83 Jan 26 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC I: [Falkland Islands (Franks Report)]
83 Feb 3 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 Feb 10 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 Feb 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (INF negotiating stance) [declassified 2000]
83 Feb 16 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Sunday Telegraph
83 Feb 22 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Sunday Times
83 Mar 1 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 Mar 15 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Hansard	Economy: 1983 Budget (Howe 5)
83 Mar 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Energy: Lawson minute to MT ("Severn Barrage") ["The alternative to the latest STPG proposal would be to kill the project. This, I believe, would be wrong, in view of the fact that the barrage is the only so-called alternative energy source which could contribute significantly to our electricity needs"; MT: "I have always found this prospect exciting and am pleased with the proposal"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Mar 24 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 Mar 26 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Central Council
83 Mar 31 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Leon Brittan PS letter to No.10 ("Hastings-Tonbridge Rail Service") [case for electrification; Brittan "not convinced that an early decision has to be taken... and would prefer more time to allow the alternative to be evaluated more thoroughly"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Apr 12 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Legislative programme 1983-84") [alternative proposals subject to timing of General Election] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 May 12 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 May 18 We	Declassified documents	Key	Conservative Party	Conservative General Election Manifesto 1983
83 May 20 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Wadebridge (General Election tour)
83 May 22 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for IRN (phone-in)
83 May 25 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	General Election Press Conference
83 May 25 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Castle Acre
83 May 31 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	General Election Press Conference
83 May 31 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama
83 Jun 3 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Birmingham
83 Jun 5 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Wembley Youth Rally
83 Jun 7 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC Election Call
83 Jun 22 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Debate on Address]
83 Jun 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Posts and telecommunications: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (privatisation of British Telecommunications) [Lord Weinstock's alternative proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jun 30 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 Jul 1 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Parkinson letter to Whitelaw ("Legislative Programme 1983/84: Industrial Development Bill") [proposal to use Cooperative Development Agency Bill as an alternative] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jul 13 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Michael Scholar ("British Shipbuilders: Corporate Plan 1983") [comments on Cecil Parkinson proposals; alternative recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jul 18 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to No.10 ("Ministerial Salaries") ["In my view these proposals are too generous"; proposed alternative approaches] [released Dec 2014]
83 Jul 20 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Jopling minute to MT ("The Pollution (Protection of Food and Marine Environment) Bill") [use of the Emergency Powers Act as an alternative] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jul 21 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 Jul 28 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for IRN (public expenditure cuts)
83 Jul 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italy internal”) [Pertini likely to nominate Craxi to form a government; no alternative to Five Party arrangement; DC position] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Aug 25 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Zimbabwe: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Zimbabwe: Air Force Officers' Trial") ["verdict is now expected on 31 August... As part of our contingency planning... two possible alternative texts for a message"; MT requests redrafts] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Sep 22 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference for Canadian journalists in London
83 Oct 25 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Grenada: Reagan letter to Thatcher (intervention goes ahead) [declassified 2000]
83 Nov 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Student grants") ["possible alternative packages": options] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Student Awards - alternative packages") [alternatives to Keith Joseph proposal] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Nov 7 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Fishing Industry: Younger PS letter to No.10 ("Fishery Protection: Inshore Aerial Surveillance") [defensive briefing for PMQ: case for purchase of US Cessna 404 Titan in preference to British alternative] [released Dec 2014]
83 Nov 8 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Anglo-Irish Summit Meeting]
83 Dec 1 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 Dec 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Britsat Limited letter to No.10 (Direct Broadcasting by Satellite: the BBC/Unisat Project) ["our alternative project has been thoroughly checked out... and on this basis we have recently submitted an unsolicited offer to the BBC"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 15 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Younger letter to King ("Responsibility for work-related training in the further education sector") [transfer of funding from English & Welsh local authorities to Manpower Services Commission: outline of alternative measures for Scotland] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Dec 15 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Grenada: Hugh Thomas letter to MT [disturbed at her current view of US following Grenada; no real alternative to mending fences] [declassified 2014]
83 Dec 15 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
83 Dec 23 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Lebanon: UKMIS New York telegram 1723 to FCO (2003Z) ("Lebanon: role of UN forces") [Soviet position on the proposal; alternative way forward] [declassified Aug 2013]
