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Text 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Anglo/French Summit") [Paris: 4/5 November 1982; Sir John Fretwell, Jean Louis Bianco record of conversation: common interests; disputed issues; bilateral matters] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Treasury record of conversation (Howe, Jenkin, Lord Cockfield, Mauroy, Jobert, Chevènement, Delors) [Anglo/French Summit, Paris, 4/5 November 1982] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Walker, Jenkin, Mitterrand, Mauroy, Cheysson, Delors, Jobert, Cresson, Chevènement, Armstrong, Attali, Butler, Bianco) [Anglo/French Summit, Paris, 4/5 November 1982: Working Dinner: UN Debate on the Falklands; EC Budget; agricultural issues; Siberian gas pipeline; industrial cooperation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) [Anglo/French Summit, Paris, 4/5 November 1982: the Falklands; organisation of the Summit; pipeline/US sanctions; Franco/German talks on security questions; world economic situation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (UK/French Summit, Paris, 4/5 November 1982) [Armstrong, Attali: Siberian pipeline; Iran/Iraq; MT tour of Far East; UK/French contacts at officials level; European Summit; new Spanish government; Economic Summit] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT ("Press Conference") [UK/French Summit, Paris, 4/5 November 1982: UN Falklands debate; EC Budget; bilateral issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Howell minute to Willie Whitelaw (Radio Frequency Review) [benefits of mobile radios] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Department of Industry record of conversation (British Shipbuilders: reversal of decision to close Middle Dock at South Shields) [Norman Lamont, Robert Atkinson: Lamont conveys MT's annoyance] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (measures to reduce export credit risks and subsidies) ["essential that we get right the balance between financial prudence and the interests of our exporters"; ECGD credit exposure; Mexico] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howell letter to Lord Cockfield (Hoverspeed ferry company) [cash flow problems: BR guarantee] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 3552 to FCO (0030Z) ("US Mid-Term Elections") [analysis of provisional results] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Nott ("London Weighting for the Armed Forces") [proposed amended draft of evidence to Armed Forces Review Body: "need to give... [AFPRB] a firm statement of the Government's views, thereby placing the [Department of Employment] indices in their proper perspective"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Treasury record of conversation ("Pricing of the Britoil Issue") [Ridley, Lawson, David Scholey, Lord Garmoyle] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Fishing Industry: Prime Minister Schlüter letter to MT (Common Fisheries Policy) [Denmark not prepared to accept proposed package] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1900Z) ("Central America") (NSPG 0047) [briefing by Duane Clarridge, head of CIA Latin American Division] [declassified Oct 2005]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Baroness Young letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Privatisation and contracting out”) [“very little scope”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Handling of Reports of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission") ["... it is our stated aim to have the new constituency boundaries in force in time for a General Election in the autumn of 1983 or later..."; summary of Committee's conclusions & particular sensitivities of Northern Ireland report] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 1808 to FCO (0153Z) ("Falklands: US mission and the press") [General Assembly debate on UN resolution: "We spent yesterday trying to limit the damage done by the US mission's announcement as the debate was opening"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: President Reagan message to MT (vote on UN resolution) ["I realise that our understanding of these events is indeed quite different"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT message to President Reagan (vote on UN resolution) ["an American decision to support Argentina against Britain"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: President Jayewardene message to MT (General Assembly vote on UN resolution) [decision to support UK] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 954 to UKMIS New York (1713Z) ("Falklands Debate: press line") [positive spin on vote for resumption of UK/Argentine negotiations; "It is striking that whereas Argentina... even extorted support from the US, we did not get a single European country to vote for us"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Baroness Young letter to Fowler ("Incentives to Improve Efficiency") [pilot schemes] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Pym minute to MT ("Transfer of Ministerial Responsibility for Staff of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys") [request for approval of proposals, to be announced by reply to arranged Parliamentary Question] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("HMI Reports") [difference of views over proposed announcement] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: King letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Water Manuals pay negotiations") [latest position] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Lord Cockfield minute to MT ("British Airways") [privatisation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 955 to UKMIS New York (1713Z) ("Line to Take after UN Falklands Vote") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3550 to FCO (0010Z) ("Falklands at the General Assembly") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Lawson minute to MT (Fast Reactor policy: uranium stocks) [supply projection] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: MT message for President Reagan (US vote on the UN Falklands Resolution) [published 2015]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: USMIS New York telegram to State Department and White House ("Revised Text of Explanation of Vote on Falklands") [published 2015]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: President Reagan message for MT (Negotiations at the UN: American position) [published 2015]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 47th (Immigration, Foreign Affairs, Falkland Islands, EC, Industrial Affairs) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Germany: Major-General Mostyn Despatch ("The Prime Minister's Visit to Berlin: 29 October 1982") [account of MT's visit] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) France: Coles notes to MT during Anglo/French summit (interviews with the press) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) France: MT notes taken during conversation with Mitterrand (Anglo/French summit) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Sierra Leone: President Stevens of Sierra Leone message to MT (Sierra Leone Airlines) [Stevens again appeals to MT to ease terms for issuance of permit] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT message to Reagan (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) ["The British people would see your vote for this resolution as an American decision to...support a dictatorship against the home of democracy"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Reagan message to MT (proposed Argentine UN resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) ["I realize that our understanding of these events is indeed quite different"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: Prime Minister Schlueter of Denmark letter to MT (need to reach agreement on common fisheries policy) ["An agreement in the Council will be possible only if certain amendments in favour of Denmark are made"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: President Jayewardene of Sri Lanka message to MT (Sri Lanka will vote against proposed Argentine UN Resolution on future negotiations over Falklands sovereignty) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn letter to Butler (“Visit to Bonn”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Steering Brief for the Prime Minister’s Visit to Berlin”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The Megaw Report") [Civil Service pay] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Flesher minute to MT ("Equal Opportunity") [monitoring equal opportunities in the Civil Service] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Possible Visit to the Falkland Islands by the Prime Minister") [Nott's views] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Gow note to Goodchild (please invite John Stokes and John Major to lunch at Chequers) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Nov 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Conservative Research Department Briefing Note No. 36, 1982 Series ("The Queen's Speech") [released 2013]

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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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