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PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("The Markets") [timing of interest rate increase next week] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("South Africa") [MT not persuaded by Howe argument for writing to President Botha] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: visit of NAM Foreign Ministers") [request to meet with MT or Howe - expected to plea for comprehensive sanctions; advice] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove (Economic Assumptions) [unemployment, average earnings, GDP deflator, RPI] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove note to MT (Star Chamber) [Treasury's marching orders] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Teachers’ pay”) [the Main and Coventry proposals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Government’s response to the teachers’ pay disputes”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 19 (Select Committee on Defence: Westland PLC) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 20 (The Queen’s speeches on the prorogation and opening of Parliament) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Defence Committee Reports on Westland: Government Reply”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove (Autumn Statement) [publication of printed statement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 1st Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [PSBR figures; rate of economic growth; base rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“Reykjavik meeting”) [proposed meeting with Soviet emissary Karpov] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US-Soviet meeting in Reykjavik”) [discussion of “tentative deal” on INF] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram 283 to FCO (1253Z) (“Reykjavik summit: NAC briefing by Shultz”) [“Shultz said that beneath the disappointment of the moment was a positive sense that possibilities had been opened up for far-reaching arms control agreements”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Reykjavik telegram 95 to FCO (2330Z) (“Reagan/Gorbachev meeting”) [Gorbachev said “an historic opportunity had been missed”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th Session [declassified 2000: the crucial session]
Text 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th session [declassified 2000; second version]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2613 to FCO (0140Z) (“Reykjavik meeting”) [“The US media are baffled by the breakdown of talks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2617 to FCO (0250Z) (“Reykjavik summit”) [“a set-back for the President … there is now no immediate prospect of the substantive summit here on which he had set such store”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, industry, terrorism) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to President Ceausescu (conventional force reductions in Europe) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Kenneth Baker ("1986 Public Expenditure Survey") [university pay, city technical colleges] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Younger minute for Channon ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft: Stretch Potential") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [draft programme] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: MT letter to Lord Cranborne (Afghanistan) [Western solidarity; humanitarian aid] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Bernard Ingham ("Venice Economic Summit") [rules for press briefings provisionally agreed] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (President Mitterrand's visit) [press arrangements, dates] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Strategy Group minute ("Minutes of the Strategy Group. Fifth Meeting: Monday 13th October 1986") ​​​​​​​[follow-up to party conference, future meetings, BBC bias] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) El Salvador: MT message to President Duarte (earthquake) ["We have already sent in emergency assistance from Belize and more help is on the way"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control - The Way Forward") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Arts and Libraries") [British Library, grant in aid, museums] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Channon letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [preferable dates for event are 7/9 June] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office briefing for Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's meeting with President Mitterrand") [points on the EC to keep in mind: relations with France, European Council, EC financing] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley PS letter to No.10 ("Handling of planning applications by local authorities") [Government asks Barnet to review its procedures, being one of the slowest local authorities for processing applications] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (Meeting with President Mitterrand) [Mitterrand wants to discuss east-west relations, arms control, implications of Reykjavik] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Cobb memo for Poindexter ("Presidential phone call to PM Thatcher") [open line call; talking points on proposed agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons in ten years, "if raised"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: White House record of conversation (Reagan-MT) [Reykjavik summit] [declassified 2010]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO (“ECOFIN Council, 13 October 1986: agricultural spending”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Tom King letter for Whitelaw (anonymity of rape victims from the time of complaint) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Ridley letter to Baker (“Education of No Area pupils: funding arrangements”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“MISC 122: teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 briefing for MT (“Teachers Pay”) [clash between Treasury and DES] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet summit”) [press points on outcome of Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT (“US Soviet summit”) [urges she call Reagan - worry that President will “use his television appearance this evening to point [sic] himself further into the corner on SDI”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Points to make to President Reagan” - phone call) [“It is clearly the Soviet aim to sow dissension in the Alliance”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan phone call on Reykjavik summit) ["Reagan said he had put forward a radical proposal under which the US would guarantee not to deploy a strategic defence system for ten years in return for an undertaking to eliminate all US and Soviet nuclear weapons over that same period"] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1195 to FCO (1500Z) (“Reykjavik summit: preliminary view from Moscow”) [“Gorbachev put an unexpectedly