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PDF 86 Sep 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: John Moore letter to No.10 (“UK/Canada air services”) [termination of Agreement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Younger minute for MT ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: President Ceausescu letter to MT (arms control issues) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Paying for Local Government") [statement to explain decision to proceed with the policy] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Offences") [arrangement for appeals in Scotland] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("The Antarctic: Letter from Lord Shackleton") [MT's draft reply] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to MacGregor (“Devaluation of the Green Pound”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Giles Shaw MP letter to Edwards (EC integrated operations: steel industry) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury record of conversation (MacGregor - Malcolm Rifkind) [public expenditure survey 1986: Scotland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Norgrove minute for Armstrong (“Star Chamber”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No. 10 record of conversation (MT-Baker) [how to get better schools: City Technological Colleges] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Baker) [how to get better schools: local authority expenditure] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Baker) [liason with universities and polytechnics] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT-John Anson-Brian Griffiths) [restructuring school education] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 31st (Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Home Affairs, Economic Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Bill Davis memo first draft (MT speech first draft) [“Some people call it Thatcherism, I call it common sense”] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (SDP economic policies, MT visit to Germany, economy, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Rifkind letter to Peter Brooke (“Staff Inspection”) [value for money review] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: George Younger minute to Geoffrey Howe ("World Administrative Radio Conference on High Frequency Broadcasting - Geneva, February 1987") [defence commitments] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: UKE Ankara telegram 457 to FCO (1517Z) ("Farewell Call on President Evren") [declassified July 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Penalties") [roles of the courts in England/Wales and Scotland] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter for Lord Shackleton (the Antarctic: British role, research & environment) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Prime Minister Charles (action to abolish apartheid) ["I do not believe that sanctions are the answer"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MacGregor letter to Jopling (“Devaluation of the Green Pound”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ridley letter to Lord Young (“Removing Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [the markets] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury record of conversation (MacGregor - Howe) [public expenditure survey 1986: Foreign and Commonwealth Office] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury record of conversation (MacGregor - Walker) [public expenditure survey 1986: Department of Energy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: UKDEL IMF telegram to FCO (“IMF: Managing Director”) [“Larosière to resign”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2411 to FCO (2250Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [Soviet position on Daniloff] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (income tax a party battleground, property, economy, industry, education) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Hurd PS letter to No.10 (legislation on the misuse of crossbows) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Richard Luce minute to MT (“Multi-Department review of accommodation: progress report”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 20 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) New Zealand: UKE Paris telegram 774 to FCO (1350Z) ("Greenpeace") [attack on the Rainbow Warrior] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("President Mitterrand and Chatham House") [visit to UK] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("South Pacific Conference, Papeete, 3-5 November") ["a senior official rather than a Minister should attend this year"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 letter to Governor of the Bank of England's office ("Meeting with Karl-Otto Poehl) [request for briefing] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Younger, German Defence Minister) [US isolationism; General Political Guidelines on nuclear weapons; France; Libya; new tank technology; chemical weapons; conventional defence; SDI; TNW; European security; equipment collaboration; SP70; INF; environmental impact of training areas] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: MT letter to Councillor Paul Beresford, London Borough of Wandsworth (local authority capital expenditure control system) ["...most impressed with what you and your colleagues in the Conservative administration have achieved..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Norway: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Prime Minister's visit to Norway") ["A successful visit despite the well publicised demonstrations"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Peter Brooke PS letter to No.10 (“White Paper on the 1986 Community Budget”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Hurd letter to Lord Young (“Removing Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury record of conversation (MacGregor - John Moore) [public expenditure survey 1986: education] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury record of conversation (MacGregor - Ridley) [public expenditure survey 1986: Department of the Environment] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Jopling minute for MacGregor (“PES 1986: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Kenneth Baker minute for MT (“City Technological Colleges”) [his proposals for establishing schools in inner city areas] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Tom King letter to Walker (“Energy Efficiency in the Public Sector”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 letter to Treasury (“Performance Bonuses”) [“it might help if there was a possibility of extra bunce [money/freebie] (or stick) which might arrive unexpectedly”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [miners’ strike, Liberal assembly, east-west relations, economy] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) New Zealand: No.10 record of conversation (MT-NZ Leader of the Opposition McLay) [position on visits by nuclear ships - would return NZ to ANZUS once in power] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Robert Conquest") [note of Conquest's recent publications] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Channon minute for Younger ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2435 to FCO (2334Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze Talks") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKMIS New York telegram 894 to FCO (2355Z) ("Shevardnadze's Speech 23 September") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Lord Shackleton letter for MT (the Antarctic: British role, research & environment) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“Visit to the Conference Centre”) [European Council: London mmeeting] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Department of Education and Science news release (“‘No University Will Close’ - Kenneth Baker”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKMIS New York telegram 890 to FCO (1620Z) (“President Reagan’s briefing of NATO ministers”) [discussions with Soviets on Daniloff and arms control] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“Range pay”) [MT supportive] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (party conferences, arms talks, drugs) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Fourth Report on Westland plc”) [Government draft response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Younger minute to MT (“Westland plc”) [prospects] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute ("MISC 128 (Broadcasting Policy)") [licence fee, radio Green Paper] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Prime Minister Chirac letter to MT (recent terrorist incidents in France) [thanks for expressions of sympathy and solidarity] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Terrorism in France") ["public anxiety continues. Coherence of French Middle East policy questioned"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French exchange controls: announcement delayed") ["likelihood of freedom for individual savers... substantially diminished..