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PDF 90 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Economic Policy Committee Report on the UK Economy") [attempt to identify Commission paper on this topic] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO ("Call on Luxembourg Finance Minister: EMU") [Juncker's views] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: MT & Bush breakfast meeting in Paris (press pool report)
PDF 90 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House conversation record (MT-Bush breakfast meeting in Paris) [declassified 2013]
PDF 90 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (CIA) Gulf War: CIA memo ("Seizing the Day: Iran's Response to the Persian Gulf Crisis") [leaders probably see crisis as "opportunity to regain what they regard as Iran's traditional position of primacy in the Persian Gulf"] [declassified Nov 1999]
PDF 90 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) [Mitterrand ready to join in working out a UNSCR authorising use of force] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Gorbachev) [the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Ozal of Turkey) [the Gulf; assistance to Turkey] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Zhelev of Bulgaria) [thanks for her support; situation in Bulgaria] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd; Lubbers, Van den Broek) [European Community] [declassified Jul 2017]
Text 90 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Press Office: Ingham press briefings (Paris Embassy) [after the first ballot] [released 2015]
PDF 90 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (defensive brief) [no case for a General Election following resignation] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Nigel Wicks minute to Charles Powell ("London Economic Summit: A USSR Scholarship Initiative") ["aim would be to create a growing nucleus of Western trained people... who would have gained experiences of Western ideas and approaches"] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lamont PS record of conversation ("Scottish AEF for 1991-92: The RSG/NDRI Split") [indexation of Scottish business rates] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) NHS: Waldegrave PS minute to Barry Potter ("NHS Reforms") [report on implementation] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) NHS: Huntingdon Health Authority letter to John Major (future of the authority) [possible merger] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Waddington minute to Peter Lilley ("Broadcasting Ownership") [in political terms would find it hard to sustain abandoning contuguity rule] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Tony Newton minute to Chris Patten ("Pensions Ombudsman: Local Government Superannuation Scheme") [proposed regulations] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Sir Michael Butler letter for Hurd ("EMU, Federalism and Sovereignty") [encloses paper] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2824 to FCO (0016Z) ("US Policy Towards the Soviet Union") [US contacts with USSR; humanitarian aid; IMF-led examination of Soviet economy; Soviet pressure to join internatinal financial institutions] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Schlouter letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: No.10 minute (“Resignation action plan: 22 November 1990”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Mulroney letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Emir of Kuwait (parting thoughts) [MT: “I shall certainly continue to make my views known”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Secretary General Perez de Cuéllar (parting thoughts) [MT: “My admiration for your strength of purpose and commitment… knows no bounds”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Chancellor Kohl, President Mitterrand, etc (parting thoughts) [and letters to other Heads of Government] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to King of Saudi Arabia (parting thoughts) [MT: “I shall continue to give my strong support to our common purpose in the Gulf”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to King Hassan II of Morocco (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to General Secretary Jiang Zemin (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Sultan of Oman (parting thoughts) [and letters to other Heads of Arab Gulf States] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to President Gorbachev (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Mazowiecki letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Charles Haughey letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Resignation: Gorbachev letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“very warm message”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Cabinet Office minute to MT (parting thoughts) [Cabinet tribute] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Chirac letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Powell record of phone conversation (Powell-Kissinger) [“in a very emotional state … worse than a death in the family”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Charles Powell letter to MT (her resignation) ["the small men who contrived their petty coup"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Resignation treatment) [Massive tributes to you in the British press] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Lilley minute to David Waddington ("Broadcasting Ownership") [opposed to increasing number of Channel 3 licence areas designated large] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Israeli PM Shamir letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["outstanding and inspiring national leader with great international influence"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Director-General of the Security Service letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“changes and improvements in the Service owe an enormous amount to your interest”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“I will always cherish the trustful, friendly and open co-operation we have had over more than eight years”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Kaifu letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“extreme regret … remarkable and historical achievements”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Resignation: EC Interpreters letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: President de Klerk message to MT (parting thoughts) [acknowledgements from senior South African figures including Nelson Mandela] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: President Mitterrand message to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: President Havel message to MT (parting thoughts) [open invitation to visit] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ruud Lubbers) [“she would be leaving office with her record clear and undefeated”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Andreotti letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Turnbull memorandum ("Prime Minister's resignation, 22 November 1990") [events 20-22 Nov] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to President Mitterrand (parting thoughts) [“completion of Channel Tunnel will be an event of enormous significance”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to President Gorbachev (parting thoughts) [“together we really did contribute to changing our world”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (“Anglo-Soviet relations”) [“consternation in Moscow” at MT resignation] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: General Scowcroft message for MT (parting thoughts) [“devastated by the unexpected news”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Malcolm Rifkind minute to David Waddington ("Broadcasting Ownership") [importance attached in Scotland to strong regional broadcasting structure] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Scottish AEF for 1991-1992: The RSG/NDRI Split") [would cause problems if "impression were give that Scottish business was getting a better deal next year than business in