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Date range: 4 Nov 19863 Dec 1986. Document type: Declassified documents.

Showing items 1 - 50 of 405.

PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1117 to FCO (1403Z) ("Lamb Exports to France") [French assurances that special controls have been lifted] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Michael Jopling minute to Geoffrey Howe ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [contracts cancelled, imposition of special customs checks, targetting of French apples imports] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Vienna record of conversation (2030Z, telegram 169) (Howe, Shevardnadze) ["Human Rights": individual cases; Syria; Libya; Falklands fishing dispute; MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: FCO record of conversation ("Afghanistan") [Janet Young, Lord Cranborne] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Shultz message for Howe ("Post-Reykjavik Proposals on Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("European Arms Control Coordination") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Bilateral Meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2802 to FCO (2100Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze Meeting in Vienna") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD record of telephone conversation (Younger, Weinberger) [post-Reykjavik] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS note to David Norgrove (Autumn Statement) [revised draft] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Star Chamber: Report to the Cabinet") [toughest and most unpleasant negotiations he had faced] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to MT (the future of British agriculture) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Douglas Hurd letter for Attorney General (protection of rape victims) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Geoffrey Dickens MP (child abuse) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Geoffrey Dickens MP (child abuse) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“European Council: Dinner for Heads of Government”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: UK Ambassador Washington letter to Lord Young (Conference on Private Sector Initiatives) [White House organisers disappointed by low British participation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Saudi Arabia, Labour shadow cabinet, hostages freed, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Patrick Mayhew minute to Michael Jopling ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [regards Jopling's proposal as dangerous, could request EC Commission proceedings] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO letter to No.10 (UK Security Policy Post-Reykjavik) [thoughts on the changing nature of US/Western European relations] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Secretary of State's Bilateral with Shultz: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram to MOD (0200Z) ("JCS Views on the Reykjavik Proposal for the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2804 to FCO (0850Z) ("Mid-Term Elections") [foreign policy section of presidential stump speech] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for MT ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [poundage options] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [heavy burden of the Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rifkind PS minute to David Norgrove ("Autumn Statement Publicity") [presentation of the settlement reached] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Mrs Thatcher's visit to Washington") [Charles Powell saying MT had no intention of seeking a joint statement; "no draft communiques would be up her sleeve"] [declassified 2007]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: UKE Washington telegram 2815 to FCO (2340Z) (“US Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [MT unhappy about low level of British participation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 22 (Public Expenditure Survey) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (“The BBC”) [stronger and weaker aspects of BBC response to CCO complaint] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Conservative Central Office statement (Tebbit on alleged BBC bias) [initial reaction to BBC response; promises fuller analysis later] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending, industry, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: State Department telegram to London Embassy (US-UK next steps on Syria) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US Embassy Buenos Aires to State Department (Argentine policy) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US NATO Mission to State Department (Howe-Shevardnadze meeting) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US Embassy Bonn to State Department (Germans approached by Argentina over Falklands) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy London to State Department (British deny an arms control initiative with France & Germany) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Summary Schedule for MT visit to Reagan at Camp David [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Ridgway briefing for Secretary of State Shultz (meeting with Foreign Secretary Howe) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (visit to Australia) [accepts invite] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1135 to FCO (1159Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [programme, French delegation] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: FCO telegram to UKE Paris ("Anglo/French Summit") [programme, UK delegation, internal market issues] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: Andreas Papandreou message to MT (Falkland Islands) [UK should "spare no effort ... for the peaceful and negotiated solution" of fisheries issue] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Charles Price note to Charles Powell (sends to MT Wall Street Journal article -"British Lion Mustn't Spit Out Nuclear Teeth") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Edwards minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Ridley minute for Walker ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Rifkind minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [Soviet Ambassador requesting a meeting with MT] [declassified Jul 2017]

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