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: No. 10 minute to MT (“Next Managing Director of the IMF”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: Jacques Chirac letter to MT (Managing Director at IMF) [successor to Larosière] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: MT letter to Jacques de Larosière (resignation from IMF) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: No. 10 minute to MT (“Next Managing Director of the IMF”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Attorney General letter to Douglas Hurd (“Roskill”) [action against fraud] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office minute for MT (“City Technological Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Home Secretary minute for MT (“City Technological Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“City Technological Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Rifkind letter to MT (“Teachers’ pay and conditions: Committee of Inquiry Report”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKMIS New York telegram 908 to FCO (1640Z) (“Secretary of State’s bilateral with Shevardnadze, 23 September”) [“A businessmanlike discussion which covered a lot of ground in one hour”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Wyatt notes (conference speech) [“The ultimate aim of socialism is to take choice away from ordinary people”] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Liberals/Alliance issues on defence, Labour and NATO, football) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft government reply - MT determined not to resign] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Kenneth Clarke letter to John MacGregor (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young letter to John MacGregor (‘back to work’ initiatives) [request to announce proposed new measures at Party conference] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MacGregor minute for MT ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft") [content with the approach proposed by Younger] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Younger minute for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Bearpark briefing for MT ("Your visit to Milton Keynes") [EnergyWorld Business Exhibition, MK Development Corporation, Open University] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge Duties on Registration Officer") [obligation to ensure enforcement] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury record of conversation (MacGregor - Baker) [public expenditure survey 1986: education] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: FCO telegram to UKE Paris (MT message to Prime Minister Chirac) [succession to de Larosière as managing director of the IMF] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Kenneth Baker) [City Technological Colleges] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the minute for MT (“Main report”) [advises neutral response while considering implications] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kenneth Baker, Whitelaw, Mark Robinson, Tebbit, Lord Young, Ridley, Rifkind, MacGregor) [city technological colleges] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Liberals/SDP defence policy non-existent, coalition talks, latest polls, Edwina Currie) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Westland: Channon PS minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft Government response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT (covering “Foreign Exchange Markets: Evening Report”) ["there is a lot of market talk about the need for an increase in interest rates"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young PS letter to Mr. P.A. Paine (Restart Programme for the long-term unemployed) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Unemployment in the North East”) [proposal that lower wages would attract investment] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Defence R & D") ["It would surely be wrong to abandon the constraint set by E(A), as Mr. Younger wants. But it seems to me quite likely that in due course some increase in the figures will have to be granted..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Defence Research and Development expenditure (E(RD) (86) 8)") ["My very firm impression is that MOD have done nothing at all to implement the decision taken by E(A) last February that expenditure on defence R & D should be reduced..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Rebating the Community Charge E(LF) 5th Meeting") [should existing rate rebates be carried into new system] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 minute for MT (“Public Expenditure”) [Chief Secretary’s conclusions near end of bilaterals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Tom King PS letter to Douglas Hurd (“Roskill”) [prosecution of serious fraud in Northern Ireland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Owen rules out merger with Liberals, Rover shake-up, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [Government response to report] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 27 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 952 to FCO (0040Z) ("Cyprus") [Secretary-General has a 'very difficult time with President Kyprianou'] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: IMF Managing Director letter for MT (thanking for her support) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: UKE Washington telegram 2466 to FCO (0800Z) (“IMF Managing Director”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Nicholas letter to Norman Tebbit (BBC World Service) [ITN concern at use of licence fee money] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: ITN Editor letter to Norman Tebbit (World TV service) [see no reason why public money should be called upon] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union": timing & programme] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe minute for MT ("Conference on Disarmament in Europe (CDE)") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to Howe PS (French Diplomatic Advisor visit to London) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("French Ambassador's farewell call on the Prime Minister: 17.30 on 30 September") ["current major concerns are terrorism and [Lebanon]"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Ministry of Defence (Inquiry into hull forms for warships) [offer of impartial assistance from Det Norske Veritas] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Baker paper circulated to E(LF) - E(LF) (86) 7 ("Students and the Community Charge") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley paper circulated to E(LF) - E(LF) (86) 9 ("Introducing the Community Charge") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Chief Secretary PS record of conversation (MacGregor-Ridley) [water, PSA, housing] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Visit by Prime Minister Thatcher to Washington") [Powell says MT thinking of 14-15 Nov; visit "a la December 1984"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT (“European Community Beef Regime”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Department of Health and Social Security Permanent Secretary letter to No.10 (“Performance Related Pay for Grades 2 and 3”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Richard Luce minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Griffiths minute to MT (“Interest Rate Policy: Hysteria and Fundamentals”) [let exchange rate fall and keep intervention to absolute minimum] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Oil Prices - Short-Term Outlook”) [guesses that prices will move up to $20 in 2-3 months] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Middleton, Cassell, Blunden, George; afterwards MT-Lawson phone call) ["The Markets" - MT: "much of the present hysteria in the markets had been whipped up by the media"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Eastside Cable") [Docklands development] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: George Younger message to Andre Giraud (nuclear defence) [bilateral exchanges on politico/military, strategic and technical matters] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: George Younger letter to Andre Giraud (defence issues) [possible cooperation on politico/military