England"] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to Chris Patten ("New Burdens on Local Government") [health and safety demands on local government] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT letter to Kenneth Clarke (her resignation) ["Thank you so much for your kind and generous message" - "Stock 1"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Richard Ryder minute to David Waddington ("Broadcasting Ownership") [areas designated as "large"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Chancellor Kohl (parting thoughts) [“staunch conservative governments”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Director-General of the Security Service (thanks) [“unsung labours which have contributed so much to making this country safe and free”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Director GCHQ letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“grateful for all you have done to support GCHQ”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Chief Rabbi (thanks) [“I have drawn enormous inspiration from your teachings and writings”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s Resignation: Italian media reactions”) [“a great leader brought down by her own intransigence”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Charles Powell message to General Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [“sad commentary on standards of loyalty in politics”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT message to Brent Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [MT: “I have an unshakeable faith in the United States, particularly under George Bush’s leadership”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Bob Gates message to Charles Powell (parting thoughts) [“terribly saddened by the turn of events in London”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Malcolm Rifkind minute to David Waddington ("Broadcasting Ownership") [circumstances in Scotland are different from rest of UK] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Kaifu statement (parting thoughts) [“a rare leader of firm convictions”]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: India PM Shekhar letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["deep appreciation"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: New Zealand PM Bolger letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["many things for which we are grateful"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Luxembourg PM Santer letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["a most open and frank interlocutress"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Colombian President Gaviria letter to MT (parting thoughts) [her "fundamental ideas … are precisely the parameters around which a new world order is being built"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT telegram to Bob Gates (thanks) [“the greatest imaginable privilege to have worked closely with the United States”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT and DT letter to Bernard Ingham (leaving No.10) ["My last act as Prime Minister must be to thank you"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Sir Michael Butler letter for PM John Major (EMU: UK Proposals for Stage 2) [declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Waddington minute to Peter Lilley ("Broadcasting Ownership") [Channel 3 licences] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Bush Library) Resignation: President Bush letter to MT (regrets) ["your wisdom and determination"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 90 Nov 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 (French Finance Minister's reaction to Major's election as Prime Minister) [Bérégovoy "beamed and adjusted his after-dinner speech"] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["it required a mother to put an end to the carnage" (in Zimbabwe)] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Iraq/Gulf; contacts with the Americans; Gulf visit; European policy; Europe - procedure; USSR] [declassified Jul 2019]
PDF 90 Nov 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Defence: Charles Powell briefing for Major ("Bilateral with the Defence Secretary") [Gulf; defence spending; procurement decisions; political problems; nuclear deterrent] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Bush Library) Gulf War: White House record of phone conversation (2006-2015Z) (President Bush-Major) [invitation to visit Camp David before Xmas; "I am determined to take the one last step .... I'm not going wobbly"] [declassified Jun 2013]
PDF 90 Nov 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ronnie Millar MSS) MT: Ronnie Millar notes on the fall of MT (possible dramatisation?) [“Dreaming the undreamable/unthinkable”]
PDF 90 Dec 4 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Younger MSS) Leadership election: MT to George Younger (thanks for help & advice) [“What has happened is now in the past”]
PDF 90 Dec 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Poehl's Views on EMU, the Hard Ecu and the ERM") [Poehl says his view of British proposal not as negative as press suggests; it could play it a role] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Dec 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Official French Position on EMU") [important statement of French policy contains "encouraging nods in UK's direction"] [declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2965 to FCO (0125Z) ("Occupied terriotries: Security Council debate") [The US is not supporting a resolution which would seek to convene an international conference] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2966 to FCO (0130Z) ("Arab/Israel: US policy on an international conference") ["We are not now recommending that an international conference on the arab-israeli conflict be held"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 1041 to FCO (1936Z) ("Arab/Israel and the Gulf: Secretary of State's conversation with Jim Baker") ["Baker solicits our help in removing reference to an international conference from UN resolution on Arab/Israel"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: President of Nauru letter to Prime Minister ("Freeing of foreign hostages in Iraq") [rejeoices at Saddam's decision to release foreign hostages] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Royal Visits to Military Sites") ["the Foreign Secretary is in favour of an early visit by a member of the Royal Family to the Gulf"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: MOD letter to Charles Powell ("British Forces in the Gulf") [notes about British forces deployed in the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Morris minute for Powell (Visit to the troops) ["instead of Mr King going to see the troops before Christmas, Archie Hamilton could go"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: Cradock minute for Powell ("Collateral Damage in the Event of Allied Attacks on Iraqi CBW on Nuclear Facilities") [paper based on MOD's assessments] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Washington telegram 2984 to FCO (0030Z) ("US/Israel") ["The administration think Israeli anxiety over the Gulf crisis increasing"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: No.10 conversation record ("UN Security Council Resolution on the occupied territories") ["frankly surprised that the Americans had gone along with a drafting exercise which put a reference to the international conference in the resolution at this stage. We had not been consulted"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Jordan/Saudi Arabia/Oman") ["King Hussein claims to have done all he can to repair fences with King Fahd. Sees no further scope for Omani mediation at this stage"] [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 90 Dec 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gulf War: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Audience with King Hussein") [King Hussein describes his last meeting with Saddam] [declassified Jul 2018]

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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