84 Jan 4 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Channel 4 News
84 Jan 20 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for New York Times
84 Jan 27 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for IRN (Anglo-Italian Summit in Rome)
84 Feb 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (& others) (Lebanon: redeployment of US marines offshore) [declassified 2000]
84 Feb 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Lawson minute for MT (“Nigeria: Economic Relations”) [MT agrees his plan for Nigerian debt problem - "we have little alternative"] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 16 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
84 Mar 27 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Tebbit letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Capital Allowances: Transitional Arrangements for Certain Regional Projects") ["the Commission have informed us that they regard the arrangements as constituting regional aid... if we are to honour our commitment to Nissan... We have no alternative but to contest the Commission's interpretation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Mar 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("DBS") [Direct Broadcasting by Satellite: criticism of project & Government over-commitment; third party involvement; alternative options; recommendation that MT convene review meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 6 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Federation of Conservative Students Annual Conference
84 Apr 9 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama
84 Apr 10 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
84 Apr 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil service: No.10 minute (internal): Policy Unit to Turnbull ("Future of the Royal Dockyards") ["Although these [contractor management] proposals will not be easy to implement, they are greatly to be preferred to the alternative option of a Trading Fund... Nevertheless there is a more radical approach to the problem... Privatisation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 2 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Kohl)
84 May 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Lawson PS minute to Armstrong PS (“London Economic Summit: Thematic Paper”) [two alternative redrafts] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 18 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic Policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Handling of Review Body Reports") [alternative ways of reducing the effective increases over 12 months; managerial changes to improve efficiency] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 23 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Women’s Conference
84 Jun 1 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Molesworth: the second GLCM Base") [deployment of Ground Launched Cruise Missiles: "I believe that, before proceeding, we should look again at the alternative option of concentration at RAF Greenham Common"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 14 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Sir John Coles MSS)	MT: Appreciation of Margaret Thatcher (contemporary recollection by Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs) [released 2014]
84 Jul 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the European Atlantic Group
84 Jul 14 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	New Zealand: FCO telegram 180 to UKHC Wellington (1139Z) (general election) [alternative messages to Muldoon, Lange] [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Jul 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
84 Jul 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [GCHQ]
84 Jul 19 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
84 Jul 24 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
84 Jul 27 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC2 Newsnight
84 Jul 31 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [No confidence in Government economic policy]
84 Oct 1 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Independent Study Group report (“Britain’s Undefended Frontier: A Policy for Ulster”) [protagonists, alternative approaches, policy, conclusions] [declassified 2014]
84 Oct 2 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Falklands: “Belgrano: there was no alternative” (Lewin article) [“In war, opportunities must be taken while they exist; there may not be a second chance”]
84 Oct 2 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Liverpool Daily Post
84 Oct 8 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for Radio Invicta (Kent)
84 Oct 8 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to George Foulkes MP (General Belgrano)
84 Oct 15 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Channel 4 A plus 4 (Brighton Bomb) [“it just occurred to me that this is the day I was not meant to see”]
84 Nov 20 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Anglo-Irish Summit]
84 Dec 6 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
84 Dec 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("US Draft CW Convention: Article X") [text of draft convention on chemical weapons; text of Article X - compulsory acceptance of challenge inspection; text of alternative language on challenge inspection] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 22 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Thatcher-Reagan meeting at Camp David (record of conversation) [declassified 2000]
85 Jan 10 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Jan 14 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 088 to FCO (1735Z) (Dean Dove Ltd) [reply from Commissioner Sutherland regarding reclamation of UK's illegal regional aid; MT annotation requests clarification of alternative methods of aid withdrawal] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 15 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC I: [Opposition motion on unemployment]
85 Jan 25 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Keith Joseph ("Burnham (P&S)") [arbitration; alternative proposals on teachers' contracts/conditions of service] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 29 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Jan 31 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Economic Censure]
85 Feb 13 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Budget and Economy") ["There is no alternative to holding the spending totals. And that means agreeing some reductions now"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 12 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Energy: Heseltine letter to Peter Walker ("BNOC") [Government Pipeline System: problems posed by privatisation; alternative options] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 13 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Treasury internal minute (“‘Alternative Budgets’ 1985”) [declassified 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Treasury internal minute (“‘Alternative Budgets’ 1985”) [summary of Shadow Chancellor press statement] [declassified 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Mar 19 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Lawson (Nigel)	Economy: 1985 Budget (Lawson 2) (Hansard)