and strategic matters, on technical matters] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MacGregor minute for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe minute for MT ("Arms Control in Europe: The Way Forward") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute for MT ("Falkland Islands Fisheries: Relations with Argentina - OD Meeting at 3:00 pm on Thursday 2 October") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: USE London to State Department ("British Elections") ["our stake in the outcome of that election cannot be overstated"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [MT rejects funding bid: “there isn’t any more money”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling minute to Lord Young (“Removal of barriers to business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: MacGregor minute for MT (“1986 Public Expenditure Survey”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Cabinet Office minute for MT (“Public Expenditure”) [briefing] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Rifkind PS letter to No.10 (“Teachers’ pay: the Main report”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet Relations: Gorbachev’s approach march to a summit”) [“the indications are that he sees the potential gains as outweighing the risks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet pre-summit”) [advice to Reagan] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Gorbachev message to MT (proposed US-USSR summit) [“the whole process of Soviet-American dialogue was in need of a serious impulse”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Reagan message to MT (US-USSR to hold summit in Reykjavik) [“symbolically important that Mr. Gorbachve suggested holding the meeting on the soil of a member of the NATO alliance”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT message to Reagan (US-USSR summit in Reykjavik) [“I see this as a very positive step”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Shultz message to Howe (announcement of US-USSR summit in Reykjavik) [“we believe that progress in U.S.-Soviet relations is possible, and we remain committed to achieving it”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2487 to FCO (2242Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [US, Soviet aims for Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party divisions, row over cancellation of Falklands play) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Jerry Wiggin MP letter to MT (the future of Westland helicopters) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT (“Meeting of Ministers: Obscenity Legislation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Economic Secretary, Middleton, Deputy Governor, Eddie George) ["The Markets" - intervention to continue but at "absolute minumum"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Short-Range INF") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [flat rate addition would have worse effect on work incentives] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Introducing the Community Charge E(LF) (86) 9") [transitional arrangements, rate rebates] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to Lord Bruce-Gardyne (MT's Guildhall speech) [possible topics] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("1987/8 Rates") [expectation of local authority spending] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Stewart-Middleton-Cassell-Blunden-George) [Bundesbank swap; Bank of England intervention; base rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Powell minute to MT ("Falkland Islands Fisheries") [the Argentine/Soviet agreement] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to Robert Armstrong ("Star Chamber") [proposed membership] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Public Expenditure As a Proportion of GDP") [our record is not good] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Cabinet: Public Expenditure") [sticking to policy of strict spending control] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: John Kerr note (asks White House to explore 14/15 Nov visit) ["main purpose to discuss US-Soviet summit"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Mrs Thatcher's Request to Meet with the President") [suggests a small Friday meeting in Washington; do not break President's weekend] [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Mrs Thatcher's Request to Meet with the President") [acknowledges President "wants to do the event at Camp David"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: prepatory summit”) [“External and internal developments since the Geneva summit have increased the risks inherent in a visit by Gorbachev to the USA”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2439 to FCO (2200Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“Initial press verdict on latest developments reasonably positive, with spotlight shifting from Daniloff to Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Bill Davis memo (conference material) [“Don’t, please go into too much detail”] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party conference, Reagan-Gorbachev summit) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: MT letter to David Stevens (Dartford Bridge) [private sector financing] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1159 to FCO (1430Z) ("Controversy Over Gorbachev's Internal Policies") [Pravda editorial: "signs... [of] anxieties that Gorbachev's campaign for "glasnost" and democratisation might risk underminining the Party's authority"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Rifkind letter to John MacGregor (“Cost Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Measures Related to Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [enhanced penalties] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 draft for MT ("Speaking note on interest rates") [for ?Cabinet - danger of large increase in rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe minute to Channon ("Voluntary ban on new investment") ["We are bound, as Presidency, to allow our [EC] partners time to try to reach a common position... I would [however]... wish us to announce our measures in the next few days"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-MacGregor-Griffiths) [right to put a large share of blame on local authority mismanagement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Rifkind minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Douglas Hurd letter for Whitelaw (anonymity of rape victims from the time of complaint) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT (“City Technology Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker letter to Ridley (“Education of No Area Pupils - funding arrangements”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“City Technology Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Committee of Inquiry for Scotland report (“Main Report on Teachers’ Pay and Conditions of Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 32nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Ingham minute for MT ("Your speech: further ideas") [seven points to bring out] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: David Hart draft (“The conference speech”) [“We know that if Britons are free to choose and exercise their responsibilities they will begin again to feel that good, old-fashioned feeling - pride in themselves and their country”] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party conference, BBC chairman, industry, east-west summit) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Chairman of Westland plc letter to MT (future of Westland) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham, Armstrong) [Defence Committee: Westland plc: Government’s response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [Government’s draft response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (1500Z) ("South Asia and the Weinberger Visit") (NSC 0138) [relations with India & Pakistan] [declassified Oct 2010]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Nicholas Ridley letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (Reykjavik summit) ​​​​​​​[hopeful for results on arms control] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("The Markets") [Bundesbank swap agreement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Exchange Market Intervention") [changes in the reserves since 1979] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Markets") [Walters believes monetary conditions are not bad; thinks interest rates "horrendously high", fiscal policy "too loose"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2519 to FCO (0015Z) ("US/South Africa") ["Senate overrides President's veto. Santions bill now