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PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: MT letter to Kenneth Stowe (Defence Committee: Westland report) [criticism of Robert Armstrong] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Hurd minute to MT (meeting with Mary Whitehouse: legislation on obscenity) [“Mrs Whitehouse’s account of our meeting is misleading”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Norway: No.10 letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to Norway") [speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Cabinet Office ("Down South: A Naval History of the Falkland Campaign") [a manuscript by David Brown] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Lawson minute for MT (“Schools - The Way Ahead”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Shultz/Shevardnadze meeting”) [agreement on date for meeting] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Chairman of the Football Association letter to MT (football hooliganism) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Judge King-Hamilton letter to MT (Mary Whitehouse Research and Education Trust) [obscenity draft Bill; school exams; income tax] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Channon PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Peacock Report: Extension of ITV Contracts") [renewal of IBA contracts] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram 323 to FCO (1100Z) ("Cyprus Problem") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: King letter to MacGregor ("Private sector generation of electricity") ["You may be assured that I regard a publicly financed project as an equal contender with the private consortia... You go on to mention private sector management of a public sector project... Only if [the full privatisation] option fails should we explore these alternative methods..."] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Babangida (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) ["my impressions of the... meeting... and to tell you of the action which we in Britain will now be taking"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Moi (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) ["my impressions of the... meeting... and to tell you of the action which we in Britain will now be taking"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Chief Minister Buthelezi letter to Kinnock (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) [denounces ANC and alleged Kinnock defamation of Inkatha in House of Commons] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2061 to FCO (2200Z) ("UK/Soviet Expert Level Contacts on Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands at UNGA") [new strategy for the debate] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("US/South Africa: message from PW Botha") ["South African government... cannot see any way at present of avoiding a dialogue proving to be a slippery slope which would end in the ANC simply taking over power... seems unlikely that the [attached] letter to Reagan [proposing endorsement of basic principles] indicates any real flexibility"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: South Africa Embassy letter to No.10 (letters of 5 and 7 July from President Botha to the Prime Minister) [cover letter letter only, referring to enclosed original copies] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Drugs - End of Year Report to H Committee and Future Programme”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Director of Rowland, Debono Ltd letter to MT (tax reform) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Minister of State for Education and Science minute for MT (“Sex Education at School”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKMIS Geneva telegram 475 to FCO (1641Z) ("Afghanistan: UN Talks") [views of Pakistan Permanent Representative on progress in negotiations] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKMIS Geneva telegram 473 to FCO (0915Z) ("Afghanistan: UN Talks") [latest position on Soviet/Pakistan negotiations] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for Ridley ("Unified Pollution Inspectorate") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: MacGregor minute for Secretary of State for Employment (“Cost Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Measures Related to Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Richard Tracey PS letter to No.10 (football supporters incident on the Harwich-Hook Ferry: Thursday 8 August 1986) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Ibbs minute to MT (“Achievement Reports on Major Projects”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Douglas Hurd ("Peacock Report") [does not agree with Lawson on political bias] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (1500Z) ("Situation in Mexico and the Upcoming Visit of Mexican President de la Madrid") (NSC 0135) [declassified Spt 2012]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: D.J. Trevelyan minute to No.10 (“European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA): Maastricht”) [MT reluctantly agrees to message of support for “useless organisation”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Jopling letter to Richard Luce (“Privatisation and Quangos”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Channon minute to MT (Ministerial sub-committee on Research & Development) [first report; "...remit to develop policies to enhance the contribution of R&D expenditure, public and private, to the development of the economy"; MT concerned that Defence contribution to 'Pull-Through' scheme inadequate] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for Ridley ("Unified Pollution Inspectorate") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Baroness Young PS letter to No.10 ("Bermuda: anti-apartheid coalition petition") [forwarded to MT at request of Premier Swan] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (sanctions) ["outcome [of latest Commonwealth meeting]... represents a step