85 Mar 20 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: Hailsham PS to Howe PS ("Australia Constitution Act 1900") [alternative of a temporary loan] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Prosecution Appeals”) [“Lawyers see this as being the first occasion in history that the prosecution has been involved in sentencing. If you do not want a constitutional wrangle but wish to do something bearing in mind the 1983 Conference pledge, there is an alternative [to pushing legislation through Commons]”] [declassified 2014]
85 Mar 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Biffen minute to MT ("Industrial Action by Teachers - Privilege") [assessment of Government's prospects of success in referring Scottish teachers' industrial action to Committee of Privileges; alternative options] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Rees minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft (EFA)") [consideration of UK's defence needs, and relative merits of alternative options] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [Heseltine proposal: analysis & counter-arguments; alternative options] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 28 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 It’s Your World (phone-in)
85 May 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [background; UK conditions for proceeding with partnership project; alternative possibilities] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 7 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Bonn G7 Summit]
85 May 16 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Jun 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Jun 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to No.10 (“Westland”) [refusing Bristow terms, but suggests alternative to avoid company collapse, seeking urgent No.10 approval] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 27 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Jul 1 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Tebbit letter to Heseltine (‘Westland’) [approach from US group; does not find American ownership welcome, but may be no alternative] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jul 8 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for The Sun
85 Sep 3 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to First Engineering Assembly
85 Oct 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan minute for MT (‘Westland’) [examine European solution urgently; do not rule out Sikorsky if no alternative] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 11 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Party Conference
85 Oct 14 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Heseltine letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Pay Assumption and Running Costs Limits”) [“I feel that there would be merit in… an alternative method”] [declassified 2014]
85 Oct 21 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Younger letter to Keith Joseph (“Review of Student Support”) [“decision that we took collectively in July not to proceed with the loans option has removed from the paper the principal alternative to the present system”] [declassified 2014]
85 Oct 31 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Review of Student Support”) [“I have always been an advocate of student loans… there is no realistic alternative”] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 1 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Powell minute to Policy Unit (“SDI: Architecture Study”) [our SDI policy - sceptical it will work, avoid belief there is alternative to nuclear weapons, secure technology and business] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 6 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Debate on the Address]
85 Nov 12 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) ["Were it not for you admirable efforts, I would have had no hesitation in rejecting the Nassau initiative outright"; alternative proposal] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Nov 17 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for London Weekend Television Weekend World
85 Nov 19 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Nov 21 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environmental Affairs: Jopling letter to MT (Conservation Lunch on 25 November) [reminds MT of relevant paper he recently submitted, and offers to nominate invitees with alternative viewpoints to those already due to attend] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Nov 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic Policy: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Future of the Top Salaries Review Body") [supports Policy Unit's proposed alternative to Lawson's approach; MT not convinced] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	South Africa: State Department memorandum for NSC (“South Africa: Looking Ahead”) [declassified 1999]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC Radio 3
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Policy Unit minute for MT ("Nimrod AEW") [need for an alternative to GEC] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI briefing for Brittan ("Westland: some notes on the alternative industrial proposals and on recent press reports") [CDP annotates for MT: "Some very useful material here, which you might like to see"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference for American correspondents in London
86 Jan 13 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference for American Press (CSIS Group)
86 Jan 15 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Westland plc]
86 Jan 23 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Westland plc]
86 Jan 28 Tu	Press	Major	Her Majesty's Government	Green Paper on Local Government Finance ("Paying for Local Government") [origins of Community Charge]
86 Feb 13 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
86 Feb 17 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama
86 Feb 26 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC Radio 2 Jimmy Young Programme
86 Feb 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Land Rover/Leyland") [request for briefing on GM deal and for more information about alternative bids] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Mar 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: Peter Morrison PS letter to No.10 ("BL: possible alternative bids") [proposed lines to take for Morrison's meeting with Jack Straw on 4 March] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Mar 4 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