US law"; details] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT (“Education of No Area pupil - funding arrangements”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Education Bill: Sex Education at School”) [‘Clause 26’] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US/Soviet meeting in Reykjavik: message to President Reagan”) [“I think the President’s eyes may glaze a bit”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT message to Gorbachev (proposed US-USSR summit) [“it should be possible to reach agreements … on reductions in arms”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Paris telegram 981 to FCO (1541Z) (“Reykjavik summit: French reactions”) [“The government continues to be nervous of US concessions on INF”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“US-Soviet Meeting in Reykjavik: Message to President Reagan”) [“The INF field contains at present the best prospect for an agreement (though not at Reykjavik)”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“US/Soviet Reykjavik meeting”) [agree to proposed use by Reagan of UK Ambassador’s residence in Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2520 to FCO (0018Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“US view that the meeting should give impetus to work in hand, but should not itself involve negotiation on texts”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party conference, US sanctions against South Africa, BBC chairman, economy, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("President Mitterrand") [Mitterrand's motives: put Chirac in the shade, discuss east/west relations] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (86) 4th ("Students and the Community Charge") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (86) 5th ("Introducing the Community Charge") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President of Jei-Ai Publishing Co. Ltd letter to MT (sanctions against South Africa) [copy attached of the company's letter to Archbishop of Canterbury: case against sanctions, and proposed alternatives] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2538 to FCO (1946Z) (“Prospects for Reykjavik”) [“the core of the substantive discussion will be on arms control”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT draft speech (party conference) [heavily annotated first draft] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Robert Armstrong (Meeting with President Mitterrand) [EC financing, possible informal meeting] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Wyn Roberts letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 letter to Howe PS (invitation to Prince and Princess of Wales) [Chirac letter to MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge Duties on Registration Officer") [responsibilities to fall on an individual or local authority] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Stewart-Middleton-Leigh Pemberton-Blunden-George) [no immediate increase in base rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Walker minute for MT (“EC Directive on Environmental Assessment: Application to Offshore Oil and Gas Developments”) [“very reluctant to set up new and quite unnecessary bureaucratic machinery”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon letter to Lord Young (“Removal of Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT (“London European Council: 5-6 December”) [proposed agenda] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT message to Reagan (eve of Reykjavik summit) [“INF seems to offer the best prospect for agreement on arms reductions”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Tory party conference, MT’s speech, Labour party conference, South Africa) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft Government response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: MT letter to Chairman of Westland plc (future of Westland) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to No. 10 ("Peacock Report: Initial Parliamentary Handling") [subscription TV, ITV contracts, radio] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Visit of President Mitterrand") [arrangements for informal talk about EC Council meeting] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Tom King letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Jopling letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [rural areas] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell (MT's draft reply to President Ceausescu) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT ("Visit of President Mitterrand") [arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [hopes Italian personal representative will revert to original proposal for event on 7/9 June] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Autumn Statement: Additional Briefing") [growth in planned spending, spending trends] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Request for Green Pound Devaluation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Howe minute for Norman Fowler (“AIDS”) [screening for overseas students entering UK] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 minute for MT (“AIDS”) [press reports MT had approved leaflet; in fact not yet decided] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 (“White Paper: Developments in the European Community: January-June 1986”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Younger PS minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [clearance of draft response to report] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Rifkind letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [agrees to proposed advisory group to complement work of Scottish Development Agency subject to additional funding] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("ALARM") [MT's concerns over the project development] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to Edwards PS ("Star Chamber") [Welsh programme not yet settled] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Reagan message to MT (eve of Reykjavik summit) [“prepared for serious exchanges in all four areas of the U.S.-Soviet agenda”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 841 to FCO (1740Z) (“Kohl’s messages”) [“Kohl supported the US position on LRINF … he stressed the importance of conventional arms control as well”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc: Question and Answer Brief”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (“Action for Jobs”) [“powerful evidence of the value of television advertising”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet pre-summit”) [MT’s message to Reagan on Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram 277 to FCO (1823Z) (“Reykjavik meeting: NAC briefing by Nitze and Ridgway: other arms control and East/West issues”) [“Human rights will head US agenda”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services: 15 October 1986") [radio, telecommunications systems, licence fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Lord Wolfson letter for MT (Memorial Service for the victims of the attack in Istanbul) [declassified July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 851 to FCO (1700Z) ("FRG Internal: The Coalition's Prospects") [Kohl's party confident of coalition being returned again] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: John Moore letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Treasury minute to MOD ("ALARM") [the progress report] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2607 to FCO (2301Z) ("US/Soviet Relations: Arms Control Issues in Congress") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Specific grants to local authorities") ["...tend to increase overall local authority expenditure compared to... a general grant"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("The Markets") [timing of interest rate increase next week] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("South Africa") [MT not persuaded by Howe argument for writing to President Botha] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: visit of NAM Foreign Ministers") [request to meet with MT or Howe - expected to plea for comprehensive sanctions; advice] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove (Economic Assumptions) [unemployment, average earnings, GDP deflator, RPI] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove note to MT (Star Chamber) [Treasury's marching orders] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Teachers’ pay”) [the Main and Coventry proposals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Government’s response to the teachers’ pay disputes”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 19 (Select Committee on Defence: Westland PLC) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 20 (The Queen’s speeches on the prorogation and opening of Parliament) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Defence Committee Reports on Westland: Government Reply”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove (Autumn Statement) [publication of printed statement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 1st Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [PSBR figures; rate of economic growth; base rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“Reykjavik meeting”) [proposed meeting with Soviet emissary Karpov] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US-Soviet meeting in Reykjavik”) [discussion of “tentative deal” on INF] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram 283 to FCO (1253Z) (“Reykjavik summit: NAC briefing by Shultz”) [“Shultz said that beneath the disappointment of the moment was a positive sense that possibilities had been opened up for far-reaching arms control agreements”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Reykjavik telegram 95 to FCO (2330Z) (“Reagan/Gorbachev meeting”) [Gorbachev said “an historic opportunity had been missed”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th Session [declassified 2000: the crucial session]
