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PDF 87 Feb 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Chairman of P&O note to No.10 (Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union) [details of proposed construction project involving Bovis International Ltd, a P&O company] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's fortunes, Budget, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Rating of Sports Clubs") [Rifkind's proposal for mandatory relief] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Rating of Sports Clubs") [objection to announcement without prior consultation] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 18 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: John Gummer minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [agrees with Ridley's views] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Nigel Lawson ("Radio Green Paper") [consumer choice, commercial radio, needletime] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Edwards ("Radio Green Paper") [Radio Cymru frequencies] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Cabinet Office letter to Ministry of Defence (""Whither the Soviet Union? A Personal View"") [Malcolm Mackintosh paper, read by MT in advance of seminar on Soviet Union] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Budget, election predictions, Edwina Currie) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Rating of Sports Clubs") [oppose proposals for mandatory relief] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to MT ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [introduction of rebates will add to caseload and spending on housing benefit] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley minute to MT ("Liverpool") ["we cannot be seen to be giving special help to Liverpool to meet problems which are, to some extent, self-inflicted and in substance little different from those of other local authorities"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 6th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Walker minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [running costs limits] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 19 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Drugs: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Drugs”) [seizures in graph profile] [declassified 2015]
PDF 87 Feb 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 20 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Geoffrey Pattie MP letter to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union) ["would... be most helpful if mention of Accreditation could be made in your talks"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War/Central America: National Security Planning Group minutes (1500Z) ("Central America") (NSPG 0145) ["The President opened the meeting by expressing his determination to prevail in Central America and indicated that time was running short"] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 87 Feb 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Powell minute to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Meeting with Soviet Ambassador") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Transitional Period") [treatment of students] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 22 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with M. Chirac: Chequers, Sunday 26 April") [purpose is to "continue our delicate balancing act between Mitterrand and Chirac"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 22 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Elena Fridman letter to MT (human rights abuses in the Soviet Union: Ida Nudel) [background information for MT, in advance of MT's visit to Moscow] [released Dec 2016]
Text 87 Feb 22 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (G7) Economy: Statement of G6 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors ("the Louvre Accord")
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd (Radio Green Paper) [concern at question of needletime] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Chequers Seminar on the Soviet Union: 27 February") [request for Cabinet Office to be represented] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Kenneth Warren, MP") [advance briefing for British/Soviet Parliamentary Group on MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 245 to FCO (1500Z) ("Awards for Soviet Jews") [UK embassy ceremony: "although the awards were symbols firstly of the concern of British people of Jewish faith... they reflected the wider sympathies of the British people"] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: No.10 record of conversation (Diary meeting) [Woolworths opening, reception for the Lobby, anti-drugs campaign, etc] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (economy, Greenwich by-election, state of the parties) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to John Macgregor ("ADRES Bill: Transitional Period") [student support and rebates raise issues] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John MacGregor (Community Charge - Reductions in AEG) [spending on student grants and rebates] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Local Government: FCO briefing for MT ("E(LF) meeting on 26 February: review of local authority fees and charges") [MT opposes charging for library services] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 23 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Tom King minute to John MacGregor (Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey) [block budget ground rules] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Lunch with M. Chirac: 26 April") [agricultural price package, future financing, public spending control] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Terrorism: National Security Planning Group minutes (1500Z) ("Terrorism") (NSPG 0146) [CIA judges that Iran has influence over but does not control Hizballah] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Greenwich by-election, Labour's fortunes, unions, Sizewell) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) ​​​​​​​General Election: Sherbourne minute for MT (?election press conferences) [MT: "Nigel - tidy up"] [released Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets/interest rates/intervention; G5/exchange rate management/Italy; Budget proposals] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Sherbourne minute for MT ("Dinner with the No Turning Back Group") [discourage their idea of publishing a 'manifesto' before the election] [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Griffiths minute for MT ("No Turning Back Group") ["lively and stimulating proposals" - issues and questions for upcoming dinner; Wybrew minute on their privatisation plans] [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Rating of Sports Clubs") [criticism of proposals for rating relief] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Powell minute for Alison ("Cyprus") [possible resolution by the Finchley Anglo-Hellenic association] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Professor Bialer) ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union") [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (MT's IoD speech, Greenwich by-election, Kinnock's position, union legislation) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: UKE Washington telegram 410 to FCO (2359Z) ("US/Nicaragua") ["Wholesale changes in US policy do not... seem probable. But the temptation to take some significantly tougher bilateral measures... is evident: hence the speculation about a blockade, backed by a credible threat of force"] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Fowler PS to Ridley PS ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [minimum contribution] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Hurd memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(87) 3 (Penalties on Carriers) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") ["a note of various [relevant] meetings and engagements in your diary"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") (list of preparatory meetings) [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (arms