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PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 26 (Public Expenditure Survey 1985) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: John MacGregor minute to MT (“Running Costs: Progress Report”) [“Mr Heseltine made a great fuss about this exercise”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to Heseltine (“MOD Running Costs”) [proposed agreement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Policy Unit minute to Norgrove (“BBC accounts”) [MT favours public criticism of accounting practice rather than ordering the BBC to change the practice] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKA Rome despatch to FCO ("The Achille Lauro Affair") ["the most lasting effect in Italian eyes may be the memory of her unhappy experience at US hands"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: Charles Powell to Italian Ambassador (Confindustria) [MT has no time to record message; Lord Young happy to do so] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Keith Joseph minute to MT (“Liverpool”) [curtailment of education services: proposed actions] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Whitelaw minute to MT (“SDI Research: UK Participation”) [work of cabinet committees addressing concerns] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 letter to MOD (“SDI Research: UK Participation”) [MT's views on official group report and reactions from colleagues] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: MT letter to Premier Zhao Ziyang of China (Guangdong Nuclear Project) [hopes for successful conclusion of negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: Possible Questions and Answers") [presentation of Agreement by British and Irish governments] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Taoiseach Fitzgerald letter to MT (Anglo-Irish talks and Agreement) [concerns over Intergovernmental Conference and Secretariat] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Mayhew minute to MT ("Proposed Anglo/Irish Agreement") [addresses possible judicial review of Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: Practical Matters") [signing and presentation of Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Reply to Sr Suarez's Letter Concerning the Europe/Latin American Institute (IRELA)") [MT finds it 'incomprehensible' that it takes so long to produce a reply] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (“Government Support for Local Enterprise Agencies”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Young, Lawson, Tebbit, MacGregor, Kenneth Clarke) [“Enterprise and Employment”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter for Gorbachev (arms control: negotiations with the United States in Geneva) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: MT letter to General Secretary Kádár (visit to UK) [courtesy letter] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Heseltine PS letter to Biffen PS ("The Parliamentary Maritime Group") [dispute regarding an invitation from the Group to the Chief of Naval Staff to address it, initially declined by Heseltine over concerns of setting a precedent] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Minutes of Official Steering Committee on Local Government Finance Studies - E(LF)(O) (85) 3rd ("The Local Domestic Tax") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [Falklands/Argentina at the United Nations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Nicholas Edwards minute to John MacGregor ("'Territorial' Implications of Local Authority Overspending in England") [request for compensation] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Tom King minute to John MacGregor ("Territorial Implications of Local Authority Overspending in England") [proposals could have "deleterious effect on the territorial blocks"] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Home Office (Autumn Statement) [arrangements for presentation] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKHC Ottawa telegram to FCO ("Krugerrands: GATT aspects: Canada") ["have not... taken legislative measures... encouraged a voluntary ban... unlikely... to alter their current stance"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 31st (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Community Affairs, Public Expenditure Survey 1985) [Nassau CHOGM] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Review of Student Support”) [addresses issue of student loans] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: John Moore letter to Nick Ridley (“Economic regulation of airports”) [pleased that “the CAA’s powers will be directed at unreasonable discrimination against any class of airport user”] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Implementation of the Keith Report") [collection and enforcement powers of Inland Revenue departments] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: MacGregor minute to MT ("Crown Prosecution Service") [proposed remuneration and career progression for prosecuting solicitors] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 962 to FCO (1812Z) ("Prospects for the Anglo-French Summit: 18 November") [Anglo-French relations in "a rough patch"] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Negotiations: Prime Minister's Meeting on Saturday, 9 November") [handling of meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Anglo-Irish Agreement: handling of meeting with King, Howe and Armstrong] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3101 to FCO (2100Z) ("Shultz's Visit to Moscow, and Summit Prospects") [analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Senor Suarez (The Europe/Latin American Institute) [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1473 to FCO (1015Z) ("October Revolution Anniversary - Speech by Chebrikov") [main points on internal affairs] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1474 to FCO (1015Z) ("Chebrikov's Speech - Summary of Main Points on Foreign Affairs and Defence Policy") [released Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (“Enterprise and Employment”) [forthcoming announcements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Surplus land sales") [""We were appalled by the total failure of the administration to carry out properly your clear guide on this issue"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 1019 to FCO (0045Z) ("Falklands at the UN") ["the battle in the General Assembly has taken place ever since 1982 (...) on terrain defined by the Argentines"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Kenneth Baker minute to Nigel Lawson ("Autumn Statement: Water Authorities") [need to carry out policies with minimum trouble] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKHC Dar es Salaam telegram to FCO ("Eminent Persons Group (EPG)") ["despite scepticism... that any measures short of economic sanctions are likely to influence the South African Government, we believe the Tanzanians are prepared to give it a try"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) Conservatism: Charles Powell to Ronnie Millar (help with Lord Mayor’s Banquet speech) [“It truly makes a tremendous difference”]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit minute for MT (“Law and Order - Weekend Update”) [MT disturbed at rumours of petrol bombs and Napalm being prepared for use against police] [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit minute for MT (“Law and Order - Weekend Update”) [MT disturbed at rumours of petrol bombs and Napalm being prepared for use against police] [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“ERM”) [meeting with Lawson: European Exchange Rate Mechanism] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Economic regulation of airports”) [MT keen to maximise BAA scope for profitability] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“E(LF) (85) 5th Meeting: The Local Domestic Tax”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Rate Reform”) [the E(LF) meeting: assessment] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Nov 9 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Nov 9 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 1070 to FCO (1020Z) ("Franco German Summit") [report] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 9 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-King-Howe-Armstrong) ["Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland"; outstanding points on Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 9 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Powell minute to MT (“Johnson Matthey”) [Sedgemore’s allegations against Lawson] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Nov 10 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