Text 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th session [declassified 2000; second version]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2613 to FCO (0140Z) (“Reykjavik meeting”) [“The US media are baffled by the breakdown of talks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2617 to FCO (0250Z) (“Reykjavik summit”) [“a set-back for the President … there is now no immediate prospect of the substantive summit here on which he had set such store”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, industry, terrorism) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to President Ceausescu (conventional force reductions in Europe) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Kenneth Baker ("1986 Public Expenditure Survey") [university pay, city technical colleges] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Younger minute for Channon ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft: Stretch Potential") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [draft programme] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: MT letter to Lord Cranborne (Afghanistan) [Western solidarity; humanitarian aid] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Bernard Ingham ("Venice Economic Summit") [rules for press briefings provisionally agreed] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (President Mitterrand's visit) [press arrangements, dates] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Strategy Group minute ("Minutes of the Strategy Group. Fifth Meeting: Monday 13th October 1986") ​​​​​​​[follow-up to party conference, future meetings, BBC bias] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) El Salvador: MT message to President Duarte (earthquake) ["We have already sent in emergency assistance from Belize and more help is on the way"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control - The Way Forward") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Arts and Libraries") [British Library, grant in aid, museums] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Channon letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [preferable dates for event are 7/9 June] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office briefing for Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's meeting with President Mitterrand") [points on the EC to keep in mind: relations with France, European Council, EC financing] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley PS letter to No.10 ("Handling of planning applications by local authorities") [Government asks Barnet to review its procedures, being one of the slowest local authorities for processing applications] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (Meeting with President Mitterrand) [Mitterrand wants to discuss east-west relations, arms control, implications of Reykjavik] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Cobb memo for Poindexter ("Presidential phone call to PM Thatcher") [open line call; talking points on proposed agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons in ten years, "if raised"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: White House record of conversation (Reagan-MT) [Reykjavik summit] [declassified 2010]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO (“ECOFIN Council, 13 October 1986: agricultural spending”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Tom King letter for Whitelaw (anonymity of rape victims from the time of complaint) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Ridley letter to Baker (“Education of No Area pupils: funding arrangements”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“MISC 122: teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 briefing for MT (“Teachers Pay”) [clash between Treasury and DES] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet summit”) [press points on outcome of Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT (“US Soviet summit”) [urges she call Reagan - worry that President will “use his television appearance this evening to point [sic] himself further into the corner on SDI”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Points to make to President Reagan” - phone call) [“It is clearly the Soviet aim to sow dissension in the Alliance”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan phone call on Reykjavik summit) ["Reagan said he had put forward a radical proposal under which the US would guarantee not to deploy a strategic defence system for ten years in return for an undertaking to eliminate all US and Soviet nuclear weapons over that same period"] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1195 to FCO (1500Z) (“Reykjavik summit: preliminary view from Moscow”) [“Gorbachev put an unexpectedly high price - severe SDI constraint - on agreement in other arms control areas … which me must have known Reagan would be unlikely to pay”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan phone call) ["particularly sensitive" points on ABM, Reagan's pride in proposal to eliminate nuclear weapons in ten years; President's admiration for Tom Clancy book] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Reykjavik summit”) [draft message from MT to Reagan: “I want to congratulate you on getting so close to a new range of agreements”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Reykjavik summit”) [draft message from MT to Reagan designed “to deny Gorbachev the easy propaganda points for which he may now be looking”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Meeting with Karpov”) [“By making agreement on all issues dependent on acceptance of their terms on SDI, they doomed the meeting to failure”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Defence Committee Reports: Question and Answer briefing”) [Westland] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [approach contemplates break up of BBC monopoly on national radio services] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("Peacock Report") [advertising, licencing, licence fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Implications for Telecommunications Policy (MISC 128(86) 4)") [splitting telecommunciations from other Peacock issues] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove note to MT ("MISC 128") [Whitelaw's opposition to advertising on BBC] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1026 to FCO (1146Z) ("President Mitterrand's Visit to London, 16 October") [French internal situation, EC Council and financing, east-west and arms control, terrorism, Middle East] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Alison minute to MT (invitation to theatre) [tickets to Phantom of the Opera] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: John MacGregor letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [“I still have a number of serious reservations about the whole proposal”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2629 to FCO (2350Z) ("Reykjavik Summit: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("New burdens on local government") ["...latest lists of Government initiatives having resource implications..