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PDF 85 Oct 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: CHOGM draft communiqué (declaration on world order; declaration on South Africa; Benjamin Moloise execution) [“we resolve to redouble our support for the struggle to hasten the end of the abomination of apartheid”] [declassified Dec 2016]
Text 85 Oct 19 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 19 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Charles Powell minute to MT (“South Africa”) [draft text expected, recomended changes] [declassified Dec 2016]
Text 85 Oct 20 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 20 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President of Maldives) [requests for fishing rights, equipment needed for new hospital] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 20 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Wicks minute (“Your Time”) [“suggests a framework within which you might wish to allocate your time”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 20 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute (“Additional Measures”) [trade, economic relationships with South Africa] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 20 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“Press conference this evening”) [“Your main problem will be to kill the charge that you have had to give a lot in order to get an agerement”] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 20 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Note on sanctions against South Africa (“Commonwealth Declaration of Opposition to Apartheid”) [comparison of US, British and Canadian actions] [declassified Dec 2016]
Text 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: No.10 minute to MT ("Conservation Lunch on 25 November") [key issues/priorities; attendees] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1730Z) ("Briefing on President's Participation in UNGA [UN General Assembly]") (NSC 0124) [discussion of upcoming bilateral with MT; President noted "the Thatcher Government has been a true friend and currently faces major economic problems ... anything we can do would be helpful"; unitary taxation] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) USSR: UKMIS Geneva telegram 428 to FCO (1058Z) ("US/Soviet Summit: Joint Statement") ["They agreed about the need to improve U.S.-Soviet relations and the international situation as a whole"] [released 2017]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (South African DFA) South Africa: MT to President P.W. Botha (outcome of Nassau Commonwealth Meeting) [declassified ?2005]
Text 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) South Africa: NSC memorandum for McFarlane (“Public Diplomacy Program for South Africa”) [declassified 1999]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) City: Brittan letter to Lawson (“Takeover Panel”) [reserve powers would undermine existing panel] [released 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Flesher minute for Wicks (proposed Hurd statement) [Tottenham riots] [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Flesher minute for Wicks (proposed Hurd statement) [Tottenham riots] [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Younger letter to Keith Joseph (“Review of Student Support”) [“decision that we took collectively in July not to proceed with the loans option has removed from the paper the principal alternative to the present system”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Younger PS letter to No.10 (“Teachers’ dispute”) [draft statement to Parliament] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph PS letter to No.10 (“Teachers’ dispute in England and Wales”) [Younger statement to Parliament] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (“Midday Supervision”) [possible specific grant power] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Tebbit letter to Keith Joseph (“Teachers Pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Younger letter to Nick Ridley (“Economic regulation of airports”) [“your proposed solution risks causing uncertainty among potential investors in relation to the BAA prospectus”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to Heseltine (“Pay Assumption and Running Cost Limits”) [“I could not justify presenting your Department’s estimates to Parliament in a format that differed from others”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome letter to FCO ("The Achille Lauro Affair") [Craxi's statements to Italian cabinet & parliament] [declassified 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (“CHOGM: Heads of Government Retreat at Lyford Cay”) [MT “considerably disillusioned by the double standards applied by a number of the Commonwealth countries”] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sri Lanka: No.10 record of conversation (MT-President Jayewardene) [Tamil situation, need for military equipment from the UK] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“CHOGM: Final Session: Briefing Meeting”) [arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: UKHC Nassau minute to No10 (“Tree Planting Ceremony at Roywest Trust Corporation”) [MT invited by RoyWest Trust Corporation] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: CHOGM draft communique (“South Africa. The Commonwealth Accord”) [“apartheid must be dismantled now if a greater tragedy is to be averted”] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: CHOGM Secretary minute (draft communique) [disarmament, small states, Southern Africa] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKDEL Nassau telegram to UKE Pretoria (MT message to President Botha) [outcome of Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: FCO telegram 72 to UKMIS New York (1930Z) (“Cyprus”) [UK account on Secretary General’s initiative] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe to UKDEL Nassau (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with President Reagan”) [subjects for discussion] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe to UKDEL Nassau (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with President Reagan: Arms Control Aspects”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Moscow to FCO (“Marshal Akhromeev on Soviet Arms Control Proposals”) [Soviet stance on SDI and the ABM Treaty] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe to UKDEL Nassau (“Prime Minister’s Visit to New York: Meeting with Secretary-General”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe to UKDEL Nassau (“Prime Minister’s Lunch with Businessmen in New York”) [British objectives] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO telegram to UKDEL Nassau (“South Africa: Commonwealth Accord”) [lines to take on Namibia and S. Africa for Lords and Commons debates] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Riyadh telegram U/N to MoD (1230Z) ("Observer Story on Tornado") [message from King Fahd] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Arms Control: Latest Soviet Proposals") [German views on latest Soviet INF proposals & how to handle] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz briefing for Reagan ("Your meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher") [British worries, US goals; talking points] [declassified 2007]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 24 (The Queen’s Speeches on the Prorogration of Parliament and the Opening of the New Session) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Ian MacGregor letter to MT (intimidation) [NCB’s efforts to tackle intimidation, problems with return to work] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Baroness Young letter to Hurd (“European Convention on Human Rights: renewal of optional Clauses 25 and 46 (Right of Individual Petition and Compulsory Jurisdiction of the Court)”) [reply on behalf of Howe] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“CHOGM: Parliamentary Statement”) [MT expected to have to give a statement, which should deal principally with discussions on South Africa] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (“Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: South Africa: Group of Eminent Persons”) [nomination of group members] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Charles Powell telegram to UKE Pretoria (South African reactions to Commonwealth accord) [a rebuff by Both would be damaging to MT’s position and all she has worked for] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKDEL Nassau telegram to UKEs (“South Africa: The Commonwealth Accord”) [a major achievement, call for end to violence a considerable step forward] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO telegram to UKDEL Nassau (“South African reactions to the Commonwealth Accord”) [Botha “particularly critical of the six month time limit for concrete progress towards reform”] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: CHOGM statement (“The Nassau Communique”) [commitments and resolutions] [declassified Dec 2016]
Text 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (regional conflicts) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (CHOGM:position of South African government) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe to UKDEL Nassau (“President Reagan’s Address to UNGA 24 October”) [US-Soviet relations, regional conficts] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 4 to FCO (1345Z) (“MBFR”) [UK proposals on arms control] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO telegram 521 to UKMIS New York (2100Z) (President Botha letter to MT) [sanctions and international aid] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKDEL Nassau telegram to UKHC Canberra (“Southern Africa: The Commonwealth Accord”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Nigel Wicks ("Afghanistan Talks with Reagan") [Soviet involvement in drug trade] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO telegram 531 to UKMIS New York (1505Z) ("Arms Control: Latest Soviet Proposals") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Officer letter to Keith Joseph (tax relief for donations to educational institutions) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Brittan letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (tax relief for donations to educational institutions) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Baker letter to Hurd (“European Convention on Human Rights- renewal of optional Clauses 25 and 46 (Right of Individual Petition and Compulsory Jurisdiction of the Court)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [cover note only: McFarlane said US working on arms control counterproposal] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT briefing cards (meeting with Reagan) [Achille Lauro, Gorbachev/arms control, UN speech, South Africa, SDI, Middle East, MSE, MBFR, Ireland, trade] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: McFarlane message to No.10 (MT-Reagan meeting) [two new agenda items] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: White House record of conversation (MT, Reagan, Shultz, Regan, McFarlane, Ridgway) [arms control, SDI; Achille Lauro; South Africa; PLO] [declassified Jan 2010]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with the UN Secretary General: Southern Africa”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with the UN Secretary General: Cyprus”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with the UN Secretary General: Middle East”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with the UN Secretary General: UN High Commissioner for Refugees”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel at the UN Plaza Hotel, New York”) [Peres’s proposals to the UN] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO telegram 529 to UKMIS New York (1440Z) (“British Participation in SDI Research: Mr. Weinberger’s letter”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Nyerere of Tanzania letter to MT (Inkatha’s commitment to non-violent reform) [condemns ANC and international media reporting] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation ("MSE") [Charles Powell, Robert McFarlane] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Policy Unit minute to No.10 ("Emley Moor Colliery") [comment on NCB response to request to sell pit to miners] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Patrick Jenkin request for advice regarding offer of part-time consultancy with Arthur Andersen and Co) [sensitivities owing to ongoing Government court case against the firm over failure of DeLorean Motor Cars Ltd] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: George Younger minute to MT ("Local Authority Expenditure: Scotland: Aggregate Exchequer Grant 1986-87") [rating burden, penalties] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to Kenneth Baker ("MISC 120: DoE Programmes") [housing problems, water] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ridley letter to Kenneth Baker ("Channel Fixed Link: Consultation") [proposed measures; handling of calls for public inquiry] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT (“CAP Reform: consequences of price restraint for British agriculture”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKMIS New York telegram 935 to FCO (2320Z) (“President Reagan’s meeting with allied leaders”) [arms control negotiations at Geneva] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Younger minute to MT (“Legal Aid in Scotland”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Governor of the Bank of England minute to MT (“Banking Supervision”) [the proposal for a banking commission] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [Italian political situation, US-Soviet Summit, Achille Lauro] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Agriculture: George Younger minute to MT (“Emergency Aid for Farmers”) [situation in Scotland, relief package, European Commission assistance] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Home Office letter to No.10 ("Police and Criminal Evidence Act") [police anxieties about the Act] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Soviet National Day Reception") [ministerial representation should be consistent wtih desire to conduct businesslike dialogue with Soviets] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("European Community: InterGovernmental Conference") [meeting with Michael Butler: key issues; negotiating tactics] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: King minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Talks - Meeting with Mr Molyneaux and Mr Paisley") [brief for meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [handling of meeting with Howe and Hurd] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO letter to MOD ("Alleged Soviet Violations of the ABM Treaty") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: UKE Hungary telegram to FCO ("My Call on Janos Kadar") [UK ambassador conversation preceding General Secretary János Kádár's visit to UK] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: UKE Hungary telegram to FCO ("Kadar's visit to London: scene-setter") [General Secretary János Kádár "...thinks that he has secured Gorbachev's approval for further reform... But he also needs the help of the West"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: No.10 briefing for MT ("Kádár's Hungary: or 29 Years is a Long Time in Politics") [General Secretary János Kádár visit to UK: biographical note] [declassified Dec 2014]

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