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PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: John Moore PS letter No.10 (“ICI Case”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 briefing cards for MT ("Bilateral with President Reagan") [US budget deficit, new GATT round, unitary tax] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Cabinet Office list of briefs for MT ("Bonn Economic Summit 2-4 May 1985") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: DTI brief ("Bonn Economic Summit: 2-4 May 1985. GATT Work Programme") [major items on the programme include safeguards, agriculture, services, tropical products, tariff escalation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("1985 CAP Price Fixing") [Howe's comments on German position, points he suggests to be raised with Kohl] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit") [Home Office suggestion re: line to take on drugs problem] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Kohl) [protectionism, international monetary conference, new GATT round, Strategic Defence Initiative] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan bilateral) [international monetary conference, exchange rates, new GATT round, Japan, political declaration, Strategic Defence Initiative, UN anniversary] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: G7 draft declaration ("Political Declaration on the 40th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War") ["we dedicate ourselves and our countries anew to the creation of a world in which all peoples enjoy the blessings of peace, of justice, and of freedom"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Ministers' Meeting) [Central America, drugs, political declaration, economic issues, press briefing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Clark bilateral) [VE day celebrations, Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, UNESCO, European Community] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Abe bilateral) [East-West relations in the Asian context, international trading system] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Craxi) [future of the European Community, Economic Summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: ?Butler record of conversation (plenary - heads of government) [Middle East, anniversary of WWII, economic recovery, trade] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: ?Butler record of conversation (plenary) [trade and monetary policy, aid for Africa] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor Kohl, on 18 May, 1985") [attaches paper on political cooperation; meeting "will be crucial in determining whether we succeed in channelling the debate on the future of the European Community over the next months towards sensible conclusions with which we can live"; need to convince Euro-enthusiasts Britain moving ahead, but "we don't want to succumb to the drivel about European Union"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT-McFarlane: "IDU Meeting in Washington") [MT "was clearly taken aback to hear that the President knew nothing of the meeting and commented that a certain amount of 'leverage' appeared to be going on"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO minute to Robert Armstrong ("New GATT Round: Agriculture") [EC statement - a hard-fought compromise, best avoid all reference to agriculture in G7 economic declaration] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [review body reports, local government finance, gilts prospectus] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Nick Ridley minute to MT (“Laker: attempted settlement”) [“BA are required to report progress to the US judge on 8 May”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 briefing cards for MT ("Bilateral with Mr. Nakasone") [trade imbalance, liberalisation of financial markets] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: G7 communiqué draft ("The Bonn Economic Declaration: Towards Sustained Growth and Higher Employment") ["Latest draft"; 4 May, version 7] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Bernard Ingham briefing for MT ("BBC Radio Four 'World This Weekend'") [Chequers interview - "the present criticism of the Government is confused"; show that you have a clear direction, vigour] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Bernard Ingham minute to MT ("Summit Press Conference") ["This has been a peculiar summit"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand bilateral) [Strategic Defence Initiative, Channel link, European fighter aircraft, European Community, new GATT round] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No. 10 record of conversation (MT-Nakasone bilateral) [Strategic Defence Initiative, East/West relations, Korea, Taiwan, Bosphorus Bridge] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: ?Butler record of conversation (plenary session) [Political Declaration: environment, new GATT round] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Bonn Summit: French Reactions") ["the verdicts on Mitterrand's performance have been mixed"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Japanese Views on the Bonn Summit") [Japanese are glad protracted discussion on GATT "prevented much discussion of 'the Japan Problem'"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT draft Commons statement ("Bonn Economic Summit: Parliamentary Statement") [MT deciding to include more material from economic declaration] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 6 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Powell letter to German Ambassador to the UK (Helmut Kohl speech at Bergen-Belsen) [MT "pleased to have the opportunity to read the full text of this"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 6 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (Kohl Bundestag speech on Bonn Economic Summit final declaration) [political declaration; SDI; drug problem] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Press Summary") [economy, internal affairs, public support for the Government, foreign affairs, armed forces, human rights] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Press Office minute to MT (briefing for interview with Chinese