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PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Chief Scientific Adviser minute to MT (“E(NI) Review of UK Atomic Energy Authority”) [favours privatisation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Review”) [“AEA should become primarily a contract Research & Development… organisation operating through a Trading Fund”] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Brighton Bomb: Reagan letter to Thatcher (message of sympathy) [“We must work together to thwart this scourge”] [declassified 2000]
Text 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Brighton Bomb: McFarlane minute for Reagan (suggested call to MT) [“nice gesture to complement your personal message”] [declassified 2000]
PDF 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO minute to No.10 (“Anglo-Italian Summit 18-19 October: Participation by Officials”) [declassified 2014]
Audio 84 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Brighton Bomb: Reagan phone call to MT (sympathy and support) [audio] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Oct 13 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 13 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: John Coles letter to MT (admiration) [“your courage, calm and nobility in the aftermath”] [released 2014]
Text 84 Oct 14 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 14 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: UKE Dublin telegram 553 to FCO (1730Z) ("Brighton Bombing") [press report that the bombing was IRA's second attempt on MT's life] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 14 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Peter Thorneycroft (thoughts at church) ["this is the day I was not meant to see"] [released 2014]
Text 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Lord Gowrie minute to MT (Implementation of Improvements in the Financial Management of Advisory and Other Public Bodies) [asks MT to issue minute to Ministers to emphasise her personal backing] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Lord Gowrie minute to MT (Review of the Financial Management of Advisory and Other Public Bodies) [progress & next steps] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: UKE Peking telegram 2596 to FCO (0847Z) ("Future of Hong Kong: Signature of the Agreement") [Zhou informed of MT's wish to sign Agreement in Peking] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: MT letter to US Ambassador Price (Hong Kong Agreement) [thanks for congratulations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Security Risks in Certain Civil Service Grades") [MT gives approval "for the procedure to be adopted for dealing with a civil servant who becomes a security risk while employed in a grade for all of whose members normal vetting security clearance is essential"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sri Lanka: MT message to President Jayewardene (1400Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Sri Lanka") [MT unable to commit to attending inauguration of Victoria Dam] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Department of Trade & Industry ("British Shipbuilders: Disposal of Brooke Marine") [MT agrees 'that the Omani Government should be allowed to acquire a minority stake in Brooke Marine'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Treasury Minute Replying to the 19th to 23rd and 26th to 36th Reports of the Public Accounts Committee 1983-84") [publication of Government response; background note] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: UKHC New Delhi letter to No.10 ("Bomb Attack at Brighton") [press coverage in India] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 3079 to FCO (2310Z) ("Afghan Air Attacks on Pakistan") [US position] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: Gaisman note to MT (cancelled hair appointment) [“will send a good tip”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: MT note to Sir Alistair Graesser (thanks) [chairmanship helped “make what was a day of particular stress much easier for all of us”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: MT note to Pamela Hunter (thanks) [“you had a far more unusual and greater crisis to respond to … and you rose superbly to the occasion”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: MT letter to Paul Boswell (Grand Hotel) (gratitude to staff) [“the more enduring impression will be that of the marvellous human qualities dislpayed at the moment of crisis”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: MT letter to Sir Russell Sanderson (grateful for role played) [that conference continued is “further testimony to the high morale of the National Union”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Berne ("Relations with Argentina") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe minute for Governor of the Falklands ("Falklands: New Hospital") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to Whitelaw PS ("MISC 106: R&D Expenditure by Departments") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Michael Jopling minute to Peter Rees ("Report on Agricultural Development and Advisory Services") [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Ministerial Group on Public Expenditure (MISC 106) Foreign and Commonwealth Office Programmes") [unable to reach agreement with Howe] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Channon minute to MT ("ECGD cover: Turkey and Pakistan") ["I would hope that we could review the whole position of cover in cases like this at the OD meeting on 22 October so that we do not lose other good potential business"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Cockfield) ["EC: new Commission": portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Delors, Pascal Lamy) ["President-Designate of the [EC] Commission": internal market; Dooge Committee; allocation of Commissioner portfolios; Budget/agricultural spending; EMS/European currency; Third World aid] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Sir Henry Plumb (European Community: UK 1983 refunds) ["my warm thanks and appreciation for all your efforts"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Grierson) ["European Community Industrial Policy"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Net Payments to European Community Institutions") ["We have not hitherto disclosed figures showing the effects of the European Council agreement"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("A People's Europe") ["enclosed note on a proposed UK initiative on frontier facilitation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Shridath Ramphal (thanks for message) [Ramphal conveys Commonwealth outrage, sympathy] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Stuart Young (thanks for message) [“I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your kind words”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: Sherbourne letter to MT (conference speech) [“you spoke for the nation”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to William Thorne (thanks for looking after her hair) ["that it lasted so well through Friday was the real test"] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: Charles Powell note for Duty Clerk ("Brighton Bomb Attack") [list of messages from world leaders, and replies] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Neil Kinnock (thanks for his message) [“I share your determination that the perpetrators of this wanton act of violence shall not succeed in undermining our democracy”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Gordon Wilson (thanks for his message) [“I know that you will share my determination that the perpetrators of this wanton act of violence shall not be allowed to succeed in their aims”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to David Owen (thanks for his message) [“you have voiced the concern of the whole country for the victims of this wanton act of violence ... the perpetrators of such acts shall not succeed in undermining our democracy”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to James Molyneaux (thanks for his message) [“all attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism in this country will fail”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Ian Paisley (thanks for his message) [“I have made quite clear our determination that all attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letters to Catholic prelates (Hume, Gray, Worlock, Murphy-O’Connor) [thanks; prayers] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letters