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Date range: 11 Feb 1975 – 3 May 1979. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 79 Mar 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [Callaghan accepts Owen's advice on handling next round of Falklands talks] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Mar 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 237th Meeting
PDF 79 Mar 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Sir Geoffrey Howe (draft speech on spending cuts) [you, MT, Thorneycroft think it “unnecessary & unwise”]
PDF 79 Mar 15 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) No.10: MT letter to Lady Redcliffe-Maud (Oxford College Gaudy) [“I STILL have not heard anything from Somerville”] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Mar 15 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome letter to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [potential composition of parliamentary majorities] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Mar 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [widespread assumption Andreotti will fail to win vote of confidence, new elections will follow] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Mar 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (Commons amendment)
PDF 79 Mar 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Peyton on Green Pound)
PDF 79 Mar 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Sindall note ("Falklands: File Note") ["no prospect of selling any Falklands settlement to Parliament or the Islanders given their present view of the dispute with Argentina"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Mar 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (public sector pay)
PDF 79 Mar 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: MT to Sir Geoffrey Howe (Bank of England & gilts market)
PDF 79 Mar 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO record of Anglo-Argentine Negotiations on the Falkland Islands in New York (21-23 March 1979) [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Mar 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [Andreotti presented names of three party government to Pertini] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Mar 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 238th Meeting
PDF 79 Mar 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Commonwealth Secretary-General Ramphal letter to Callaghan (Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) [subjects for discussion] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 Mar 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [list of Andreotti’s new ministers] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Mar 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram to FCO (2232Z) ("Anglo-Argentine Talks on the Falkland Islands: New York 21-23 March") ["cordial, difficult, but on the whole successful"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Mar 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome letter to Treasury (“Scandal at the Bank of Italy”) [arrest of Deputy Director-General] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Mar 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (tax credits)
PDF 79 Mar 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Elections: David Cox of London Weekend Television letter to MT (General Election TV debate) [two debates proposed between MT and Callaghan] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Mar 27 Tu Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Felicity Hindson letter to MT (Somerville College Centenary Gaudy) ["It really would not be at all to our liking if the College were just to fete the prominent Socialist members"] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Mar 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian Political Situation”) [timetable for presentation of Andreotti’s new government] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Mar 28 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 239th Meeting (Government defeated on confidence motion)
PDF 79 Mar 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKHC Malta letter to FCO (Italy-Malta relations) [withdrawal of Italian mission] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Vaizey MSS) Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (leave announcement of his move to Tories till after election)
PDF 79 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Stowe note to Atkins (Leader of the Opposition and colleagues consultation with senior officials in Departments) [released 2010]
PDF 79 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Thorneycroft letter to MT ("Central Office after the General Election") [released 2010]
PDF 79 Mar 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Carter Library) US: NSC memo for Brzezinski ("Additional Information Items") [Conservative Party foreign policy] [declassified 2005]
PDF 79 Mar 31 Sa Declassified documents Key Henderson (Sir Nicholas) Economy: The Henderson Despatch (British decline, causes & consequences) [leaked 1979; declassified 2006]
PDF 79 Apr 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Transition to power: Adam Ridley note for MT (“Shadow Contacts with the Civil Service before the Election”) [MT keeping close control over] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Transition to power: Adam Ridley note for MT (record of meeting on advisers) [plans for council of economic advisers, etc] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 1 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) No.10: Stowe note to Ryder ("Visitors to 10, 11 and 12 Downing Street") [Doorkeeper should be informed of visitors] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Adam Ridley note to MT ("Meeting at Flood Street April 1st 1979") [issues raised at planning meeting for actions to take on gaining power] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 1 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome letter to HM Treasury (“Scandal at the Bank of Italy”) [government reaction “sharp”] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Apr 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) No.10: MT note to Shadow Cabinet Members (meetings between Shadow Cabinet members and Permanent Secretaries) [MT must be informed prior to such meetings] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: MT letter to Callaghan (Northern Ireland) [Callaghan's proposal for Government/Shadow Cabinet 'conversation'] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (MT to Shadows on contacts with civil service)
PDF 79 Apr 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (need to put Labour on defensive over unions)
PDF 79 Apr 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Steering Committee: Paper circulated (CRD on public sector pay)
PDF 79 Apr 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Broadcasting: MT letter to David Cox (rejects General Election TV debate with PM) [“We are not electing a President, we are choosing a government”] [released 2003]
PDF 79 Apr 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Elections: George Gardiner MP letter to MT (proposed General Election TV debate with Callaghan) ["Yes, you must accept the idea. Indeed, you must appear eager"] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italian political situation”) [Andreotti government defeated in the Senate, Andreotti resigned, Parliament dissolved] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Apr 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Sir Geoffrey Howe (has approached David Laidler) [“very flattered” at thought of working with us - will leave option open]
PDF 79 Apr 4 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Transition to power: Caroline Stephens note for staff (arrival of positive vetting forms) [“Sir Ian Bancroft is doing us a favour”] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) No.10: Stowe letter to MT (forthcoming retirement of the Archbishop of Canterbury) [briefing] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 240th Meeting [agenda only]
PDF 79 Apr 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (CRD "Public Sector Pay") [270K]
PDF 79 Apr 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) No.10: Hunt letter to MT (the Cabinet Office) [background briefing] [released 2010]
PDF 79 Apr 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO internal minute (“Guadeloupe summit: Italian reactions”) [Italian allegations of Gaullist practices] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Apr 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 letter to MT ("The Prime Minister's Office") [brief account of organisation and functioning of No.10] [declassified Aug 2013]

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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