high price - severe SDI constraint - on agreement in other arms control areas … which me must have known Reagan would be unlikely to pay”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan phone call) ["particularly sensitive" points on ABM, Reagan's pride in proposal to eliminate nuclear weapons in ten years; President's admiration for Tom Clancy book] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Reykjavik summit”) [draft message from MT to Reagan: “I want to congratulate you on getting so close to a new range of agreements”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Reykjavik summit”) [draft message from MT to Reagan designed “to deny Gorbachev the easy propaganda points for which he may now be looking”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Meeting with Karpov”) [“By making agreement on all issues dependent on acceptance of their terms on SDI, they doomed the meeting to failure”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Defence Committee Reports: Question and Answer briefing”) [Westland] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [approach contemplates break up of BBC monopoly on national radio services] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("Peacock Report") [advertising, licencing, licence fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Implications for Telecommunications Policy (MISC 128(86) 4)") [splitting telecommunciations from other Peacock issues] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove note to MT ("MISC 128") [Whitelaw's opposition to advertising on BBC] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1026 to FCO (1146Z) ("President Mitterrand's Visit to London, 16 October") [French internal situation, EC Council and financing, east-west and arms control, terrorism, Middle East] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Alison minute to MT (invitation to theatre) [tickets to Phantom of the Opera] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: John MacGregor letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [“I still have a number of serious reservations about the whole proposal”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2629 to FCO (2350Z) ("Reykjavik Summit: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("New burdens on local government") ["...latest lists of Government initiatives having resource implications..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Local authority capital controls") [Ridley press release and letter to Chairmen of local authorities: Government determined to retain control but no major legislation while system under review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Barnet: RSG Settlement 1987/88") [rate settlement, district elections] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (interest rates) [intervention after interest rate increase - Norgrove will pass on fact that MT "very concerned" about it] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Scottish Block") [Rifkind still bidding for very large amounts] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Defence Programme") [avoid getting drawn into detailed issues] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO (“Agriculture Council, 13-14 October 1986”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon minute to Jopling (“Alternative Use of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, MacGregor) [teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Karpov”) [MT “said she had been very disturbed by Soviet tactics at Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Karpov”) [“Karpov said that the Soviet side had gone to Reykjavik in the hope of achieving concrete results”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to Price (record of MT’s meeting with Karpov”) [for Price’s eyes only] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 858 to FCO (1815Z) (“Reykjavik: initial German reactions”) [“the door is not closed”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Press Office bulletin (“Call by Mr Karpov”) [“both sides agreed it was vital to find a way forward”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO draft (Lady Young statement to House of Lords on Reykjavik) [“We believe it imperative that both sides return to the Geneva Nuclear and Space Talks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2619 to FCO (0330Z) (“President Reagan’s television address”) [“we’re closer than ever before to agreements that could lead to a safer world without nuclear weapons”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2128 to FCO (2345Z) (“Reykjavik summit: US reactions”) [“Widespread concern among the experts at the US proposal for mutual abolition of all ballistic missiles”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, Westland) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with President Mitterrand") [Mitterrand seeking to upstage Chirac, Reagan's nuclear weapons proposals, EC issues, agriculture, Middle East] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("President Mitterrand's Visit") [main focus to be post-Reykjavik and EC issues] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office briefing for Charles Powell ("Visit of President Mitterrand: Thursday 16 October") [dialogue on nuclear weapons] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing ("M. Mitterrand's Visit, 16 October") [EC topics, terrorism, drugs and immigration, Japan] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing (Mitterrand meeting) [list of guests, timetable] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2639 to FCO (2215Z) ("Mr Renton's Visit to Washington: Arms Control: Calls on Ikle and Ridgway") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2638 to FCO (2200Z) ("Mr Renton's Visit to Washington: Nuclear Arms Control: Call on Nitze") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Fowler ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [fixing a minimum rebate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [Intergovernmental Conference; Chiefs of Staff; dialogue with Unionists; Stalker case; FitzGerald government] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to Cabinet Office ("Falklands Fish") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Electricity (England and Wales) (ESI)") [still no agreed position paper] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [the markets, the Mansion House speech, teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Baker, Whitelaw, Ridley) [“Education of No Area pupils - funding arrangements”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker letter for Chancellor of the Exchequer (Contract Energy Management) [improving the energy efficiency of the public sector] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 860 to FCO (1400Z) (“Reykjavik summit: German views”) [Teltschik said “perhaps it was just as well that the meeting in Reykjavik had broken up when it did”] [released Dec 2015]

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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