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85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Lawson letter to Brittan (“Financial Services Bill: Civil Liability of Designated Agencies & Competent Authorities”) [“case finely balanced”, embarrassing after JMB, be prepared to drop immunity clauses] [released 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Howe PS minute to No.10 (“European Council: Follow Up”) [draft Single Act preamble] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: UKDEL Strasbourg telegram 264 to FCO (0900Z) (“European Parliament: Intergovernmental Conference”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: MT letter to Professor Karl Carstens (Inter-Governmental conference) [Action Committee for Europe conclusions] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Howe minute to Peter Brooke (“EC Budget Council, 11 December”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environmental Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (A New Pollution Inspectorate) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“Message to Mr. Gorbachev”) [Howe still wants to send message] [released Dec 2015]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO (“ US/Soviet Arms Control Talks”) [“Cautious assessment of prospects for INF in next round at Geneva”] [released Dec 2015]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	US: Shultz letter to MT (resumed talks with Soviet Union) [“we see eye-to-eye on almost all of the busy international agenda ahead”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Green Paper on Local Finance”) [Committee meeting:draft document] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: Treasury minute to Lawson (“Johnson Matthey Bankers Briefing”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: Treasury minute to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland PS (“White Paper on Banking Supervision”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Mayhew minute to MT ("Crown Prosecution Service") [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: MT letter to Chair of the Review Body on Armed Forces Pay (Review Body's recommendations on London Weighting for the Armed Forces from 1 April 1985) ["the Government have decided to implement... in full"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Manpower: David Trippier letter to MT (regional employment data) [MT request for evidence to counter ‘bias towards the South East’ claim] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for November 1985") ["The improvement of the economy, evident since the beginning of the autumn, continues..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The French political scene: anxieties and ambitions") ["[The Right] are uncertain of holding on to their apparent [election campaign] lead, and torn by differences of personalities and policies."] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("BL privatisation: GM/Land Rover-Leyland") [Government & GM haggling over price] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: Brittan letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("BL privatisation: GM/Land Rover-Leyland") [financial strategies for closing the deal] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Annual Review of Government funded R & D 1985") [draft Written PQ answer] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (85) 6th ("Draft Green Paper on Local Government Finance") [revisions] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: No.10 minute to MOD ("Lieutenant Sethia: Production of Diary") [MT agrees to take steps to prevent disclosure of passages on the grounds of public interest immunity] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Eminent Persons Group") [lines to take on discussion of Group's diplomatic strategy; lines to take on discussion of Nigeria with General Obasanjo] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wiggins minute for Unwin (‘Westlands’) [explains no EA meeting firmed up for Friday] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [GEC support] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MOD record of conversation (Heseltine-Woerner phone call) [German reservations] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan letter to Cuckney (deadline for European consortium) [if no “viable package” by 4pm Friday 13 Dec HMG will reject NAD recommendation] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 36th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Economic Affairs) [Heseltine raises Westland without notice] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Whitelaw minute to MT (“The teachers’ pay dispute”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Teachers’ pay (England and Wales)”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	US: MT letter to Shultz (discussions with the Soviet Union) [“we must keep in close touch”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: No.10 minute to MT (“Running Businesses in Government: The Next Steps Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Transport”) [“The pressure must be to reduce costs while maintaining or improving services”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	US: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (congratulations on her wedding anniversary) [“you are a great and ‘dynamic duo’”] [released 2015]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("History of the Special Operations Executive in Scandanavia") [publication of book by Dr. Charles Cruickshank] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Greece: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Ex-King Constantine's Son") [Prince Paul's attendance at Sandhurst likely to provoke negative response from Greece] [declassified Dec 2017]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Spanish Prime Minister Gonzalez letter for MT (Spanish accession to the EEC) [declassified Jul 2018]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“Violence”) [MT to chair seminar on crime prevention] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Tebbit, MacGregor, Mayhew, Baker, Wakeham) ["Abolition of the GLC and MCCs: forward funding"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Baker PS letter to No.10 ("Rate Support Grant settlement 1986/87) [draft statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Baker letter to Wakeham ("Local authority capital expenditure") ["...proposals... in the Green Paper on Local Government Finance..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3402 to FCO (2240Z) ("Argentina/Falklands") [Alfonsin "the best leader Argentina was likely to produce and he deserved support"] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("South Africa/Lesotho relations") [report on alleged ANC plans to launch armed attacks from Lesotho] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: MT letter to Commonwealth Secretary-General Ramphal (Group of Eminent Persons) ["I was very pleased... to meet the members this morning and was greatly encouraged... I have already sent a message to President Botha"] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons) [reform in S. Africa] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: FCO telegram to UKE Pretoria ("Eminent Persons Group") [report on first meeting & meeting with MT] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Heseltine letter to Ridley ("Channel Fixed Link") [MoD representation on Intergovernmental Commission; compensation] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Channel Fixed Link (CFL)") [venues for MT/Mitterrand meetings to announce choice of project & sign Treaty] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Channel Fixed Link") [request for draft speech & historical background research in preparation for announcement of project] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Channel Fixed Link: Possible Conflicts of Interest") [guidance for officials assessing project proposals] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: UKE Paris telegram 1121 to FCO (1717Z) ("Channel Fixed Link") [French media report on UK/French companies joint bid] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to Cuckney (European offer) [promises six extra Sea King orders & Europe only purchasing] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wiggins minute for Unwin (‘Westlands’) [“today’s instalment”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westland’) [“The Ministry of Defence’s game-plan today”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [“British Aerospace consortium”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westlands’) [phone conversation with Cuckney] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westlands’) [Westland board rejects European offer at 3pm] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for Powell (‘Westlands’) [information from Whitmore] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO (import declaration requirement for British sheepmeat) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Drugs: Lord Hailsham minute for Whitelaw (“Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking”) [declassified 2015]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: No.10 minute for MT (“Dinner on Sunday”) [briefing from Norgrove & Griffiths] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Privatisation: Heseltine minute for Richard Luce (“Devonport Dockyard - Management Bid”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: Wicks minute (“The Monday Morning Meeting”) [contacts with ministers: suggests MT “emphasise the importance which you attach to maintaining the closest possible contacts”] [released 2015]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“United States position on nuclear arms control and SDI”) [MT “suspects that the United States might not ultimately insist on a 50 percent cut in throw weight, a ban on the upgrading of the SS-18 or a ban on Soviet GCLMs”] [released Dec 2015]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO (1985 NATO communique) [“Our strategy of deterrence has proved its worth in preserving peace, and remains fully valid”] [released Dec 2015]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Nick Ridley letter to John MacGregor (“Laker Class Actions Settlement: Claims by Government Departments”) [“likely to form a substantial category of claimant”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chairman of the Cable Authority) [proposals to address slow progress] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Fee Earning Businesses In Government”) [question of “whether control of gross running costs should continue to apply for fee earning activities”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: No.10 minute to MT (“Performance Bonus Experiment”) [MT: “We must make it a success”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Rate Reform”) [the forthcoming Cabinet discussion] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Labour: Sherbourne minute for MT ( Sun article on Neil Kinnock) [“He is, apparently, really feeling under pressure”] [released 2015]
