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PDF 81 Oct 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: MT to Philip Goodhart (cruise missiles) [“The introduction of submarine launched missiles would greatly complicate arms control discussions”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Oct 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Ian Gow to David Myles (critique of “Changing Gear”) [rebellion by 14 Conservative MPs against government policy] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Oct 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Industry: Kenneth Baker to Ian Gow (Ernie Harrison) [MT would like to meet but diary is crowded] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Ian Gow to Tristan Garel-Jones (letter to constituent on “Changing Gear”) [MT’s “behaviour towards all of us has been impeccable”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Ian Gow to Lord Harris (limited liability companies) [“There is no keener de-nationaliser than I”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 13 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Middle East: MT to Geoffrey Rippon (speech) [“our views are so very similar on most things”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Michael Jopling minute to Ian Gow (letter from Stephen Dorrell) [“rather disturbing” criticisms of government’s economic strategy] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: Ian Gow to Julian Amery (rate reform) [Heseltine to produce Green Paper shortly] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: MT to William Rees-Davies (“The Ulster Situation”) [“we shall pursue, relentlessly, those who are responsible for violence”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 23 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cabinet: MT to Michael Latham (early day motion) [she and Denis appreciate his “robust amendment”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 24 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Parliament: Ian Gow to Martin Stevens (constituency ball) [taxi driver refused fare and said to buy MT a drink instead] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 25 We Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) Parliament: Ian Gow to Peter Carrington (money fell out of pocket) [returning one pound] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Domestic politics: MT to Geoffrey Finsberg (SDP) [“we must keep on hammering away on the narrow point that the SDP are both a Party of the Left and overwhelmingly socialist”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Ian Gow minute for MT (“Your meeting with Cecil Parkinson - 7.00 P.M. on Thursday 26 November”) [points for discussion] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 27 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Ian Gow to Edward Du Cann (“1922 Executive”) [arrangements for meeting with MT look fine, she looks forward to it] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Ian Gow minute for MT (“Charlie Morrison”) [Morrison says he is “hated by Number Ten”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Nov 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Cecil Parkinson to Ian Gow (Reg Prentice) [countering the SDP] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 3 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Parliament: Ian Gow to Michael Colvin (getting women into politics) [MT urges perseverance] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 3 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Parliament: Ian Gow to Tim Eggar (meeting with MT) [is fine to defer putting of parliamentary question until later in the month] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Derek Howe minute (Heath speech) [“It is the paralysis of Western leadership which is the disturbing factor today in the whole of this world situation”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: MT to John Wilkinson (Anglo-Asian Conservative Association) [thanks “for all that you have done to build up and sustain its numbers and its influence”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Parliament: Ian Gow to Alan Walters (William van Straubenzee) [“He is the most pompous man in the House of Commons (which is saying quite a lot) and is a leading Wet”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cabinet: Ian Gow minute to Keith Joseph (“J.H.” [John Hoskyns]) [“We agreed that a Prime Minister’s Department is not on”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Europe: Michael Jopling minute (“European Parliament”) [elections for Presidency of Parliament and leader of European Democratic Group] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Industry: Michael Pattison minute (MMC decision on Lonrho) [Biffen accepts decision regarding House of Fraser] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Employment: Michael Jopling to Norman Tebbit (scheme for youth unemployment) [leaked New Training Initiative] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Employment: MT to Keith Hampson (Tebbit statement on youth unemployment) [concerns over unemployment benefit allowances ] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Ian Gow minute for MT (Richard Needham) [“inflation has been destroying jobs, making some of the poor poorer and preventing us from making the poor richer”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Ian Gow minute for MT (Gang of 25) [“McCrindle is not a bad man”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Industry: John Biffen minute (“Lonrho/House of Fraser”) [decided not to allow the merger, “The story needs retelling, so as to bring out some of the points which have not been raised in recent public discussion”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 18 Fr Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Ian Gow minute for MT (1922 committee) [Du Cann touched MT was wearing brooch given to her by committee] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Religion: Ian Gow minute for MT (“Your speech to the Board of Deputies of British Jews”) [“you were the star of the evening”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Parliament: Ian Gow minute for MT (letter from Alan Clark) [redistribution of seats, implications for sitting MPs and constituency associations] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cabinet: Ian Gow minute to Caroline Stephens (proposed meeting with Gerrard Vaughan) [“No Martians required”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Ian Gow minute for MT (backbench committees) [report on elections] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Elections: Ian Gow to Cecil Parkinson (Bermondsey by-election) [candidate adopted, how much work needs to be done on local organisation] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT to Archie Hamilton (thanks) [“I valued our talk”] [released 2017]
PDF 81 Dec 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Ian Gow minute for Edward du Cann (lunch at Chequers) [arrangements] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Jan 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) SDP: Ian Gow minute (John Vaizey letter) [relationship with Labour and SDP, “there is much more I could do for the Tories”] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Jan 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Geoffrey Howe to Michael Latham (government policy) [“I remain as committed to getting interest rates down as I was at the time of the last Budget”] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Jan 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Ian Gow minute to Nigel Lawson (possible meeting) [NCB versus NUM] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Feb 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Industry: Ian Gow minute to Iain Sproat (Gatwick) [second terminal, possible re-opening of inquiry] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Feb 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter (Michael Grylls study group) [“their ideas have not turned out to be so brilliant as to attract us”] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Feb 18 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT to Michael Havers (thanks) [“What a marvellous party you gave last evening”] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 1 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Willie Whitelaw to MT (thanks for letter) [“You were so helpful and encouraging”] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Nicholas Ridley minute to Ian Gow (Edward Heath) [“Grocer has done it again”] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Industry: Ian Gow minute for MT (British Airways) [Sproat, King, Dibbs “very keen de-nationalisers”] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Willie Whitelaw minute to Ian Gow (thanks) [kind letter appreciated] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 29 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Elections: Michael Ancram minute (Hillhead by-election) [SDP victory, Conservatives second] [released 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Industry: Ian Gow minute for MT (“British Midland Airways Limited”) [appears Biffen’s decision “will be in favour of monopoly and against competition”] [released 2017]

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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