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PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Review Body Reports and Related Matters") [pay offer for non-industrial civil service; handling of 1984 Review Body Report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: MT to Governor Bank of England (his proposed group) [notes he has agreed with DTI and Treasury that group should not bind government] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Barclay note to MT ("Lord Tonypandy") [miners' strike: George Thomas offers to mediate] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("MISC 101(84)16th: Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 minute for MT (“Funding Strategy”) [Walters’ minute decrying “Duke of York” tactics] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Ulster Special Constabulary Association telegram to MT (situation) [“For goodness sake Mrs Thatcher, recognise the deficiencies, insucurity [sic] in Northern Ireland and do something about it”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Shultz letter to Howe (Prime Minister’s speech in Perth) [“U.S./U.K. relationship and the absolute centrality of the Alliance in Western security”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: No.10 note to MT (Continental Illinois rescue) [“There was no detectable reaction in the foreign exchange markets where the Gulf was the dominant factor”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Draft Economic Declaration”) [amendments in light of suggestions made in recent meeting, and to include reference to shipping] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Armstrong PS minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Prime Minister’s Meeting on 23May”) [to discuss: final meeting of personal representatives; draft statements; keynote] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Cubbon, Duff) [“the main emphasis of future action needed to be on operational co-operation”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Cabinet Office draft (“Economic Summit”) [latest versions of the London Charter and declaration on terrorism, need to be distributed] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Bob Hawke message to MT (London Economic Summit) [would like the Summit “to promote policies to ensure that the present international recovery is sustained and be of benefit to both developed and developing countries”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“Argentina”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: No.10 to MT (“Iran-Iraq War: Guidelines for Loan Service Personnel”) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: Scottish Office minute to No.10 (allocation of milk quotas and an outgoers scheme) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe minute to MT (“Future of Hong Kong: agenda item two”) [UK/China negotiations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government telegram to FCO (“Future of Hong Kong: UMELCO visit and House of Commons debate”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Hong Kong: testing the acceptability of an agreement”) [UK/China negotiations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Biffen PS letter to First Parliamentary Counsel (drafting of the legislative programme) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 May 19 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 May 19 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Personnel Director of NHS Management Board") [job specification & request for approval to proceed with advertising of post] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 19 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: UKE Moscow to FCO (“Gulf War: Soviet Views”) [declassified Jan 2014]
Text 84 May 20 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 May 20 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: British Interests Section Tehran to FCO (“Attacks on Gulf Shipping”) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 20 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: UKE Algiers to FCO (“Attacks on Gulf Shipping”) [declassified Jan 2014]
Text 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) European elections: Stephen Sherbourne draft (MT remarks to meeting of Conservative candidates) [only party “which wants to see a strong Britain in a strong Europe”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cyprus: MT letter to Prime Minister Papandreou of Greece (Security Council debate) [hope “all parties will avoid actions which could give rise to new tensions in Cyprus and make the Secretary-General’s task more difficult”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Good minute for Coles ("Subsidised Food Exports to the Soviet Union") [declassified 2015]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles ("London Economic Summit: Lunch Arrangements") [Sherpas propose Foreign Ministers should brief Heads of Government over lunch on second day; MT agrees] [released Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Revised Assessment of Argentine Holding of Exocet Missiles") [MT: "how have they paid for these expensive missiles?"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Howe minute to MT ("The Security of Small States") [background; foreign policy proposals; aid; security assistance; BBC Caribbean Service; strategy; benefits of supporting small states; UN; costs; next steps] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 letter to Tebbit PS ("Loan Guarantee Scheme") [MT intercedes in DTI/Treasury dispute over financing & future of Scheme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Attorney General letter to Keith Joseph (Secondary Education in Liverpool) [advice on legal power to modify Liverpool Education Authority proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ian Stewart PS letter to Rifkind ("Private Member's Motion, Monday 21 May: Future of the European Community") [negotiations on EC budgetary imbalance] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Encouraging Employee and Wider Share Ownership") ["relevant measures adopted since 1979"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Leyland Trucks: closure of Bathgate plant) [House of Commons statement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Tebbit ("Overseas Project Board Report on the Overseas Role of the Nationalised Industries") [views on the Report; next steps] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: MT letter to President of the Council of CERN (CERN and the UK) [cost of high energy particle physics research] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: No.10 letter to Lord Thomas of Swynnerton (Donald Maclean's espionage activities) [MT warned of book proposal suggesting Maclean did more damage to American interests than previously supposed] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (1984 pay negotiations for non-industrial civil servants) [risk of arbitration] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Hailsham, Heseltine, King, Fowler, Gowrie, Hayhoe, Peter Kemp) ["Civil Service Pay Negotiations Review Body Reports"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Michael Alison letter to Paul Lennon (Conservative Pro-Life Council) [MT declines invitation to become patron] [released 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: Conservative Central Office press statement (milk production) [MT pledges no further cutbacks in1985 beyond level agreed in March] [released 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC 101(84) 16th (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull note to MT (report of top-level meeting between NUM and NCB is incorrect) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: MT letter to Prime Minister Papandreou (UN Security Council debate) [de Cuéllar “best placed to make progress towards… peaceful, just and lasting settlement”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: MT letter to President Kyprianou (Security Council resolution) [“we thought it right to vote for it”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Turnbull minute to MT (Liverpool school reorganisation proposals) [“there is a real risk of being successfully challenged in the courts if the Secretary of State seeks retention of four single sex schools”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Liverpool