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PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Charles Powell minute to MT ("BAe 146: Lord Young's Mission") [travel by BAe 146 ruled out as cost deemed excessive] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("Souvenir Philatelic Cover to Commemorate VE Day") ["Post Office approval is required for the design of the hand cancellation stamps... In view of the sensitive nature of this event, the Post Office has asked this Department to suggest a form of words"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKDel NATO telegram 29 to FCO (1008Z) ("SS20 Numbers") ["in the future... more [Soviet] missiles than could be specifically identified... U.S. now accept that this is going to be a very tricky issue"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("North Sea Fiscal Regime") [addressing Peter Walker's concerns about Lawson proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (Chancellor of the Exchequer's paper for Cabinet on Economic Strategy) [MT agrees to circulation of paper, with reservations about its quality] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Keith Joseph ("Teachers' Pay (England and Wales)") [Burnham Primary & Secondary Committee and Further Education Committee negotiations: maximum Government offers] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: FCO telegram 10 to UKE Stockholm (1245Z) ("Acid Rain") [UK record on tackling air pollution; pledge of cooperation with Nordic governments] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 111 to FCO (1900Z) ("Bundesrat Debate on Europe: 8 February") [1985 Budget & increase in own resources; EC enlargement; political development; institutional reform/majority voting provisions; strengthening of EC Commission; European Union; cooperation on foreign & security policies; People's Europe; common internal market; agricultural price policy; environment; steel; culture; VE Day] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Tebbit minute to MT (Sleipner gas import deal) [supports rejection of deal; favours controlled gas export regime] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute No.10 ("Follow-Up of MMC Reports on the Nationalised Industries") [comment on Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposals for follow-ups to Monopolies & Mergers Commission reports] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("MISC 111") [review of social security benefits] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (Oil) [prices; production; supply] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Howe, Peter Walker) ["BNOC and Oil Prices": BNOC withdrawal from participation contracts; Petroleum Bill & winding up of BNOC; move to royalty in cash] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Friday 8 February 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“MISC 101(85) 6th Meeting: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Barclay minute to MT (“National Bus Company: Industrial Action”) [National Bus Company take legal action against secondary picketing: 'the first occasion on which a nationalised industry has used the new legislation'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: HMT letter to Department of Energy (“Coal Investment”) [previously announced £3 billion investment in NCB over four years 'may now have to last a lot longer than four years'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: NCB representative Spanton letter to NUM Secretary Heathfield (NUM public statements resisting pit closures on uneconomic grounds) ['Against this background we do not find a basis for entering into useful negotiations'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (coal strike) [“NACODS join NUM in calling on NCB to open immediate negotiations. You say NACODS deal with NUM stands”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: MT letter to Bishop of Liverpool (adult training on Merseyside) [“we plan to more than double the number of adults trained”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit letter to Brittan (“Prospects for the Cable Industry”) [“this new high risk industry must be privately financed and market led”] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) South Africa: NSC & State Department comment on Botha letter to Reagan (reform of apartheid) [declassified 1999]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Southern Africa”) [UK approach: South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Treasury minute (“Monthly Monetary Report: January-April”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Howe minute to MT (“Visit of the Italian Prime Minister: Community Issues”) [British objectives, discussion topics, points and arguments] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome to FCO (“Craxi’s Visit: Objectives”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Feb 9 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Feb 9 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Prime Minister Ozal letter to MT (UN talks) [“The Turkish Cypriot side alone can not secure the breakthrough for a negotiated settlement”] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Feb 10 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Craxi's visit to London: February 14") [Italian political background & Craxi's approch to EC presidency] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Walters briefing for MT ("Joining the EMS - some additional questions") [European Monetary System: cover letter & paper] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Nicaraguan elections") [report of the British Parliamentary Delegation] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Patrick Jenkin minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Rate Limitation: Finalisation of Rate Limits for Rating Authorities") [decisions to be made] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Department of Environment letter to No.10 (Green Paper on private sector housing improvement policy) [response to MT's criticisms] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) New Zealand: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walding) [MT: attitude of New Zealand Government to visits by nuclear ships as "a tragedy"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to Keith Joseph PS (meeting with the Prime Minister on 12 March) [confirmation of meeting with Keith Joseph, Baroness Cox, Dr. John Marks and Prof. Arthur Pollard] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (Environmental Policy) ["co-operation between our countries... should be intensified"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 494 to FCO (1906Z) ("ECOFIN Council 11 Feb 1985 Lunch Discussion") [Delor's agenda for action; European monetary integration; work of IMF committee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 115 to FCO (1820Z) ("German Views on Dooge Committee") [further development of EMS; extension of the use of majority voting; extension of powers for the European Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) NHS: Welsh Office letter to No.10 (statement on architectural defects at the University Hospital of Wales) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 481 to FCO (1730Z) ("Budgetary Consequences of Enlargement") [EC Commission apparently reneging on agreement secured by MT at Fontainebleau regarding abatement for Spain/Portugal] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC101(85) 6th (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (“German Policy on Europe: New Own Resources and Agricultural Prices”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“1985 CAP Price Fixing”) [Common Agricultural Policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Robin Nicholson minute for MT (“Mr. Enoch Powell’s Unborn Children (Protection) Bill”) [MT doubtful] [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Monday 11 February 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT (“Colliery Review Procedure”) [Department of Energy proposals on procedure for review and