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PDF 86 Apr 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Channon memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 14 (Land Rover (UK) Limited: Privatisation) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: US Ambassador London telegram to Secretary Weinberger (“London press conference on Libya”) [“Thatcher urgently needs our help in convincing the UK public”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Labour’s new programme) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Japanese Personal Representative letter for Powell (Tokyo Economic Summit: programme) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Washington telegram 1060 to FCO (0410Z) (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message for President Reagan (US response to the Soviet record on compliance with arms control agreements) [her views] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cradock minute for Powell ("Soviet Union: Nuclear Testing") [Soviet compliance with arms control agreements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Eldon Griffiths) [role of the RUC in wake of Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Wakeham PS letter to Northern Ireland Office (Ulster Unionist Party: renomination to positions previously occupied on Select Committees and other bodies) [draft reply to Jim Molyneaux: "I do not believe the House would readily accept a situation where your members were prepared to serve on these Committees but not participate in the work of the Chamber itself"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Ending of Pass Laws") [statement by Minister of Justice] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Reactions to Government Reform Announcements") ["broad welcome from Whites to the Government's proposals for abolition of the pass laws and influx control. Blacks are generally sceptical"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South African reply to Commonwealth Group") [Moberly record of conversation with Pik Botha: "began to bridle at... [implication] that the Group might not find a great deal of movement on the Government's part towards the ideas in their negotiating concept"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Pik Botha letter to co-Chairmen of the Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons (Commonwealth Group's 'possible negotiating concept') ["if the South African Government does move along the lines suggested... and violence continues or increases... the Government may have no alternative but to take appropriate measures to control the violence"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Canada: Howe PS minute to Nigel Wicks ("Prime Minister's Visit to Expo Vancouver") [engagements arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 447 to FCO (1200Z) ("Chirac's Visit to Chequers") [French economic policy, voting system, international relations and defence] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to Baker (alternative uses of agricultural land and employment in the countryside) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: FCO minute to No.10 (“UN Financial Crisis”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ian Lang letter to Biffen (“EC Scrutiny Debate: Commission Communication and Draft Council Resolution Concerning a medium-term Community Programme on Equal Opportunities for Women (4118/86)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Lord Hailsham letter to Channon (“Financial Services Bill: SROs Liability for Damages”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Lord Chancellor’s Office record of conversation (Lord Hailsham, Keith Joseph, Patrick Mayhew) [Education Bill] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Education Bill: amendments re. political bias”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 17th (Wallis Simpson’s death, Prince Andrew’s marriage, Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, British Leyland) [confidential annex on immigration controls at London Airport] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Judiciary: Treasury Solicitor letter to No.10 (“Mr Richard Holt’s libel action”) [No.10 seeks to avoid being drawn into Holt’s libel action against ‘The Teacher’ publication] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Judiciary: Treasury Solicitor letter to No.10 (“Mr Richard Holt’s libel action”) [No.10 seeks to avoid being drawn into Holt’s libel action against ‘The Teacher’ publication] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Libya: State to USE London (“Deputy Secretary Whitehead’s meeting with Sir Geoffrey Howe, April 18, 1986”) [“Howe said the UK had paid a high doemstic, politcal price for its action on Libya”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: MT letter to Paul Johnson (thanks for writing) ["a very difficult time for me … your booklet on the seven deadly sins of Terrorism most helpful … sapping the will of civilisation to resist"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy, domestic politics) [“Reagan warns Libya that no-one can kill Americans and brag about it”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mexico: President Miguel de la Madrid of Mexico letter to MT (Mexicana Air crash) [thanking MT for condolences] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Toyko telegram to FCO ("Message to the Prime Minister from the Interaction Council") [Schmidt, Fukuda points] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Bonn to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [world economy, Middle East] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Tokyo to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit: the Economic Situation in Japan”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKDEL NATO to FCO ("US Response to Soviet Non-Compliance in Arms Control") [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: No.10 minute to MT ("The Calcutt Report") [confusion over publication date] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Meeting on 30 April with Sir John Sainsbury's Group") ["Further to your [previous meetings]... the Committee and DoE now report back to you on its proposals to simplify, clarify and expedite Town and Country Planning law"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Wakeham PS letter to Whitelaw PS (Special Development Order) ["... chances of guerrilla tactics by disgruntled government back benchers"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Portugal: Channon PS letter to Howe PS ("600th anniversary of the Anglo/Portugese Treaty of Windsor") [attendance] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Korea: MT letter to Dr. Charles Phelps (industrial & academic exchange programme) [MT commends the project in advance of her visit to S. Korea] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Korea: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's visit to the Republic of Korea") [overview, key points & briefing pack] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South African reply to Commonwealth Group") [report on the thinking behind Pik Botha letter] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with M Jacques Chirac: 26 April") [French domestic politics, Chirac's policies, Libya, east-west issues and arms control, bilateral issues] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Younger PS minute to Charles Powell ("Visit of French Prime Minister: 26th April 1986") [bilateral defence contacts, European defence cooperation] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("Your Meeting with M. Chirac: European Community") [will see how far it is possible to continue "developing a common approach to Community problems"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing ("Hermes/HOTOL") [potential UK/France clash on funding for projects] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Turkish Prime Minister Ozal letter to MT (his recent visit to the UK: bilateral relations) [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: MT letter to UN Secretary-General (UN financial difficulties) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Attorney General letter to Channon (“Financial Services Bill: Status and Powers of the Designated Agency”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: No.10 minute to MT (“Roskill”) [action against fraud] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Appraisal of Performance and Potential in the Senior Open Structure”) [paper on the proposed introduction of “more structured and formalised methods”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Libya raid, Tokyo Summit) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Duchess