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PDF 87 Feb 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 143 to FCO (1130Z) ("Anglo-Soviet Relations: Statement by Soviet Foreign Ministry Spokesman") [criticism of UK Government in run-up to General Election] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Zircon affair, rape sentences) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Edwards PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [government should declare its intentions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Rifkind PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [provision of rebates] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office internal minute (Roberts to Unwin) ("Community Charge: Help for Those on Low Incomes") [rebates in England and Wales] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Waldegrave PS letter to MT ("'The Agenda for Strategic Guidance for London") [London Planning Advisory Committee's "views on the scope, contents and timing of the guidance"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [procedure, running costs, contingent liabilities] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow: Concorde") [decision not to use it; other arrangements] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to Denis Thatcher ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union") [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 149 to FCO (1420Z) ("Visit by US Council for International Relations: Meeting with Gorbachev") [report] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 248 to FCO (0210Z) ("Geneva NST") [speculation on future US/Soviet summits] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Terry Waite, Zircon affair) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': proposed 5 percent discretionary non-domestic rate") [case for dropping the proposal] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 4th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [running costs, contingent liabilities] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow") [Charles Powell, Kossov] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Industry: Blackwell minute ("Motivation of the Unemployed") ["Roughly 50% of all unemployed individuals put themselves in the category of trying hard to get a job without success"] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Havers' health, Zircon affair) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Anglo-Italian Summit") [submits briefing - "None of it is very riveting ... Anglo-Italian relations are in good shape"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Transitional Period 1988-1992") [opposition to proposals] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Whitelaw/Biffen minute to MT ("Local government legislation") [proposed changes to draft Bill to avoid delay] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Local authorities creative accounting and financial prudence") ["an opportunity to discuss the Government's strategy towards those local authorities facing possible financial collapse"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [expects some major changes in public spending control system in coming years] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [survey tactics, Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Whitelaw PS minute to David Norgrove ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [Whitelaw would take part in further discussions] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) US: US Embassy London telegram to Shultz (Congressional visits) [defence policies] [declassified 2002]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to David Norgrove ("Announcement of BBC Licence Matters") [use of sponsored programmes] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of the Supreme Soviet Delegation") [summary] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Reforming the Soviet Economy") ["lecture delivered to a Soviet audience by the Economic Editor of a well-known Soviet weekly"; Charles Powell: "A fascinating admission of failure"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to John Browne MP (Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow) [thanks for papers on Gorbachev] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Visits Outside Moscow") [Tbilisi] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: No.10 record of conversation (Diary meeting) [charity gala, visit to Scotland, RAF Halton guest night, garden party dates, Special Olympics, etc] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (possible election, Labour pledges, Budget) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham) ["Local Government legislation": 'pruning' the Local Government Bill] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Kenneth Baker note to MT (transfer of public assets to private ownership) [magazine property sales advert: "abolition in action!"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 9 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MacGregor PS ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [Red Book to be scrapped] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Director of the Imperial War Museum (Soviet Central Armed Forces Museum proposal to exchange historic tanks) [No.10 declines MT's association with the proposal during her visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1600Z) ("Arms Control & SDI") (NSPG 0143A) [Shultz declines to discuss his preferred option "in such a leaky meeting", Weinberger disagreeing; Reagan's proposal for "an international SDI" to render ballistic missiles obsolete "effectively eliminating them"] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 87 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (environment, domestic politics, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Anglo-Italian Summit") [arrangements, including seating plan for lunch ("We are proposing to put Craxi opposite you, in the belief that you will have had enough of him by then")] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: Ingham minute for MT ("Italian Press Conference") [likely topics, possible difficulties] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Armstrong minute for Charles Powell (meeting of sherpas for Venice G7) [MT highly critical] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (Venice Economic Summit) [first meeting of Personal Representatives to identify and discuss main issues for Summit] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Lawson memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(87) 2 (Economic Strategy) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [academic papers] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (rural economy, Alliance's position, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [Banking Bill; G5] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 conversation record (MT-Italian PM Craxi tête-à-tête; joined later by FM Andreotti, Howe) [situation in Italy; SDI; East/West; Terrorism; Libya; Lebanon; Ferruzzi bid for British Sugar; EC budget] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 conversation record (MT-Italian Summit plenary session - MT, Craxi, Andreotti, Howe, Scalfaro, Pandolfi, etc) [foreign affairs; terrorism; agriculture; trade and industry; Cossiga state visit] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to Robert Armstrong (Venice Economic Summit) [MT "finds the failure to exert pressure on the Japanese representative inexplicable"] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Ian Stewart minute to Paul Channon ("Banking Bill") [scrutiny of takeovers on public