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Date range: 11 Feb 19753 May 1979. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 75 Jul 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Steering Committee: Minutes of 32nd Meeting
PDF 75 Jul 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Steering Committee: Paper circulated (CRD "Calendar of Forthcoming Events")
PDF 75 Jul 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Adam Ridley to MT (pay policy)
PDF 75 Jul 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: FCO note of meeting between MT and UK Ambassador to US (Sir Peter Ramsbotham) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: Wassell memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (future of CPS) [plans within new reduced budget, plus functions]
PDF 75 Jul 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Minutes of Meeting 3
PDF 75 Jul 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Meeting with economists (new pay policy)
PDF 75 Jul 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: FCO to British Information Service New York (FCO help in planning MT trip causing “raised ministerial eyebrows”) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (“Coalition Escapism. Moderately what?”) [case against PR & coalition]
PDF 75 Jul 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 69th Meeting
PDF 75 Jul 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (CRD on governments economic options) [281K]
PDF 75 Jul 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Vaizey MSS) Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (Conservatives have paid insufficient attention to their friends in the universities)
PDF 75 Jul 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Paris to FCO (Giscard urging a summit) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Hayek MSS) Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph to Hayek (thanks for encouraging letter) ["I am touched that so outstanding a man as you ..."]
PDF 75 Jul 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 70th Meeting
PDF 75 Jul 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Steering Committee: Minutes of 33rd Meeting
PDF 75 Jul 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Home Ownership Policy Group - Interim Report) [222K]
PDF 75 Jul 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Howe note on Tory public expenditure commitments)
PDF 75 Jul 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 71st Meeting
PDF 75 Jul 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Prviate Rented Sector Policy Group - Interim Report)
PDF 75 Jul 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Brussels European Council record of conversation (Session 1) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Brussels European Council record of conversation (Session 2) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Brussels European Council record of conversation (Session 3) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Minutes of Meeting 4
PDF 75 Jul 21 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Hailsham MSS) Heath: Hailsham letter to MT (coalition risks)
PDF 75 Jul 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to MT (meeting with Val Duncan & others) [economy, party funding & electoral reform]
PDF 75 Jul 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Public Sector Policy Group - Interim Report) [526K]
PDF 75 Jul 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 72nd Meeting
PDF 75 Jul 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Local Government Finance Policy Group - Interim Report)
PDF 75 Jul 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Raison note)
PDF 75 Jul 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Taxation Policy Group - Interim Report)
PDF 75 Jul 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Interim Report
PDF 75 Jul 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Economic Reconstruction Group - Interim Report)
PDF 75 Jul 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Prior note on Employment Policy Groups)
PDF 75 Jul 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Cabinet (post-Brussels European Council discussion of foreign affairs) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Transport Policy Group - Interim Report) [563K]
PDF 75 Jul 27 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Hailsham MSS) Heath: MT letter to Hailsham (coalition risks)
PDF 75 Jul 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 73rd Meeting [agenda only]
PDF 75 Jul 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Hailsham MSS) Heath: Hailsham letter to Heath (political situation)
PDF 75 Jul 29 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Hailsham MSS) Heath: Hailsham letter to MT (danger of Wilson recruiting Heath)
PDF 75 Jul 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: David Howell to MT (suggests reform of No.10 machinery)
PDF 75 Jul 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to MT (speech ideas)
PDF 75 Jul 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Nairne reflections on the Brussels European Council [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: “Private Memorandum on International Concertation of Economic Action” (Helmut Schmidt proposals) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: French record of Helsinki Quadripartite Lunch (proposal for a ‘Sommet Monitaire’) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Aug 2 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: MT to David Howell (wants to talk over suggested reform of No.10 machinery)
PDF 75 Aug 3 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: MT to Professor Merrett (economic & political outlook)
PDF 75 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: MT to Sir Keith Joseph (meeting with Val Duncan & others) [economy, party funding & electoral reform]
PDF 75 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Minutes of Meeting 5
PDF 75 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Wilson-Healey meeting on proposed economic summit (record of conversation) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 76th Meeting
PDF 75 Aug 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: James Douglas note (public support for pay policy)
PDF 75 Aug 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: FCO minute on planning (presentational problems) [“arrangements for her visit should be correct but no more”] [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ford Library) Cold War: Kissinger memo for President Ford (agree to meet MT) [declassified 1984]
