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PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: MT letter to Pauline Linton of Miners' Wives Back to Work Campaign (miners' strike: NCB-NUM talks) [MT addressing Linton's concerns: 'there can be no fudging of the central issue, and no betrayal of the working miners'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: MT letter to Francis Noel-Baker (UN talks) [“We continue to support the UN Secretary General’s efforts”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute (“Week Ahead” & Press Digest) [coal strike: colliery closures, return to work] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: Robin Nicholson briefing for MT (“Meeting with Sir Douglas Hague - 5 February”) [new and existing Research Councils] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (“Urban Policy and Programme Review”) [“on balance publication would not be the right course”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to Fowler PS (“Newcastle shift workers’ dispute”) [“welcomes Mr. Fowler’s intention to discuss the lessons to be learned”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker letter to Whitelaw (“Legislative Programme 1985/86”) [future of UK Atomic Energy Authority] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Cabinet Office record of conversation (meeting to discuss presentation of government economic & social policy) [progress report on initiative to date] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute (“Economic & Social Policy Presentation: Ministerial Meeting, Feb 5, 1985”) [pay bargaining & education expenditure] [released 2015]
Text 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO letter to Powell (resignation of member of Hong Kong Executive and Legislative Councils) ["perhaps unprecedented" for a resignation before expiry of term of office] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Lord Young's Mission to China") ["suggest that we.... reaffirm our interest in military as well as civil sales"; MT agrees] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Rees minute to MT ("Cover for Arms Sales") [latest Quarterly Report on Defence Sales: identifying "export credit cover beyond what... [is] prudent in the light of ECGD's deteriorating finances"] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Robin Butler minute to Charles Powell ("Sale of Ptarmigan to the United States") [Lord Weinstock noting that media creating false impression of "a struggle between a wholly British and a wholly French system"] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels 409 telegram to FCO (2005Z) ("Ad Hoc Committee for a People's Europe, 4/5 February") [report on proceedings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: Armstrong minute to MT (Life Sciences Conference to be hosted by France) [British nominees to attend] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Patrick Jenkin letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Competition in the Provision of Local Authority Services") [draft consultation paper] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Department of Energy ("Sleipner") [supports Walker in rejecting gas deal with Norway; rejects recommendation that BGC opens negotiations with potential gas suppliers immediately] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Report on the Review of Social Security") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("MISC 111") [Report on the Review of Social Security: structural reforms; new rates of benefit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: No.10 record of conversation (“Research Council Appointments”) [“concern about the apparent shortage of people with the requisite skills, attitudes and time to serve on the Councils”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("Widdicombe Inquiry into Local Government Practices and Procedures") [agreement on terms of proposed inquiry] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Jenkin PS minute to David Barclay ("Abolition of the GLC: Future Use of County Hall") [any new owner would want to carry out extensive work] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bosphorus Bridge") ["Michael Fallon, MP, and Richard Hickmet, MP... to press the case for credit cover and ATP help for Cleveland Bridge to win the contract... They are up against heavily subsidised Japanese competition"; DTI & Treasury at odds: key points] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Michael Fallon MP, Richard Hickmet MP) ["Second Bosphorus Bridge": credit cover and ATP help for Cleveland Bridge to win the contract] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT letter to ‘Tip’ O'Neill (invitation to address the Joint Meeting of US Congress) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 385 to FCO (0348Z) (“Prime Minister’s visit: Christian A Herter Award”) declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Competition Policy - E(CP) Meeting, 7 February 1985”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 5 February 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Henry Steel letter to Butler (“NUM: Sequestrators”) [update on proceedings in Dublin; concern about disclosure of HMG and Security Service meeting with representative of sequestrators] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute (Liaison committee) [upcoming events] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Douglas Hague, Robin Nicholson) [“Research Council Appointments”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Council of Europe: Ministerial Conference on Human Rights”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin letter to Rees (Liverpool City Council capital expenditure) [proposed warning letter] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Robin Nicholson minute to MT (“The Switch to Engineering and Technology”) [“it is essential that the private sector make a full contribution in cash and in kind”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Cabinet Office minute to Joseph (“The Switch to Engineering and Technology”) [possibility of “redeploying resources freed from reductions in arts provision outside the universities”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: Letwin minute to MT (“The Switch to Engineering and Technology”) [“if money is to be spent it should go first to the schools whilst better concrete evidence is accumulated for making any major switch in universities”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Geoffrey Pattie minute to MT (“ESA Ministerial Conference: Rome 30-31 January 1985”) [the European space policy] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 109 to FCO (1700Z) ("Barre: Request for Call on Prime Minister") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT ("Burdens on Business: The Compliance Costs Scrutiny") [advice on response to recommendations of report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 175 to FCO (0540Z) ("Indo-British Relations") [acting FM could use his influence against Westlands-Chauhan linkage] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (Army Medal Office: waiting period for campaign medals) [defence of MoD handling & draft reply to Robert Maxwell, revised at MT's request] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Rees letter to Adam Butler ("Inertial Navigation System for Harrier GR5") [outline of reasons for choosing Ferranti over Litton] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Teachers' Pay (England and Wales)") [Burnham Primary & Secondary Committee and Further Education Committee negotiations: maximum Government offers] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Dates of EC Councils of Ministers") [scheduling] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [Tebbit discussions on EC matters with Cockfield; upcoming meetings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Contracting-out in Local Government") [MT concurs with advice to endorse Jenkin proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Clark PS letter to No.10 (report on meeting between Alan Clark and members of Conservative One Nation Group) [discussion of 'Jobs Ahead' pamphlet] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 158 to FCO (1345Z) ("Soviet Leadership") [latest indications regarding Chernenko's health & Gorbachev's possible succession] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe minute for Tebbit ("Transfer of Carbon-Carbon Technology to USSR") [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Transfer of Carbon-Carbon Technology to USSR") [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for January 1985") ["...figures for the French economy published in January were encouraging for the Government."