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PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("Community Radio") [length of contracts] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Environment: Lord Caithness letter to MT (NOx Protocol and Declaration) [delegates sought out UK to discuss environment] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to Walesa Brains Trust members (visit to Poland) ["I was so sorry that we had to break off our discussion yesterday because of lack of time"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("The Community Charge: Publicity") [draft booklet and leaflets] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("NHS Meeting: Steering Brief") [medical audit, funding, reconstituting health authorities, family practitioners] [released July 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Ian Whitehead minute to MT ("NHS Review") ["a lack of conviction behind the reforms and a failure to drive the reforms forward"] [released July 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Ian Whitehead minute to MT ("Community Care") [overlap of Community Care and NHS reviews] [released July 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) NHS: Clarke PS minute to Cabinet Office (NHS Review) [self-governing hospitals] [released July 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) NHS: Clarke PS minute to Dominic Morris ("Westminster and Chelsea Hospital") [proposal to change pattern of services and build new hospital] [released July 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Inland Revenue Valuation Office minute to Chancellor ("Revaluation effects & transitional arrangements report for England & Wales") [report ready; Lawson: "circulation as narrow as possible"] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Economic Statistics Next Week") [relatively thin week for statistics - M0 figures moving in the right direction], but "a very long way to go" [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Solidarity leaders, Father Jankowski, Cardinal Józef Glemp) [ninety seven minute meeting] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, General Jaruzelski) [East-West relations, UK-Polish bilateral relations, economy and trade, arms control, trade union reforms] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (MT visit to Washington) [declassified 2000]
PDF 88 Nov 5 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1816 to FCO (1531Z) ("Call on Shevardnadze: CSCE Issues") [Ambassador Braithwaite record of conversation: wind-up of Vienna conference, and proposed Moscow conference] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 5 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Poland: Ingham minute for MT ("The Media on Poland") ["These past four days ... have been somewhat unreal in media terms"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 5 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires minute for Howe ("Argentina: The Peronists") [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to General Jaruzelski (visit to Poland) ["wish you well in your goals of reforming the economy and of national reconciliation... [and] bridging the division of Europe. I hope that you will one day visit Britain"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to Cardinal Glemp (visit to Poland) ["You have done such remarkable work not just for the Church but for Poland. I hope that my own visit will have helped in a small way to lessen divisions and advance reconciliation"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to Lech Walesa (visit to Poland) ["I spoke later to General Jaruzelski in the terms which we agreed. He repeated to me his personal commitment to round table discussions"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to UK Ambassador to Poland (visit) ["We packed a great deal into a short time... But the problems and difficulties which lie ahead are all too clear and I am not sure how they can be surmounted"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to Prime Minister Rakowski (visit to Poland) ["I now have a much better understanding of... the scale and nature of the problems... I hope that the round table discussions will take place on a basis which all parties can accept"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to Rynkowski (visit to Poland) [thank you letters to various who escorted her on the tour] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 6 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Poland: Charles Powell minute for MT (leading articles on her visit to Poland) [praise "from some unlikely quarters"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Donald MacDonald minute to Charles Powell (visit by Quebec Premier) [trade issues, possible meeting] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("Chlorofluorocarbons: Proposed International Conference") [object to gain credit for environmental leadership in controlling CFCs] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Powell minute to FCO ("Cyprus: Further visit to London by President Vassiliou") [declassified Jul 2021]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit: general impressions") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Poland: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") [note on records of MT conversations] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") [Solidarity memo on its aims] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Pensions, MT's visit to Poland, Broadcasting White Paper) [row over suggestion that Lawson mooted means testing pensioners' benefits] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Scotland: John Whittingdale minute to MT (Meeting with Lord Goold) [to discuss Goold's position as party chair in Scotland] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Douglas Hurd minute to John Wakeham ("Increases in the Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [proposed changes and consultations] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Carolyn