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PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (“Westland Helicopters”) [company difficulties; Bristow bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Tebbit minute for MT (“Westland Helicopters”) [less sanguine than Heseltine] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling minute to MT (“1985 CAP price fixing”) [Common Agricultural Policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: Paul Channon minute for Peter Rees (“Poland - Refinancing”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Addison note to Larne Harbour Ltd (new passenger terminal) [MT will consider attending opening ceremony] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Michael Alison letter to David Price (Harland and Wolff ships) [MT will consider attending launch ceremony] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Walker memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 10 (Gas Industry Privatisation) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 11 (Legislative Programme 1985-86: Consequences of the Inclusion of a Gas Bill) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sport: Jenkin PS letter to Young PS (Eurodome stadium) [“keen to ensure that viable private sector schemes for Docklands are encouraged”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sport: Jenkin PS minute to No.10 (Eurodome stadium) [proposals “do not appear to have yet been worked up in sufficient detail to attract planning permission”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Gowrie PS letter to No.10 (“Review of early retirement arrangements”) [implementing recommendations on policy reform] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Gowrie letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Review of early retirement arrangements”) [synopsis of main proposals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Rees letter to Brittan (“Public Order White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (obstacles to trust) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Your Meeting with George Younger and others on Wednesday 1st May at 6 pm to Discuss Scottish Rates”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT (“Rates in Scotland”) [meeting with George Younger] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Koenigswinter Conference 1986") [MT declines Howe advice to host dinner; Powell: "...not nearly so influential a forum as it was." ] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Kohl telegram to MT ('The German Question': unification of Germany) [MT dubious about Howe's performance on visit to East Berlin, despite warm praise from Kohl] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Planning") ["...while DoE must clearly maintain its proper responsibility for planning, it is important that MISC 114 is kept closely informed of any changes in the planning regime which they have under consideration...."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7/Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 1446 to FCO (1935Z) ("Arab/Israel") ["Shultz was loath to accept that the US should take over the leading role in the peace process"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Washington telegram 1488 to FCO (2330Z) ("EC: US Agriculture: Congressional Reaction to Bonn Summit") [Dole claims the French have made it clear they won't negotiate on the CAP] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Bonn Economic Summit: Bilaterals") [attendees for meeting with Reagan] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("EUREKA - French proposal for a European Research Co-ordination Agency") ["there can be no need or justification for increased governmental spending on anything like the scale the French appear to have in mind"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT draft opening statement (press conference after Bonn Summit) ["All of us are seeking to build on the progress already made"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT draft speaking note ("Bonn Economic Summit: Speaking Note on Economic Issues") [further revisions, annotated] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("US/UK Extradition") [new treaty would "deny fugitives accused or convicted of certain serious offences of violence scope for avoiding extradition"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: John Redwood minute to MT ("Economic Summit. Locomotive Reflation: Should the Non-US Economies Expand") ["If US interest rates start to come down because the US Government decides to cut its Budget deficit, it would be damaging for the other Western nations then to expand their Budget deficits"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Bonn Economic Summit: Speaking Note on Economic Issues") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: ?Treasury briefing ("President Mitterrand's Currency Ideas") [line to take: "very sceptical about any future return to a fixed or nearly-fixed system"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong note to MT (monetary policy) ["Mitterrand was 'greatly upset' by the reports of what you said... about high level monetary conference etc"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Soviet air space reservations in the Berlin air corridors") [MT content with Howe pursuing preservation of Allied rights, but wants to be consulted before any major decision is taken] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to Robert Armstrong ("Bonn Economic Summit: Political Declaration") [draft declaration - MT "finds the French objection to any reference to the United States in the context of the Geneva talks petty to a degree"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Bonn Economic Summit: Bilaterals") [briefs for meetings with Craxi, Mitterrand] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Gowrie letter to Patrick Jenkin ("EC Acquired Rights Directive and the South Bank") [issues arising from GLC abolition] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Tebbit minute to MT ("Leyland Bus: Bangkok") [Leyland bid for Thai contract; Belgium prepared to breach OECD "no-aid" rules to win contract; need for British response] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO telegram 434 to UKE Moscow (1630Z) ("40th Anniversary: Attendance at Soviet Commemoration") [text of MT's message of goodwill to Gorbachev, published - with additional handwritten comment - on 7 May] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 note for the file ("VE Day Service at Westminster Abbey") [arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: No.10 letter to Leon Brittan PS (meeting on 9 May to discuss Drug Misuse) [record of conversation on 23 April circulated] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Keith Joseph, George Younger, Patrick Jenkin, Tom King, Biffen, Edwards, Hurd, Michael Havers) ["School Teachers": linking performance standards to pay scales; pressurising local authorities to comply with Government objectives; Scotland; punitive measures for public service strike disruption] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [Own Resources Decision; 1985 EC draft Budget; agreement on farm prices for 1985-86; upcoming meetings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Development of the European Community") [Lawson's thoughts on Howe minute of 15 April: internal market; decision-taking/unanimity rule; European Parliament] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Gas Industry Privatisation (C(85) 10)") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (Government Response to Environment Committee Report on the Wildlife and Countryside Act) [publication] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Legislative Programme 1985-86: Consequences of the Inclusion of a Gas Bill") [Bills to be dropped: proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Social Security Review") [family support; supplementary & housing benefits] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Fowler letter to Jenkin (water rates and mortgage interest) [relation to income support & earnings] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Fowler, Tebbit, Whitelaw, Rees, Wakeham, Barney Hayhoe, Tony Newton, John Redwood, David Willetts) ["Social Security Reviews: Pensions"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: John Moore PS letter No.10 (“ICI Case”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Jenkin letter to Walker (“Energy Conservation”) [PSA historical achievements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker minute to MT (“Chairmanship of the Atomic Energy Authority”) [future of UKAEA] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Younger-Jenkin-Rees) [rates and revaluation in Scotland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Robert Armstrong minute to No.10 (“Defence Scientific Adviser’s minute on the SDI research programme and “Star Wars”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: Scottish Office letter to No.10 (draft conference speech material on rates) [MT & Younger drafts] [released 2015]
