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PDF 87 Jan 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Kinnock broadcast, Labour pledges) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: John Major minute to Douglas Hurd ("Television Licence Fee") [indexation of licence by RPI] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Announcement on BBC Licence Fee Matters") [explanation of rejection of Peacock recommendation] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Canada: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Premier of British Columbia") [meeting not possible] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") [Howe keen to accompany MT; MT anxious to restrict numbers] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with "Mothers for Freedom" delegation") [Soviet persecution of Jews] [released Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Cold War: UK Embassy in East Berlin to FCO (1986 Annual Report on GDR) [declassified 2007]
PDF 87 Jan 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Elections: Tebbit minute to MT (Ulster Unionist plans) [thrust of their campaign will be "to attack the Anglo-Irish accord"] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: No.10 record of conversation (Diary meeting) [Havers' party, winter ball, visit to Dennison and Gray, Anglo-Asian Conservatives etc] [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (the weather, heating allowance, tax cuts) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [unhappy with applying Rifkind's proposals in England] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Mark Addison (Northamptonshire County Council) [possibility of an exceptional payment] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("EC Currency Realignment") [changes to German mark and Dutch guilder against French franc] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 13 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: MacGregor PS minute to David Norgrove ("1987 Public Expenditure White Paper") [publication arrangements] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Charles Powell letter to FCO (MT, 'Mothers for Freedom' delegation) [Soviet persecution of Jews] [released Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (the weather, heating allowance, Conservative poll lead) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets/weakness of the dollar] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgorve minute to MT ("The Markets") [Bank of England intervention] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires despatch to FCO ("Argentina: Annual Review for 1986") [military morale low, but coup unlikely; stagflation; foreign debt increasing; UK exports still banned] [declassified 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andy Bearpark minute to Channon PS ("Regional Development Grant") [delay of payments] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Radio Green Paper") ["undue prominence" test] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Announcement on BBC Licence Fee Matters") [restriction on use of sponsoring programmes] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cathy Ryding minute to Biffen PS ("Announcement on BBC Licence Fee Matters") [restriction on use of sponsoring programmes] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Paul Channon ("Peacock Report: Role of the Post Office in TV Licencing") [timing of changes, indexing fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: Alfred Parsons message to MT (High Commissioner role) [posting at an end] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: Paul Channon minute to John MacGregor ("Export Credit for Greece") [possibility of exceeding ECGD limit for Greece, should monitor situation] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [meeting with Howe to discuss desired objectives/outcomes & Cultural Exchange Programme] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Cold War: UK Embassy in East Berlin to FCO (1987 Annual Report on GDR) [declassified 2007]
PDF 87 Jan 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (the weather, heating allowance, TV licence, the City) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 1st (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 15 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Lawson PS ("M. Balladur") [proposed meeting, EC funding] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Walker PS ("Energy Collaboration with the Soviet Union") [MT "is sceptical of the wisdom of agreeing to a joint communique at the end of her visit... But you will wish to discuss it further with the FCO"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to Orlov (campaign for a universal amnesty for Soviet prisoners) [MT makes case against holding out for a universal amnesty at the Vienna human rights conference] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, weather/heating, law and order) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Health: Booth minute for MT ("AIDS") [proceedings at H(A); "our message of the practical need for faithfulness needs to be stronger"] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (Peter Fry-MT) [Northamptonshire County Council] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Kenneth Baker letter to John MacGregor (specific grants to local authorities) ["we must retain the flexibility to introduce new grants, and... increases in specific grant should be subject to collective agreement"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Paul Channon minute to Nigel Lawson ("1986-7 Pay") [need for moderate pay settlements] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Relations with Argentina: Falklands Fisheries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Mark Addison note to MT (Winnick bill) [congratulate Chief Whip] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 27 to FCO (1700Z) ("FRG Election Campaign") [coalition likely to be returned to power] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation ("Prime Minister's Visit") [Llewellyn Smith, Soviet Department, FCO, N.N. Uspensky, 2nd European Department, MFA: agenda for MT talks with Gorbachev; inter-governmental agreements; hotline improvement; bilateral talks] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 17 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Edwards PS minute to Lawson PS (Welsh economy) [background briefing] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 034 to FCO (1015Z) ("Afghan Party Leaders: Statement on Ceasefire") [analysis] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 87 Jan 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Stephen Sherbourne minute (agenda for MT-Tebbit meeting) [One Nation Forum, Ulster Unionists, Absent Voting Forms, Campaign Guide] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: No.10 record of conversation (Diary meeting) [Sainsbury reception, Beckett dinner, Variety Club invitation, Carlton Club Political Commitee, new cheese factory, etc] [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, Channon's position, the weather, domestic politics) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) ​​​​​​​Conservative Party: Strategy Group minutes (MT, Howe, Hurd, Lawson, Tebbit, Whitelaw, Wakeham) [Lawson's Policy Group report, City issues] [released Oct 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 066 to FCO (1445Z) ("Mr Renton's Visit to Moscow, 13-16 January") [summary; record of conversations with Shevardnadze, Dobrynin & others; agenda & programme for MT visit] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (latest economic figures, domestic politics, law and order, Channon's position) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [Guinness; the markets; Economic Cabinet; public spending] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: No.10 letter to Ridley PS ("Take up of central government programmes in inner cities") [MT request for list of inner city authorities refusing to take up their entitlement to resources being made available to them] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 44 to FCO (1545Z) ("FRG Economy: Interest Rates") [mounting domestic pressure for rate cuts] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Cabinet Office note to No.10 (Moscow-Washington Hotline Upgrade) [note on the 1986 upgrade] [released July 2016]