86 Mar 12 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Joint Press Conference with Italian Prime Minister (Bettino Craxi)
86 Mar 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Hansard	Economy: 1986 Budget (Lawson 3)
86 Mar 24 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for The Times
86 Apr 15 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [US bombing of Libya]
86 Apr 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: Pik Botha letter to co-Chairmen of the Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons (Commonwealth Group's 'possible negotiating concept') ["if the South African Government does move along the lines suggested... and violence continues or increases... the Government may have no alternative but to take appropriate measures to control the violence"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Apr 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Jopling letter to Baker (alternative uses of agricultural land and employment in the countryside) [declassified 2014]
86 May 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: MacGregor letter to Jopling (“Alternative Land Uses and Employment in the Countryside”) [declassified 2014]
86 May 6 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Baker letter to Jopling (alternative uses of agricultural land and rural employment) [declassified 2014]
86 May 20 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
86 May 27 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference ending visit to Israel
86 May 28 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Israel: UKA Jerusalem telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit: Occupied Territories") [controversy over MT comments on alternative leadership to PLO, during May 1986 visit] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 May 28 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: message from President Botha") ["thoroughly discouraging... no alternative but to continue to support the... [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group] initiative"; Howe advises against MT reply to Botha; discussions with US; sanctions; Pik Botha proposal to meet with "four leading countries of the [EC]" ] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 May 29 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Israel: UKE Cairo telegram to FCO ("The Prime Minister's visit to Israel: Egyptian reactions") ["...welcomes Mrs Thatcher's statements in Israel on the Palestinian right to self-determination but criticises her suggestion that an alternative leadership might have to be found"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jun 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Privatisation: MOD minute to No.10 (“Royal Ordnance: Flotation”) [possible alternative courses] [declassified 2014]
86 Jun 25 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: Prime Minister Hawke letter to MT (Chief Minister of Lebowa visit to London: 15-18 July 1986) ["regrettably, it must be recognised that the [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group] initiative failed... we are now left with no alternative but to exert the most effective pressure we can... my Government will be considering additional measures"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jul 1 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Hague European Council]
86 Jul 8 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for The Guardian
86 Jul 12 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference at Vancouver Expo 86
86 Aug 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised Industries: King letter to MacGregor ("Private sector generation of electricity") ["You may be assured that I regard a publicly financed project as an equal contender with the private consortia... You go on to mention private sector management of a public sector project... Only if [the full privatisation] option fails should we explore these alternative methods..."] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
86 Aug 14 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: John Moore PS letter to Howe PS (“UK/US air services”) [assessment of alternative options in event of negotiations failing] [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 3 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Interdepartmental Working Party minute to Jopling (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [report commissioned by MT] [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 4 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Scottish TV
86 Sep 19 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks visiting Finchley (Barnet Enterprise Trust)
86 Sep 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Jopling minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
86 Sep 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [MT rejects funding bid: “there isn’t any more money”] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Rifkind minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Channon minute to Jopling (“Alternative Use of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 30 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
86 Nov 17 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Financial Times
86 Nov 18 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
86 Nov 18 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [US Visit]
86 Nov 19 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for ITN News at One
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]
86 Dec 2 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
86 Dec 5 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Total Expenditure Bill") [alternative timings & approaches] [declassified Oct 2016]
87 Jan 21 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to MT (BBC licence fee) [sponsorship as an alternative form of advertising] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Jan 23 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for IRN
87 Feb 20 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Yorkshire TV Calendar
87 Mar 3 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
87 Mar 26 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
87 Mar 31 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Soviet Television
87 Mar 31 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for TV-AM (visiting Moscow)
87 Apr 7 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Institute of Economic Affairs 30th Anniversary dinner
87 Apr 8 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Manchester Evening News
87 Apr 25 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Candidates’ Conference
87 May 26 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Rally in Newport
87 Jun 2 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	General Election Press Conference (the economy)
87 Jun 8 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama
