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PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) New Zealand: No.10 record of conversation (MT-NZ Leader of the Opposition McLay) [position on visits by nuclear ships - would return NZ to ANZUS once in power] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Robert Conquest") [note of Conquest's recent publications] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Channon minute for Younger ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2435 to FCO (2334Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze Talks") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKMIS New York telegram 894 to FCO (2355Z) ("Shevardnadze's Speech 23 September") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Lord Shackleton letter for MT (the Antarctic: British role, research & environment) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“Visit to the Conference Centre”) [European Council: London mmeeting] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Department of Education and Science news release (“‘No University Will Close’ - Kenneth Baker”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKMIS New York telegram 890 to FCO (1620Z) (“President Reagan’s briefing of NATO ministers”) [discussions with Soviets on Daniloff and arms control] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“Range pay”) [MT supportive] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (party conferences, arms talks, drugs) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Fourth Report on Westland plc”) [Government draft response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Younger minute to MT (“Westland plc”) [prospects] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute ("MISC 128 (Broadcasting Policy)") [licence fee, radio Green Paper] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Prime Minister Chirac letter to MT (recent terrorist incidents in France) [thanks for expressions of sympathy and solidarity] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Terrorism in France") ["public anxiety continues. Coherence of French Middle East policy questioned"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French exchange controls: announcement delayed") ["likelihood of freedom for individual savers... substantially diminished..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: No. 10 minute to MT (“Next Managing Director of the IMF”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: Jacques Chirac letter to MT (Managing Director at IMF) [successor to Larosière] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: MT letter to Jacques de Larosière (resignation from IMF) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: No. 10 minute to MT (“Next Managing Director of the IMF”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Attorney General letter to Douglas Hurd (“Roskill”) [action against fraud] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office minute for MT (“City Technological Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Home Secretary minute for MT (“City Technological Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“City Technological Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Rifkind letter to MT (“Teachers’ pay and conditions: Committee of Inquiry Report”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKMIS New York telegram 908 to FCO (1640Z) (“Secretary of State’s bilateral with Shevardnadze, 23 September”) [“A businessmanlike discussion which covered a lot of ground in one hour”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Wyatt notes (conference speech) [“The ultimate aim of socialism is to take choice away from ordinary people”] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Liberals/Alliance issues on defence, Labour and NATO, football) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft government reply - MT determined not to resign] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Kenneth Clarke letter to John MacGregor (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young letter to John MacGregor (‘back to work’ initiatives) [request to announce proposed new measures at Party conference] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MacGregor minute for MT ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft") [content with the approach proposed by Younger] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Younger minute for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Bearpark briefing for MT ("Your visit to Milton Keynes") [EnergyWorld Business Exhibition, MK Development Corporation, Open University] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge Duties on Registration Officer") [obligation to ensure enforcement] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury record of conversation (MacGregor - Baker) [public expenditure survey 1986: education] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: FCO telegram to UKE Paris (MT message to Prime Minister Chirac) [succession to de Larosière as managing director of the IMF] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Kenneth Baker) [City Technological Colleges] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the minute for MT (“Main report”) [advises neutral response while considering implications] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kenneth Baker, Whitelaw, Mark Robinson, Tebbit, Lord Young, Ridley, Rifkind, MacGregor) [city technological colleges] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Liberals/SDP defence policy non-existent, coalition talks, latest polls, Edwina Currie) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Westland: Channon PS minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft Government response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT (covering “Foreign Exchange Markets: Evening Report”) ["there is a lot of market talk about the need for an increase in interest rates"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young PS letter to Mr. P.A. Paine (Restart Programme for the long-term unemployed) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Unemployment in the North East”) [proposal that lower wages would attract investment] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Defence R & D") ["It would surely be wrong to abandon the constraint set by E(A), as Mr. Younger wants. But it seems to me quite likely that in due course some increase in the figures will have to be granted..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Defence Research and Development expenditure (E(RD) (86) 8)") ["My very firm impression is that MOD have done nothing at all to implement the decision taken by E(A) last February that expenditure on defence R & D should be reduced..