85 Dec 14 Sa	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 14 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) [report on her meeting with the Group; "they particularly asked me to to urge you to let them visit South Africa in January"] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 14 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (reform in South Africa) [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group; reform process/dialogue; policy towards Zimbabwe over recent landmine explosions ] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 14 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (South African DFA)	South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (urges he meet Eminent Persons Group) [declassified ?2005]
85 Dec 15 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: UKHC Canberra telegram 935 to FCO (0300Z) ("Appointment of new Governor of Victoria") [McCaughey's credentials] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Wicks minute for MT ("Broad-Beamed Warship Design: Court Case Involving the Navy") [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Legal Procedure: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (servicemen in Cyprus charged under the Official Secrets Act: allegations of interference with trial jury) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Edwards PS letter to Biffen PS ("Welsh Rate Support Grant Settlement 1986/87") [draft statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Lynda Chalker letter to Tony Banks MP (taxicard scheme) [addressing her comments made in Parliament on proposed GLC revisions to the scheme and its cost-effectiveness] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT ("Broad-beamed warship design: court case involving the Navy") [No.10 Policy Unit dossier of papers; MT interest] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Community Charge: Note by secretaries circulated to Official Steering Committee on Local Government Finance Studies - E(LF)(O) (85) 10 ("Draft Green Paper on Local Authority Finance") [draft of Chapter 9] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Yugoslavia: MOD minute to No.10 (Visit to London by the Yugoslav Minister of Defence) [MT will not be attending] [declassified Dec 2016]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	South Africa: State Department memorandum for NSC (“South Africa: Looking Ahead”) [declassified 1999]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (‘Westlands’) [investigates Heseltine claim that cabinet committee meeting was cancelled] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan minute for MT (Westland) [seeks & receives approval from MT to make HC statement] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MOD letter to DTI (“Westland: Statement to the House”) [seeks amendments] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Canada: Armstrong minute to No.10 (MT’s trip to Vancouver: possible transport options) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Peter Brooke minute for MT (“EC Budget Council, 11 December”) [“highly unsatisfactory” failure to agree 1986 budget] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: MacGregor minute for Baker (“Local Authority Capital Overspend 1985-86”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“1986 Public Expenditure White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, MacGregor, Middleton, Burns dinner) [MT expresses “serious concern at the current stance of policy … too loose … risked higher inflation”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 (Croydon pilot scheme on educational assessment) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Cable Authority letter to Kenneth Baker (financial ideas) [development and allowances, enterprise zones] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Questions of Procedure for Ministers”) [Parliamentary sub-committee unprecedented request for Cabinet paper] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: No.10 minute to Private Secretaries (“Performance Bonus Experiment”) [MT “attaches great importance to [its] success”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Brittan letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Sex Discrimination and Shops Bills”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Kenneth Clarke letter to Brittan (“Deregulation”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Michael Heseltine ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [PIRA attempts to intimidate building contractors who carry out work for security forces] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Public Bodies 1985”) [key statistics] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Chairman of the National Consumer Council letter to No.10 (crime prevention seminar) [informal briefing for MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Ridley letter to Brittan ("Arthur Andersen and Co") [LRT contract not to be renewed in light of Andersen's involvement in failure of DeLorean Motor Cars Ltd; other firms to be invited to tender] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Kenneth Baker letter to Ridley ("Rate Support Grant Settlement 1986/87 Presentation of the Joint Boards' Precepts") ["One of the key points we must get across is the irresponsible way the metropolitan county councils have used balances and financial reserves to keep their precepts down in 1985/86, and hence to conceal the true costs of their policies from the ratepayers"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Department of Defence ("Broad-beamed warship design") [MT wants Heseltine to give the matter his personal attention] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Brittan PS letter to Cabinet Office ("Future Legislation: 1986/87 and 1987/88 Sessions") ["You will see that we are bidding for only two major programme Bills in 1986/87... Copyright... [and] Consumer Goods and Services..."] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Prime Minister: Wicks minute for MT (bilaterals with cabinet colleagues) [proposed regular one-on-one meetings with selected colleagues; MT agrees] [released Jul 2017]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: Howe minute to MT ("Falkland Islands: Fisheries") [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("South Africa/Zimbabwe") [FCO press statement; UK message to Mugabe; S.African/Zimbabwean military liaison over latest incident] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: No.10 minute (internal): Cradock to Powell ("Land Mine attack in South Africa") [report & analysis] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Ridley letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Channel Fixed Link: Commercially Sensitive Aspects of the Assessment") [draft PQ on Government's position] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Chief Secretary minute for MT (Westland) [“the European solution would mean less competition and therefore increased costs”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Sir John Cuckney (reply to his letter of 13 Dec) [refers him to Brittan statement 16 December] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (‘Fraud’) [ministerial meeting tomorrow] [released 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Policy Unit minute for MT (‘Roskill Report’) [summary & comment] [released 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram 4460 to FCO (1721Z) (“IGC: Brussels 16/17 December”) [Inter-Governmental conference] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram 4458 to FCO (1715Z) (“Foreign Affairs Council: 17 December 1985”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [appointments for the Court of the Bank of England] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“The teachers’ pay disputes: minute from the Lord President dated 12 December”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“Teacher’s pay”) [pressure for enquiry] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Alison note to MT (Michael Heseltine) [“he is not looking for an occasion to resign, & hopes - I judge - that he will not be sacked!”] [released 2015]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Nick Ridley letter to Howe (“A bilateral competition regime for UK/US aviation”) [control of anti-competitive behaviour] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Cabinet Secretary minute to No.10 ("Departmental Responsibility for Heritage") [neither Office of Arts and Libraries nor DOE now want change; MT: "Leave well alone"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Home Office briefing for MT (“Crime Prevention”) [material for MT-chaired seminar] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Kohl/Mitterrand meeting") ["...the press again underlines the 'emptiness' of present Franco-German relations..