City Council”) [Jenkin seeking decision on “whether he can offer Liverpool modest assistance from the Urban Programme if that will either clinch a legal budget or put the Government in a better position presentationally”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin briefing for MT (meeting with Liverpool Labour council) [may be “grounds for believing that there is still not a majority on the Council for an unlawful budget, and the Council leaders may suspect this too”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin minute to Younger (“Urban Policy and Programme Review”) [potential impact on Scotland] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“US Manned Space Station: Presentation by Mr. Kenneth Baker 22 May”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: FCO to No.10 (“Iran-Iraq: Attacks on Shipping in the Gulf”) [results of diplomatic activity] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 note to MT (OD(K) meeting) [scheduling around drafting of Women’s Conference speech] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 letter to Howe PS (“Hong Kong”) [Hong Kong press report: MT planning trip to Far East] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("London Economic Summit: Security") [CND demonstration - decision not to change plans in light of] [released Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Berne telegram to FCO ("Relations with Argentina") [the Argentine unwilling to hold talks at which discussion of sovereignty is excluded] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Brittan, Keith Joseph, Jenkin, Biffen, Heseltine, Tebbit, Tom King, Rees, Havers, Redwood) ["Liverpool City Council": statutory proposals for reorganisation of County secondary schools; Government grants/Urban Programme; legal action to disqualify Councillors; Commissioners Bill] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("The EC Budget: Kohl/Mitterrand meeting, Saarbruecken, 20 May") ["indications that parameters for a budget settlement were discussed... [possible] secret negotiation before the European elections"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to Ridley ("Transport Council: 10 May") [Howe congratulations on successful outcome: infrastructure; lorry quotas; air transport liberalisation -"one of our key policy objectives"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Malaysia: Baker minute to MT ("Malaysia") [report of Baker's Trade Mission to Malaysia] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Hayek MSS) Conservatism: MT letter to Hayek (Birthday Honours) [Hayek to be appointed a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Rees letter to Younger ("Miners' Dispute: Policing Costs") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Prior PS note to FCO (Barry visit to London) [request to meet with Prior] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Prior minute to MT (“Political Development”) [“We have to recognise that any attempt at political advance carries risk, including a deterioration in security”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Alison record of conversation (Molyneaux-MT meeting) [MT “saw no possibility at present of extending the early timescale of the renewal Order”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monarchy: Cabinet Office note (“Outline programme for the visit to Germany by Her Majesty the Queen 22-25 May 1984”) [arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monarchy: No.10 briefing (“Outline programme for the visit to Germany by Her Majesty the Queen 22-25 May 1984”) [arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: No.10 record of conversation (meeting on situation in Liverpool) [City Council proposals for schoool reorganisation, local finances] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Economic Declaration”) [revisions on pay, job training, virtues of a manned space station] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Statement on Democratic Values”) [revisions on human rights, social objectives, moral obligations of prosperity, NATO] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit”) [final preparations on: thematic paper; economic declaration; political subjects; declarations on democratic values, terrorism] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Thematic Paper”) [revisions on: development assistance; OECD; environment initiative; North-South dialogue; Munich conference on the environment] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (international trade union delegation) [delegation statement, likely talking points, draft press release] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: John Coles minute to MT (“Economic Summit: Ministerial Meeting”) [to discuss: thematic paper; draft economic declaration; political subjects; draft declarations on democratic values and terrorism; keynote; security] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: Howe to Secretary of State for Transport (British shipping in the Gulf) [president of the National Union of Seamen’s request] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“OD(K): agenda item two”) [future of Hong Kong] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“OD(K): testing acceptability of agreement”) [future of Hong Kong] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Rees letter to Whitelaw (“Expenditure Level for the GLC”) [“so excessive… it can easily justify special treatment”] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("The next President of the Federal Republic") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("EC: French views on majority voting and a European Council secretariat") [anticipation of Mitterrand speech to European Parliament: majority voting; political union; permanent secretariat] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("European Community Budget negotiations") [budgetary discipline; 1983 refunds; ecu loan from member states to cover 1984 budget overrun] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [European Parliament elections; EC budget; UK refunds; EC draft budget for 1985; EC credit rating; Energy Council: coal; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Sir Stephen Hastings letter to MT (thoughts on Taiwan, Europe, Soviet subversion and international terrorism) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("Seminar on Industry and Employment") ["measures to encourage wider share ownership"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: No.10 minute to Heseltine PS ("Maintaining the Strength of the Science Base") ["It has been put to... [MT] that some of the more basic and strategic research currently carried out in Government establishments - both civil and defence - would... be better conducted through universities and Research Councils"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: David Barclay minute to MT ("Visit to the North West") [debate over whether or not MT visit scheduled for 13 July, to Liverpool's International Garden Festival and opening of British Nuclear Fuels PLC office in Risley, should go ahead in light of coincidence with Sellafield Report] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Civil Service Pay Negotiations") [latest offer; strategic options] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Publication of Pay Review Body Reports") [revised procedure] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) European Elections: CCO briefing (“Britain and the European Community: Notes for Ministers”) [budget, CAP, trade, EMS, federalism] [released 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Brittan letter to Rees ("Miners' Strike: Policing Costs") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: NCB record of conversation (NCB-NUM National Executive) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Prior PS to No.10 (programme for Charles Powell) [draft itinerary] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [New Ireland Forum report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 May 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [“options available to us in the light of Mr Nally’s approach”] [declassified 2014]

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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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