Sinclair minute to MT ("Increases in the Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [Hurd's proposed changes] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s visit: general impressions”) [asssessment] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: No.10 minute to Howe PS (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland”) [encloses document explaining Solidarity’s aims from Janush Onyskiewicz] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UKHC Ottawa telegram 773 to FCO (2230Z) ("Canadian Federal Election") [latest poll has Liberals "riding high"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Environment: Charles Powell minute to Ridley PS ("Chlorofluorocarbons Proposed International Conference") [announcement of plans] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Greece: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr Papandreou") [Papandreou recuperating from operation, unable to attend] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (work of the Christian Samaritan Foundation) [information submitted by Roger Maggs] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Broadcasting White Paper, pensioners, MT's visit to Poland) [warm welcome for increasing TV choice, Lawson seen to have done u-turn over means testing pensioners' benefits] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Cradock minute for MT ("Visit to Washington") [issues to raise with President-elect Bush - Trident, chemical weapons, SDI, Eastern Europe, NATO] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Howe visit to Ireland; Nigeria; Soviet Union; Commission portfolios; MT visit to Poland; Hong Kong] [declassified Jul 2019]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Deductions from Benefit") [further deductions could cause tensions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: 9 November") [lobby briefing fracas; economic prospects] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Young PS minute to Hurd PS (EC draft directive) [should not allow political pressure to reach agreement to override objectives] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: John Fairclough minute to David Fisk ("E(ST) (0) Discussion on Environmental Issues") [science and technology aspects of developing plans] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKDEL CSCE Vienna telegram 386 to FCO (1242Z) ("Text of Shevardnadze's letter to Shultz") [wind-up of Vienna conference, and proposed Moscow conference] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKDEL CSCE Vienna telegram 387 to FCO (1312Z) ("Text of Shultz's reply, dated 8 November") [reply to Shevardnadze: wind-up of Vienna conference, and preconditions for agreeing to proposed Moscow conference] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: Chairman of the British Council letter to MT (Prime Minister's visit to Poland) ["Your visit has raised morale enormously"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Presidential election, Chancellor's briefings, health/welfare, broadcasting, education, industry) [Bush wins easily, Labour MPs try to make a 'Lawsongate' out of briefings] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Cabinet Office minute to Paul Gray ("National Health Service Review") [appointments to hospital boards] [released July 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Walker-Clarke-Rifkind-Major-Mellor-Griffiths-Butler-Whitehead) [14th meeting of NHS review - medical audit, funding, health authorities, FPAs] [released July 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) US: Ridgway briefing for Shultz (“Your meeting with British Prime Minister Thatcher, Wednesday, November 16, 2:45pm”) [International Fund for Ireland, Middle East, economic issues, Southern Africa] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Poland: Chairman of the British Council letter to MT (Prime Minister’s visit to Poland) [thanks MT for visit and increase in funding] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland: message to the Pope”) [FCO draft] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Possible Visit of Mr. Gorbachev") [meeting with Soviet Ambassador to discuss dates] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("CSCE: Moscow Human Rights Conference") [Western preconditions for agreeing to Soviet proposal] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to Pope John Paul II (Prime Minister's visit to Poland) ["I returned from Poland convinced that Solidarity is a force that cannot be denied"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, President, students, soccer, economy) [Cabinet to decide whether Lawson should face censure motion over meeting with Sunday Lobby] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(88) 34th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Richard Luce minute to Douglas Hurd ("Increases in the Monetary Limits on Lotteries") [would have liked to see bigger stakes] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: No.10 minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland”) [draft MT written answer] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to the Pope (Prime Minister’s visit to Poland) [”Your spiritual leadership is so vital to the brave people of Poland”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Economy: US Deputy Trade Representative briefing for President (MT visit to Washington) [declassified ?2000]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("BSB Levy") [guidance on future levy position] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Environment: Corbally Stourton letter to George Guise ("Environmental Issues") [sustainable development] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: John Major minute to Tony Newton ("TV Licensing Organisation: New Business") [compilation and operation of subscriber registers] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to General Jaruzelski (visit to Poland) [encloses copy of statement to Parliament on outcome of the visit] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") [MT