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Local authority capital controls") [Ridley press release and letter to Chairmen of local authorities: Government determined to retain control but no major legislation while system under review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Barnet: RSG Settlement 1987/88") [rate settlement, district elections] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (interest rates) [intervention after interest rate increase - Norgrove will pass on fact that MT "very concerned" about it] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Scottish Block") [Rifkind still bidding for very large amounts] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Defence Programme") [avoid getting drawn into detailed issues] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO (“Agriculture Council, 13-14 October 1986”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon minute to Jopling (“Alternative Use of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, MacGregor) [teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Karpov”) [MT “said she had been very disturbed by Soviet tactics at Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Karpov”) [“Karpov said that the Soviet side had gone to Reykjavik in the hope of achieving concrete results”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to Price (record of MT’s meeting with Karpov”) [for Price’s eyes only] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 858 to FCO (1815Z) (“Reykjavik: initial German reactions”) [“the door is not closed”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Press Office bulletin (“Call by Mr Karpov”) [“both sides agreed it was vital to find a way forward”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO draft (Lady Young statement to House of Lords on Reykjavik) [“We believe it imperative that both sides return to the Geneva Nuclear and Space Talks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2619 to FCO (0330Z) (“President Reagan’s television address”) [“we’re closer than ever before to agreements that could lead to a safer world without nuclear weapons”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2128 to FCO (2345Z) (“Reykjavik summit: US reactions”) [“Widespread concern among the experts at the US proposal for mutual abolition of all ballistic missiles”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, Westland) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with President Mitterrand") [Mitterrand seeking to upstage Chirac, Reagan's nuclear weapons proposals, EC issues, agriculture, Middle East] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("President Mitterrand's Visit") [main focus to be post-Reykjavik and EC issues] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office briefing for Charles Powell ("Visit of President Mitterrand: Thursday 16 October") [dialogue on nuclear weapons] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing ("M. Mitterrand's Visit, 16 October") [EC topics, terrorism, drugs and immigration, Japan] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing (Mitterrand meeting) [list of guests, timetable] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2639 to FCO (2215Z) ("Mr Renton's Visit to Washington: Arms Control: Calls on Ikle and Ridgway") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2638 to FCO (2200Z) ("Mr Renton's Visit to Washington: Nuclear Arms Control: Call on Nitze") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Fowler ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [fixing a minimum rebate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [Intergovernmental Conference; Chiefs of Staff; dialogue with Unionists; Stalker case; FitzGerald government] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to Cabinet Office ("Falklands Fish") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Electricity (England and Wales) (ESI)") [still no agreed position paper] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [the markets, the Mansion House speech, teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Baker, Whitelaw, Ridley) [“Education of No Area pupils - funding arrangements”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker letter for Chancellor of the Exchequer (Contract Energy Management) [improving the energy efficiency of the public sector] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 860 to FCO (1400Z) (“Reykjavik summit: German views”) [Teltschik said “perhaps it was just as well that the meeting in Reykjavik had broken up when it did”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1205 to FCO (1200Z) (“Reykjavik meeting: Politburo communique”) [failure “was the stubborn unwillingness of the American administration to create conditions for reaching these agreements”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1209 to FCO (1630Z) (“Reykjavik meeting: Gorbachev’s television statement”) [“performance designed to show the extent of Soviet efforts to secure agreement”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1211 to FCO (1600Z) (“Reykjavik meeting”) [Soviet position on arms control, human rights] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, interest rates, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [European Council themes of terrorism, drugs, immigration, enterprise; Japan; trade; Syria] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (Powell-Teltschik) [Reykjavik proposals on arms control, discussions with Kohl] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand-Attali) [French views on Reykjavik proposals on arms control, Reagan and Gorbachev's positions, future of nuclear weapons and tests] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 minute to MT (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [MT agrees to set up of confidential advisory group for trial period] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control") [MT talk to President Mitterrand: a message for President Reagan] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control") [preparation for MT's meeting with President Reagan] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (markets) [good PSBR figures overshadowed by people waiting for Mansion House speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Taking Stock") [the task is not "absolutely hopeless"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Angela Rumbold letter to MT (“Sex Education at School”) [‘Clause 26’] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Hurd letter to Walker (“Energy Efficiency in the Civil Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 33rd (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, prorogation/opening of parliament) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 874 to FCO (1815Z) (“ Karpov’s visit to Bonn”) [prospects of agreements on arms control] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1213 to FCO (1900Z) (“Reykjavik: INF/SDI linkage”) [contrasting reports on Soviet position] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Geneva summit on arms control, immigration, economic problems interest rates, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Ibbs minute to MT (“Improving management in the Civil Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 875 to FCO (1025Z) ("Chancellor Kohl's Visit to the United States") [arms control and east/west relations top of Kohl's agenda, South Africa and Middle East also on his mind] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 2650 to FCO (0031Z) ("FRG/South Africa") [possible German initiative on South Africa, fears proposals could backfire] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Kenneth Clarke letter to Howe (“EC: Employment Initiative”) [“it remains of crucial importance to prevent this excercise from being identified as a purely UK initiative”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to Cabinet Office (Introduction of the Falkland Islands Interim Conservation and Management Zone) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Cabinet Office ("Falkland Islands Fisheries: Enforcement Implications") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("South Africa") ["ideas... which he proposes to discuss with President Reagan. They seem to run well ahead of what is practicable"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("Star Chamber: Current Position") [resistance has been the stiffest Whitelaw has known] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Poindexter memo for President Reagan ("Why We Can't Commit to Eliminating All Nuclear Weapons Within 10 Years") [focus instead on proposal to eliminate all ballistic nuclear missiles in ten years, as handed to Soviets at Reykjavik] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Thatcher Visit") [suggests early announcement in view of UK story that MT had cancelled following Reykjavik] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Minister of State for Scotland minute for Norman Fowler (“Screening for AIDS”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Drug Abuse - Recent Visit to South America and International