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Japan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Possible call by Foreign Minister of Japan: 21 January 1986") [Howe recommends MT meet with Shintaro Abe] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Brittan PS letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("Government reply to the Report for House of Lords select committee on overseas trade") ["...causes and implications of the deficit on the... [UK]'s balance of trade in manufactures"] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Biffen letter to Terence Higgins MP (Government reply to the First Report from the Liaison Committee (Session 1984-85) on the Select Committee system) ["... the new Departmentally-related select committees set up in 1979 have now established themselves as a major, successful Parliamentary reform"] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Community Charge: Note by secretaries circulated to Official Steering Committee on Local Government Finance Studies - E(LF)(O) (85) 11 ("Draft Green Paper on Local Authority Finance") [draft of Annex J] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Howe minute to MacGregor ("Channel Fixed Link (CFL): A Possible EIB Loan") [European Investment Bank: "we should scrutinise carefully the guarantee arrangements which are proposed"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (Heseltine briefing press) [information from “my friend in the MOD”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: No.10 record of conversation (‘Fraud’) [MT, Brittan, Havers] [released 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: UKE Rome telegram 1067 to FCO (1430Z) (“Inter-Governmental Conference in Brussels: Italian Press reaction”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chairman of the Education Committee (teachers’ pay) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to Heseltine (“MOD Running Costs”) [“there is no question of an attack on your block budget”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to Patrick Mayhew (“DPP: Staffing of Fraud Work”) [“It is the quality and experience of staff employed on fraud work which may most need to be tackled”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT letter to Michael Heseltine (ultimatum "drafted but not sent") [“In this situation no Minister should use his position to promote one commercial option in preference to another - so long as he remains in Government”] [released Jan 2017]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Hurd letter to Whitelaw (Winston Churchill M.P.’s Bill to amend the Obscene Publications Act) [recommended approach to handling of the Bill] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Italy: Powell letter to FCO ("Anglo/Italian Summit") [MT not prepared to accede to Italian requests to arrive the evening before] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	China: Brittan minute to MT ("Guangdong Nuclear Project") [update on progress of negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“Declaration of the Ten on East/West Relations”) [MT concurs with view that statement is vacuous and that FCO should be pressed not to endorse such statements in future] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: John Wheeler MP letter to MT (crime prevention seminar) [advice in advance of MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT (“Crime Prevention Seminar: 8 January”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Manpower: David Trippier PS letter to No.10 (regional employment data) [MT request for evidence to counter ‘bias towards the South East’ claim] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Change in Soviet Arms Control Positions") [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Policy Unit minute for MT ("Nimrod AEW") [need for an alternative to GEC] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("German political scene") ["...the Coalition... looks far better prepared than the Opposition for the Election Campaign Year 1986. The economy is doing well by any standards."] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT ("H Committee on Tuesday 17 December") [radioactive waste disposal] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Edward du Cann) ["Salary of the Comptroller and Auditor General"] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Spain: Spanish Ambassador letter to MT (Prime Minister González letter to Mrs Thatcher) [cover note only] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (85) 7th ("Control of Local Authority Capital Expenditure") [also national non-domestic rates, interaction with housing benefit] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Community Charge: Minutes of Official Steering Committee on Local Government Finance Studies - E(LF)(O) (85) 6th ("Draft Green Paper on Local Government Finance") [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Community Charge: Note by secretaries circulated to Official Steering Committee on Local Government Finance Studies - E(LF)(O) (85) 12 ("Draft Green Paper on Local Authority Finance") [draft of Annex F] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Draft Cabinet minutes (“Westland plc”) [line discussed & agreed] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Transcript of BBC Nine O’Clock News (Brittan interview) [Powell: “pretty inoffensive, though a technical breach of the ceasefire”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 37th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Home Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs) [Westland ‘ceasefire’] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Brittan letter to Conservative MPs (Financial Services Bill) [published today - more effective system of regulation] [released 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Law Officers’s Legal Secretary letter to Norgrove (‘Fraud’) [case conference notes on Lloyds] [released 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 (“The Common Agricultural Policy and European Food Surpluses”) [briefing note for Ministers] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 1208 to FCO (1810Z) (“Inter-Governmental Conference Brussels, 16/17 December: German reactions”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Privatisation: MacGregor minute for Biffen (“Using Private Enterprise in Government Departments”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	International economic policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“International Financial Scene”) [the major debtor countries] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: John MacGregor letter to Lord Chancellor (“TSRB Evidence: Judicial Salaries”) [Top Salaries Review Body] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Pattie PS letter to No.10 (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [no agreement between ITAP and government on forcing access to BT ducts and wires] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell note (draft formula for cabinet) [concession to Heseltine on circulation of Westland paper; MT: "Not necessary - SofS did not so request"] [released Jan 2017]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Secretary ("Departmental Responsibility for the Heritage") [MT believes it best "to leave matters alone"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Michael Heseltine minute to MT ("Infantry Reinforcements for Northern Ireland") [proposed deployment of additional battalion, background of PIRA violence] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Michael Alison minute to Nigel Wicks (situation in Northern Ireland) [King apprehensive about situation deteriorating, feeling vulnerable and isolated] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Mark Carlisle MP PS letter to No.10 (crime prevention seminar) [acceptance of invite to MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Eldon Griffiths MP letter to Hurd (“Prime Minister’s Crime Conference”) [advice in writing owing to prior commitment] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Powell minute for MT (Nimrod AEW: MacGregor's letter to Heseltine) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservative Party: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Legislation of 1986/87 and beyond") [manifesto ideas, with MT responses] [released Oct 2017]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Legislation for 1986-87 and beyond") [thoughts on the legislative programme and Manifesto] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS note to No.10 (European Monetary System) [exchange controls] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: MT letter to Robert Mugabe (reform and negotiations) [visit to South Africa of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group; ANC attacks close to Zimbabwe border - "frankly dismayed... hope that you will continue to use your influence to prevent such attacks"; Mozambique] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: Howe minute to MT ("South Africa") [Howe proposal for Lord Richardson to act as intermediary between MT & President Botha] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: No.10 minute (internal): Cradock to Powell ("Possible South African raid into Lesotho") [report & analysis] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Channel Fixed Link") ["ultimate decision is left to the risk investors and the banks backing them... we have to decide now which of the three schemes should go forward to this ultimate market test"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (“Westland”) [European offer made - “has quite a lot both for the bankers and the shareholders”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Patrick Mayhew minute to MT (Lloyds & Johnson Matthey) [state of investigations] [released 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: No.10 letter to Home Office (“Roskill Report”) [MT wants close interdepartmental cooperation with Middleton group on fraud] [released 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Canada: Powell minute for MT (“Expo ‘86 : Vancouver”) [“not really worth it for one day”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: UKE Rome telegram 1072 to FCO (1400Z) (“Inter-Governmental Conference in Brussels”) [Andreotti’s statement: Italy at a