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Date range: 18 Dec 198424 Dec 1984. Document type: Declassified documents.

Showing items 1 - 50 of 145.

Text 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Cabinet Office minute to Jenkin ("Review of Housing Policy") [review group] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine letter to Rees (new basic trainer aircraft for the RAF) [announcement of the shortlisting of bids from four down to two - Shorts & BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Inland Revenue minute to John Moore ("Life Assurance Premium Relief: Request for Concession") ["it would be almost impossible to defend a concession for the [striking] miners"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("Youth Training Scheme") [not possible for MT to have a trainee in her own office] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Heseltine minute to MT ("Type 22 Frigates") [Heseltine argues that one Frigate order should be placed with Cammell Laird; MT: 'The courage should by the C-L workers in going through picket lines...must be recognised'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Channon PS letter to Rees PS ("ECGD Cover for Rescheduling Countries") [draft PQ reply & press release announcing new measures] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC 101(84) 51st (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (report on Armstrong-Nally talks) [MT: "This whole minute shows that the Irish want more than we can give and always will"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MAFF record of conversation (Jopling-Gorbachev) [agriculture, trade] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 18 December 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Hailsham letter to Brittan (“Miners’ Cases”) [DPP policy on prosecution of offences related to miners' strike: 'this is very sensitive territory'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Ingham (“Windsor Cable TV”) [closure] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Northern Ireland: NSC note on Shultz Evening Report (British urge revision of US/UK extradition treaty) [declassified 2000]
Text 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US State Department brief (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Owen letter to Lawson (the Bank of England supervisory arrangements & JMB collapse) [request that no further public money will be put at risk] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Howe telegram to UKE Beijing (Environment Secretary’s Statement on local authority capital spending) [“went very badly ... consistently hostile reception from government backbenchers”] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("1985 Community Budget: Provisional Twelfths Regime") [consequences of the European Parliament's rejection of the draft 1985 EC Budget] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Brittan minute to MT (possible transfer of Ministerial responsibility for marriage guidance work) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Keith Joseph ("Burnham (P&S)") [concern about potential costs of local authorities' proposals for teachers' pay & conditions of service] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Younger PS minute to Rees PS ("Public Expenditure White Paper: Capital Spending") [period to be covered by projections] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) China: No.10 briefing cards (“Meeting with [party chairman] Hu Yaobang”) [“Admire modernisation efforts - time right for rapid expansion of cooperation”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hong Kong: No.10 briefing cards for MT (“Meeting with Zhao Ziyang”) [Hong Kong declaration, bilateral issues, trade, nuclear power, international issues] [released 2014]
Text 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang) [signature of Joint Declaration] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lord Harris letter to MT (“Open Letter to the Prime Minister”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hong Kong: N0.10 briefing cards for MT (“Meeting with Deng Xiaoping”) [with MT annotations] [released 2014]
Text 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Deng Xiaoping) [signature of Joint Declaration] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Washington telegram 3806 to FCO (2345Z) ("Gorbachev's Visit to Britain: US Press Coverage") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 19 December 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Joseph minute to MT (“The exploitation of Research Council funded inventions”) [“Many researchers do not have the skills to pursue exploitation themselves”] [released Dec 2014]
Text 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Burt briefing for Shultz (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: President Reagan's briefing cards for Camp David meeting [declassified 2000] [81K scanned image]
Text 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Treasury briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3790 to FCO (2335Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with the President: Northern Ireland") [agreement on joint lines to take for the media] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3807 to FCO (2350Z) ("Speech by Weinberger on the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)") [speech to foreign press: "the most forceful and fullest public exposition so far given... of the rationale behind the SDI"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 13 to FCO (2200Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with the President at Camp David: 22 December") ["The Prime Minister will, I think, find President Reagan in an up-beat mood": analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 14 to FCO (2000Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with the President at Camp David: 22 December: Economic Issues") [analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3803 to FCO (2010Z) ("The US Economy, the Federal Budget Deficit and US Defence Spending: Latest Developments") [analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing record of conversation (1900Z) (Howe, Wu Xueqian) [points outstanding on Hong Kong negotiations, following MT meeting with Ziyang earlier that day] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe message to Shultz (1703Z) (arms control in space) ["we remain unconvinced that this is a desirable objective"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 3046 to FCO (1807Z) ("PM's Visit: Meeting with Chairman Deng Xiaoping: 19 December: Sino-Soviet and East-West Relations") [MT, Deng Xiaoping, Howe meeting - Sino-Soviet relations; Hong Kong] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 3045 to FCO (1800Z) (MT, Hu Yaobang, Howe, Xueqian and others) [Hong Kong; Sino-UK trade prospects; Chinese internal reform] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 3034 to FCO (0753Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit: Talks with Zhao: Hogn Kong") [signature of Joint Declaration on Hong Kong; trade; East-West relations] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hu Yaobang, Howe, Xueqian and others) [Hong Kong; Sino-UK trade prospects; Chinese internal reform] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Biffen letter to Ridley ("Legislative Programme") [Public Transport Bill; Merchant Shipping Bill; Trust Ports] [released Dec 2014]
Text 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hong Kong: MT engagement card (visit to China) [times, meetings, locations] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("Broadcasting") [licence fee, ITV advertising, radio, DBS] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lord Kadoorie) [Guangdong Nuclear project] [declassified Dec 2014]

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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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