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PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1117 to FCO (1403Z) ("Lamb Exports to France") [French assurances that special controls have been lifted] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Michael Jopling minute to Geoffrey Howe ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [contracts cancelled, imposition of special customs checks, targetting of French apples imports] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Vienna record of conversation (2030Z, telegram 169) (Howe, Shevardnadze) ["Human Rights": individual cases; Syria; Libya; Falklands fishing dispute; MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: FCO record of conversation ("Afghanistan") [Janet Young, Lord Cranborne] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Shultz message for Howe ("Post-Reykjavik Proposals on Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("European Arms Control Coordination") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Bilateral Meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2802 to FCO (2100Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze Meeting in Vienna") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD record of telephone conversation (Younger, Weinberger) [post-Reykjavik] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS note to David Norgrove (Autumn Statement) [revised draft] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Star Chamber: Report to the Cabinet") [toughest and most unpleasant negotiations he had faced] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to MT (the future of British agriculture) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Douglas Hurd letter for Attorney General (protection of rape victims) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Geoffrey Dickens MP (child abuse) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Geoffrey Dickens MP (child abuse) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“European Council: Dinner for Heads of Government”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: UK Ambassador Washington letter to Lord Young (Conference on Private Sector Initiatives) [White House organisers disappointed by low British participation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Saudi Arabia, Labour shadow cabinet, hostages freed, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Patrick Mayhew minute to Michael Jopling ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [regards Jopling's proposal as dangerous, could request EC Commission proceedings] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO letter to No.10 (UK Security Policy Post-Reykjavik) [thoughts on the changing nature of US/Western European relations] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Secretary of State's Bilateral with Shultz: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram to MOD (0200Z) ("JCS Views on the Reykjavik Proposal for the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2804 to FCO (0850Z) ("Mid-Term Elections") [foreign policy section of presidential stump speech] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for MT ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [poundage options] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [heavy burden of the Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rifkind PS minute to David Norgrove ("Autumn Statement Publicity") [presentation of the settlement reached] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Mrs Thatcher's visit to Washington") [Charles Powell saying MT had no intention of seeking a joint statement; "no draft communiques would be up her sleeve"] [declassified 2007]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: UKE Washington telegram 2815 to FCO (2340Z) (“US Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [MT unhappy about low level of British participation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 22 (Public Expenditure Survey) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (“The BBC”) [stronger and weaker aspects of BBC response to CCO complaint] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Conservative Central Office statement (Tebbit on alleged BBC bias) [initial reaction to BBC response; promises fuller analysis later] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending, industry, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: State Department telegram to London Embassy (US-UK next steps on Syria) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US Embassy Buenos Aires to State Department (Argentine policy) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US NATO Mission to State Department (Howe-Shevardnadze meeting) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US Embassy Bonn to State Department (Germans approached by Argentina over Falklands) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy London to State Department (British deny an arms control initiative with France & Germany) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Summary Schedule for MT visit to Reagan at Camp David [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Ridgway briefing for Secretary of State Shultz (meeting with Foreign Secretary Howe) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (visit to Australia) [accepts invite] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1135 to FCO (1159Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [programme, French delegation] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: FCO telegram to UKE Paris ("Anglo/French Summit") [programme, UK delegation, internal market issues] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: Andreas Papandreou message to MT (Falkland Islands) [UK should "spare no effort ... for the peaceful and negotiated solution" of fisheries issue] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Charles Price note to Charles Powell (sends to MT Wall Street Journal article -"British Lion Mustn't Spit Out Nuclear Teeth") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Edwards minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Ridley minute for Walker ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Rifkind minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [Soviet Ambassador requesting a meeting with MT] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill") [proposal for water and sewerage charges] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Paying for Local Government - Community Charge") [scope of the collective charge] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nicholas Ridley ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [keep all options open] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Norman Fowler ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [logic is that everyone should pay the charge] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [wants similar proposals for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [role of courts] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Secretary letter to Permanent Secretary Department of the Environment ("Leak investigation: Local Government Finance") [recommended actions] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("South West Atlantic Fisheries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending, industry pay and unions, latest polls teachers’ pay, BBC) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy Vienna to State Department (Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting - day 1) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT ("Arms Control: Anglo/French/German/Italian Coordination") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Shultz/Shevardnadze: NATO Briefing by Shultz") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Howe minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [proposal by the Presidency] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: MacGregor minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [safeguards for sulphur dioxside reassuring] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of Homes and Hostels") [pressure for exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [information on registrations] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Treatment of Water Charges") [not eligible for rebate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to Powell ("Falkland Islands Fisheries: Options for Dealing with Incursions into the FICZ by Argentine Commercial Vessels and Naval Auxiliaries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ridley minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 minute for MT (“AIDS”) [H(A) meeting next Tuesday; MT endorses household leaflet] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Policy Unit minute for MT (“AIDS”) [recommends she agrees household leaflet] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Ingham minute for Whitelaw (“AIDS Committee”) ["important that the Government gets this under control at the outset"] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Norman Fowler minute for Howe (“AIDS”) [screening for visitors entering UK] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Geoffrey Pattie MP letter to Biffen (“European Community Framework Programme of Community Activities in the Field of Research and Technological Development (1987-1991)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (“International Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Howe minute to John Moore (“European Community Aviation Negotiations”) [“the Presidency’s compromise package really does represent the UK’s bottom line”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (increasing competition and consumer choice for airline passengers) [“The French are proving difficult”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (autumn statement, pre-election position of parties, civilian helicopter crash, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy Vienna to State Department (Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting - day 2) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2843 to FCO (0234Z) ("US Compliance with SALT Agreements") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Tebbit minute to Nicholas Ridley (non-domestic rates) [poundage should be uniform] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [timing] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 213 to UKDEL NATO (1215Z) ("North Atlantic Council Ministerial, 11-12 December: Communique") [Reykjavik; arms control; CSCE; Afghanistan; international terrorism] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT ('Time' magazine: President Reagan's Account of Reykjavik) [MT: "very worrying"] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("Arms Control") [arguments against basing deterrence on cruise missiles] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [enforcement of payment] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Stewart PS minute to Norgrove ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [to examine how the law has stood the test of time] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Lavin & Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Thatcher Visit") [have done everything to accommodate the British, who still want more; President playing unprecedented role in visit arrangements] [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MacGregor minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agriculture Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling minute for MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 23 (The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of the New Session) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Department of Transport letter to Ministry of Agriculture (“Privatisation of British Airways - disclosure of promoters’ interests”) [the Crown and BA] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: State Department to US Embassies (British statement on Falklands fisheries) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2858 to FCO (0245Z) ("Nuclear Arms Control: New Soviet Proposals in Geneva") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Message from Mr Nakasone") [trade relations & investment] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [rebate levels] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Paying for Local Government: Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [likely political pressure] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Paul Channon minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Non-Domestic Rates") [preference for a national non-domestic rate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Uniform Business Rate") [proposals for poundage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Bank of England minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [wording of draft reply and terms of reference] [declassified Jul 2016]

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