Update”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baroness Cox letter to MT (education reforms) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Government decisions on school teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“MISC 122: teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2665 to FCO (2358Z) (“Reykjavik: President’s conversation with the Prime Minister”) [Reagan said the summit “had cleared the way for an agreement on INF despite Soviet insistence on linkage”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Lawson speech, unemployment falls, industry, Prince Philip “slitty eyes” comments, immigration) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 18 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Bernard Ingham minute to Robert Armstrong ("Venice Economic Summit - Media") [ground rules for press briefing, press centre] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2666 to FCO (1900Z) (“Reykjavik”) [“President launches SDI as Congressional election campaign issue … Polls show support for the President’s handling of the issue at Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (seminar at Chequers) [public expenditure and teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1233 to FCO (0900Z) ("Soviet Nine Months Economic Results") [summary & analysis] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Incentives”) [“most available jobs paid less than the £122 he received in benefits each week”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute to FCO ("Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [civil rather than criminal penalties] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Treasury minute to Cabinet Office ("Falklands Fish") [costs of reinforcement] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Social Security (Meeting with Mr Fowler at 9.30 AM on Tuesday, 21 October") [savings options] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Lord Young letter to Channon (UK regional development programme 1986-90) [MT angry that report became widely available] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Lynda Chalker letter to Lord Young (“Removing Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Department of Education and Science letter to Treasury (“Education without LEAs”) [revised draft of DES-Treasury-DOE paper] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2667 to FCO (1915Z) (“Reykjavik”) [Shultz: “the elimination of ballistic missiles was quote a long way down the road unquote”; "Allied military staffs exaggerated the extent of the Warsaw Pact advantage" in conventional weapons in Europe] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: John Moore minute to MT (“British Airways privatisation”) [“Unguarded or inaccurate comments, or answers to any questions, could have very serious consequences for the flotation”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (Defence Committee: Westland reports) [responses] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office letter to Department of Trade and Industry (“Westland: Sunday Times interest”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Wicks minute to Tebbit PS (World TV service) [ITN opposition to BBC plans] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD record of conversation (Younger, Weinberger) [US/Soviet arms control talks in Reykjavik, CW arms control, Glenn/Traficant, tracked Rapier] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Michael Butler letter to MT (European Monetary System) ["it would be both good economics and good politics to join the exchange rate mechanism"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Offences") [registration officers, legal aid, penalties] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (markets at 1950) [pound and dollar have weakened] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Meeting with the Prime Minister") [group is in an "exceptionally difficult position"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Lawson-MacGregor-Armstrong) [Scotland, social security, health, overseas aid, electricity] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Armstrong minute for MT (“AIDS”) [seriousness of issue; urges senior ministerial group to drive policy; MT agrees] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“European Community: VAT on Small and Medium Sized Businesses”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [the markets, BGC Board pay, teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker PS letter to No.10 (“Academic Tenure”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (Soviet diplomats) [Price checking reports on alleged American expulsion of 55 Soviet diplomats] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1235 to FCO (1134Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [proposal for follow-up meeting between Hartman and Shevardnadze] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2415 to FCO (1925Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“Lengthy Shultz/Shevardnadze discussions, over-shadowed by hand pounding, and no progress, on Daniloff”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (situation in schools, industry, unemployment, BBC) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (70th anniversary of the Cabinet Office) [article] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“The Motion for the Westland Debate”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Ibbs minute to MT (“Project Reporting”) [Ministry of Defence] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Nigel Wicks (World TV service) [ITN's views on BBC proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 2693 to FCO (1445Z) ("FRG/South Africa") [Kohl-Shultz discussion of South Africa, "need for the west to do something"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1240 to FCO (1140Z) ("Danish Prime Minister's Meeting with Gorbachev") [Danish Ambassador's record of conversation] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Channon letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Quality Counts”) [improving competitiveness of British industry and commerce] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Peter Brooke letter to Kenneth Clarke (“EC Employment Initiative”) [request to be kept informed and consulted on draft resolution] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Warry minute for MT ("Nimrod or AWAC") [GEC's technical competence, comparison of AWAC against Nimrod, stretch capability] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Arms Control: UK/US Exchange") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley briefing for MT ("Planning: the Sainsbury Group") ["I am writing now to report progress on items raised at your last meeting with the Group on 30 April and to comment on other topics that you or the Group may wish to discuss"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (intervention figures) [starting point has changed] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Overseas Aid (Meeting with Sir Geoffrey Howe at 4pm on Thursday, 23 October") [encourage the group to put counter arguments to Howe] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Education Reform”) [MT declines discussion of paper in presence of officials] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (teachers&rsdquo; strike, BBC libel case, east-west) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Defence Committee letter (“Information for the Press: for Immediate Release”) [Government response to Westland report] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Ibbs briefing for MT (“Meeting on 24 October at 9.00 AM”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cable Authority letter to MT (Peacock Report) [response to recommendations] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 895 to FCO (1530Z) ("Press Comment on Kohl's Visit to Washington") [Kohl "portrayed as speaking authoritatively on Reykjavik subjects"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: DTI minute to Treasury ("ATP: Cyprus") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute MT (Yuri Orlov, human rights activist, visit to UK) [endorses Lord Bethell's advice that MT meet Orlov] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Howe minute to Kenneth Clarke (“EC: Employment Initiative”) [“tabling our draft resolution if possible with the Irish, Italians and Danes as co-sponsors”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control: UK/US Exchange") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2703 to FCO (2300Z) ("Post-Reykjavik Arms Control Discussions") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley briefing for MT ("Planning: the Sainsbury Group") [points to note from a private meeting with the Group in advance of its latest meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Meeting on 27 October with Sir John Sainsbury's Group") ["...