Text 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 briefing cards for MT ("Bilateral with President Reagan") [US budget deficit, new GATT round, unitary tax] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Cabinet Office list of briefs for MT ("Bonn Economic Summit 2-4 May 1985") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: DTI brief ("Bonn Economic Summit: 2-4 May 1985. GATT Work Programme") [major items on the programme include safeguards, agriculture, services, tropical products, tariff escalation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("1985 CAP Price Fixing") [Howe's comments on German position, points he suggests to be raised with Kohl] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit") [Home Office suggestion re: line to take on drugs problem] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Kohl) [protectionism, international monetary conference, new GATT round, Strategic Defence Initiative] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan bilateral) [international monetary conference, exchange rates, new GATT round, Japan, political declaration, Strategic Defence Initiative, UN anniversary] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Harris letter to Turnbull (speaking note) [answer to GLC charges about employment of the disabled] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Department of Environment minute to MOD ("Mount Pleasant Airport: Opening Ceremony") [Jenkin's draft speech] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Mowlem Company Chairman letter for MT (First landing at Mount Pleasant Airfield) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Argentina - Presidential Address to Congress") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Anglo/Irish Relations: Joint Courts") [Irish want a firm commitment to principle of establishing joint courts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Teachers' Pay Negotiations 1985") [pay offer; arbitration] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Secretary-General of the European Parliament letter to MT (noise emission of rail-mounted vehicles) [forwards resolution] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Booth minute to MT ("Solicitors' Discipline") [proposal to inform public of mechanisms to challenge deficient provision of legal services] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to South East Asia") [MT replies to various UK bidders for industrial/commercial ventures] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 15th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs), Economic Affairs, Gas Privatisation, Legislative programme, social security review [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (economic reconstruction and internal security in Mozambique: confirms commitment to Nkomati Accord) [MT: "A very good letter"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Craxi) [future of European Community; Economic Summit; FCO copy] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: G7 draft declaration ("Political Declaration on the 40th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War") ["we dedicate ourselves and our countries anew to the creation of a world in which all peoples enjoy the blessings of peace, of justice, and of freedom"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Foreign Ministers' Meeting) [Central America, drugs, political declaration, economic issues, press briefing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Clark bilateral) [VE day celebrations, Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, UNESCO, European Community] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Abe bilateral) [East-West relations in the Asian context, international trading system] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Craxi) [future of the European Community, Economic Summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: ?Butler record of conversation (plenary - heads of government) [Middle East, anniversary of WWII, economic recovery, trade] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: ?Butler record of conversation (plenary) [trade and monetary policy, aid for Africa] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor Kohl, on 18 May, 1985") [attaches paper on political cooperation; meeting "will be crucial in determining whether we succeed in channelling the debate on the future of the European Community over the next months towards sensible conclusions with which we can live"; need to convince Euro-enthusiasts Britain moving ahead, but "we don't want to succumb to the drivel about European Union"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT-McFarlane: "IDU Meeting in Washington") [MT "was clearly taken aback to hear that the President knew nothing of the meeting and commented that a certain amount of 'leverage' appeared to be going on"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: FCO minute to Robert Armstrong ("New GATT Round: Agriculture") [EC statement - a hard-fought compromise, best avoid all reference to agriculture in G7 economic declaration] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Jenkin minute to MT ("Private Rented Sector") [deregulation: public expenditure implications; housing benefit] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Monckton minute to MT ("Private Rented Sector") [deregulation: public expenditure implications; housing benefit] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Leyland Bus: Thai contract) [British response to Belgian bid; proposal for avoiding OECD "no-aid" rules] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Rees minute to MT ("Leyland Bus: Bangkok") [warns against breaching OECD rules to win contract] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Tebbit minute to MT ("Leyland Bus: Bangkok") [seeks approval of revised negotiating position] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Warry minute to No.10 ("Bangkok Order for Leyland Bus") [suggested negotiating position] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [comments on Heseltine/Tebbit memorandum] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [background; UK conditions for proceeding with partnership project; alternative possibilities] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Drug Abuse - Weekend Update") [political strategies; legislation to enable forfeiture of assets; summary of research findings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Review Body Reports") [proposed increases for nurses, doctors & dentists, and armed forces respectively] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor Kohl, on 18 May, 1985") [attaches paper on political cooperation; meeting "will be crucial in determining whether we succeed in channelling the debate on the future of the European Community over the next months towards sensible conclusions with which we can live"; need to convince Euro-enthusiasts Britain moving ahead, but "we don't want to succumb to the drivel about European Union"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Department of Energy note to No.10 ("Gas Privatisation") [draft Parliamentary statement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 briefing for MT ("Social Security Reviews") [pre-meeting on pensions, in advance of Cabinet meeting] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("SERPS and the Welfare Reviews") [state earnings-related pension scheme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Secretaries’ note circulated to Official Group on Coal - MISC57(85) 8 (“Lessons of the miners’ strike: draft report to ministers”) [declassified Dec 2014]

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

Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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

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