87 Jun 10 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	General Election Press Conference (eve of poll)
87 Jun 10 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for The Times
87 Jun 10 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservatives in Eastleigh
87 Jun 12 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC (General Election victory)
87 Jun 30 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for TV-AM/Channel Four (Brussels European Council)
87 Jul 1 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Brussels European Council]
87 Jul 3 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference for American Correspondents in London
87 Jul 7 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
87 Jul 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Inner Cities interim report") ["the analysis largely neglects the crucial problem of low motivation... creating a culture of welfare dependancy... we need to anchor our approach on encouraging self-motivation.. We are preparing an alternative paper"; further advice on improving the draft report] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Aug 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	New Zealand: Howe PS minute to Andy Bearpark (New Zealand general election) [alternative messages for Lange, Bolger] [declassified Dec 2016]
87 Sep 10 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for The Independent
87 Sep 18 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to David Norgrove (Cable and DBS operators) [alternative technologies] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 30 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (international conference prospects) [declassified 2000]
87 Oct 22 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative party: Hamilton-Sherbourne minute ("Your Decision on the Party Chairman") [strong case for David Young, alternative candidates] [released 2017]
87 Oct 22 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS (Franco/German Defence Cooperation) [MT believes French being forced by circumstances to abandon Gaullist policy of national defence, trying to construct alternative system of European defence] [declassified Jan 2017]
87 Oct 22 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Vancouver)]
87 Nov 19 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
87 Nov 20 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Financial Times
87 Nov 20 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Written interview for Yedioth Ahronoth (Israeli journal)
87 Dec 5 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (European Union)	EC: Copenhagen European Council (Presidency Conclusions)
87 Dec 8 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [European Council (Copenhagen)]
87 Dec 9 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Washington (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000]
88 Feb 17 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference after Brussels NATO Summit
88 Mar 4 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [NATO Summit (Brussels)]
88 Mar 22 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
88 Apr 8 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference returning from Turkey
88 Apr 13 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Woman magazine
88 Apr 19 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Younger minute for Howe ("OD (FAF) (88) 2: Alternative Civilian Presence on South Georgia") [declassified 2016]
88 Apr 21 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
88 Apr 25 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Lawson minute for Howe ("OD (FAF) (88) 2: Alternative Civilian Presence on South Georgia") [declassified 2016]
88 Apr 26 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Howe minute for Younger ("OD (FAF) (88) 2: Alternative Civilian Presence on South Georgia") [declassified 2016]
88 Apr 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Baker minute for Howe ("OD (FAF) (88) 2: Alternative Civilian Presence on South Georgia") [declassified 2016]
88 Apr 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Parkinson minute for Howe ("OD (FAF) (88) 2: Alternative Civilian Presence on South Georgia") [declassified 2016]
88 May 9 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Washington Post
88 May 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Howe minute for Parkinson ("OD (FAF) 88 (2): Alternative Civilian Presence on South Georgia") [declassified 2016]
88 May 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Parkinson minute for Howe ("Alternative Civilian Presence on South Georgia") [declassified 2016]
88 May 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Reagan meeting with Finnish President (Koivisto) [declassified 2000]
88 Jun 1 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th Session [declassified 2000]
88 Jun 19 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: No.10 record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Jun 19 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Wicks notes for record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Jun 19 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: No.10 record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit, dinner 19 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Jun 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: No.10 record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Jun 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Wicks notes for record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Jun 21 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: No.10 record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Jun 21 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Wicks notes for record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Jun 23 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Lawson (Nigel)	Economy: Tax Reform (The Government's Record) (CPC pamphlet)
88 Jul 5 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
88 Jul 21 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to 1922 Committee
88 Jul 29 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to British Society of Magazine Editors
88 Aug 31 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Charles Powell to Stephen Wall (encloses No.10 draft of MT Bruges speech) [first draft]
88 Sep 1 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: John Kerr notes (annotations on No.10 draft of MT Bruges speech) [first draft]
88 Sep 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Stephen Wall (FCO) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [Howe comments on No.10 draft & FCO counterdraft]
88 Sep 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Europe: Stephen Wall (FCO) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [Howe comments on No.10 draft & "FCO redraft"] [declassified 2009]