Text 87 Jan 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (NSA) Iran-Iraq War: NSC email thread (US reaction to Iranian military gains) [declassified 1994 or 1995]
PDF 87 Jan 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, domestic politics, diplomatic immunity) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("The Community Charge: Arrangements for Married and Unmarried Couples") [opposed to extending joint and several liability] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [proposal for reduced rate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to MT (BBC licence fee) [sponsorship as an alternative form of advertising] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") [request from Chief Rabbi to meet with MT in order to discuss how she will deal with question of Soviet Jewry; Govt policy on AIDS] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (FCO) Cold War: UK Embassy in Warsaw to FCO (1986 Annual Report on Poland) [declassified 2007]
PDF 87 Jan 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, domestic politics, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 2nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Community Affairs, Unauthorised Disclosure of Classified Information) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Treasury Solicitor letter to Mark Addison ("TV Licences") [TV sets in Downing Street and parliament] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 44 to FCO ("FRG Election Campaign") [coalition set to win, campaign lacklustre] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Spy satellite row, domestic political developments, the City) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Weekend press summary for MT (New Statesman row, anniversary of Wapping dispute) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Redwood memorandum for MT ("Privatisation of the Coal and Electricity industries") [British coal; electricity; the politics of it] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Paul Gray ("Government Motion for Autumn Statement Debate, 14 January") [wording of motion] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to Elena Fridman (Soviet persecution of Jews: the Ida Nudel case) ["I shall be speaking forcefully about this issue when I go to Moscow"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 136 to FCO (0355Z) ("Afghanistan") ["Briefing from Armacost on his visit to Islamabad, and the current US view"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 87 Jan 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Wapping violence, the City, engineers' strike) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(87) 1 (Accountability of Ministers and Civil Servants) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe minute for MT ("Falklands Fisheries: Argentine Proposals") [declassified 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 26 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 54 to FCO (1520Z) ("Federal German Elections, 25 January") [coalition negotiations "likely to be tricky"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Programme") [trade-related engagements] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow") [briefing for NATO] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Wapping violence, the City, Sizewell) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Agriculture: Norgrove briefing for MT (bilateral with Michael Jopling) ["has asked for half an hour with you to explain his concerns about the rural economy"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: George Walden minute to Howe ("US/Soviet Relations: Congressional Opinion") [report on "second in the series of teach-ins for US Congressmen... sponsored by the Aspen Institute" & on private dinner with Kissinger] [released July 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Zircon/Duncan Campbell affair) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Health: Wicks minute for MT ("Meeting with Mr Fowler") ["Our task over the next few years should be to create a constituency for radical change without frightening off the public"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Agriculture: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Michael Jopling) [Jopling seeks 13 percent devaluation of green pound; MT opposed] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 (reform of the Soviet political economy) [Rodric Braithwaite report on visit to Moscow: "discussions... [that would] have been impossible even six months ago"; MT: "Fascinating - but more talk than action"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 28 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Imperial War Museum exchange of tanks with the Soviet Central Armed Forces Museum) [request for advice on proposal to coincide with MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 109 to FCO (1600Z) ("Central Committee Plenum: Comment on Gorbachev's Speech") ["frank and hard-hitting... may be preparing the ground for more radical policies"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Terry Waite, the City, social trends review, inner city policing) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets & G5; Economic Cabinet] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Health: No.10 conversation record (MT, Fowler, Newton, Roy Griffiths, Brian Griffiths) [current issues of NHS policy - Presentation, Waiting Lists, RAWP, Resources, Capital, Cancer Screening, Syringes for Diabetics, NHS Management Accounts] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Health: No.10 conversation record (MT, Fowler, Newton, Roy Griffiths, Brian Griffiths) [longer-term NHS policy] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT (Housing policy and the future role of local authorities) [Ridley papers: cover note only; "I suggest a meeting with Mr. Ridley and the Chancellor"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Local authority credit standing") ["a line to take on the Audit Commission's report on London Boroughs, so as to make it clear that the Government does not stand behind their debts"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(87) 3rd (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Accountability of Ministers and Civil Servants) [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Tebbit minute for Howe ("Falklands Fisheries: Argentine Proposals") [declassified 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: FCO minute to No.10 (MT's draft reply to President Kyprianou) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 116 to FCO (1300Z) ("Central Committee Plenum") [summary & analysis] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Media: Press Digest for MT (Milne sacking, Alliance relaunch) [released 2017]
PDF 87 Jan 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Dinner with the Chancellor") [advice on managing inflation in run-up to Election, and on Lawson's Budget tax cut proposals] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Community Charge: Help for those on Low Incomes") [discussions on rebating] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 87 Jan 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Annual Review, 1986") [declassified 2016]

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