backwards... The international community... insists on negotiations, yet its actions prevent the negotiations from proceeding"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 12 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Canada: Thank you letters to MT (Expo 86) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Possible Supply of German Torpedoes to Argentina") [MT's draft reply to Chancellor Kohl] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 letter to Dr. James Barber (training and education of non-white South Africans) ["there is already substantial help on offer from Britain, and from other governments and organisations"; details] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Richard Luce letter to Ridley (water privatisation and quangos) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Baroness Young PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: President Botha's speech") ["the defensive line our News Department will take today, about which we have consulted Geoffrey Howe"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: John Moore minute to MT (“Choice of engines for BA’s 747-400s”) [Rolls-Royce recommended over US bid] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1503Z) ("Libya") (NSPG 0137) [Tripoli raid judged more successful than hoped] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 86 Aug 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2107 to FCO (2225Z) ("UK/Soviet Arms Control Discussion") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French politics") ["Chirac's government has proved that cohabitation is no obstacle to action and that power has shifted decisively to Matignon"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("Tambo") [meeting with Howe; MT: "I doubt the wisdom of seeing him in London... No F.C.S has ever met the head of a terrorist organisation before - so I presume he is only seeing him as President of the E.E.C. Council of Ministers"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: John Moore PS letter to Howe PS (“UK/US air services”) [assessment of alternative options in event of negotiations failing] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 14 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Department of Trade and Industry minute to No.10 (“Ansbacher”) [enquiry report - no criminal offences from payment of interim dividend] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (1500Z) ("State Visit of Brazilian President Sarney") (NSC 0136) ["the French of South America"] [declassified Spt 2012]
PDF 86 Aug 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to MOD ("Down South: A Naval History of the Falkland Campaign") [a manuscript by David Brown] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Japanese Minister of International Trade & Industry letter to MT (maintaining the free trade system) [policy for world economic growth and addressing trade imbalance, unemployment and debt problems] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw (improving the development plan system: draft consultation paper) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Resumed Parliamentary Session") [legislative programme] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: Howe PS letter to No. 10 (“Visit to London by the new President of the World Bank”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 19 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nicholas Edwards minute to Douglas Hurd (Peacock Report) [IBA contract renewal] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (Falklands fisheries: MT's draft reply to Lord Shackleton's letter) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2129 to FCO (2000Z) ("Messages from President Botha") [Michael Jenkins, Chester Crocker record of conversation: discussion of draft reply form Reagan proposing possible meeting between US/South African officials] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Prime Minister Lange (South Africa: Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) ["my impressions of that meeting and to tell you of the action which we in Britain will now be taking"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: UKHC Canberra telegram 510 to FCO (2358Z) ("Australian Federal Budget 1986/87: Reactions and Comment") ["seen as tough and politically adroit"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Young telegram 65 to UKE Algiers (1600Z) ("Cyprus: UN Secretary General's Initiative") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to Gorbachev (East/West relations) [MT visit to USSR; second US/Soviet summit; arms control; UK defence forces; chemical weapons] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1019 to FCO (1140Z) ("Israel/Soviet Union Meeting in Helsinki") ["fruitless exchange"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet-American relations) ​​​​​​​[Reagan keen to have a second summit] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Germany: MT message to Helmut Kohl (release of Rudolf Hess) ​​​​​​​​​​​​​[when to approach the Russians again] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Security: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (security of economic statistics) [addition to list of officials privy to advance notification of sensitive data] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Prime Minister Hawke message to MT (message to other European Community Heads of Government concerning the South African issue) [cover letter with text of message & No.10 reply attached; Hawke: "just as the Commonwealth has now moved to adopt further measures against South Africa so too... would it be appropriate for the... [EC] countries to do so"; detail of proposed further sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Walker letter to Lord Young (“Removing Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 20 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Treasury minute for Minister of State (“National Institute Economic Review: August 1986”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Tel