crossroads] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: MacGregor minute for Younger (“Local Authority Current and Capital Expenditure: Scotland and Wales”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Brittan letter to Nick Ridley (“A bilateral competition regime for UK/US aviation”) [“it will be important to be sensitive to developments in the work of the President’s Task Force on Anti-Trust”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Hurd PS letter to No.10 (statistics on young male offenders) [“extremely disturbing”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Rate Reform: Keith Joseph’s letter”) [assessment and suggestions] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 21 Sa	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 22 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 22 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 957 to UKE Dublin (1715Z) ("Chief Constable's Alleged Statement") [wish to assure Irish government of commitment to continuing and developing cooperation] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 22 Su	Declassified documents	Trivial	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: Gaisman note (dinner receipts) [MT eats modestly in the Commons canteen] [released 2015]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	China: UKE Peking telegram 328 to DTI (0713Z) ("Guangdong Nuclear Project") [discussions with French on negotiating terms] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to Heseltine PS ("Infantry Reinforcements for Northern Ireland") [could temporary nature of reinforcement allow it to be disguised] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Professor Anthony Bottoms letter to No.10 (crime prevention seminar) [acceptance of invite to MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Howe minute for MT ("Chemical Weapons and Challenge Inspection") [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Norgrove minute to MOD ("Nimrod AEW") [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Baker minute to MT ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") ["Following consideration in E(A) on 19 November... we now submit a draft... for colleagues' approval] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Spain: MT letter to Marquess of Douro (King Carlos I's State visit to UK: invitation to address Parliament) [MT agrees to Marquess' suggestion] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group: visit to South Africa) ["If not correctly... handled, this initiative could be damaging not only for South Africa but for the whole of the sub-continent"] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Transport: Ridley minute to MT ("Channel Fixed Link: Assessment Report") [note by UK officials for E(A) committee on 8 January] [released Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter & minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [“the Government should indicate, at least informally, that … it would prefer a British/European solution … will not be an easy one for you”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for MT (“Westland”) [Fanshawe conversation - Heseltine would resign if European offer not accepted; his “humiliation in Cabinet”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Treasury letter to No.10 (“Junk Bonds”) [HMT paper on possible implications for UK] [released 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Lord Chancellor letter to John MacGregor (“Evidence to the TSRB”) [Top Salaries Review Body] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Brittan letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“1986 Budget”) [proposals] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Teachers’ pay”) [proposed meeting with teachers] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Lord Hailsham letter to Hurd (“Final report by Popplewell, J.”) [safety and control at sports grounds] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Whitelaw minute for MT (“Local Government Finance”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	China: Channon minute to MT ("Guangdong Nuclear Project") [pressing need for UK to revise negotiating terms] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Michael Heseltine minute to Tom King ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [can make a start on replacing bombed buildings] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Mark Addison minute to MT (arms shipment) [shipment from the Netherlands to Ireland] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Eldon Griffiths MP letter to MT (crime prevention seminar) [apologies and briefing for MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Korea: MT letter to President Chun Doo Hwan (visit to South Korea) [formal acceptance of invitation] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Netherlands: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO ("Speech by the Netherlands Prime Minister on national and EC economic strategy") [summary & analysis] [declassified July 2017]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: David Norgrove minute (‘Westland’) [overt & covert arguments in the Heseltine memorandum] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Home Office briefing for MT (“Roskill Report”s) [Home Secretary has not yet considered report] [released 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 (European School in Luxembourg: inspection reports) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: Ridley letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Capital Expenditure Contracts”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 25 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 26 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 26 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: John Smith letter to MT (“Westland Helicopters”) [government should acquire “substantial holding”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan minute (“Westland plc”) [rejects Heseltine argument that government should express a European preference] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 28 Sa	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 28 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI note ("Westland: Agreement between Sikorsky and Shorts") [summary of key points] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 28 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT ("Westland") [how to handle story that Gordon Reece advising Westland, visited Xmas at Chequers?] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 29 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 29 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for MT ("Westland Letters") [from Teddy Taylor, John Smith & John Cuckney] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Anglo/Italian Summit") [repeats case for MT arriving night before - "we do not want to give the Italians the impression these summits have become an unwelcome chore"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Australian Bicentenary: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act") [Hawke says a loan would not meet the concern which prompted the request] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Department of Environment letter to No.10 (crime prevention seminar) [acceptance of invite to MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Edward Gardner MP letter to No.10 (crime prevention seminar) [acceptance of invite to MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Prudential Corporation Chief Executive letter to No.10 (crime prevention seminar) [acceptance of invite to MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: MT letter to John Wheeler MP (crime prevention seminar) [letter of thanks for briefing in advance of MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Norgrove minute for MT (“Roskill Report”) [brief for meeting; Home Office seem "a bit behind the game"] [released 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Nick Ridley letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“BAA pay”) [“prospects of privatisations together with BAA’s increased profitability have raised expectations”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Nick Ridley letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Airports Bill”) [pressure from backbenchers for compulsory privatisation] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Commonwealth: MT message to President Gayoom (Male Hospital) [terms under which assistance could be granted] [declassified Dec 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Rates Green Paper”) [changes to the earlier draft] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney, next steps] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Brittan's PS ('Westland') [commissions reply to Cuckney letter] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Heseltine's PS ('Westland') [restates 19 December position] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Brittan's PS (letter from Alan Bristow) [Bristow withdraws interest] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Chief Secretary letter to MT (draft, with Treasury coverning minute) [rejects any expression of government preference for European solution] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT Engagement Diary