Text 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-French Summit") [French motives, Channel link, Falklands, Inter-Governmental conference, east-west relations] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Anglo-French Summit") [participants, arrangements, press conference] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: MT letter to Taoiseach Fitzgerald (Anglo-Irish Agreement) [response to Fitzgerald's message: Intergovernmental Conference] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [final drafts of Anglo-Irish Agreement, joint press release and summit communique] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [draft message to Taoiseach Fitzgerald] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (Anglo-Irish Summit: suggested message to US Administration to advise on timing) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [draft message to Taoiseach Fitzgerald] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell note to MT (Anglo-Irish Agreement: draft message to Taoiseach Fitzgerald) [Powell comments on latest amendments] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to MT ("BGC Privatisation - Meeting with Peter Walker") ['you might like to probe the balance that is being struck between consumer and investor. Could it be said that the Government has been captured by Denis Rooke?'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("EFA - President Mitterrand's Letter") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Ministry of Defence letter to Parliamentary Counsel ("Dockyard Services Bill") [publication] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: MT letter to Peter Emery MP (Select Procedures Committee review of the format for Prime Minister's Questions) ["... having given further thought to your proposals, I see very considerable difficulties... I believe... [present] arrangements represent the best available balance between the desire of the House to question the Prime Minister and the burdens which the system imposes on the Prime Minister and her staff"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury briefing for MT ("ERM") [Exchange Rate Mechanism: cover letter & Lawson paper arguing case for joining ERM] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Bernard Ingham minute to Treasury (Autumn Statement) [draft speaking note] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKHC Mbabane telegram to FCO ("Swaziland: South Africa and the Commonwealth") [British High Commissioner Reith, Prime Minister Bhekimpi: record of conversation] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) City: Norgrove minute for MT (“Lloyds”) [Hay-Davison resigns as chairman] [released 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) City: Lawson letter to Brittan (“Takeover Panel”) [not wholly convinced by his arguments but “obviously for you to judge”] [released 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Alison minute to MT (lunch for speechwriters) [allocate one Monday lunch for event with “outsiders”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Alison minute to MT (1922 Committee) [Onslow asks for a December speech, MT refuses - speak to Executive instead] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to Younger (“Running Costs Control”) [“I see no need to make any statement about pay assumptions in running costs limits until details of departmental figures have been announced”] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Buchanan-Smith PS letter to Biffen PS ("Establishment of Oil and Pipelines Agency") [Parliamentary announcement of successor body to BNOC] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: UKE Ankara telegram 502 to FCO (1250Z) ("Ozal's Visit to the UK") [Ozal formally accepts invitation; had given him "great pleasure"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Gas Privatisation") [state of play: Department of Energy and HM Treasury positions on gas privatisation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: MT letter to Jim Prior MP (first Cryo Magnetic Resonance Imaging system in Japan) [proposal that MT visit during her trip to Japan] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 letter to Kenneth Baker PS ("The Sainsbury Group") [briefing request for follow-up meeting on "...simplifying and speeding up the planning process"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Home Office letter to Parliamentary Counsel ("Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill") [introduction & publication] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("The Exchange Rate Mechanism") [Lawson's arguments for joining EMS, and counter-arguments] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("ERM") [Exchange Rate Mechanism: summary of briefing papers & attendees; concern about Lawson pre-meetings with attending Ministers] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (85) 5th ("The Local Domestic Tax") [distributional impact; Scottish and Welsh aspects; property vaulation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Arms Sales to Argentina") [a message to Shultz to "remind him of our firm view that the supply of American arms to Argentina would be against our interests"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands at the UN General Assembly: Policy Options") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Kenneth Baker minute to John MacGregor (New Towns' receipts) [disposals are running well] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) ["Were it not for you admirable efforts, I would have had no hesitation in rejecting the Nassau initiative outright"; alternative proposal] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Fowler minute to MT ("Social Security Reform") ["I would like to discuss with you informally the options open to us and their political consequences"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Fowler") ["wants to make sure you understand the political difficulties of the proposals he is being pushed into making... You are not willing to see public expenditure figures threatened"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Meeting with Norman Fowler") [Social Security reform: White Paper: proposed workaround to avoid internal government disagreements becoming public] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (South African DFA) South Africa: President P.W. Botha to MT (cannot cooperate with Commonwealth initiative; alternatives) [declassified ?2005]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Official Group on Coal - MISC57(85) 3rd (“Lessons of the miners’ strike”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Younger letter to Keith Joseph (“Review of Student Support”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO letter to UN Associations of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (resolutions on South Africa) [“we do not support the extreme language of parts of the texts, the calls for sanctions”] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Nov 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Kenneth Baker minute to MT (“Football Spectator Violence”) [progress report] [declassified 2014]

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