journalists) [questions on three areas: international situation, economic and political scene in the UK, Sino-British relations] [released 2017]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Bonn Economic Summit: German Press Reaction") ["finds some good in the summit conclusions but, without exception, finds the balance disappointing"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Bonn Summit: Further French Reactions Summary") ["the implications of what happened in Bonn for Europe and for Franco-German relations are attracting increasing attention"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: MT letter to UKA Bonn (thanks for hospitality) [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell to Bernard Ingham (call from Kohl's office) [Germans "in a bit of a flap" after prematurely announcing MT-Kohl meeting at Chequers] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 briefing for MT ('Supplementaries') [economy, environment, Africa, foreign policy] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT message to Helmut Kohl (thank you for Summit arrangements) ["a pity that not all of us were able to agree on setting a target date" for new GATT round] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Privatisation Programme") ["attached paper sets out the present position on existing candidates and proposes some priorities for the remainder of this Parliament"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKHC Kuala Lumpur letter to No.10 (economic planning charts) [copies requested by MT during her visit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute (“Week Ahead” & Press Digest for MT) [gas privatisation, VE Day, Reagan in Europe, GLC/MCC abolition, NUM trial, NACODS overtime ban, Welfare State cabinet, Scottish Conservatives] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Fowler memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 12 (Social Security Review: Pensions) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: John Butcher letter to Robert Litherland (“Manchester Steel”) [objective “to achieve further restructuring in the industry which will bring about improved prospects for profitability and viability”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: John Butcher letter to Flesher (Manchester Steel) [“the Government could not stand in the way of any realistic bid from the private sector”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 9 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) City: Lawson minute to MT (“Disclosure & Gilts”) [legal liabilities & advance knowledge of tax changes] [released 2014]
PDF 85 May 9 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Industry: John Butcher letter to Robert Litherland MP (“Manchester Steel”) [“profitability and viability”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 1532 to FCO (1550Z) (“Visit to Washington of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry”) [Tebbit pressed “the need for the Americans not to take out on others the consequences of domestic policies which have led to the high budget deficit, the high dollar and vast trade deficit”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) China: Caroline Ryder minute to Charles Powell ("Premier Zhao Ziyang") [arrangements for farewell call] [released 2017]
PDF 85 May 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Enlarged Community") [policy paper requested by MT] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Hayek MSS) Conservatism: Hayek letter to the Arthur Seldon (split with Milton Friedman over the status of macroeconomics) ["I believe a good and detailed critical analysis of macroeconomics would be very desirable"]
PDF 85 May 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Tebbit minute to MT (“Visit to the United States 7-11 May”) [“in trade and the related financial policies the Administration is developing clearer ideas of where it wants to go, but is unsure how to get there”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: President Chun Doo Hwan message to MT (Bonn Economic Summit) ["This political declaration is a source of great encouragement to me and the Korean people in our continued effort for the peaceful unification through direct dialogue between the north and the south"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Meeting with the Chancellor and the Governor”) [disclosure and gilts, inquiry into JMB, foreign currency borrowing, Mercury, public expenditure priorities] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Economic and Social Policy presentation) [7th meeting] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sport: Addison minute to MT (“Proposed Eurodome stadium in the London Docklands”) [“It will be for the Docklands Development Corporation to consider their merits in the first instance”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Governor of the Falklands telegram to FCO ("Mr Renton's Meeting with Councillors: 16 May") [fisheries; Mount Pleasant Airport; developmental strategy; land sub-division; oil] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: No.10 record of conversation (“Disclosure & Gilts”) [Bank of England concerns that tax changes could undermine funding programme via disclosure requirements] [released 2014]
PDF 85 May 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“The Inland Revenue and the Keith Report”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 16 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Sport: Addison minute to Redwood (“Lord Bruce and the ‘Eurodome’ stadium”) [Bruce seeks discussion on proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Nick Ridley minute to MT (“Draft White Paper on airports policy”) [“encouraging enterprise and efficiency… [while recognising] continuing role of Government as regulator and referee”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Treasury minute (“Monthly Monetary Report: March-June”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit") [summary of points made in letters on Bonn Summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: The Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors letter to Lawson (Treasury figures on infrastructure expenditure and employment