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: M.L. Breeden PS letter to No.10 (crime prevention seminar) [acceptance of invite to MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Federal German economy") [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Roskill, Lord Benson, Hurd, Hailsham, Brittan, Havers, Mayhew) [Roskill Report] [released 2014]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Tebbit letter to Hurd (“Mr Churchill’s Bill to amend the Obscene Publications Act”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: No.10 minute to Young (“Green Paper on Local Government Finance”) [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General's PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [advises reply to Cuckney letter should state "the fact that there are indications" that European projects would be jeopardised by a Sikorsky deal] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses draft reply for MT to send to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [revised draft reply for MT to send to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) letter to Westland Board (sets out consortium proposal for Westland) [superior to UTC/Fiat proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI briefing for Brittan ("Westland: Aerospatiale") [French arguments for European solution; draft reply for MT to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI briefing for Brittan ("Westland: some notes on the alternative industrial proposals and on recent press reports") [CDP annotates for MT: "Some very useful material here, which you might like to see"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 1 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Sir John Cuckney (reply to his letter of 30 Dec) ["As long as Westland continues to carry on business in the UK, the Government will of course continue to regard it as a British and therefore a European company, and will support it in pursuing British interests in Europe"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 2 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Department of the Environment letter to No.10 (“Crime Prevention Seminar”) [MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: UKE Peking to FCO ("Clouds over China" - Times leader) ["commitment to reform remains unaltered"] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 2 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Kenneth Baker letter to Sir Robert Haslam (adverse economic effects of delays in major Public Inquiries) [Nationalised Industries Chairmen's Group paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Cold War: UK Embassy in Prague to FCO (1985 Annual Report on Czechoslovakia) [declassified 2007]
86 Jan 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Canada: No.10 minute to FCO (“Expo ‘86 : Vancouver”) [MT’s attendance] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 3 to FCO (2300Z) (“Future US/Soviet meetings”) [conflicting reports of proposals for additional summits] [released Dec 2015]
86 Jan 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: DTI record of conversation (Lagorce-Michell bilateral) [French position was that Westland should stay “European”; CDP notes 'illogicality' of French position] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act) [cannot arrange a permanent loan] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act) [cannot arrange a permanent loan] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Williamson minute for Jay ("Revised Responsibilities of European Commissioners after Enlargement") [declassified Jul 2018]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: MT letter to Eldon Griffiths MP (seminar on crime prevention) [MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Baker letter to Younger ("Local government finance Green Paper") [draft chapter on Scotland] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Heseltine PS letter to Cabinet Office ("Future legislation: 1986/87 and 1987/88 Sessions") [MoD Police Bill] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT (“Crime Prevention Seminar”) [MT to chair seminar focused on “practical results”; MT notes on seminar] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“Publication of 1986 Public Expenditure White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“European Community: UK Presidency”) [FCO advice about contacts with other EC Heads of Government] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT (“European Community: United Kingdom Presidency”) [objectives] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Baker minute for MacGregor (“Local Authority Capital Overspend 1985-86”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Environmental Affairs: MT letter to Prime Minister Willoch of Norway (Norwegian Government’s views on acid rain) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell minute (“Westland”) [Heseltine letter to Lloyds; CDP "encouraged DTI to counter-brief hard"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: MoD minute to Charles Powell (“Torpedo Orders”) [press release, briefing on production order for Stingray] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) (HMG's procurement plans for military helicopters) [no MOD requirement for Blackhawk, no export prospects] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: DTI fax to No.10 (“Westland”) [DTI briefing material on MT’s letter to Sir John Cuckney etc] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	South Africa: President Reagan letter to President P.W. Botha (presses case for reform) [declassified 1999]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Treasury minute (“Budget Preparations: Private Office Guidelines”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell minute (“Westland”) [Cuckney rang - Sikorsky offer improved, board "would strongly recommend it and would mount a strong campaign in support of it"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell minute (“Westland”) [original of CDP minute on securing a letter from the Solicitor-General - "I think this is worth doing but don't place great reliance on it"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (Lord Hanson's position) [MT would wish to see Hanson letter to Wyatt] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney: Sikorksky offer improved, but "they have now shot their bolt"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [follow up to Chequers discussion - Solicitor-General finds Heseltine letter contains a "material inaccuracy"; Powell suggests Solicitor write to Heseltine requiring correction] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses briefing for DTI press office on MT letter to Cuckney & "Future European Collaboration"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 5 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney: board decision to recommend Sikorksky offer] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("Britain to buy German APCs for Berlin") [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Rate reform: safety nets") ["Kenneth Baker has cunningly revised the 'safety net' so that it gives fewer bonuses to the North and makes life easier for London"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: No.10 letter to Whitelaw PS ("Local government finance") [reply to Whitelaw minute of 23 Dec 85] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Tebbit letter to Baker ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") [commends the draft case for privatisation and highlights points "...where the draft needs to be presented [more] convincingly..." including water metering] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Treasury minute (“Guide to Expenditure Work in the Treasury”) [franchising and private finance proposals] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Hurd minute for MT (“Roskill Report”) [detailed assessment] [released 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Brittan letter to Lawson (“Lloyd’s and the Financial Services Bill”) [MT ‘very sceptical’ about the proposal; "wait for Roskill"] [released 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with the Chancellor) [the markets, Budget, Green Paper on Personal Taxation] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Budget: No.10 briefing for MT (bilateral with the Chancellor on budget and taxation issues) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph letter to Whitelaw (“Teachers’ pay dispute in England and Wales”) [recent developments] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Howe minute to Hurd (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [UK “should not be left behind by other European governments and companies”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Prime Minister") [attaches "Fact Sheet"; important it should not be seen as a No.10 document] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) (Solicitor-General's letter) [no correction needed to Heseltine's earlier letter to Horne] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Norgrove minute for Powell ('Charles') [Heseltine quoted on news calling Solicitor-General's letter "an astonishing piece of legal pedantry"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Westland Board circular to shareholders and press release (EGM 14 Jan 1986) [board recommends Sikorsky offer] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute to Armstrong ('Westland') [commisions reply to Ashdown letters] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Foreign Secretary's PS ("Westland: Comments by Commissioner Narjes") [records Howe's commitment to investigate comments] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General letter to Heseltine ('Westland') ["material inaccuracies" in Heseltine's earlier letter to Horne which he should correct; Powell annotates it "very satisfactory"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to Solicitor-General ('Westland') [no "material inaccuracies" needing correction] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses briefing over last few days at MT's request, plus 24 Dec note on NH90 project] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [Heseltine wants government "to express again the preference it originally held for a European minority stake"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“Crime Prevention Seminar”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	G7: Armstrong minute for MT (“Economic Summit 1986”) [preparatory meeting report] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Arms Control and the US/Soviet Summit") [consultations with experts: arrangements] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("French industrial policy") ["The essential fact is that the thirty years from 1945 to 1975... brought France's first full industrial