88 Sep 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Europe/Bruges speech: Whittingdale minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's speech on Europe") [Conservative MEPs likely to react badly to the speech; Robin Harris thoughts on the draft] [released Jul 2018]
88 Sep 14 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Charles Powell to FCO (MT Bruges speech) [final draft - “PM now broadly content with it”]
88 Sep 20 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the College of Europe ("The Bruges Speech")
88 Nov 29 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Beeld (Afrikaans newspaper)
88 Dec 1 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
88 Dec 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cyprus: FCO telegram 14 to UKDEL Rhodes (1430Z) ("Message to the Turkish Prime Minister") [alternative wording to avoid misinterpretation by the Turks] [declassified Jul 2021]
88 Dec 3 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference after Rhodes European Council
88 Dec 3 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for IRN (Rhodes European Council)
88 Dec 6 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Rhodes European Council]
88 Dec 14 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC1 Noel Edmonds Christmas Show
88 Dec 30 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for TV-AM Frost on Sunday
89 Feb 7 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
89 Feb 21 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Kohl)
89 Mar 7 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference closing London Saving the Ozone Layer Conference
89 Mar 7 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Channel 4 (London Ozone Conference)
89 Mar 7 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC World Service (London Ozone Conference)
89 Mar 9 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
89 Mar 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to Lord Young PS ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [Celltech of Slough, and alternative industry candidates better-suited to Gorbachev's desire to meet with working class employees] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 20 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC African Service
89 Mar 28 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Written Interview for Zimbabwe Newspapers
89 Mar 30 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference ending visit to Zimbabwe
89 Apr 20 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
89 Apr 27 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Written Interview for la Repubblica (visit of Signor De Mita)
89 Apr 30 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Kohl)
89 May 3 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Press Association (10th anniversary as Prime Minister)
89 May 4 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Sky TV (10th anniversary as Prime Minister)
89 May 4 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC (10th anniversary as Prime Minister)
89 May 4 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: Lord Havers minute to MT ("Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act") [alternative proposal to permanently gifting original] [declassified Jul 2016]
89 May 13 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks opening Torness nuclear power station
89 May 19 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC World Service
89 Jun 6 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [NATO Summit]
89 Jun 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	China: UKE Washington telegram 1566 to FCO (0015Z) ("US/China") [intelligence community has no collateral of PLA in-fighting "although there is plenty of evidence that some units … have stayed aloof from the crackdown"; "CIA see no evidence that an alternative mililtary leadership is emerging", therefore wary of press speculation China on verge of civil war] [declassified 2016]
89 Jun 12 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Nottingham European Election Rally
89 Jun 27 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference after Madrid European Council
89 Jun 27 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for TV-AM (Madrid European Council)
89 Jun 29 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Madrid European Council]
89 Jun 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Ridley PS minute to No.10 ("Grant settlement: safety nets, etc") ["a number of further exemplifications of possible alternative treatments of the safety net"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jul 11 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
89 Jul 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environmental Affairs: Alan Walters minute for Gray ("Rainforest Protection - the Goldsmith idea and an alternative proposal") [proposal to set up a FORESAVE body; "this is an occasion where Britain could clearly take the initiative and lead the OECD countries" ] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jul 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environment: Alan Walters minute to Paul Gray ("Rainforest Protection - The Goldsmith Idea and an Alternative Proposal") [pay-for-forests proposal] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Jul 20 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
89 Aug 7 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Ralph Howell memorandum ("An Alternative to the Community Charge") ["The Community Charge is a major mistake and should be abandoned"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Sep 20 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the Keidanren ("The Open World Economy")
89 Oct 9 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Agents (Lawson’s "foremost fan")
89 Oct 18 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Commonwealth Summit (global trends and prospects)
89 Oct 26 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Summit]
89 Nov 2 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
89 Nov 8 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to United Nations General Assembly (Global Environment)
89 Nov 13 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet
89 Nov 14 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
89 Nov 18 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference after Paris European Council
89 Nov 21 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Debate on the Address]
89 Nov 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Nick Ridley minute for MT ("ERM and EMU") [EC proposals, their consequences, best UK response - help chart European integration, find alternative to EMU; joining the ERM "a relatively minor question" depending on conditions being met] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 6 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee (50th Anniversary)
89 Dec 7 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
89 Dec 11 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Financial Times