Aviv telegram 307 to FCO (0840Z) ("Israel/Soviet Union") [report of Soviet efforts to "keep the Jews quiet" in run-up to next US/Soviet summit] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: MT letter to President Mitterrand (meeting with Gorbachev in July 1986) ["Your views on Mr. Gorbachev and his aims closely match my own"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 21 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Korea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("President Chun, Republic of Korea") [greetings to MT] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter for Chancellor Kohl (Supply of German torpedoes to Argentina) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Bishop Tutu") ["enthronement... as Anglican archbishop of Cape Town... Stoffel Botha... not in a position to give an assurance that all [invited guests] would have no difficulty in obtaining visas... mounting Government irritation at Tutu's advocacy of sanctions... [but] if anyone is immune, it must be Tutu"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 21 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) National Health: Norman Fowler minute for Whitelaw (“AIDS - Public Education”) [proposes leaflet delivered to every household] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 22 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Mark Addison minute to MT ("Peacock Report: IBA Contracts") [two year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 22 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 714 to FCO (1535Z) ("The FRG: Political Scene") [coalition parties confident of being returned to power] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Lord Douglas-Hamilton MP letter for MT (European Fighter Aircraft Project & Ferranti's interest) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter for Lord Shackleton (Soviet/Argentine Fisheries Agreement) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 22 Fr Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT notes (Dulwich house) [plans to distribute furniture across rooms] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 24 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Bill Davis memo for MT ("The "Caring" Theme") [seventeen aspects] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 24 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Bill Davis memo (conference speech) [“We do not need a new Margaret Thatcher. What we need, I suggest, is a better understanding of the one we’ve got”] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKE Kabul telegram 187 to FCO (1020Z) ("Kabul SitRep, 19-25 August 1986") [Army and Independence Day celebrations] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Aug 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Prime Minister Nakasone letter to MT (Conference of high-level experts on education) [invitation to all OECD members to nominate attendees] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Edwards letter to Peter Morrison (EC integrated operations: proposals for steel areas) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“European Community: United Kingdom Presidency”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Walker minute for MacGregor (“PES 1986 - Departmental Manpower Ceiling and Running Cost Limit”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Home Office letter to No.10 (“Roskill”) [action against fraud] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Ridley letter to Walker (energy saving in public offices) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) South Africa: UKHC Harare letter to FCO ("Zimbabwe's real policy on sanctions") ['suicide', 'madness' , "just words"; "I am surprised that the British, who taught us hypocrisy, should find our attitude surprising"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 27 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Mark Addison minute to Hurd PS ("Peacock Report: ITV Contracts") [two year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation ("OVATION: Record of Meeting with the Prime Minister of New Zealand") [?Oleg Gordievsky, Lange] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1030 to FCO (1000Z) ("Prime Minister's Reply to Gorbachev's Letter of 10 July") [Marshall, Kovalev: record of conversation] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKE Kabul telegram 188 to FCO (0915Z) ("Kabul: Major Ammunition Depot Explodes") [details] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Aug 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Commonwealth Heads of Government letter to President Reagan (Nassau 'Accord on South Africa': conclusions of the Commonwealth Review Meeting) [summary & outline of further measures] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon letter to Lord Young (“Removal of Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: John Moore letter to Walker (“Energy Efficiency in the Civil Estate”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Peter Brooke letter to Hurd (“Staff Inspection”) [value for money review] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 29 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn saving telegram 11 to FCO ("Federal German Economy") ["renewed US pressure for a reduction of German interest rates"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Fowler PS letter to No.10 (“Benefits for the Long Term Unemployed and for Young People”) [international comparison] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKMIS Geneva telegram 63 to FCO (1433Z) ("Conference on Disarmament: Summer Session") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: UKMIS Vienna telegram 12 to FCO (1555Z) (International Atomic Energy Authority briefing) [Chernobyl: post-accident review meeting, "serious and well-prepared presentations by the Soviet experts"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]

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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