revolution"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Peter Brooke PS minute to No.10 (“Our 1000 MECU Abatement”) [last instalment received] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: MacGregor minute for Brittan (“Fraud”) [agrees need for increases in DTI manpower] [released 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Lawson letter to Brittan (“Lloyds and the Financial Services Bill”) [not sure inquiry best ; do not rule out including it in Bill right away] [released 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	City: Chief Whip's office minute for Norgrove (“Roskill Report”) [right of the Chairman and members of a Committee to raise the matter in the House] [released 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Lord Young PS minute to Brittan PS (“1986 Budget”) [employment issues] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [company’s decision overshadowed by Heseltine letter] [released 2017]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Younger letter to Hurd (“Popplewell Report”) [Inquiry into safety and control at sports grounds] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Hurd letter to Whitelaw (“Popplewell Report: controls on alcohol in executive boxes and restaurants”) [Inquiry into safety and control at sports grounds] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Kenneth Baker letter to Hurd (response to the final report of the Popplewell Inquiry into safety and control at sports grounds) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor) [markets driving up base rates; decision to wait till following day] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: UKE Rome telegram to Foreign Office (Italian statement about Westland) ["implications of great relevance to the process of European collaboration"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Unwin minute for Powell (replying to Heseltine letter of 6 Jan) [assesses his claims about 9 Dec E(A) decision on NADS] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks ("Draft speaking note on Westland") [for MT in cabinet - "We cannot go on like this"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Wicks (improved European offer) [to be announced at 1600] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT (cabinet tomorrow) [arrangements for briefing press: "It will be important to move quickly on Westland"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Paddy Ashdown (reply to his letters) [Powell and Armstrong drafts] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General letter to Heseltine ('Westland') [glad that Heseltine is confident his earlier letter was accurate, judgment his responsibility; concern at leak however] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Channel Fixed Link") [programme, timetabling] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cyprus: President Denktash of Northern Cyprus letter for MT (establishment of the EEC-Cyprus customs union: negotiations) [declassified Jul 2017]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: Rhodes Boyson letter to John Moore ("Short Bros PLC") ["...after a decade of losses, we had hoped for sustained profits in this and future years"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MOD minute to No.10 ("The South Atlantic Fund") [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (reform and negotiations) [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group visit; Botha's forthcoming address to Parliament; South African govt strategy to address violent conflict] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, numerous officials, police, outside figures) [“Note of Prime Minister’s Seminar on Crime Prevention”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Department of Trade & Industry record of conversation ("Meeting with Sir Raymond Lygo: 8 January 1986") [Leon Brittan, Geoffrey Pattie, Lygo: Westland] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (South African DFA)	South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (encouraged by his response to EPG) [declassified ?2005]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Roskill Report”) [agrees with Hurd] [released 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Lawson, Governor of the Bank of England) [agreement to set up narrowly focussed enquiry into Lloyd’s] [released 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Roskill Report”) [litmus test of government determination to tackle fraud] [released 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Tebbit minute to MT (“Future of the Top Salaries Review Body”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Kenneth Baker letter to Cable Authority (financial ideas) [extension of enterprise zones to parts of the cable system] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Addison (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [handling of Government response and outstanding issues] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [“The story off the boil”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Kenneth Clarke letter to Hurd (Popplewell Inquiry report on safety and control at sports grounds) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“Markets”) [interest rates moving up a little after rate rise] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT,Chancellor, Governor, Eddie George) [decision to increase base rates by 1 percent in response to market pressure; resist firmly any further pressure] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT speaking note for cabinet ("a word about Westland") ["We cannot go on like this … even questions of fact should be cleared through the Cabinet Office"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: FCO telegram to UKE Rome (Italian statement about Westland) [tell them "not helpful for governments to make statements about matters of this kind which are internal to the UK"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Westland: Cabinet Discussion") [revised draft speaking note] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Cabinet Office (request to concert replies to PMQs by Austin Mitchell MP) [encloses] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Heseltine's PS ('Westland') [MT refuses to reopen decision to express no preference between offers; drafts also] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Chairman of the Association of District Councils letter to MT (seminar on crime prevention) [courtesy letter for invite to MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for December 1985") ["...the improvement visible since the beginning of the autumn has continued."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Baker minute to MT ("Local government finance Green Paper foreword") [draft statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Local government finance studies: draft Green Paper") ["The proposal likely to attract the greatest public interest - and the fiercest political controversy - is that to replace domestic rates with a community charge"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("South Africa") [details of Reagan's newly-formed "South Africa Working Group" and of its proposal for twenty black College Presidents to visit S. Africa and to meet with MT in London on their way back] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Reagan Library)	South Africa: State Department memorandum for NSC (“AID program in South Africa”) [declassified 1999]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	City: Sir Peter Green letter to MT (Brian Sedgemore allegations about Lloyd’s and Janson Green Agency) [rebuttal] [released 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Brittan, Lawson, Hurd, Havers, Mayhew, Wakeham, Leigh-Pemberton) [decisions on Roskill Report] [released 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Baker memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 1 (Local Government Finance Studies: Draft Green Paper) [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 1st (Parliamentary Affairs, Westland, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Economic Affairs, Local Government Finance Studies) [Heseltine resigns; confidential annex on local government finance] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Cabinet Office)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 1st (extract on Westland affair) [Heseltine resigns] [declassified 2010]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: No.10 minute to MT (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [handling of Government response and outstanding issues] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speaking notes (necessity of restoring collective responsibility) [“must restore govt’s standing & observe conclusions of 19th Dec”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Armstrong draft (cabinet conclusion) [“It is the policy of the government that it is for the shareholders of Westland to decide”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Wicks note to MT in cabinet ("A Lobby at 4") [“they have been told not to have one this morning without your permission”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Ingham note to Wicks ('Nigel') [Heseltine said he has resigned and promises statement later, presumably before 12.30] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing ("Resignation of Michael Heseltine over Westland Helicopters Affair") [12.10pm, including Downing Street statement] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing ("Resignation of Mr Heseltine, Rates, Channel Fixed Link") [17.30pm, reaction to Heseltine press conference at MoD; "resigned on a very narrow point of procedure"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland, economy) [“the battle on for Maggie’s crown”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 Press Office minute for Tebbit (media demands) [appearances at 1pm and on Question Time] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MOD telegram to UKE Paris, Bonn, Rome, The Hague (Heseltine announces his resignation to fellow Defence Ministers) ["issues for which