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PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Job Centre Manager of the Year Award) [MT agrees no significant risk of public criticism and approves the scheme] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr Gorbachev: Briefing of the Ten") [MT never keen to divulge too much on these occasions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: George Younger letter to Heseltine ("RAF Basic Trainer") [outline of the merits of BAe's PC-9 bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Tebbit letter to Heseltine ("European Fighter Aircraft (EFA)") [stresses need to agree on merits of collaborative strategy and on negotiating tactics, to avoid "exploitation" by France] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["We recommend that you should, at this juncture, sound a cautionary note"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Ridley letter to Lord Young ("British Airports Authority") [BAA involvement in Docklands STOLPORT; privatisation of BAA] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 minute to Department of Trade and Industry (Anglo-Indonesian Coporation) [Chairman's correspondence with MT, regarding Corporation's problems establishina a new plantation in Indonesia] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell to Master of Churchill College, Cambridge (visit to Brunei) [MT will try to ask Sultan of Brunei for donation to Archive Centre when she meets with him] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Treasury Minute Replying to the 5th Report of the Public Accounts Committee, 1984-85") [proposed Treasury/MoD joint reply; request for clearance; arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT reply to written question (“main achievement of HMG since June 1983&rdquo)
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 9th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, football hooliganism) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKDEL Strasbourg telegram to FCO (“European Parliament Resolution on CAP Prices”) [Common Agricultural Policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Treasury internal minute (“‘Alternative Budgets’ 1985”) [summary of Shadow Chancellor press statement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Walker (“FSBR”) [Financial Statement and Budget Report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“Cyprus”) [“the discussions in Geneva had not gone into the degree of substance expected”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Younger letter to Joseph (“Increasing the output of engineers and technologists”) [“I have the most serious difficulty with the almost token recognition of the Scottish universities in your proposed 1985/86 allocations”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Tebbit letter to Joseph (“Increasing the output of engineers and technologists”) [agrees with proposal &ldquothat we give immediate approval to bids of clear academic excellence, where industry has also given a high grading for industrial relevance”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Joseph PS minute to Lawson PS (“Budget Day press releases: The Switch”) [funding found within existing resources] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“The funeral of President Chernenko”) [“The organisation has improved with practice. But this time we were only going through the motions”] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Königswinter Conference 1985: 21-23 March") [MT reluctant message of support] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Statement on the Defence Estimates 1985") [No.10: "...generally uncontroversial indeed bland..." - Europe within NATO; arms control; Trident] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Michael Havers minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Abolition: Counter Obstruction") [legal difficulties associated with surcharges] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Robin Butler minute to MT (Lord Rothschild) [Rothschild asks to see MT, Butler suspects, "to ask if you want to abolish domestic rates altogether ... (h)e hankers after this"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John Redwood briefing for MT (meeting with Lord Rothschild) [Rothschild's thinking] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT ("Football Hooliganism") [response to Luton-Millwall football riot] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Powell minute to MT (Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS) in Hong Kong: pensions) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 140 to FCO (1215Z) ("Anglo-Irish Relations") [Armstrong-Nally talks: Irish concerns about Hurd remarks; possible amendment to Irish Constitution] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Lord Young minute to MT ("UK Trade Mission to China and Hong Kong 27th February - 13th March 1985") [report on visit - "enormously worthwhile"; follow-up] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram 209 to FCO (1130Z) ("IMPS") [Integrated Mediterranean Programmes: "non-tilting of structural funds towards the Mediterranean"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Community Budget 1985, the Revised Own Resources Decision and the United Kingdom's 1000 Million ECU Abatement") [summary of "the state of the various proposals for establishing a 1985 Community budget"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Maputo telegram 131 to FCO (1136Z) (EC support for peace and stability in southern Africa & aid for Mozambique) [text of letter from Foreign Minister Chissano to Italian ambassador] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 1008 to FCO (1645ZZ) ("Ad Hoc Committee on Institutions (Dooge Committee) Brussels 13/14 March - Final Meeting") [main features in final report, for UK interests; record of proceedings] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Lee Kuan Yew") [recollections of first meeting with MT] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: No.10 note for the record (“Prime Minister: Honorary Degrees”) [MT wary of political risks in accepting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: King minute to Joseph (“Increasing the output of engineers and technologists”) [“it is important for the Government to respond quickly to meet the identified need for additional graduates in shortage subjects”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Addison minute to MT (The Switch to Engineering and Technology) [to be announced at the Budget, impact on meeting with industrialists] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Heseltine letter to Tebbit (“Skill shortages”) [prepared to re-allocate resources to “permit a substantial increase in the number of university students directly sponsored by the Ministry of Defence”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Nicholas Edwards minute to Joseph (“The Switch to Engineering and Technology”) [Welsh polytechnic “capable of the degree of excellence which we are looking for”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Department of Education draft (“New programme will increase engineering and technology places in higher education”) [“a substantial response to requests from industry for an increased output of engineering and technology graduates”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Nicholas Ridley minute to Michael Heseltine(“Falkland Islands Trooping Contract for British Airways”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“Monthly Note on Public Sector Borrowing”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Rome to FCO (“Italy-Argentina”) [Argentine sabotage of Pertini’s aircraft] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Northern Ireland: No.10 note for MT (Airey Neave) [“You said you wished to send flowers to his grave whilst you were Prime Minister”] [released 2015]
Text 85 Mar 16 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Mar 16 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to South East Asia") [speeches: latest drafts] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 16 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT memoir (“Return to Moscow”) [personal account of Chernenko’s funeral] [released 2015]
