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PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: UKMIS New York telegram 709 to FCO (2330Z) ("Security Council: Nicaragua and the ICJ") [UN resolution on International Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran: text] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Powell minute to Ingham ("South Africa") [press lines to take on outcome of Howe visit to South Africa & next steps; MT "very grateful" to Howe] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [analysis of Howe's visit to South Africa; next steps] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 briefing for MT ("OD: South Africa") [Howe paper on "the Dreadful Consequences should there be no agreement at the Commonwealth Meeting"; key points from paper; "I should keep off controversial themes which are bound to lead to argument with... [Howe]... they will provoke... [Lawson] and... [Hurd] into supporting him"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Canadian PM Mulroney letter to MT (Sir Geoffrey Howe's mission to southern Africa) ["we appreciated the manner in which he pressed for the breakthrough"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Ingham letter to M.R. Hanson, UKCC (UK relations with Botswana and South Africa) ["over simplification to the point of utter distortion inherent in British politics and journalism... To be against general economic sanctions is not necessarily to be for South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe minute to MT ("South Africa") [report on visit to southern Africa; PW Botha "was dismissive of my mission"; summary of key meetings & overall conclusions] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Peacock Report: Extension of ITV Contracts") [if nothing is done, would be locking them into the current system] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: Bob Hawke message to MT (Australian bicentenary) [again reiterates request for permanent loan of Constitution Act] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute for Lawson (“Better Schools for the Inner Cities”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Teachers’ Pay and Conditions”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: MT letter to Lord Marshall of Goring (new evidence on acid rain) [meeting with the new Norwegian Prime Minister] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: John Moore minute to MT (“Engines for British Airways 747-400s”) [Rolls-Royce vs US bid] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Channon letter to John Moore (“Engines for British Airways 747-400s”) [“My principal concern is British Airways’ [unprecedented] request for a performance bond to the total value of the engine contract”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: John Moore letter to Howe (“UK/US air services”) [capacity control negotiations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, Howe’s mission rebuffed, latest polls) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Jul 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (Westland inquiry) [Attorney General’s role in disclosure of Solicitor General’s letter] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Nick Ridley letter to Richard Luce (privatisation and quangos) [water industry consultative bodies] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("UN Security Council: Nicaragua/ICJ decision") [UN resolution on International Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran: "we are faced with a stark choice between support for international law or for our US ally"; Howe argues for UK abstaining from vote] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Lord Shackleton letter for MT (Falklands fisheries: Argentine/Soviet agreement) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to Howe PS (Message from Mrs. Chalker to the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa) [revised draft reply to message from Sec Gen: "I am afraid that you are misinformed. The... [EEC] is not in favour of applying comprehensive economic sanctions"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation ("South Africa: Talk with Mr. Chester Crocker") [Powell, Crocker: US sanctions; next Commonwealth Review meeting; proposed meeting of major industrial countries] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Cabinet Office letter to Howe PS ("South Africa") [OD conclusions on the handling of the Commonwealth Review meeting] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Prime Minister Bhekimpi letter to MT ("Proposed sanctions against the Republic of South Africa") ["concerned by the threat to impose comprehensive economic sanctions"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Babangida letter to MT (sanctions against South Africa) [deems Howe diplomatic mission a failure; calls for further sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn saving telegram 10 to FCO ("Federal German Economy") ["no agreement amongst economic experts on the size and shape of growth"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: DTI minute to Treasury ("Extension to Dhekelia 'B' Power Station in Cyprus") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Peter Morrison letter to Lynda Chalker (“EC Integrated Operations”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Lord Young letter to Channon (“Removing Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker letter to Rifkind (“Energy Efficiency in the Civil Estate”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker letter to Ridley (“Energy Efficiency in the Civil Estate”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Clarke letter to Ridley (“Unified Pollution Inspectorate”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 30th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Teachers’ Pay) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) South Africa: Charles Powell minute for MT ("South Africa") [avoid an argument in