we jointly worked are of paramount importance"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Michael Heseltine (resignation) [drafts as well as final text of letter] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Armstrong (MT meeting Amercian correspondents) ["If asked about Westlands" proposes she refers to attached statements] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT ("Handling of Heseltine's resignation") [over next few days and weekend media will be trying "to make life difficult for the Government, and yourself especially"; response] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Australian Bicentenary 1988: HMG Gift") [sail training ship] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	France: UKE Paris telegram 30 to FCO (1651Z) ("CFL: Programme for Prime Minister's Visit to Lille on 20 January: Telecon Timms/Darroch") [Nick Ridley will leave early to make Commons statement] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Reagan Library)	Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1500Z) ("Review of US Policy in Central America") (NSC 0128) [declassified Dec 2005]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Chairman of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities letter to MT (“Seminar on Crime Prevention”) [“Local authorities should be full partners in all measures”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Commentary (The Sun)	Westland: "Tarzan: My feuds with Maggie" (Heseltine resigns) ["amazing attack on Premier Margaret Thatcher"]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Water Privatisation") ["This draft White Paper is admirably clear and well-written... the one major defect is the section on water-metering..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Richard Luce letter to Baker ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") ["...protecting consumer interests..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: Chief Scientific Adviser minute to No.10 ("Marine science and technology") [Government response to House of Lord select committee report] [declassified Jul* 2016]*
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: Prime Minister Mugabe letter to MT (Zimbabwe's relations with the ANC and South Africa) [angry response to perceived MT insinuation of Zimbabwean compliance in ANC attacks and "a threat you are delivering to me on behalf of South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Cold War: UK Embassy in Warsaw to FCO (1985 Annual Report on Poland) [declassified 2007]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Drugs: No.10 minute for MT (“DHSS Video for Young People on Drug Misuse”) [declassified 2015]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	City: Norgrove minute for MT (“Roskill Report”) [MacGregor or Ken Clarke to head inderdepartmental review of Roskill? MT opts for MacGregor] [released 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Brittan minute for MacGregor (“Fraud”) [thanks for "speedy positiive response" to request for additional resources] [released 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Richard Luce minute to MT (“Future of the Top Salaries Review Body”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“1986 Budget Day”) [timing of announcement] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (“Biassed teaching and political indoctrination in schools and colleges”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Grant-aided schools”) [Keith Joseph proposals] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Howe minute to John MacGregor (“Laker Class Actions Settlement: Claims by Government Departments”) [disappointed that Government will not be making claims] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Sherbourne minute for MT ("Prime Minister") ["The most damaging effect … has been to show the Government and you looking, uncharacteristically, as though you are not in control"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Sherbourne minute for Powell & others ("Briefing for the Prime Minister after Mr Heseltine's Resignation") ["difficult questions which the PM can expect to get in the House" - list] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Heseltine resignation) [“Tarzan goes to war”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights for MT (Westland, economy) [“Heseltine’s resignation will dominate the weekend media”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT (“Departmental Responsibility for Tribunals”) [Cabinet Office report] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Westland: Mr Heseltine's Statement") ["knocking copy … in rather polemical terms"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 11 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Economic policy: Tebbit letter to Howe (direct private investment overseas) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 12 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Alastair Buchan letter to MT (seminar on crime prevention) [school security initiatives following MT-chaired event] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 12 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT (“Meeting of Ministers: 13 January: Westland”) [points for decision - government statement on Monday? how to respond to Cuckney letter on NADS?] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Greece: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Ex-King Constantine's Son") [Howe concerned at prospect of a leak on Prince Paul's starting at Sandhurst] [declassified Dec 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: FCO telegram 60 to UKE Washington (1300Z) ("Chemical Weapons") [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Japan: FCO briefing for MT (UK-Japan 2000 Group post-Second Conference lunch) [summary of Conference discussions] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Kenneth Baker minute to MT ("Abolition: residuary bodies") [Chairmanship of the Merseyside Residuary Body] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Brittan letter to Baker ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") [draft "...sets out well the case for privatisation..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	South Africa: Claude Hankes-Drielsma letter to MT (Dr. Fritz Leutwiler meeting with the Prime Minister) ["to convey to you his personal impressions subsequent to his meeting with President Botha and many others in South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Ministry of Defence letter to Chairman of Westland (Ministry of Defence policy on European consortium bid for helicopters contract) [answers to questions put to MoD by Sir John Cuckney] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Department of Trade & Industry letter to Chairman of Westland (UK Government policy on European consortium bid for helicopters contract) [reaffirmation of Government's position] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Ingham note to Charles Powell (Westland) ['New Statesman' article] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Westland") ["scenario for this afternoon" in Parliament; Leon Brittan statements to the House on his 8 January meeting with Chief Executive of British Aerospace] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Chairman of British Aerospace letter to MT (Westland: Sir Raymond Lygo and Sir Austin Pearce's meetings with Leon Brittan) [note of meetings on 13 Dec 1985 & 8 Jan 1986; emphasises BA's position on Westland issue in contrast to DTI's] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Cabinet Secretary letter to Heseltine (Westland: record of Cabinet discussion on 12 December 1985) [omission of Westland dicussion from minutes, referred to by Heseltine in Parliament on his resignation] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“June European Council”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Home Office minute for No.10 (“Police Report on the Tottenham Riot”) [declassified 2015]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	City: Home Office minute for No.10 (“Roskill Report”) [Home Secretary’s revised statement] [released 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (“Teachers’ pay and duties”) [options] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Jopling note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 2 (Annual Review of Agriculture 1986) [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Howard letter to Nick Ridley (“Airports Bill”) [requests amendment in relation to CAA powers] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell minute (‘Westland’) [first draft of speech for Wednesday's debate] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT notes (speech preparation) [six points] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speech draft (“Mark 1A”) [draft of speech for 15 Jan debate] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speech draft (“Mark 2”) [draft of speech for 15 Jan debate] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: DTI letter to No.10 (“Westland: Statement”) [draft Brittan Commons statement] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [speculation over how MT will handle Heseltine’s allegations] [released 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [“Westlands will unfortunately dominate this week”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MacGregor letter to Younger (NADS recommendations) [important not to restrict ability to seek international competitive tender when purchasing helicopters] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Tebbit, Younger, Havers, Wakeham; Armstrong, Whitmore, Michelle) [Brittan to make HC statement that afternoon] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan draft HC statement (correcting earlier statement) [Sir Austin Pearce letter] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Clarke letter to Hurd (Popplewell Inquiry into safety and control at sports grounds) [recommendation to relax controls on alcohol in executive boxes and restaurants] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Kenneth