effects) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Howe minute to MT (“Possible industrial action by FCO communications staff”) [Union seeking assurances in light of new computerised system requiring less staff ] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor Kohl) [Economic summit, European fighter aircraft, Polish Church Agricultural Scheme, EC/Turkey association agreement, India/Pakistan] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 20 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: MT message to General Ershad (Bonn Economic Summit) ["the problems of developing countries... were very much in our minds during the Summit"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT message to UN Secretary-General (Bonn Economic Summit) ["the main contribution we as industrialised countries could make to world prosperity was to promote sustained growth and higher employment in our own economies"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT message to Julio Maria Sanguinette (Bonn Economic Summit) [attendees "recognised and agreed that a lasting solution" to the problem of Latin American debt "can only be achieved if all those involved continue in their constructive co-operation"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin letter to Rees (“Birmingham Convention Centre”) [“It is vital that we demonstrate our commitment to the economic recovery of the area”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Tebbit letter to Heseltine (“British Aerospace sale”) [disclosure requirements in relation to sale of shares] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Lawson minute to Howe (“Possible industrial action by FCO communications staff”) [“we should not be seen to be giving way in the face of industrial threats in this particular case”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) City: Lawson minute to MT (“Disclosure & Gilts”) [solution] [released 2014]
PDF 85 May 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Howe minute to Nick Ridley (“UK/US Civil Aviation: Bermuda 2”) [“objectives and negotiating strategy”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD record of conversation (Heseltine-Weinberger) [taxation, defence budget, SDI, arms control] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Frank Field MP) [MT said that “ASW was a private company and there could be no question of Government instruction on the way it conducted its business”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: FCO to No.10 ("Visit by Premier Zhao Ziyang, 2-8 June 1985") [briefings: objectives on Hong Kong, relationship with Zhao, bilateral relations, trade relations] [released 2017]
PDF 85 May 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Frank Field MP) [future of Manchester Steel’s Bidston works] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Redwood minute to Turnbull (“Birmingham Convention Centre”) [“the expenditure does not look well-based”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UKHC Ottawa telegram to FCO (“The Canadian Budget”) [“seen as generally good for the business community, hard on middle income consumers and less tough than it might have been on the deficit”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 85 May 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Turnbull minute to MT (the latest Monetary Bulletin: “extremely critical of current system of monetary control”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 28 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local government: Department of Environment note to No.10 (“Liverpool Garden Festival”) [press coverage of reopening] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Department of Trade and Industry minute for No.10 (“Competition Policy: Presentation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Rees letter to Jenkin (“Birmingham Convention Centre”) [no to proposal: “would put further pressure on LA capital expenditure”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Howe PS letter to Charles Powell ("Visit by Premier Zhao Ziyang: 2-8 June 1985") [briefs prepared by FCO] [released 2017]
PDF 85 May 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Charles Powell note to Percy Cradock (MT speech to Zhao dinner) [edited version of FCO draft] [released 2017]
PDF 85 May 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment/Economic Policy: Redwood minute to Addison ("The Dornbusch Lecture") [Rudi Dornbusch's view of government fiscal and monetary policy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“Employment Effects of Increases in Infrastructure Expenditure”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Nick Ridley minute to MT (“Airports decisions and White Paper”) [statement to Parliament & Parliamentary debate] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Possible industrial action by FCO communications staff”) [negotiations and action postponed] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to MT (“Money Policy and the Economy”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Chinese Prime Minister's Visit") [Hong Kong, trade, international issues] [released 2017]
PDF 85 May 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 14 (Legislative Programme 1985-86) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Turnbull minute to Jenkin PS (Birmingham Convention Centre) [MT has asked “whether the project could be recast to produce more private sector involvement”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [monetary policy, long-term unemployment, benefit reviews] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“Late Payment of VAT and Other Taxes”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: UKE Washington telegram 1757 to FCO (2104Z) (“Laker settlement negotiations”) [Laker’s demands] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Second round of talks with Zhao Ziyang") [issue of soft loans is tricky - "it is open to you to overrule your colleagues"] [released 2017]
PDF 85 Jun 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic policy: DTI Press Office minute (“Draft PPI Press Notice for May”) [declassified 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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