PDF 75 Aug 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (IEA MSS) Conservatism: Arthur Seldon to Hayek (role of IEA) [not simplifiers]
PDF 75 Sep 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Geoffrey Howe to Sir Keith Joseph (weekend policy retreat)
PDF 75 Sep 6 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Hailsham MSS) Heath: Hailsham diary (Heath playing cards close to chest)
PDF 75 Sep 7 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (IEA MSS) Conservatism: Hayek to Arthur Seldon (role of IEA) [IEA doing work "original work of great importance"]
PDF 75 Sep 8 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (IEA MSS) Conservatism: Sir Keith Joseph minute ("Minute of meeting between KJ, Michael Ivens, AS [Alfred Sherman] on Monday 8th September, 1975") [Hayek observes "domination of University bookshops by left wing paper backs", Joseph suggests "filling gap"]
PDF 75 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Airey Neave (MT's diary) [set aside time for MT to have long leisurely chats with senior colleagues]
PDF 75 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Younger MSS) Strikes: Authority of Government Policy Group - Minutes of 1st Meeting
PDF 75 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Steering Committee: Minutes of 34th Meeting
PDF 75 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT meeting with Prime Minister (briefing on situation) [declassified 2005]
PDF 75 Sep 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (CRD on Clay Cross)
PDF 75 Sep 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ford Library) Cold War: Kissinger briefing for Ford meeting with MT [declassified 2002]
PDF 75 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: FCO minute of MT meeting with House International Relations Committee [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: FCO minute of MT meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee (after lunch discussion) [“try not to notice I’m a woman”] [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Carrington on Clay Cross)
PDF 75 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Ford Library) Cold War: White House memcon (President Ford, Brent Scowcroft, MT) [declassified 2004]
PDF 75 Sep 21 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ford Library) Cold War: MT to President Ford (thanks for meeting) [declassified 1984]
PDF 75 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Sir Keith Joseph to Sir Val Duncan (presentation for businessmen on electoral reform)
PDF 75 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: UKE Washington note assessing visit (“an overall success”; major press coverage) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: David Howell to MT (Herbert Agar)
PDF 75 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: Sherman memorandum (lunch with John Hoskyns & Terry Price) [overview of their analysis]
PDF 75 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: FCO note assessing visit (MT “got what she wanted”) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: Centre for Policy Studies Management Committee minutes (meeting) [revised structure for CPS]
PDF 75 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Vaizey MSS) Conservatism: MT to John Vaizey (thanks for help with National Press Club speech)
PDF 75 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 77th Meeting
PDF 75 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Hailsham MSS) MT: MT letter to Hailsham (praises his book)
PDF 75 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Younger MSS) Economy: MT to George Younger (make no commitments involving net spending increase)
PDF 75 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: John Hoskyns letter to Sherman (plans for further meeting) [“I am not a committed supporter of the Tory Party”]
PDF 75 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Lawson to MT (equality "the great bug bear of our time")
PDF 75 Oct 5 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: Sherman letter to Keith Joseph (introducing John Hoskyns & Terry Price) [planning collaboration]
PDF 75 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Hailsham MSS) MT: Hailsham diary (MT speech a "deserved triumph")
PDF 75 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Steering Committee: Minutes of 33rd Meeting
PDF 75 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: John Hoskyns note for CPS (“Policy-making for the next Conservative Government”) [systems approach essential to real recovery]
PDF 75 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Howe note to Ridley (timing of tax cuts)
PDF 75 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 78th Meeting
PDF 75 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: FCO telegram 2109 to UKE Washington (1430Z) (extract from Spectator article on MT visit) [“MT & the impudent politicians of the FCO”] [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) MT: MT to Ronnie Millar (thanks for help with conference speech) [treasures the memory of working till 5am]
PDF 75 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Visit to US: Callaghan to MT (asking her to repudiate Spectator claims) [declassified 2006]
PDF 75 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Younger MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Circulated Paper (Michael Heseltine on Industrial Policy)
PDF 75 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Keith Joseph (MT invitation to collaborate more closely with party ‘regulars’) [gratification plus concrete proposals]
PDF 75 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Howe to Jenkin (oil industry)
PDF 75 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Younger MSS) Strikes: Authority of Government Policy Group - Minutes of 2nd Meeting
PDF 75 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Minutes of Meeting 6
PDF 75 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Economic Reconstruction Group - Joseph to Grierson (investment)
PDF 75 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Sherman MSS) Conservatism: Sherman memorandum to Sir Keith Joseph (attacks Sunday Times article) [need to rebut]
PDF 75 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Shadow Cabinet: Minutes of 79th Meeting
PDF 75 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Steering Committee: Minutes of 34th Meeting

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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