closure of pits] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Henry Steel letter to Charles Powell (“NUM Assets: Proceedings in Luxembourg”) [sequestration of NUM assets: report on legal proceedings in Luxembourg] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 Duty Clerk note to MT (breakdown of NUM-NCB talks) [NUM seek establishment of Committee of Inquiry] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“Cyprus”) [“A prompt negative response from Denktash to the UN Secretary General’s proposals for new meetings”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute (“Week Ahead” & Press Digest) [coal strike: substantial return to work expected] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Lawson memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 4 (Economic Strategy) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 463 to FCO (2352Z) (“US FY86 Budget: latest developments”) [Reagan’s “proposals are in for a rough ride and will be substantially altered by the Congress”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: No.10 letter to Walker PS (“AEA Review: Parliamentary statement”) [future of UK Atomic Energy Authority] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: MT letter to John Mason (formation of a British National Space Centre) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 minute for MT (action to discourage speculation against Sterling) [Keswick’s memorandum] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Changing German policy on Europe") ["For example, the antics of the Greeks have shown the Germans that, as the major net contributor, they cannot afford further to lose control of budgetary matters."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Money Policy or EMS?") [European Monetary System: case against UK joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Joining the ERM") [Exchange Rate Mechanism: papers & advice on handling of the meeting] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: MT message to President Reagan (Prime Minister's meeting with Vice President Ramirez) [recount of her meeting: "I do not think he will have derived much satisfaction from [it]"] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Rees minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Rate Limitation: Finalisation of Present Limits for Precepting Authorities") [situation in Hackney] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 206 to FCO (0510Z) ("Call on Prime Minister Gandhi") [Sikh extremists in Britain, Westland negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The Duties and Responsibilities of Civil Servants") [MT queries her position in relation to proposed Guidance Note in her capacity as Minister for the Civil Service] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO briefing ("Funeral of President Chernenko in Moscow: Possible Meeting with President Nyerere") [agriculture, arms control, asylum] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO briefing ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow for President Chernenko's Funeral: Possible Bilateral Meeting with Canadian Prime Minister") [Canadian defence, foreign policy, new High Commissioner, economy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson, John Moore, Peter Walker, Alick Buchanan-Smith, Kenneth Couzens) ["North Sea Fiscal Regime"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: UKE Stockholm telegram 042 to FCO (1400Z) ("Acid Rain") [press statement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Tebbit minute to MT ("Vehicle Emission Limits in the EC") ["a risk that the UK will find itself isolated... we have now to decide what our negotiating tactics should be"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: MT letter to President Mitterrand of France (Life Sciences Conference to be hosted by France) [British nominees to attend] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Ridley letter to Patrick Jenkin (contracting-out of local authority services) [comments on draft consultation paper: school transport] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Chernenko letter to MT (arms control and the militarisation of space) [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Provision for Retirement") [Fowler proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Supplementary Benefit") [Fowler proposals to simplify system] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Housing Benefit") [Fowler's review proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("MISC 111(85)2nd Meeting: Wednesday 13 February") [circulation of papers in advance of meetings] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Pensions") [the hidden merits of Fowler's proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Supplementary Benefit and Housing Benefit") [expenditure savings] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("2nd Bosphorus Bridge") [credit cover and ATP help] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: No.10 briefing for MT ("EX") [key points for committee: Bosphorus Bridge contract/NEI bid; Iran; ECGD financial problems] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Export Credits: Country Limits") ["ECGD's finances are deteriorating fast... We recommend supporting the bids for Turkey, with no ATP, and rejecting the bid for Iran"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Tebbit minute to MT ("ECGD Financial Projections") [description of potential crisis scenario, in event of developing countries defaulting on debt] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andew Turnbull ("Cross Channel Link") ["comments on various policy issues encountered by the Anglo-French Working Party"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (“Economic Awareness”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 12 February 1985”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: COI telegram to FCO (“Wide-ranging Howe-Halefoglu talks in Ankara”) [“If there were to be a solution it must be by direct contact between the parties directly concerned”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute (Liaison committee) [upcoming events] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (article for the Daily Star on law and order issues) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Norman Tebbit letter to MT (Laker: Winston Churchill’s letter explaining his position) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Trevor Huddleston letter to MT (imprisonment of Nelson Mandela) [grateful she raised the case with Botha; conditional release unacceptable] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO (“German Views on SDI”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Feb 13 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Feb 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: Department of Defence briefing for MT (meeting with the Spanish Minister of Defence) [Gibraltar; NATO/European Community membership] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 13 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Howe, Middleton, Robin Leigh-Pemberton & others) ["EMS": meeting "to discuss whether the UK should join the Exchange Rate Mechanism"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: George Young minute (GLC housing) [post-abolition arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Channon PS minute to David Barclay ("Blank Tape Levy") [inclusion of proposal in video copyright Green Paper] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 85 Feb 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Cabinet Secretary minute to MT ("Deregulation") [follow-up to report on removing burdens for business] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Feb 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Lord Kadoorie letter to MT (Guangdong Nuclear Project: Kadoorie's visit to China) [declassified Dec 2014]

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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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