statement to Parliament] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, King's Cross report, Chancellor's briefing, industry) [shock SNP victory over Labour in Govan by-election] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Bernard Ingham minute ("David Frost") [MT should reconsider giving interview] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Powell briefing for MT ("Visit to Washington") [Reagan Day, Bush Day] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("The Community Charge Bill") [want ratepayers to see whether councils are high or low spending] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Wakeham memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(88) 15 (The Queen's Speech on the Opening of Parliament) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Nicholas Ridley minute to Douglas Hurd (Monetary Limits on Lotteries) [content with proposal] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Douglas Hurd ("Increases in Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [content for the same increases to apply in Scotland] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Nigel Wicks record of conversation (Wicks, Alan Walters) [Walters's contract; economic conditions; CGT; US economic policy] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Inland Revenue minute ("Determination of Composite Rate for 1989/90") [proposed 1.5 per cent cut in tax on savings interest] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: UKE Holy See telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s Message to the Pope”) [MT visit to Poland; Vatican "deeply grateful" for consulting them prior to visit] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Poland: MT letter to General Jaruzelski (visit to Poland) [aim to strengthen relations further; invitation to visit London] [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ambassador Zamyatin) ["Visit of President Gorbachev": possible dates] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("NHS Review: Pay and Conditions of NHS Staff") [proposals for self-governing hospitals] [released Nov 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 13 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("North/South Dialogue: Attali Meeting of 11-12 November") [question of whether and how to launch a summit] [released July 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: Crispin Tickell minute to Duncan Slater ("Time Environment Conference") [opportunity to discuss environmental issues] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute for MT ("David Frost") ["I very much hope you will reconsider giving David Frost an interview for TV-am"; MT insists: "it is Bruce Gyngell that I am really supporting"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, nurses, Chancellor's briefing, MT's visit to USA, law and order, Northern Ireland) [nurses' grading, pressure on Lawson] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Tickell letter to Slater ("The Environment Conference") [Boulder conference organised by Time magazine] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Tickell letter to Powell (MT's speech to the Royal Society) ["I agree that the next thing is to make sure that something happens"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKA Paris record of conversation (Fergusson-Attali) [royal visit to France, proposed increase in bilateral exchanges, EC financial and economic proposals, east-west] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2759 to FCO (0430Z) ("Possible Visit By Gorbacheve to the United States") [press speculation & available details] [released Jul 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Martin Nicholson minute to Percy Cradock ("Gorbachev's Visit and the "Glorious" Revolution") [reference by Gorbachev in his recent book, 'Perestroika', "could be used... as a peg on which to hang our appreciation of Gorbachev's efforts at constitutional reform"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Visit of President Gorbachev") [MT's views on FCO draft programme] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Washington telegram 2761 to FCO (1800Z) ("Visit by Gorbachev to the United States") [proposed format/remit of talks] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT ("Our changing schools - a handbook for parents") [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, MT's speech, Gorbachev visit, MT's US visit, Washington, Chancellor's briefing) [MT's comments on freedom, red carpet for Gorbachev] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley minute to MT ("Simplified Needs Assessment") [basis in new system] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Rifkind letter to Tom King (period of disqualification on release from prison) [comments in relation to Scotland on proposed amendment to Local Government Act (NI) 1972] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(88) 35th (1987/88 Session of Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Queen's Speech on the Opening of Parliament) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Tom King minute to Douglas Hurd ("Increases in Monetary Limits on Lotteries under the Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976") [no objection to proposal from a Northern Ireland standpoint] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) US: US State Dept briefing (“Issues agenda/schedule for Thatcher official visit”) [arrival, individual and plenary meetings] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) US: Burt briefing for Shultz (“Your meeting with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher”) [future of sub-continent, Laker Airlines case, Middle East, US-Soviet relations, Central America] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Berlin issues”) [discussions with Soviets on Reagan’s Berlin initiative] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: East-West relations”) [“Ongoing changes in East Bloc have created opportunities; but essential to maintain