89 Dec 12 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Jan 9 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Jan 11 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Jan 18 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Jan 20 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Cabinet Office)	German unification: No.10 memorandum of conversation (MT & President Mitterrand) [prospect of unification had turned them into "the 'bad' Germans they used to be"] [declassified 2010]
90 Jan 30 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Feb 10 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Young Conservative Conference
90 Feb 15 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Feb 21 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Sunday Times
90 Feb 26 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Daily Mail
90 Feb 28 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for Yorkshire TV (visiting Bradford)
90 Mar 8 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Mar 9 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC (visiting Glasgow)
90 Mar 13 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Community Charge: Mark Lennox-Boyd note to Gray (brief MT for meeting with Ralph Howell MP on his alternative to community charge) ["will be a waste of time, but ... will have to do it to keep his frustration at bay"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Mar 13 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Mar 21 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at dinner for Czech President (Vaclav Havel)
90 Mar 22 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Royal Society Dinner (marking end of Surface Water Acidification Programme)
90 Mar 29 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the Konigswinter Conference
90 Mar 31 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Conservative Central Council
90 Apr 3 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Interview for Hindustan Times
90 Apr 9 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at opening ceremony of World Ministerial Drugs Summit
90 May 1 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 May 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Major says inflation will fall by end of year; Heseltine article giving alternative to community charge, etc) [MT marked text] [released Feb 2020]
90 May 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Main News, Heseltine [article giving his alternative to community charge], etc) ["Heseltine gets an appalling press; put up or shut up, they say, and some claim he has blown it"] [released Feb 2020]
90 May 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Waddington) [development of alternative revenues for BBC, RPI and fee increases] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 May 31 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, John Major; Middleton, Wicks) [EMU - MT rejects Major suggestion that UK should accept Treaty committing to EMU "leaving to individual states ... whether and when to join"; instead, campaign to instill doubts about EMU and in favour of alternative concepts] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 5 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Jun 8 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Joint Press Conference with Soviet President (Mikhail Gorbachev)
90 Jun 14 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Jun 20 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: No.10 minute for MT ("Objective Standards") [problems with, whether as an alternative to EMU, a basis for operating EMU or a new monetary order] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 21 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Hard ECU) [Major launches idea of ECU as alternative Euro currency] [released Feb 2020]
90 Jun 21 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Jun 27 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Ozone Layer Conference
90 Jun 28 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [Dublin European Council]
90 Jul 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference after Houston G7
90 Jul 11 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for IRN (Houston G7)
90 Jul 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1276 to FCO (0446Z) ("Soviet Economy: Reform Programme "500 Days"") ["Alternative reform programme... closely linked with Eltsin"; details] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 24 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Aug 5 Su	Press	Major	Commentary (Sunday Times)	Gulf War: "Rape of the Gulf" (Insight account of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait)
90 Aug 5 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the Aspen Institute ("Shaping a New Global Community")
90 Aug 29 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference in Helsinki
90 Sep 19 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for ITN (visiting Hungary)
90 Oct 28 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC (Rome European Council)
90 Nov 6 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at 2nd World Climate Conference
90 Nov 7 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Debate on the Address]
90 Nov 12 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet
90 Nov 14 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC I: [Debate on the Address]
90 Nov 15 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
90 Nov 21 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HC Stmnt: [CSCE Summit]
90 Nov 22 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Confidence in Her Majesty's Government]
91 Mar 8 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Hoover Institution Lunch
91 Mar 14 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the Industrial League of Orange County
91 May 21 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Johannesburg ("South Africa - a new dawn")
91 Oct 3 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the Polish Senate
91 Oct 29 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Weizmann Institute Foundation Gala Dinner
91 Nov 20 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S [European Community]
91 Nov 21 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	HC I [European Community]
92 Mar 30 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Chelmsford
92 Sep 19 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to CNN World Economic Development Conference
92 Nov 25 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Boyden Forum in Frankfurt
92 Dec 9 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	HL S [Hong Kong and China]
93 Jan 18 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Borsen Executive Club
93 Apr 13 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC (attacks British policy towards Bosnia)
93 May 24 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Europ-Assistance 25th Anniversary Dinner ("Europe: Quo Vadis?")