of Windsor death, Libya) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: John MacGregor PS letter to No.10 (“Value for Money Targets”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Public Order Bill: Incitement to Racial Hatred”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 26 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Washington telegram 1093 to FCO (0001Z) (“Tokyo Economic Summit: Libya Sanctions and Other Points”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 26 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Korea: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Speeches in Korea") [MT visit] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 26 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [France's relations with New Zealand, defence cooperation, relations with US, EC issues, CAP, Middle East, arms control] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 27 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Libya: Nick Edwards letter to MT (reasoned response to raid on Tripoli) [his wife's critical letter; arguments for & against the raid; MT placed in "a horrendously difficult position"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit: Mr Nakasone’s Political Prospects”) [Japanese domestic policy, economy, terrorism, Libya] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Lawson minute for MT (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [focus on trade/protectionism & Japanese surplus] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: FCO minute for Powell (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [draft reply to Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone’s letter to MT] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Powell letter to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [MT disappointed with draft speaking note on economic issues] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Powell minute for Armstrong (“Message from the Japanese Prime Minister”) [MT unable to see the Japanese Ambassador before her departure for Tokyo] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (arms control) ​​​​​​​["the Soviet Union has no intention to slacken the efforts to achieve a breakthrough"] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Kenneth Baker letter to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1986 public expenditure round") ["...consideration of individual local authority services..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Lord Hill-Norton letter to MT ("Hull Forms for Warships") ["We have no doubt that the rejection of the merits of the short fat ship by the DSAC, and hence their conclusion, was unsound... We strongly recommend that our work should be examined, as a matter of urgency, by an independent committee..."] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Korea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to Korea") [draft replies to Yonhap News Agency questions] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons") [date of review conference; MT: "what really bothers me is that the EPG do not seem interested in getting the best results - only in forcing the pace"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Greece: Andreas Papandreou message to MT (retained by TNA) [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Greece: Andreas Papandreou message to MT (death of Kanellopoulos) [loss deeply felt by Greek people] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("State Visit by President von Weizsacker: Address to Parliament") [arrangements for address] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Privatisation: Cabinet Office minute for MT (“Privatisation: BA, BAA and Rolls Royce”) [MT keen to keep open January option for privatisation of BA or BAA] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Privatisation: Nicholas Ridley minute for Financial Secretary to theTreasury (“Privatisation of the British Airways Authority, British Airways and Rolls Royce”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Channon letter to Lord Hailsham (“Financial Services Bill: SROs Liability for Damages”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Peter Hordern MP (Provision for expenditure by local authorities on education) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Peter Kemp minute to Peter Brooke (“Civil Service Pay 1986”) [“the object of the exercise - a peaceful settlement albeit at a rate which may appear high in some eyes - looks as though it will be produced”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Judiciary: No.10 minute to MT (“Richard Holt MP”) [MT concurs with advice that No.10 should seek to avoid being drawn into Holt’s libel action against ‘The Teacher’ publication] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Department of Health & Social Security letter to Cabinet Office (“Managing a Government Department”) [Ken Stowe lecture to the Royal Society of Arts] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (terrorism, law and order, domestic politics) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [Libya, Economic Summit, Northern Ireland] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan message for MT (the forthcoming Tokyo Summit: talks on terrorism and economic issues) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO minute for Powell (“Tokyo Economic Summit: International Terrorism”) [draft of the summit statement & draft telegram to President Chirac] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan (the forthcoming Tokyo Economic Summit: economic issues & terrorism) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKHC Ottawa to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [meetings about the summit: terrorism, agriculture, expansion of G5] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: MT letter to Prime Minister Lange (first meeting with Prime Minister Chirac) [France's relations with New Zealand] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Justice: Younger letter to Hurd (prison officers industrial action) [military assistance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT ("Sainsbury Group meeting: 30 April") [cover note: key points] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Sainsbury meeting, 30 April - supplementary note") [delays in planning application appeals: "...in many ways [Sainsbury] says the system is worse than it has ever been..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: FCO telegram to UKE Moscow ("Chernobyl nuclear accident") [call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs and demand information; IAEA requirements] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Korea: UKE Seoul telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to Korea") [internal political situation] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Korea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit to Korea: speeches") [amendments] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Northern Ireland Secretary") [meeting with Molyneaux and Paisley; Intergovernmental Conference; contingency plans for industrial disruption] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (Tokyo Economic Summit: statement on South Africa) ["[a joint statement by] the Heads of Government... could provide momentum to current efforts to bring an end violence and facilitate negotiations"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram 162 to FCO (1350Z) ("Cyprus: Secretary General's Initiative") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: FCO minute to No.10 ("Cyprus: Kyprianou's Message to the Prime Minister") [MT not inclined to play as active a part as in the past in support of the Secretary-General's efforts] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ian Lang letter to Howe (“European Social Fund - position for 1986”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [Economic Summit, the markets] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Pay Review Body Reports”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whitelaw, Tebbit, Keith Joseph) [“How to get better schools”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1120 to FCO (2110Z) (“US/Soviet working level contacts”) [“Technical exchanges continue in a number of fields despite the hiatus in political contacts”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Chernobyl disaster, Cabinet reshuffle) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: UKE Bonn to FCO (“The Five Institutes’ Spring Report”) [summary extract] [declassified 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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