consistent approach to deal effectively with continued challenges to Western interests”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Chemical weapons”) [Bush’s draft treaty as a basis for negotiations] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Cambodia”) [seek Vietnamese withdrawal, Sihanouk as head of a future government] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Start negotiations and Trident”) [US position on inspection requirements] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Start”) [negotiators to produce joint draft treaty] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: CST mandate talks”) [“NATO seeks to remove force asymmetries between NATO and the Warsaw Pact and establish a higher degree of stability at a lower level of forces”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Europe: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)”) [“Negotiations on concluding document text going well … obstacles remain in both human rights and security areas”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Europe: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: European Economic Community (EC)”) [“We support European integration, but are concerned about statements by EC spokesmen stressing reciprocity, protection of ‘sensitive’ sectors, and preference for European goods”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Economy: US State Dept briefing (“United Kingdom economy at a glance”) [“Even though the British economy is booming, some observers believe it may be overheating and thus lead to inflationary problems and larger balance of payment deficits”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: COCOM”) [“There is increasing pressure from our key Allies, including the UK, to free up high technology trade with the Soviet Union”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Middle East: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Middle East peace process”) [“We cannot support any attempt, by either Israel or Arabs, to determine unilaterally the ultimate status of the West Bank or Gaza”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Northern Ireland: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Ireland and Northern Ireland”) [International Fund for Ireland, counter-terrorism measures] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Transport: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Civil Aviation”) [“disputes betwen the US and UK have occured frequently due to the highly competitive nature of the lucrative North Atlantic air routes”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Trade: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: Gatt - Uruguay Round”) [“the most ambitious and technically complex trade negotiation yet undertaken”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) South Africa: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: South Africa”) [“State of emergency repression has quelled violent protest at the expense of further restricting political freedoms”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (State Department) Africa: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: Angola/Namibia negotiations”) [“The necessary compromises are now fairly clear, and have been framed in the US mediator’s proposal”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Schedule for MT visit to Washington [declassified ?2000]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Colin Powell NSC briefing for President Reagan (MT visit to Washington) [declassified 2000]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: President Reagan briefing cards for MT visit (one-on-one meeting) [declassified 2000]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("ITV Levy Contract Extension Period and BSB Levy") [must guard against accusation of indifference to quality] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: David Young minute to Nicholas Ridley (CFCs conference) [Montreal Protocol, CFC emissions] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKE Kabul telegram 653 to FCO (1030Z) ("Afghanistan: Soviet Ambassador's Views") [record of conversation: Ian Mackley, Vorontsov] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: MT draft speech for White House Banquet (farewell to Reagan) [remembers 1981 - "you told me ... that for all our economic difficulties, we would be home safe and soon enough"; cuts Churchill story] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) USA: Charles Powell conversation record (MT-President Reagan, tête-à-tête then plenary) [US deficit, Gorbachev, Latin America, START & Trident; Middle East, Soviets, Afghanistan, GATT] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Charles Powell conversation record (MT-George Shultz) [arms control, human rights, Angola/Namibia, South Africa] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Charles Powell conversation record (MT-Alan Greenspan) [US economy, budget deficit, Black Monday] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Charles Powell conversation record (MT-Dr Andrei Sakharov) [weaknesses and contradictions in perestroika; absence of legal basis] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chief Secretary ("Simplified Needs Assessments") [Ridley minute to MT conceals "important and complex implications"; Lawson agrees to oppose] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Michael Goldsmith letter to MT (GP budgets) [problems and practicalities of GP as bubget holder] [released Nov 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 824 to UKMIS New York (1710Z) ("Falklands at UNGA 1988: on the Record Statement after the Vote") [declassified 2016]
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Michael Miller MSS) Cold War: Programme for MT's farewell visit to Reagan at the White House (ceremonial arrival)
PDF 88 Nov 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Schedule for MT visit to White House (timings & participants) [declassified ?2000]
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