to Anglican prelates (Archbishops Runcie (Canterbury), Habgood (York), Bishops Leonard (London), Sheppard (Liverpool), Walker (Ely), Wood (Norwich)) [thanks; prayers] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Archbishop of Canterbury (thanks for message) [“The victims of this terrible act are and will remain in all our thoughts and prayers”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute (“Week Ahead” & Press Digest for MT) [Brighton Bomb] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Lord Sieff (thanks for message & flowers) [“The Marks & Spencers manager at Brighton was marvellous”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to David Steel (thanks for his message) [“I share your determination that the perpetrators of this wanton act of brutality shall not be allowed to succeed in their aim of undermining our democracy”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Monday 15 October 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Endurance") [miners' strike: report on power station endurance] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: HMT letter to Department of Energy ("PSBR Costs of the Coal Strike") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull note to MT (enforcement of fine imposed upon Scargill) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walker, MT-King, MT-MacGregor) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull note to Butler ('little action' by the Security Service) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD): UK Policy Towards the US Strategic Initiative") [response to MOD/FCO paper on SDI: "The Prime Minister's general view is that the case against [SDI] is not so open and shut as suggested"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Howe minute to MT ("Northern Ireland") [Howe content with proposed speaking notes for secret talks with Irish Government] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [MT content for exploratory talks to continue, but stresses need to avoid impression "of being bombed into making concessions to the Republic"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO to UKE Moscow ("Soviet Ambassador's Call 15 October: UK/Soviet Relations") [Soviet Ambassador to UK meets with Howe] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: Bill Deedes letter to Michael Alison (MT reaction) [“your boss is going to suffer - is already suffering - delayed shock over Friday”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Foreign Secretary PS minute to Northern Ireland Secretary PS (“Dominic McGlinchey”) [impact of an acquittal] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Armstrong (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [events in Brighton have confirmed to MT “that we must go very slow on these talks and must at all costs avoid the impression of being bombed into making concessions to the Republic”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Rees minute to MT (“Future of the Liverpool Garden Festival Site”) [“The extra cost of the MDC retaining some of the existing gardens and opening them to the public next year will be £2 million”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (detention orders against men in the British Consulate, political situation in South Africa) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (South Africa-UK relations: men in the British Consulate in Durban) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Prime Minister's Luncheon at the BBC, Wednesday, 17 October: BBC External Services") [background, review, transmission] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Tom King letter to Jenkin (introducing the Youth Training Scheme in the Civil Service) ["lack of progress... [MT's] "disappointment with the negative response of the trade unions"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Mrs Jeane Kirkpatrick: 18/19 October") [MT advised that meeting is unnecessary] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 3096 to FCO (2230Z) ("Presidential Campaign") [Vice-Presidential Debate; first Presidential Debate] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Madrid telegram 509 to FCO (1800Z) ("Spain/EC") [record of PM González's meeting with EC ambassadors to convey his concerns about lack of progress in negotiations] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Prime Minister González Márquez message to MT (1800Z) (Accession of Spain to the EC) [concerns about lack of progress in negotiations] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Lord President draft statement to the House of Lords ("Bomb at the Grand Hotel, Brighton") [drafts; Hansard; progress of the investigation] [this copy released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: Robin Butler note to MT (visit to Royal Sussex hospital) [arrive Saturday by RAF helicopter] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: Spanish PM González telegram to MT (accession of Spain and Portugal) [“progress of the negotiating process can only be regarded with anxiety”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Press Summary") [the Nobel prize for medicine awarded to Dr Cezar Milstein; new central market; Beagle and Falklands disputes] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Andrew Turnbull (economic assumptions for public spending 1985-86 - 1987-88) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Hurd PS minute to Rees PS (Northern Ireland block) [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Treasury minute to Rees PS ("MISC106: Gas and Electricity") [target for nationalised industries] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Consultancy, Inspection and Review (CIR) Services") ["value for money... whether staff inspection staff (560) should retain their independence to advise top managements and the Treasure, as Treasury would prefer, or whether they should advise line managers, as Robin Ibbs proposes"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.11 record of conversation (Lawson, Delors, Pascal Lamy) [EC: international finance; Budget; agricultural prices; development of internal market; Commissioner portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Delors, Rifkind, Pascal Lamy & officials) [improving the working of the EC institutions; internal market; Budget discipline; information policy; agriculture; research & development; relations with US] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("European Community: Standards and Industrial Collaboration") [possible UK initiatives: updated on work by officials] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Chief Rabbi Jakobovits (thanks for message) [messages and prayers from all sections of the community “a source of great support over these last few days”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Lord Home (thanks for message & flowers) [“overwhelming revulsion expressed by the British people for this wanton act of violence”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Michael Foot (thanks for his message) [“It is as well we cannot foretell the future - we could not endure the knowledge”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Gregor Mackenzie (thanks for his message) [“I am grateful for your prayers and your kind words which I value more than I can say”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Moss Evans (thanks for his message) [“Your letter was typical of so many I received in its concern for the victims of this wanton act of violence and in its determination that those responsible shall never be allowed to prevail”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Roy Mason (thanks for his message) [“You will have seen the same thing happen time & again in Northern Ireland”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Willetts minute to MT (“Financial Services”) [summary of plan due to be announced tomorrow] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 16 October 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull note to Butler (need to expose Kinnock's "ignorance" on issues behind strike) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker letter to Conservative Party backbenchers (coal dispute situation report) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Oct 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker letter to MacGregor (need to make facts of NCB's 'incredibly generous offer' public) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]

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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