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Date range: 4 Nov 1986 – 3 Dec 1986. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Kenneth Clarke minute to MT (“London European Council: 5-6 December”) [business and jobs; completing the internal market] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 37th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: Charles Thomas briefing for Shultz (meeting with MT) [Camp David agenda, arms control] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Caroline Ryder note for MT (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["Latest weather reports are that it is getting colder and it would be advisable for you to take a coat"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT notes (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["Alarmed by suggestion to eliminate in 10 years all strategic ballistic missiles … Security of West in danger"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT briefing cards (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["CAN'T trust RUSSIANS when taking a few tanks & columns out of Afghanistan - surely you wouldn't trust them over ballistic missiles"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (“The Chairman and the BBC”) [has warned Tebbit that MT would prefer him not to send his letter to BBC; suggests she see him in person] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Nigel Wicks minute for MT (points for meeting with Tebbit) [“I see a danger of some elements of this episode repeating the Westland troubles. A colleague with an obsession, doing things difficult to reconcile with collective responsibility”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government - Non-Domestic Rates") [freezing and indexing only a temporary solution] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [calculation of rate, operation of system] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Unified Business Rate") [Ridley proposes uniform poundage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Gordon Borrie minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [pleased at proposed liaison group] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands Fisheries: OAS Resolution") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT message for Chancellor Kohl (draft resolution on the Argentina/Falklands at the UN) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Extension of ITV Contracts") [MT agrees with three year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: Prime Minister's Briefing Meeting, 5pm Thursday, 20 November") [arrangements, attendees] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS (Anglo/French Summit) [MT approves proposed UK delegation and programme] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Poindexter briefing for President Reagan (MT visit) ["concerned about the strategic implications of your Reykjavik proposals"] [declassified Jul 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Luxembourg record of conversation (0100Z) (Younger, Genscher, Andreotti, Spandolini, Giraud, Woerner, Chalker, Van den Broek, Van Eekelen, Tindemans, Bosson) ["WEU Ministerial Meeting: European Security Post Reykjavik"] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“CAP Reform Paper”) [Common Agricultural Policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (State Department) Cold War: Shultz Evening Reading Item for Reagan ("My meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher") [MT expressed extreme concern about the potential impact of the proposals made at Reykjavik ] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (Hurd-Kaufman correspondence) [briefing for PMQs] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne notes on conversation (meeting with Tebbit on BBC) [main points discussed] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Knowsley by-election, teachers’ pay, unemployment, Reagan-Gorbachev) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 15 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Netherlands: UKE Washington telegram 2904 to FCO (2138Z) ("Prime Minister's meeting at Camp David: arms control") [MT's statement after the meeting, agreed with President Reagan] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 15 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Civil Service long-term pay arrangements”) [advises proceeding with the data collection which would underpin the Government proposals, in anticipation of their being accepted by the Unions, failing which “all bets would be off”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 16 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2908 to FCO (2200Z) ("Camp David: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 16 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (FBI) US: FBI airtel (“Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - Victim”) [arrest at time of Nov 1986 Camp David visit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2920 to FCO (2030Z) ("Camp David: Arms Control") [Shultz speech "Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control and the Future of Deterrence"] ​​​​[declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets; the City: "further scandals unavoidable"; teachers' pay; "prospects for a more buoyant economy"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates") [proposal for a uniform poundage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Paying for Local Government: Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [exemptions to be kept to the absolute minimum] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Scottish Rates Bill") [timetable for legislation] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Channon PS minute to Ridley PS (statement draft) [publication on rates and limits] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Rate Support Grant Settlement 1987/88") [proposed measure to help "those counties who are losing grant this year compared to last"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Griffiths note to MT (surprising Patrick Minford article) ["Has Lawson made a U-turn?"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute for Powell ("Argentine Offer to Declare Cessation of Hostilities") [latest Reuters and BBC monitoring reports] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd (ITV contracts) [IBA two year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Paul Channon minute to Douglas Hurd ("Extension of ITV Contracts") [length of proposed extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Maputo telegram 298 to FCO (0900Z) ("Visit of Chancellor Kohl") [issues in southern Africa, South Africa sanctions, FRG views on visit] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ridley minute to MT (“Public Expenditure and the European Regional Development Fund”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (visit to US, Iran, teachers’ pay, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy London to State Department (British party reaction to Reykjavik Summit) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Arms Control: Speech by Mr Shultz") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2930 to FCO (2352Z) ("Arms Control: Speeches by Shultz and Weinberger") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Channon PS briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Saito: 16.30 19 November") [industrial collaboration; trade imbalance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nigel Wicks minute to Rifkind PS ("Local Government") [timetable for Scottish bill] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("National Non-Domestic Rate: Treatment of Buoyancy") [how to treat growth in total rateable values] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("E(LF) 6th Meeting") [non-domestic rate, exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Norman Tebbit ("World Television Service") [private sector will be given chance to make proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]

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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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