interest grounds] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Ian Stewart minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Banking Bill") [national interest takeover powers] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US Embassy London telegram to Shultz (Labour party policy) [serious implications for other NATO members] [declassified 2002]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [additional bids and options for reductions, survey report, running costs, contingent liabilities] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: MT message to Andreas Papandreou (BAe-Olympic Aviation collaboration) [significant example of Anglo-Greek collaboration] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS (Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow) [possibility of a joint statement] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: National Security Planning Group minutes (1500Z) ("Middle East") (NSPG 0144) [Reagan: "Now we need to help Iraq. We also need to get on with the peace process, but gradually"] [declassified Jul 2011]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (state of the parties, Zircon affair, Mary Whitehouse) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Italian Summit in London: Italian press reaction") [emphasis on the positive; "Craxi has gained in stature from the summit and Anglo-Italian relations have benefited"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: Italiam PM Craxi letter to MT (Anglo-Italian Summit) [thanks] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Rating of Sports Clubs") [rating relief] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 5th (The Marriage of Mr Mark Thatcher, Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Economic Strategy) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to Lawson PS ("Banking Bill") [powers to control takeovers in the national interest] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Banking Bill") [Treasury anxious MT should be seen to support Lawson] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Norman Blackwell minute to MT ("Regional Pay") [greater regional variations in pay desirable, but best not done with too much 'fanfare'] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [additional bids, options for reductions, survey report, running costs, contingent liabilities] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: FCO minute to No.10 ("Message to Turkish Prime Minister") [declassified July 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: Wreath") (Tomb of the Unknown Warrior) [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (state of the parties, industry, tax cuts) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 13 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (Personal Representatives meeting) [draft thematic paper] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Transitional Period 1988-1992") [should reduce transitional period in England] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to No.10 ("The South Atlantic Fund") [declassified 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 14 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: John Moore minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [manpower targets] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: Bob Hawke message to MT (appointment of new High Commissioner) [details on McClelland] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: MT message for Turkish Prime Minister Ozal (wishes him a quick recovery from by-pass surgery) [declassified July 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union: Agreements") [Space co-operation; upgrading of hotline; Memorandum of Understanding on information & culture] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Orthodox Jewish Community") [Powell advises MT to cancel meeting arranged to discuss religious persecution in Russia during her visit to Moscow, due to busy schedule] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's fortunes, Budget, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) ​​​​​​​General Election: O'Shaugnessy minute for Monckton (Republican consultants) [several top ones eager to work for MT - Roger Ailes] [released Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Rating of Sports Clubs") [should not include mandatory relief in bill] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [proposals for exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley PS letter to No.10 (local authority debt) [PQ to make clear Government's position] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Paul Channon minute to Ian Stewart ("Banking Bill - Foreign Takeovers") [very troubled about the whole matter] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Howe PS minute to Stewart PS ("Banking Bill") [opposed to adding blanket national interest provision to the bill] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 16 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to John MacGregor ("1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [concern at restrictions on running costs] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nicholas Edwards minute to Douglas Hurd ("Radio Green Paper") [provision for Welsh language radio] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [excerpts from seminar invitee Bialer's book on Gorbachev] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's fortunes, industry, media, unions) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [G5; Airbus; competition policy; Post Office & British Steel privatisation] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Kenneth Stowe letter to Nigel Wicks (21st Century Trust) [Reagan expected to launch the project in the US next year] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John MacGregor minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("ADRES Bill: Transitional Period") [students in Scotland] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill - Transitional Period 1988-1992") [a "clean break" would simplify admin and reduce costs] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Douglas Hurd minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [content with proposals] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Geoffrey Howe minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [difficulties departments face discussing running costs with Treasury] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Nicholas Edwards minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [control of running costs] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Nicholas Ridley minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [running costs are biting hard] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Norman Fowler minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [control of running costs rather than manpower numbers] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Paul Channon minute to John MacGregor ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [placing greater reliance on control of running costs] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 17 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MacGregor PS ("Handling of the 1987 Public Expenditure Survey") [bids for additional reources should be only where they are unavoidable] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Feb 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("Green Paper on Radio") [local stations, needletime] [declassified Feb 2016]

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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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