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Whither the Federal Republic?") [Bullard letter and MT concerns about "...implications of greater German consciousness of being German..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Vice-President of Nicaragua") [Contadora Process & relations with the US; UK concerns about Sandinista methods of government, policies & the electoral process] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Sergio Ramirez) ["Call on the Prime Minister by Vice-President Ramirez of Nicaragua": record of Howe conversation supplied as briefing] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 6 February 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Armstrong minute to MT (“Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Jack Peel letter to MT (comments on the miners' strike and Scargill's position) ['busy organising his own survival'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Budd letter to Charles Powell (“Change of Premier in Ontario”) [proposed message to outgoing Premier] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: No.10 letter to Howe APS (“Cyprus”) [“Kyprianou is pressing for a further meeting with the Prime Minister”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin note to MT (“Liverpool current developments”) [“a series of insensitive or provocative acts is giving the Council very bad publicity”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Joseph minute to Jenkin (“Liverpool: Capital Expenditure”) [“The course of action you propose may not lead to the issue of a direction, or not yet”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Letwin minute to MT (“Liverpool and PWLB”) [“we do not want to give Liverpool an excuse for claiming that the Government has precipitated a financial crisis”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: No.10 briefing (“Liverpool City Council: Possible S.78 Direction”) [“The immediate question is whether or not to make formal inquiries about the Council’s position”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: No.10 minute to Department of Education (“The Switch to Engineering and Technology”) [“there was clear agreement that measures to increase the supply of engineering and technology graduates were both vital and urgent”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to Treasury (“Exchange Rate Policy”) [Walters’s chapter on Monetary Targets and EMS from his book] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Hugh Thomas minute to MT (breakfast with Henry Kissinger: SDI, arms control) [Kissinger: SDI "the only way out of our nuclear dilemma"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO draft minute for No.10 ("Visit of the Italian Prime Minister: European Community Issues") [briefing for 14 Feb bilateral meeting in London] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 182 to FCO (0715Z) ("Indo-British Relations and Westlands Contract") [Indians still declining to talk to Westlands] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT letter to Seigen Tanaka (thanks for tea service & letter) [“Like you, I hope very much that the Joint Declaration will serve as an example and a precedent for the peaceful resolution of differences"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: President Reagan letter to MT (Environmental Policy; Arms Negotiations) [congratulations on recent achievements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office letter to FCO ("Dooge Committee: Netherlands Views on the Luxembourg Compromise") [clarification of 26 January MT, Lubbers memcon] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Walker minute to MT ("Sleipner") [handling of decision not to pursue gas import deal with Norway; next steps] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Peter Rees letter to Peter Walker ("Petroleum Bill") [financial aspects of abandonment] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Howe PS letter to Charles Powell ("China: Visit by Premier Zhao Ziyang") [likely dates, possible programme] [released 2017]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Transfer of Carbon-Carbon Technology to the USSR: Meeting of Ministers - 8 February at 9:45 am") [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MOD minute to Department of Trade and Industry ("Transfer of Carbon-Carbon Technology to the Soviet Union") [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Tebbit minute for Heseltine ("Transfer of Carbon-Carbon Technology to the Soviet Union") [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howe minute for MT ("Falkland Islands: Mount Pleasant Airfield: Opening Ceremony") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robin Butler minute to MT (meeting with Lawson) [Lawson becoming worried about public spending prospects] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 5th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, coal strike) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 414 to FCO (0446Z) (“Prime Minister’s visit to Washington: economic briefing”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 minute to MT (meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer) [public expenditure] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: John Hoskyns letter for MT (articles on Government policy to be published in The Times ) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Thursday 7 February 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Power Station Endurance”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Coal Industry Bill”) [timing of Bill introduction] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: AP News Wire (“Kinnock supports negotiated settlement”) [miners' strike: '[negotiation] the only basis by which a settlement could be made to stick'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 91 to FCO (2318Z) (“Cyprus”) [“only chance, however slim, of getting settlement”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Tebbit minute for MT (questions role of Whitelaw-Ingham group) [“I find myself concerned at the blurring of lines between Parliamentary and Governmental activities”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: DTI minute to Flesher (draft letter to Kilroy-Silk on Knowsley unemployment) [DTI negotiations with BICC management over Prescot site] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: DTI minute to Flesher (draft letter to Kilroy-Silk on Knowsley unemployment) [DTI negotiations with BICC management over Prescot site] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: MT letter to Robert Kilroy-Silk MP (Knowsley unemployment) [“you will see that the contribution made by the various central Government support schemes is not insignificant”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: MT letter to Kilroy-Silk (Knowsley unemployment) [“you will see that the contribution made by the various central Government support schemes is not insignificant”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: No.10 minute to Jenkin PS (“Urban Policy and Programme Review”) [publication of the review report] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: No.10 minute to Department of Energy (“The Switch to Engineering and Technology in the universities”) [would the Secretary of State offer £1m a year toward the scheme?] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Economy: Reagan letter to Thatcher (environment - London G7 follow-up) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (NSA) Nicaragua: Howe telegram to Embassies (meeting with Nicaraguan Vice-President) [declassified c.1987][144K scanned image]

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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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