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 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Rate Support Grant and rate-capping: total expenditure") [John Moore: "It is obviously deporable that we have yet again to be contemplating emergency retrospective legislation on the rate support grant system. The sooner that simpler arrangements... are put in place, the better"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: Charles Powell minute to MT ("UN Security Council: Nicaragua/ICJ decision") [UN resolution on International Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran: "We know how very important this issue is to the President... We don't want this issue to mar your visit"; MT inclined to UK abstaining from vote] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Jonathan Davidson letter to Bernard Ingham ("Foundation for the cohesion of the West") [first foundation likely to be established in Britain] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill") [water and sewerage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber, Taking Stock") [key outstanding issues] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT (foreign and domestic money markets report) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“The Selbourne Affair”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT (“Education without LEAs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Academic Tenure”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 34th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 35th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, teachers’ dipsute) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 36th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Public Expenditure Survey 1986) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1243 to FCO (0745Z) (“Expulsion of US diplomats from the Soviet Union and measures to restrict US Embassy activities”) [five declared persona non grata, all locally employed staff to be withdrawn] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1245 to FCO (1200Z) (“US/Soviet relations: television address by Gorbachev”) [Gorbachev “insisted that his package of arms control proposals remain on the table”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Tory support up, NUT strike, local government, BBC libel case) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“The Scrutiny Programme”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: State Department instructions to Paris Embassy (conventional arms control) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("BBC") [proposal to transfer control of BBC] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [fitting in Chirac; date, timings] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 900 to FCO (1535Z) ("Kohl's Visit to Washington") [Kohl took a firm line on nuclear disarmament] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Julian Amery MP letter for MT (lunch for Prime Minister Sadik el Mahdi) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO telegram 1843 to UKE Washington (1605Z) (Geneva negotiations) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2710 to FCO (0200Z) ("Geneva NST: Developments since Reykjavik") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2715 to FCO (2100Z) ("Geneva NST") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Brian Griffiths minute ("Strategy Group. Bias at the BBC") ​​​​​​​["Is it advantageous for the Chairman to launch a major attack?"] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Nicaragua") [UN resolution on Inernational Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran: "The Foreign Secretary is reluctant to accept your view"] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [role of the courts] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Powell minute to MT ("Options for Dealing with Incursions into the FICZ by Argentine Commercial Vessels and Naval Auxilaries") ["not very satisfactory"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Powell ("Falkland Islands Fisheries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Public Expenditure: Star Chamber") [latest in the negotiations] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“European Regional Development Fund”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 briefing for MT (“Education without LEAs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Teachers Duties and Conditions of Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: MacGregor letter to Rifkind (“Teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Rifkind letter to MacGregor (“Teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (racism case, social security, latest polls, BBC) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Ministry of Defence briefing to No.10 (Westland debate) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Robin Ibbs, Kate Jenkins) [Efficiency Unit central scrutiny programme] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) El Salvador: President Duarte message to MT (earthquake) [request for aid] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 2724 to FCO (1645Z) ("Chancellor Kohl's Visit to the US") [Reykjavik and arms control main issues, also discussed South Africa and Middle East] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Julian Amery MP letter to Howe (Amery-Denktash conversation in Cyprus) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Alison minute to MT (“Mark’s wedding”) [“the media event of 1987”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 26 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services: 30 October 1986") [indexing licence fee, independent producers, radio policy] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 26 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Bush to MT (arrangements to meet) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Waddington PS minute to Hurd PS ("Peacock Report: Initial Parliamentary Handling") [debate timetable] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Geoffrey Howe (World TV service) [ITN should be allowed to tender] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: Bob Hawke message to MT (America's Cup) [competition off Western Australia] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Strategy Group minute ("Minutes of the Strategy Group. Sixth Meeting: Monday 27th October 1986") ​​​​​​​[Queen's Speech and Autumn Statement] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ridley, Lord Young, Waldegrave, Howard, Hartley Booth, Sir John Sainsbury & colleagues) ["Planning: the Sainsbury Group"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind (rebate scheme) [possibility of fixing a ceiling on the level of charge for which rebates should be available] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to Cabinet Office ("Falklands Fisheries: Enforcement Implications") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to Nigel Wicks ("Public Expenditure") [concerned about issue of electricity prices] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Mark Addison ("Infrastructure Spending") [sector by sector figures] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Your Meeting with Ambassador Acland: Ocobert 28, 3:00 pm") [Acland conveying MT's view of Reykjavik; telegram of his 23 Oct conversation with Shultz] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Ingham minute for Willetts (“AIDS”) ["certainly a feeling abroad that the Government is doing too little … that the Prime Minister is acting as a break on educational publicity"] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Willetts minute for Bearpark (“AIDS”) ["probably the most important public health issue this century"; measures to remove perception of failure to respond] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO (“Foreign Affairs Council: financing of the Community - increase in own resources”) [declassified 2014]

Documents lie at the core of this website, each one dated and sorted chronologically (by default) in search results. Most are images in PDF format of original paper documents scanned or filmed for the site. There also transcripts of speeches and interviews, press articles, photos, videos, and more. The document database contains tens of thousands of items and permits complex searching.

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).

Guides are articles about key events and topics. Many were written to accompany annual releases of Mrs Thatcher’s private and party papers at the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge.

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