control, economy, industry, Greenwich by-election) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Community Charge: Katharine Ramsay letter to Sherbourne (state of opinion among Conservative councillors, including poll tax) ["deep unease about the Green Paper proposals ... a 'nightmare' to administer and police ... political perception that it will be unfair"] [released Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) ​​​​​​​Media: Christine Wall briefing for MT ("Your interview with Smash Hits") ["You may not ENJOY the interview"; a brief history of punk] [released Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 7th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Penalties on Carriers of Entrants Lacking Valid Documents, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Turkish Prime Minister Ozal message for MT (thanking for her message wishing him a speedy recovery) [declassified July 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn saving telegram 5 to FCO ("FRG Economy") [further uncertainty on Frankfurt Foreign Exchange, fears of German exporters] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Cyprus: High Commissioner for Cyprus letter for Powell (a story from "The Independent") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) USSR: No.10 record of conversation ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") ["Discussion of the prospects for change within the Soviet Union revealed a difference between ... enthusiasts and sceptics"] [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Greenwich by-election, Reagan's position on hostages) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Married and Unmarried Couples") [broadly content with proposals] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Community Charge: Help for Those on Low Incomes") [rebate scheme] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 28 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 286 to FCO (2240Z) ("Gorbachev's Statement") [elimination of nuclear weapons: the missed opportunity of the Reykyavik summit; criticism of US policy; proposal to focus on elimination of medium-range missiles] [released Dec 2017]
Text 87 Feb 28 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan call to Thatcher (returning her "morale boost" call) [unclassified] [covernote only]
PDF 87 Mar 1 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversations (MT, Howe, academics, officials) ["Seminar on the Soviet Union"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 538 to FCO (0545Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: Preliminary Assessment") ["more candid and coherent exchanges... than have... ever taken place between a Soviet leader and the Head of a Western Government"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 1 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) USSR: ?No.10 staff notes (MT's visit to Soviet Union) [sketches of coats, etc] [released 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 2 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: No.10 record of conversation (Diary meeting) [Motability landmark handover, meeting with backbencher's constituents, factory opening] [released 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Gorbachev on arms control, Labour's fortunes) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Strategy Group minutes (MT, Howe, Hurd, Lawson, Tebbit, Wakeham; Young, Baker) [education policy] [released Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Community Charge: Non-Domestic Rating of 'Homes' and Hostels") [proposed exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: MT letter to Councillor Layden (Help for those on Low Incomes) [minimum contributions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Lord President: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Lord President") [immigration bill; legislative programme 1986/87] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Nigel Wicks (Dinner with broadcasters) [opportunity to signal MT's interest in broadcasting policy] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: George Younger letter to Andre Giraud (dialogue on nuclear matters) [need to agree on suitable topics and initiating detailed discussions] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Buckingham Palace minute to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union) (Queen's approval) [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Soviet Union: Interpreting") [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1900Z) ("Canada-US Relations") (NSC 0141) [Reagan: Mulroney "one of our strongest allies", but "in deep political trouble"; acid rain the biggest issue for upcoming visit to Ottawa; Weinberger doubts on defense issues] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (east-west relations, Labour's position, Nazis) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets & intervention; G5/G7; coal & electricity privatisation] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Yugoslavia: Powell minute to MT (a potential meeting with Djilas, Yugoslav political dissident) [MT: it is only time that prevents me] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Rate Support Grant: Greenwich court case") [background & next steps] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: FCO minute to No.10 ("Message to the Prime Minister from Mr Ozal") [declassified July 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Mr. and Mrs. Sharansky") [advises cancellation of meeting, due to busy schedule & in light of forthcoming meeting with Sakharovs in Moscow] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's position, east-west relations, Tamils, Nazis) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Ridley letter to Moore (Canary Wharf) ["legal advice, on the question of continuing negotiations with Mr Travelstead and his Consortium for developing Canary Wharf"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: Events Outside the Official Programme") [meeting with the Sakharovs] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Susan Dykes (Parliamentary Wives visit to Moscow) [relays MT's support for the visit, to make representations on behalf of Jewish refuseniks, and request for a note of the visit] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("American and UK Visitors to Moscow") [summary for March/April] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 497 to FCO (2300Z) ("Shultz's Moscow Visit") [sequence of US/UK visits to Moscow in March/April; MT meeting with Armacost in London] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's position, east-west relations, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 8th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Bernard Ingham minute to MT ("TV Dinner") [danger is that a dinner would bring out clashes of ideas] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office to David Norgrove ("MISC 128") [TV finance by subscription] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to Moscow") [Charles Powell: "Percy Cradock and I would like to talk through with you the objectives and main themes for your meetings with Mr. Gorbachev"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to Cabinet Office (meeting with President Mitterrand to discuss Mr. Gorbachev's latest arms control proposals) [MT reluctant, due to scheduling difficulties] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell note to MT ("Moscow Visit") [Conservative Foreign Affairs Committee record of conversation; paper by Alfred Sherman] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chief Rabbi") [Soviet Jewry; Conference of European Rabbis efforts to send delegation to Moscow] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Stephen Sherbourne minute ("Meeting with the Chairman of the Party on Monday 9th March 1987") [election planning committee, publicity materials] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Mar 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's position, east-west relations, law and order) [released 2017]

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

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