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Rebating the Community Charge E(LF) 5th Meeting") [should existing rate rebates be carried into new system] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 minute for MT (“Public Expenditure”) [Chief Secretary’s conclusions near end of bilaterals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: Tom King PS letter to Douglas Hurd (“Roskill”) [prosecution of serious fraud in Northern Ireland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Owen rules out merger with Liberals, Rover shake-up, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [Government response to report] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 27 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 952 to FCO (0040Z) ("Cyprus") [Secretary-General has a 'very difficult time with President Kyprianou'] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: IMF Managing Director letter for MT (thanking for her support) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: UKE Washington telegram 2466 to FCO (0800Z) (“IMF Managing Director”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Nicholas letter to Norman Tebbit (BBC World Service) [ITN concern at use of licence fee money] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: ITN Editor letter to Norman Tebbit (World TV service) [see no reason why public money should be called upon] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union": timing & programme] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe minute for MT ("Conference on Disarmament in Europe (CDE)") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to Howe PS (French Diplomatic Advisor visit to London) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("French Ambassador's farewell call on the Prime Minister: 17.30 on 30 September") ["current major concerns are terrorism and [Lebanon]"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Ministry of Defence (Inquiry into hull forms for warships) [offer of impartial assistance from Det Norske Veritas] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Baker paper circulated to E(LF) - E(LF) (86) 7 ("Students and the Community Charge") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley paper circulated to E(LF) - E(LF) (86) 9 ("Introducing the Community Charge") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Chief Secretary PS record of conversation (MacGregor-Ridley) [water, PSA, housing] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Visit by Prime Minister Thatcher to Washington") [Powell says MT thinking of 14-15 Nov; visit "a la December 1984"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT (“European Community Beef Regime”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Department of Health and Social Security Permanent Secretary letter to No.10 (“Performance Related Pay for Grades 2 and 3”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Richard Luce minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Griffiths minute to MT (“Interest Rate Policy: Hysteria and Fundamentals”) [let exchange rate fall and keep intervention to absolute minimum] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Oil Prices - Short-Term Outlook”) [guesses that prices will move up to $20 in 2-3 months] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Middleton, Cassell, Blunden, George; afterwards MT-Lawson phone call) ["The Markets" - MT: "much of the present hysteria in the markets had been whipped up by the media"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Eastside Cable") [Docklands development] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: George Younger message to Andre Giraud (nuclear defence) [bilateral exchanges on politico/military, strategic and technical matters] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: George Younger letter to Andre Giraud (defence issues) [possible cooperation on politico/military and strategic matters, on technical matters] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MacGregor minute for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe minute for MT ("Arms Control in Europe: The Way Forward") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute for MT ("Falkland Islands Fisheries: Relations with Argentina - OD Meeting at 3:00 pm on Thursday 2 October") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: USE London to State Department ("British Elections") ["our stake in the outcome of that election cannot be overstated"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [MT rejects funding bid: “there isn’t any more money”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling minute to Lord Young (“Removal of barriers to business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: MacGregor minute for MT (“1986 Public Expenditure Survey”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Cabinet Office minute for MT (“Public Expenditure”) [briefing] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Rifkind PS letter to No.10 (“Teachers’ pay: the Main report”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet Relations: Gorbachev’s approach march to a summit”) [“the indications are that he sees the potential gains as outweighing the risks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet pre-summit”) [advice to Reagan] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Gorbachev message to MT (proposed US-USSR summit) [“the whole process of Soviet-American dialogue was in need of a serious impulse”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Reagan message to MT (US-USSR to hold summit in Reykjavik) [“symbolically important that Mr. Gorbachve suggested holding the meeting on the soil of a member of the NATO alliance”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT message to Reagan (US-USSR summit in Reykjavik) [“I see this as a very positive step”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Shultz message to Howe (announcement of US-USSR summit in Reykjavik) [“we believe that progress in U.S.-Soviet relations is possible, and we remain committed to achieving it”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2487 to FCO (2242Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [US, Soviet aims for Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party divisions, row over cancellation of Falklands play) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Jerry Wiggin MP letter to MT (the future of Westland helicopters) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT (“Meeting of Ministers: Obscenity Legislation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Economic Secretary, Middleton, Deputy Governor, Eddie George) ["The Markets" - intervention to continue but at "absolute minumum"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("Short-Range INF") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [flat rate addition would have worse effect on work incentives] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Office to MT ("Introducing the Community Charge E(LF) (86) 9") [transitional arrangements, rate rebates] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to Lord Bruce-Gardyne (MT's Guildhall speech) [possible topics] [declassified Jul 2016]

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