Baker letter to Hurd (“Popplewell Report: controls on alcohol in executive boxes and restaurants”) [safety and control at sports grounds] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (“Mr. Justice Popplewell’s Final Report”) [MT concerns about proposed response to Inquiry into Safety and Control at Sports Grounds] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke ("Australian Bicentenary: British Gift") [commission of ship] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	France: UKE Paris telegram 42 to FCO (1149Z) ("CFL: Treaty Signature") [French suddenly claim President Mitterrand constitutionally impeded from signing treaty, but will still attend ceremony] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to George Younger ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [completion of projects will demonstrate government's determination to overcome PIRA campaign] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: Younger PS minute to Tebbit PS ("Infantry Reinforcements for Northern Ireland") [providing RUC support without an unacceptable level of strain on armed forces already serving] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Gorbachev letter for MT (international affairs: disarmament) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Japan: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone (Airbus A300-600) [mooted All Nippon Airways contract falls through; MT presses for reassurances from Japanese Government with regard to other pending contract bids] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Japan: No.10 minute: Addison to Powell (Japanese Finance Minister) [Treasury advice that MT meet with Noboru Takeshita during his weekend in London] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Industrial Policy: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Research and Development priorities across Government") [MISC 119 report; "It has frankly proved to be a very difficult exercise... the main problem was over defence R&D..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Ireland: Tom King letter to Brittan ("Legal action against Arthur Andersen and Co (AA)") [Government taking Anderson to court over the firm's role in the collapse of DeLorean Motor Cars Ltd] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Falklands: MOD minute to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Fisheries") [Younger fully endorses Howe's proposal to seek a multilateral fisheries regime in the South Atlantic] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Department of Energy press release ("Walker's Hopes for Heseltine") [Walker expresses support for Heseltine following latter's resignation over Westland affair] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Westland Helicopters: European Parliament Debate") ["Ministerial intervention might reach the press and highlight what may otherwise be a typical EP sideshow"; line to take for media] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Austin Pearce, Nigel Wicks) [release to media of MT/Pearce correspondence regarding Leon Brittan meeting with Chief Executive of British Aerospace on 8 January; DTI/Lygo records of meeting] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Reagan Library)	South Africa: NSC memorandum for Poindexter (need to energise State Department) [declassified 1999]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Drugs: Tom King minute for Douglas Hurd (“Confiscation of the Profits of Drug Trafficking”) [declassified 2015]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Canada: Department of Trade and Industry minute to No.10 (“Expo ‘86 : Vancouver”) [stores promotion & commercial worth] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	City: Treasury minute to Department of Trade and Industry (“Lloyds and the Financial Services Bill”) [wants early report by enquiry in case need to amend Bill] [released 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Ridley note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 3 (Channel Fixed Link) [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Nick Ridley letter to John MacGregor (“BAA pay”) [“I have stressed to BAA the need to keep their settlement as low as possible”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Property Services Agency”) [proposed restructuring, ongoing reduction in management tiers, staff cuts] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speech draft (“Mark 2”) [draft of speech for 15 Jan debate, as annotated by MT] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: No.10 briefing (“Prime Minister's Questions, 14 January, 1986”) [line to take & notes for supplementaries] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland, Defence, Economy, Industry) [Brittan fighting for his political life] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute to MT (draft reply to Pearce) [Lygo meeting with Brittan, 9 Jan] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (“Final Popplewell Report”) [safety and control at sports grounds] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Home Affairs: Tom King letter to Hurd (“Mr Churchill’s Bill on Obscene Publications”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo/French Summit Meeting in Lille on 20 January") [French want lunchtime speeches kept brief, MT agrees attendance of leader of Kent County Council] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Gorbachev Message to the Prime Minister about Disarmament") [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Japan: UKE Tokyo briefing to FCO ("Visit of the Japanese Foreign Minister: 21 January") [Abe meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Japan: UKE Tokyo briefing to FCO ("Visit of the Japanese Foreign Minister: 21 January") [Abe meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Local Government: Department of the Environment record of conversation ("Rates Green Paper") [Baker, Rifkind, Ancram, Waldegrave] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: No.10, Amanda Ross note to Nigel Wicks (Westland: record of events on 8 January 1986) [copies retained/destroyed] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: MT letter to Chairman of British Aerospace (Westland: Secretary of State for Trade & Industry meeting with Chief Executive of BAe on 8 January 1986) [clarification/reaffirmation of Government's position, following conflicting accounts of the meeting, subsequent publications of those accounts & related correspondence, and addresses to Parliament] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Charles Powell note to MT (Westland: BAe Chief Executive's record of his meeting with Secretary of State for Trade & Industry on 8 January 1986) [publication; DTI note attached, offering analysis & comparison to official DTI record and to BAe Chair's version] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Head of Department of Trade & Industry Air Division minute to Leon Brittan PS ("Westland") [commentary on two versions - BAE Chair's summary of BAe Chief Executive's record & official DTI record - of the meeting between Chief Executive of BAe and Secretary of State for Trade & Industry on 8 January 1986] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: No.10 Parliamentary Clerk minute to Tim Flesher ("Official Box for Westland Debate") [list of officials to attend; Hansard record of Debate & subsequent Hansard records attached] [released Dec 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Illegal Community Budget for 1986: UK Action”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: Nick Ridley letter to John MacGregor (“Laker class action settlement: claims by government departments”) [“if Government Departments are not to submit claims… Parliament should be told”] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Armstrong note for Wicks (“The Speech”) ["a little unhappy" about draft; make clear that MT said timetable would allow for further meeting] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Ingham note for Powell (‘Charles’) [how to characterise MT speech for lobby briefing at 11] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Wicks minute [for MT] (Whitelaw comment on 15 Jan speech draft; also Armstrong wording) [tone, balance & content right; suggests different wording on meeting that did not take place] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [Heseltine versus Brittan] [released 2017]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Immigration: Hurd letter to Biffen (Immigration cases) [draft guidance for handling of representations by MPs] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Immigration: Hurd letter to Howe (“Visas”) [review following immigration control crisis, and handling of representations by MPs] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Canada: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Expo '86: Vancouver") [possible programme options] [declassified Dec 2016]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Northern Ireland: UKREP The Hague telegram 27 to FCO (1715Z) ("Arrest of Suspected IRA Terrorists in Amsterdam") [arrest of two men who escaped from The Maze] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Turkey: Powell minute to FCO ("Turkish TV Request for Interview with the Prime Minister") [declassified Dec 2017]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: UKE Washington telegram 115 to FCO (1700Z) ("Gorbachev's Statement on Arms Control") [text of President Reagan's statement] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Gorbachev's Statement on Arms Control") [nuclear weapons and space, renunciation of space weapons, US/Soviet testing moratorium] [declassified 2014]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Spain: Spanish Ambassador letter to MT (Spain's accession to the European Community) [thanks MT for attending Embassy Reception to mark the occasion] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (Westland: speech by Enoch Powell) [accuses MT of submitting to US blackmail] [released Dec 2014]

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