OD] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, Kinnock motion on government’s position, Kilroy-Silk resignation) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Younger PS letter to No.10 (“Westland”) [relative costs of Sea King procurement and redundancies] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Westland: Attorney General letter to Tam Dalyell MP (Westland inquiry) [circumstances of the disclosure of the Solicitor General’s letter] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Attorney General letter to John Gilbert MP (Westland inquiry) [circumstances of the disclosure of the Solicitor General’s letter] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jul 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (Defence Select Committee: Westland reports) [response] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (“Community Programme Project at Lambeth”) [Lambeth Council opposed to project and resistant to offer of Government funding] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Review of Unemployment Policies”) [“one of the crucial battlegrounds for the next Election”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Prime Minister Lange letter to MT (sanctions against South Africa) ["urge... that you... agree to... [selective] measures at next week's meeting of Commonwealth leaders"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Treasury minute to DTI ("ATP: Extension to Dhekelia 'B' Power Station in Cyprus") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Buildings: No.10 minute to MT ("Richmond Yard") [options for preventing FCO staff moving into building; risk of auditors scrutinising costs incurred by change of intended tenants at such a relatively late stage; MT queries these alleged costs] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: No.10 minute to MT (“Top Salaries Review Body”) [Lawson’s proposals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 1 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) South Africa: Sir Geoffrey Howe letter for MT (South Africa) ["extreme concern at the way matters have been managed in relation to yesterday's OD discussion"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Kenneth Stowe letter to MT (Defence Committee: Westland report) [criticism of Robert Armstrong] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 2 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Lord Thomas of Swynnerton letter to MT (sanctions against South Africa) [enclosed copy of letter from academic John Darwin arguing against sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 2 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: MT letter for Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi (the posting of Drug Liaison Officers to Delhi and Bombay) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 2 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) South Africa: MT draft letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe (South Africa) [defends Ingham, "some of your people subsequently behaved very badly"; "your dedicated and stout-hearted efforts in South Africa"] [released Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 3 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: HQBF Cyprus signal to Ministry of Defence (1653Z) (attack against RAF Akrotiri) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Whitelaw letter to Ridley ("The Future of Development Plans") [discussion of consultation process and publication date] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Secretary of State for the Environment PS minute to No.10 ("New Pollution Inspectorate") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Flesher minute for Paymaster General's Office (Unified Pollution Inspectorate: the draft announcement) [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Julian Amery MP (South Africa) [reply to letter noting views of Harry Oppenheimer on perceptions of the ANC amongst white South Africans and possible MT/Botha meeting] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Masire letter to MT (South Africa Defence Raid on Mogoditshane) ["Your message of deep sympathy and full support... much appreciated... appeal to you to do all in your power, to persuade the South Africa Government to dismantle apartheid and accept majority rule"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter President Reagan (conditions for negotiations on the future of South Africa) [dialogue & release of Mandela conditional on all parties agreeing to end violence] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("Peacock Report") [problems of obscenity and violence and political bias] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Buildings: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Government Accommodation: Machinery") [response to Cabinet Office proposal for new decision making arrangements] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (publication of Michael Quinlan essay and talk on ethics of nuclear deterrence) [MT: “I should be delighted to see them published. They are of such high calibre”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: MT letter to Kenneth Stowe (Defence Committee: Westland report) [criticism of Robert Armstrong] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Hurd minute to MT (meeting with Mary Whitehouse: legislation on obscenity) [“Mrs Whitehouse’s account of our meeting is misleading”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Norway: No.10 letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to Norway") [speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Cabinet Office ("Down South: A Naval History of the Falkland Campaign") [a manuscript by David Brown] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Lawson minute for MT (“Schools - The Way Ahead”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Shultz/Shevardnadze meeting”) [agreement on date for meeting] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Chairman of the Football Association letter to MT (football hooliganism) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Judge King-Hamilton letter to MT (Mary Whitehouse Research and Education Trust) [obscenity draft Bill; school exams; income tax] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: King letter to MacGregor ("Private sector generation of electricity") ["You may be assured that I regard a publicly financed project as an equal contender with the private consortia... You go on to mention private sector management of a public sector project... Only if [the full privatisation] option fails should we explore these alternative methods..."] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Babangida (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) ["my impressions of the... meeting... and to tell you of the action which we in Britain will now be taking"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Moi (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) ["my impressions of the... meeting... and to tell you of the action which we in Britain will now be taking"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Chief Minister Buthelezi letter to Kinnock (Commonwealth Heads of Government Review meeting) [denounces ANC and alleged Kinnock defamation of Inkatha in House of Commons] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Channon PS minute to Andy Bearpark ("Peacock Report: Extension of ITV Contracts") [renewal of IBA contracts] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram 323 to FCO (1100Z) ("Cyprus Problem") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2061 to FCO (2200Z) ("UK/Soviet Expert Level Contacts on Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands at UNGA") [new strategy for the debate] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("US/South Africa: message from PW Botha") ["South African government... cannot see any way at present of avoiding a dialogue proving to be a slippery slope which would end in the ANC simply taking over power... seems unlikely that the [attached] letter to Reagan [proposing endorsement of basic principles] indicates any real flexibility"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: South Africa Embassy letter to No.10 (letters of 5 and 7 July from President Botha to the Prime Minister) [cover letter letter only, referring to enclosed original copies] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Drugs - End of Year Report to H Committee and Future Programme”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Director of Rowland, Debono Ltd letter to MT (tax reform) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Minister of State for Education and Science minute for MT (“Sex Education at School”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for Ridley ("Unified Pollution Inspectorate") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKMIS Geneva telegram 475 to FCO (1641Z) ("Afghanistan: UN Talks") [views of Pakistan Permanent Representative on progress in negotiations] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKMIS Geneva telegram 473 to FCO (0915Z) ("Afghanistan: UN Talks") [latest position on Soviet/Pakistan negotiations] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: MacGregor minute for Secretary of State for Employment (“Cost Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Measures Related to Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Richard Tracey PS letter to No.10 (football supporters incident on the Harwich-Hook Ferry: Thursday 8 August 1986) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Ibbs minute to MT (“Achievement Reports on Major Projects”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: D.J. Trevelyan minute to No.10 (“European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA): Maastricht”) [MT reluctantly agrees to message of support for “useless organisation”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Jopling letter to Richard Luce (“Privatisation and Quangos”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Channon minute to MT (Ministerial sub-committee on Research & Development) [first report; "...remit to develop policies to enhance the contribution of R&D expenditure, public and private, to the development of the economy"; MT concerned that Defence contribution to 'Pull-Through' scheme inadequate] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for Ridley ("Unified Pollution Inspectorate") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Baroness Young PS letter to No.10 ("Bermuda: anti-apartheid coalition petition") [forwarded to MT at request of Premier Swan] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (sanctions) ["outcome [of latest Commonwealth meeting]... represents a step backwards... The international community... insists on negotiations, yet its actions prevent the negotiations from proceeding"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Douglas Hurd ("Peacock Report") [does not agree with Lawson on political bias] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council Minutes (1500Z) ("Situation in Mexico and the Upcoming Visit of Mexican President de la Madrid") (NSC 0135) [declassified Spt 2012]
PDF 86 Aug 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Possible Supply of German Torpedoes to Argentina") [MT's draft reply to Chancellor Kohl] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 letter to Dr. James Barber (training and education of non-white South Africans) ["there is already substantial help on offer from Britain, and from other governments and organisations"; details] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 12 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Canada: Thank you letters to MT (Expo 86) [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Richard Luce letter to Ridley (water privatisation and quangos) [declassified 2014]

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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