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PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Health: O'Sullivan and Blackwell minute for MT ("NHS - The Way Forward") [analyses problems and offers "tentative suggestions as to how they might be tackled politically"; thornier points for later paper] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Baker minute to MT ("Inner cities") ["There is serious under-achievement in inner city schools": proposed measures] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [reservations about format of the Charge demand] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [need to ensure rebate system is simple] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Scott minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate and Community Charge Rebates: Uprating of Income Support") [complications around timetabling, phasing in arrangements, and national social security systems] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nigel Lawson minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Effects of Domestic Revaluation") [proposals for a new study] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("Role of the Treasurer") [support proposals to prevent illegal or imprudent spending decisions by local authorities] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to David Norgrove ("Community Charge Exemptions") [student discount, rebates, disablement allowance] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Centre for Policy Studies record of conversation ("Change in the USSR") [transcript of Conference: speeches and Q&A] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Aug 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Stephen Sherbourne minute (Norman Tebbit) [has been asked to write a book, is likely to accept, "it would contain no indiscretions"] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Aug 12 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales") [no objection to the proposal] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 13 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Howe PS letter to Andy Bearpark ("Toronto Economic Summit") [speaking invitation from Conrad Black; MT's acceptance would ensure "a full and influential audience and extensive media attention"] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Role of the Treasurer") [vacancies, use of the stop power] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John Major minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rates and the Community Charge: Income Support") [adjustments to income support to take account of the Charge] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) New Zealand: Howe PS minute to Andy Bearpark (New Zealand general election) [alternative messages for Lange, Bolger] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Islamabad telegram 682 to FCO (0517Z) ("Call on Pakistan Foreign Minister") [Barrington, Yaqub: record of conversation: Afghanistan; frigates] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Aug 16 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) New Zealand: MT message to David Lange (election victory) [bilateral relationship "a very special one"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Malaysia: Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohammad letter to MT (visit to UK) [thanks; thoughts on British Industry and on Soviet Union/Gorbachev] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Lynda Chalker PS letter to No.10 ("Meeting with the Soviet Ambassador: Afghanistan") [points for next meeting] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Aug 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT ("Opting out of ILEA: Consultation document") [Inner London Education Authority] [declassified Dec 2015]
PDF 87 Aug 21 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Fowler PS minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [payments by NHS authorities] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 21 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Andy Bearpark minute to Ridley PS ("Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales") [control over national non-domestic rate for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John Moore minute to John Major ("PES 1987: Outstanding Social Security Savings Commitments") [package of savings measures] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: BBC Deputy Director General letter to Mark Addison (Seminar on Broadcasting) [confirms attendance] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Cabinet Office briefing for Charles Powell ("Industrial subsidies in the Federal Republic of Germany") [provision in draft budget by industry] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 24 Mo Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT letter for Victor Rothschild (thanks) [loan of silver for her study] [released Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Aug 24 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Mark Addison minute to Hurd PS ("Seminar on Broadcasting Policy") [substitute attendees] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Cope minute to MT ("Inner cities: Interim Report") [self-employment; tourist industry; ethnic minorities; target areas] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 25 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Lilley minute to Ken Clarke ("Copyright Bill: Blank Tape Levy and Unregistered Design Right") [welcomes proposed changes] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 25 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Mme Mitterrand message to MT (car accident) [thanks for message of sympathy] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 87 Aug 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: US Embassy record of conversation ("Lunch with Soviet Ambassador Zamyatin") [Price, Zamyatin: Gulf; arms control; glasnost & release of Soviet historical documents; economic reforms; Afghanistan; Soviet defence sales to Jordan; US/UK relations] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Aug 26 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell letter to Conrad Black ("Economic Summit 1988") [MT hopes to accept dinner speaking invitation] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 26 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Economic Summit 1988") [High Commissioner recommends she accept Toronto dinner and speaking invitation from Conrad Black] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Treasury minute for Chancellor ("Local Authority Capital Controls") ["looks promising"] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Aug 27 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Booz Allen and Hamilton letter to Mark Addison (Seminar on Broadcasting) [findings of pay television study] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1821 to FCO (0010Z) ("Presidential Address to Town Hall of California Meeting: 26 August") ["INF and calls for greater openness in military affairs"] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John Moore minute to John Major ("1987 Survey: Social Security - Rates of Income Related Benefits") [process of consultation with local authorities] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 30 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Rates and the Community Charge Rebates: Presentation of the Uprating of Income Support") ["we need to extract maximum presentational advantage from our decision"] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Aug 31 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn saving telegram 12 to FCO ("FRG Economy") [monetary growth, government's tax plans, latest figures] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Scotland: Ingham minute for Nigel Wicks ("Cabinet - Scotland") [proposal for a cabinet meeting to be held in Scotland is "a presentational gimmick without substance"]​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("PES 1987: Social Security Savings") [MT annotation: "We cannot introduce an earnings rule for widows"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Treasury minute for PS Chancellor ("Fast-track scheme to abolish the rates") [press stories quoting Ridley] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 3 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Adam Smith Institute Views on Community Charge") [requirements on households, privatising registration and collection] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to Moore PS ("PES 1987: Outstanding Social Security Savings Commitments") [earnings rule for widows, pension age] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 3 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Abel Aganbegyan") [MT agrees to meeting with Soviet academic, to discuss perestroika] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Stephen Sherbourne minute ("The Chairman's Report on Central Office") ["does not ask the fundamental question: what should be the functions of a modern political machine?"] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Andy Bearpark notes ("Diary meeting: Tuesday 1 September") [Italian ambassador, scholarships, V&A exhibition, etc] [released 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to David Norgrove ("Seminar on Broadcasting Policy") [additional attendees] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to David Norgrove ("Broadcasting Seminar: 21 September") [future development of TV services] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Sue Goodchild minute to David Norgrove ("Broadcasting Seminar and Lunch Monday, 21 September") [arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Soviet Union") [Charles Powell, Kossov: impressions of glasnost/perestroika in operation; the Gulf; arms control; Gorbachev visit to UK; visit to UK of leading Soviet academic expert on economic reform] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Future machinery for school teachers' pay and conditions") [disagreement with Baker] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT ("Remit to the interim advisory committee on school teachers' pay and conditions") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 letter to Baker PS ("Opting out of ILEA: Consultation document") [Inner London Education Authority] [declassified Dec 2015]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the Markets; public expenditure; Benefits in kind; Bank of England lunch] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to Nigel Wicks ("Financial Markets since 5 August") [developments in domestic and foreign exchange markets] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Argentina: Falklands") [declassified 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John Major minute to John Moore ("Survey: Social Security: Outstanding Savings Commitments") [anti-fraud drive] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Malcolm Rifkind minute to John Major ("PES") [inner city deprivation projects] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Seminar on Broadcasting Policy") [no to additional attendees] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Seminar on Broadcasting Policy") [arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 7 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Jewish Refuseniks in the Soviet Union") [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Remit for the interim advisory committee on school teachers' pay and conditions") [disagreement with Baker] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Argentine Elections: Implications for Government Policy and for Relations with the UK") [declassified 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: No. 10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson) [over-provision for Scotland] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to David Norgrove ("Seminar on Broadcasting: 21 September") [technology, financing of additional services] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Sky Channel letter to Mark Addison (Seminar on Broadcasting) [accepts invitation] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to John Major ("PES: Independent Oversight of Broadcasting Programme Standards") [portrayal of sex and violence] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Independent Oversight of Programme Standards") [oversight of portrayal of sex and violence on TV] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Robert Conquest") [key points] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1715Z) ("Review of United States Arms Control Positions") (NSPG 0165) [INF basically agreed; Reagan wants a START agreement before he leaves office, but only if it is a good one; Shultz declines to take a view "in a group like this" ... it will leak; President reading about Armageddon] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("E(EP) Education Policy") [teachers' pay & conditions] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Remit to the Interim Advisory Committee on school teachers' pay and conditions") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Future machinery for school teachers' pay and conditions") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Environment: MT to Sophie Arskold (acid rain) ["we have a large action programme to combat this pollution"] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: No.10 record of conversation ("Points arising from diary meeting for 1988 held on Wednesday 9 September") [Sussex police invitation, various invitations from, chambers of commerce and business federations, etc] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rates Reform: Crown Property") [scope of contributions in lieu of rates] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Non-Domestic Rate Pool") [obligations to pay into the pool] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Nigel Lawson ("Dual Running: Rates and the Community Charge") [format of the Charge demand "will need careful thought"] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Walker minute to MT (Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales) [MT agrees to proposal] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Moore note circulated to Cabinet - CC(87) 15 (Primary Health Care) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove letter to David Graham (Broadcasting Seminar) [arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("George Soros") [visit to UK: meeting with David Mellor to discuss Soros' scholarship scheme for East European/Soviet students] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT ("Opting out of ILEA: Consultation document") [Inner London Education Authority] [declassified Dec 2015]
PDF 87 Sep 10 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to John Major ("Reliefs from Non-Domestic Rating: Disabled Person Workshops Specific Grants") [system of pooled rates] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Howard letter to Sydney Chapman MP (Rate Support Grant settlement) ["why Barnet's grant as a proportion of their expenditure [has] declined more steeply than Bromley's"] [declassified July 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 27th (Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Primary Health Care) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Geoffrey Howe minute to Nigel Lawson ("Public Expenditure Survey: Conditions of Service of the Diplomatic Service") [effectiveness of Diplomatic Service under threat] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd letter to Lord Blakenham (DBS) [cannot allocate BSB remaining channels] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO telegram 284 to FCO (1753Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze: General Prospects") [discussion of agenda] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting policy: time for a rethink?") ["nagging feeling that our policy, post-Peacock, is not quite right"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting: independent oversight of progamme standards") [supports statutory Broadcasting Council, with stronger remit than Hurd proposes] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Robert Armstrong minute to Andy Bearpark (Transfer of Rating Responsibility to the Secretary of State for Wales) [rating is the only aspect of local government finance for which the Secretary is not responsible] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit (internal) minute to Griffiths ("CBI: local government finance") ["how the operation of the business rate and the community charge... [could increase] accountability of local Government"] [declassified July 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Treasury minute ("Monthly Monetary Assessment: August 1987") [indicators suggest looser monetary conditions] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (Italian request for support) [seeking $800m through ECU swap arrangements] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1923 to FCO (2325Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze") [analysis of probable content & likely outcome of talks, including prospective US/Soviet summit] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Office minute ("Teesside visit") ["You will see something of the scale of industrial dereliction faced by the area"] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Sep 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the Markets; Bank takeovers; Regulation in the City] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Sep 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: George Younger minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Rate Reform: Crown Property") [liability of service personnel living in Crown property] [released Feb 2016]

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