Text 85 Mar 17 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Mar 17 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 1016 to FCO (1658Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council, 17 March. Enlargement/Own Resources") [financial arrangements for Spain] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service:DHSS letter to Cabinet Office(“‘Sunday Times’ article - 17 March 1985”) [leak of documents on Newcastle DHSS computer strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Rees PS letter to Heseltine PS ("Statement on the Defence Estimates 1985") [amendments] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: DT note to Robin Butler (meeting with Chairman of Luton Football Club) [knows David Evans well] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 364 to FCO (0810Z) ("Westlands") [evaluation by technical experts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: Political Development") [talks with John Hume and Ian Paisley; scope for Anglo-Irish agreement and reception in Northern Ireland] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: MT letter to Hu Yaobang ("Aid Trade Provision for China") [Lord Young's trade mission; Zhao Ziyang visit; "delighted that you would like to visit Britain yourself"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine letter to Tebbit ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["Industrial factors, particularly... [BAe's] position relative to the French, will play a large part in determining the way forward"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Downing Street: No.10 Deputy Press Secretary minute to Robin Butler ("BBC programme on No 10's 250th Anniversary") [proposals for filming in No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Peter Walker letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("BNOC's Prices for March and the Second Quarter") [draft telex for BNOC to suppliers, following announcement in Parliament that BNOC is to be abolished] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Peter Walker ("BNOC's Prices for March and the Second Quarter") [supports move to market-related pricing; requests redraft of BNOC telex to suppliers, to "convey greater urgency and enthusiasm about the run-down"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Rifkind minute to MT ("Dooge Committee") [final report: analysis; key features; next steps] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("European Community: March European Council: United Kingdom Initiatives") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Rees PS letter to No.10 (“Budget: Public Expenditure”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Tebbit (“Taxation of Fringe Benefits - Cars and Petrol”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: Goold letter to Alison (Scottish rating revaluation) [rate relief announcement “has done little to stem the flow of critical hostility towards the Party”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Mar 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Armstrong minute to MT (“Annual Review of Government Funded R&D 1984: Follow up to Arcard’s Comments”) [steps taken to respond to ARCARD report] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 briefing for MT ("OD: 25 March") [Defence White Paper: "... [European Fighter Aircraft] the view is getting about in some quarters - including the press - that the Defence Secretary is so keen on collaboration that we may end up losing out badly on it"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Statement on the Defence Estimates, 1985") ["The statement has good points - willingness to discuss Trident, NATO and arms' control - but it misses a trick on Trident and competition, and goes over the top on European collaboration"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("Local Government Bill: London") [meetings with Goodhart and Greengross on GLC abolition] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Kenneth Baker minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Abolition: Voluntary Bodies: A Trust for London") [aimed at providing reassurance about the future of voluntary bodies] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Robin Butler minute to Brittan PS (BBC financing) [appointment of Peacock review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Booth minute to MT ("Football Hooligans") [response to Luton-Millwall football riot: proposals for action] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (football hooliganism) [meeting with Chairman of Liverpool FC] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Howe minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [revised British proposal for Anglo-Irish talks on 22 March] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations") [revised British proposal for Anglo-Irish talks on 22 March] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("A New Basic Trainer for the Royal Air Force") [Shorts vs BAe: notification of reduction in cost of BAe bid; recommendation still to accept Shorts bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Peter Walker letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (BNOC Prices for March 1985) ["We have succeeded in making the announcement on BNOC [abolition] with the minimum of disruption in the market... would be disastrous suddenly to announce a lower price for March"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Jenkin minute to MT ("The Planning System: Sainsbury's Group's Proposals") [detailed response to Sir John Sainsbury's group's report on planning reform] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Geoffrey Pattie letter to Peter Rees ("Postal Business Targets") [replacement targets to run from 1985/86; potential issues of concern to Treasury] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Housing Benefit and Supplementary Benefit") [review proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("MISC 111") [social security review proposals: case for large-scale housing benefit & supplementary benefit savings] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Egypt: FCO briefing for MT ("Egypt") [meeting with Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 10th (public expenditure outturns, budget) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Heseltine memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 7 (A New Basic Trainer for the Royal Air Force) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Barney Hayhoe letter to Tom King (“Trade Union Act 1984”) [“there is a contract of employment between the Crown and civil servants”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Letters to No.10 (lunch with industrialists) [“the switch” and IT skills shortages] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Key Lawson (Nigel) Economy: 1985 Budget (Lawson 2) (Hansard)
PDF 85 Mar 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 970 to FCO (2330Z) (“Arms Control: US-Soviet Negotiations in Geneva”) [briefing] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Younger minute to MT ("Review of support for industrial R&D") ["We will need to bear the needs of small firms carefully in mind..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit") [German draft of the thematic paper is "thorough and workmanlike" and contains "very little in it which presents us with problems of substance"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Brittan minute to MT ("Football Hooliganism") [criminal law and Home Office response] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chairman of Liverpool FC, John Smith) ["Football Hooliganism"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT (preparation for meeting with Ministers on football hooliganism) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: Hailsham PS to Howe PS ("Australia Constitution Act 1900") [alternative of a temporary loan] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("India: Call on Prime Minister by Mr L K Jha") [Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Sikh extremists] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Mr. Jha") [Sikh extremists, Sri Lanka] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("India: Westlands Helicopters") [Gandhi's advisers steering contract towards the French] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Mar 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Lord Gowrie minute to MT (E(A)(85)15: commercial management) [thoughts on the consultative document] [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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