93 Sep 1 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Citibank in Singapore
93 Sep 6 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Citibank in Bangkok
93 Sep 20 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Lecture to the National Legal Center for the Public Interest
93 Dec 8 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Scott Inquiry	Evidence to the Scott Inquiry (Arms for Iraq)
94 May 10 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech introducing the Prime Minister of Estonia (Mart Laar)
95 Feb 3 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia
95 Aug 19 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture
95 Nov 20 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Citibank in Sydney ("Challenges of the 21st Century")
96 Jan 11 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture ("Liberty and Limited Government")
96 Mar 23 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Citibank in Islamabad ("The challenges of the 21st century")
96 Jul 4 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at Poznan Academy of Economics
96 Oct 1 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the European Foundation ("Freedom, Economic Liberty and the Rule of Law")
97 Apr 1 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Article for Daily Telegraph ("The boneless wonder of New Labour")
97 Sep 28 Su	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the First International Conservative Congress
98 Jun 25 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the American Enterprise Institute ("Re-learning old lessons")
98 Sep 16 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech in Zagreb
98 Oct 1 Th	Press	Minor	Collins (Christopher)	Editorial policy of site: Preface to Complete Public Statements of Margaret Thatcher, 1945-90 on CD-ROM (Oxford University Press, 1998)
00 Jul 19 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Speech at the Hoover Institution ("A Time for Leadership")
01 Jul 20 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to Bromley Conservatives
02 Nov 22 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Minor	Margaret Thatcher	Remarks to Oxford & Cambridge Conservative Students
06 Jan 2 Mo	Press	Minor	Commentary (The Times)	Conservatism: “Cameron breaks with Thatcherite past in about-turn over health policy” (drops patient passport)
06 Jan 31 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Conservatism: "Win centre ground or failure is inevitable, Tories told" (David Cameron Demos speech)
06 Mar 13 Mo	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Economy: "It was bold, it was brutal, but who was proved right in 1981?" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget)
06 Mar 15 We	Press	Major	Commentary (Daily Telegraph)	Economy: "How 364 economists got it totally wrong" (25th anniversary of 1981 budget)
06 Mar 16 Th	Press	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	IEA Seminar (25th anniversary of 1981 budget) [Andrew Alexander, Terry Burns, David Laws, Stephen Nickell, Michael Oliver & Geoffrey Wood]
06 Sep 12 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Foreign policy: “Cameron and Thatcher divided over ‘slavish’ special relationship” (Cameron speech & MT 9/11 statement)
06 Oct 2 Mo	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Conservatism: “We can never return to the policies of the Thatcher era, says Cameron” (Cameron party conference speech)
06 Nov 16 Th	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Obituary: Friedman [Milton] (1912-2006)
07 Sep 12 We	Press	Major	Powell (Lord) Charles	MT: Interview with Charles Powell (MT’s policy on Europe, East & West)
07 Sep 21 Fr	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Obituary: Gilmour [Sir Ian] (1926-2007) [prominent Conservative critic of MT]
12 Jan 17 Tu	Press	Major	Needham (Duncan)	Economy: "Fentiman Road: Drawing the Conservative fiscal policy threads together in 1978" [study of Conservative economic planning in Opposition]

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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).

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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