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PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Peter Stredder minute to MT ("1987/8 Rates") [expectation of local authority spending] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Stewart-Middleton-Cassell-Blunden-George) [Bundesbank swap; Bank of England intervention; base rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Powell minute to MT ("Falkland Islands Fisheries") [the Argentine/Soviet agreement] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to Robert Armstrong ("Star Chamber") [proposed membership] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Public Expenditure As a Proportion of GDP") [our record is not good] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Cabinet: Public Expenditure") [sticking to policy of strict spending control] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: John Kerr note (asks White House to explore 14/15 Nov visit) ["main purpose to discuss US-Soviet summit"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Mrs Thatcher's Request to Meet with the President") [suggests a small Friday meeting in Washington; do not break President's weekend] [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Mrs Thatcher's Request to Meet with the President") [acknowledges President "wants to do the event at Camp David"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: prepatory summit”) [“External and internal developments since the Geneva summit have increased the risks inherent in a visit by Gorbachev to the USA”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2439 to FCO (2200Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“Initial press verdict on latest developments reasonably positive, with spotlight shifting from Daniloff to Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Bill Davis memo (conference material) [“Don’t, please go into too much detail”] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party conference, Reagan-Gorbachev summit) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: MT letter to David Stevens (Dartford Bridge) [private sector financing] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1159 to FCO (1430Z) ("Controversy Over Gorbachev's Internal Policies") [Pravda editorial: "signs... [of] anxieties that Gorbachev's campaign for "glasnost" and democratisation might risk underminining the Party's authority"] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Rifkind letter to John MacGregor (“Cost Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Measures Related to Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [enhanced penalties] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 draft for MT ("Speaking note on interest rates") [for ?Cabinet - danger of large increase in rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe minute to Channon ("Voluntary ban on new investment") ["We are bound, as Presidency, to allow our [EC] partners time to try to reach a common position... I would [however]... wish us to announce our measures in the next few days"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-MacGregor-Griffiths) [right to put a large share of blame on local authority mismanagement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Rifkind minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Douglas Hurd letter for Whitelaw (anonymity of rape victims from the time of complaint) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT (“City Technology Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker letter to Ridley (“Education of No Area Pupils - funding arrangements”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“City Technology Colleges”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Committee of Inquiry for Scotland report (“Main Report on Teachers’ Pay and Conditions of Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 32nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Ingham minute for MT ("Your speech: further ideas") [seven points to bring out] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: David Hart draft (“The conference speech”) [“We know that if Britons are free to choose and exercise their responsibilities they will begin again to feel that good, old-fashioned feeling - pride in themselves and their country”] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party conference, BBC chairman, industry, east-west summit) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Chairman of Westland plc letter to MT (future of Westland) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham, Armstrong) [Defence Committee: Westland plc: Government’s response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [Government’s draft response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (1500Z) ("South Asia and the Weinberger Visit") (NSC 0138) [relations with India & Pakistan] [declassified Oct 2010]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Nicholas Ridley letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (Reykjavik summit) ​​​​​​​[hopeful for results on arms control] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("The Markets") [Bundesbank swap agreement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Exchange Market Intervention") [changes in the reserves since 1979] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Markets") [Walters believes monetary conditions are not bad; thinks interest rates "horrendously high", fiscal policy "too loose"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2519 to FCO (0015Z) ("US/South Africa") ["Senate overrides President's veto. Santions bill now US law"; details] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT (“Education of No Area pupil - funding arrangements”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Education Bill: Sex Education at School”) [‘Clause 26’] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US/Soviet meeting in Reykjavik: message to President Reagan”) [“I think the President’s eyes may glaze a bit”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT message to Gorbachev (proposed US-USSR summit) [“it should be possible to reach agreements … on reductions in arms”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Paris telegram 981 to FCO (1541Z) (“Reykjavik summit: French reactions”) [“The government continues to be nervous of US concessions on INF”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“US-Soviet Meeting in Reykjavik: Message to President Reagan”) [“The INF field contains at present the best prospect for an agreement (though not at Reykjavik)”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“US/Soviet Reykjavik meeting”) [agree to proposed use by Reagan of UK Ambassador’s residence in Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2520 to FCO (0018Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“US view that the meeting should give impetus to work in hand, but should not itself involve negotiation on texts”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party conference, US sanctions against South Africa, BBC chairman, economy, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("President Mitterrand") [Mitterrand's motives: put Chirac in the shade, discuss east/west relations] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (86) 4th ("Students and the Community Charge") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Minutes of Ministerial Sub-Committee on Local Government Finance - E(LF) (86) 5th ("Introducing the Community Charge") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President of Jei-Ai Publishing Co. Ltd letter to MT (sanctions against South Africa) [copy attached of the company's letter to Archbishop of Canterbury: case against sanctions, and proposed alternatives] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2538 to FCO (1946Z) (“Prospects for Reykjavik”) [“the core of the substantive discussion will be on arms control”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 4 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT draft speech (party conference) [heavily annotated first draft] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Robert Armstrong (Meeting with President Mitterrand) [EC financing, possible informal meeting] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Wyn Roberts letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 letter to Howe PS (invitation to Prince and Princess of Wales) [Chirac letter to MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge Duties on Registration Officer") [responsibilities to fall on an individual or local authority] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Stewart-Middleton-Leigh Pemberton-Blunden-George) [no immediate increase in base rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Walker minute for MT (“EC Directive on Environmental Assessment: Application to Offshore Oil and Gas Developments”) [“very reluctant to set up new and quite unnecessary bureaucratic machinery”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon letter to Lord Young (“Removal of Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT (“London European Council: 5-6 December”) [proposed agenda] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT message to Reagan (eve of Reykjavik summit) [“INF seems to offer the best prospect for agreement on arms reductions”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Tory party conference, MT’s speech, Labour party conference, South Africa) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft Government response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: MT letter to Chairman of Westland plc (future of Westland) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to No. 10 ("Peacock Report: Initial Parliamentary Handling") [subscription TV, ITV contracts, radio] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Visit of President Mitterrand") [arrangements for informal talk about EC Council meeting] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Tom King letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Jopling letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [rural areas] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell (MT's draft reply to President Ceausescu) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT ("Visit of President Mitterrand") [arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [hopes Italian personal representative will revert to original proposal for event on 7/9 June] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Autumn Statement: Additional Briefing") [growth in planned spending, spending trends] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Request for Green Pound Devaluation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Howe minute for Norman Fowler (“AIDS”) [screening for overseas students entering UK] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 minute for MT (“AIDS”) [press reports MT had approved leaflet; in fact not yet decided] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 (“White Paper: Developments in the European Community: January-June 1986”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Younger PS minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [clearance of draft response to report] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Rifkind letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [agrees to proposed advisory group to complement work of Scottish Development Agency subject to additional funding] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("ALARM") [MT's concerns over the project development] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to Edwards PS ("Star Chamber") [Welsh programme not yet settled] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Reagan message to MT (eve of Reykjavik summit) [“prepared for serious exchanges in all four areas of the U.S.-Soviet agenda”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 841 to FCO (1740Z) (“Kohl’s messages”) [“Kohl supported the US position on LRINF … he stressed the importance of conventional arms control as well”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc: Question and Answer Brief”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (“Action for Jobs”) [“powerful evidence of the value of television advertising”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet pre-summit”) [MT’s message to Reagan on Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram 277 to FCO (1823Z) (“Reykjavik meeting: NAC briefing by Nitze and Ridgway: other arms control and East/West issues”) [“Human rights will head US agenda”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services: 15 October 1986") [radio, telecommunications systems, licence fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Lord Wolfson letter for MT (Memorial Service for the victims of the attack in Istanbul) [declassified July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 851 to FCO (1700Z) ("FRG Internal: The Coalition's Prospects") [Kohl's party confident of coalition being returned again] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: John Moore letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Treasury minute to MOD ("ALARM") [the progress report] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2607 to FCO (2301Z) ("US/Soviet Relations: Arms Control Issues in Congress") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Specific grants to local authorities") ["...tend to increase overall local authority expenditure compared to... a general grant"] [declassified Dec 2014]

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