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PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Proposed Expulsion of Soviet Intelligence Officers") [concern at need for decision at short notice and apparent leak to BBC] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 note ("Prime Minister's Questions: 18 April. Soviet Expulsions. Line to Take") [want to improve bilateral relations, but this does not mean relaxation of policy on kinds of activity which led to expulsions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (Government Response to the Beach Report on the Control of Military Information) [publication date/time; proof copy of text] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Armed Forces Pay Review Body") [background to problematic report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Rees letter to Tebbit ("MISC 108") [help for small firms: additional costs & off-setting savings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO minute ("Draft Agreement on Political Cooperation") [present state of text, with annotations by Powell] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Alan Clark letter to MT (GLC adverts on employment opportunities for disabled people) [rebutting GLC claims] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi message to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to India) [Tamil extremism; Pakistan nuclear programme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (Government Response to the Environment Committee Report on the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981) [proposed final draft] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 13th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Economic Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“CAP price fixing: developments prior to Agriculture Council on 22-23 April”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Competition Policy”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Sport: Redwood minute to Young (“An exhbition hall and sports centre in Docklands”) [“I suggested that the LDDC should move quickly to the next stage”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Rees letter to Brittan (“Public Order White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Jenkin letter to Whitelaw (“Public Order White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Kenneth Kaunda (peaceful solution for South Africa) [have pressed for unconditional release of Mandela; hope his powerful influence would be used for moderation, against violence] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO (“Bundestag Debate on SDI”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Howe PS letter to Charles Powell ("Visit by Premier Zhao Ziyang") ["We expect the public focus to be firmly on economic cooperation and opportunities for trade"] [released 2017]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Washington telegram 1325 to FCO (2232Z) ("Bonn Economic Summit: Political Aspects") [meeting of G7 Political Directors in Washington; progress made in the drafting] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Cabinet Office to Graham Stegmann ("Briefing Arrangements for the Bonn Economic Summit") [procedure] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Letwin minute for Addison ("Leader of the Association of District Councils") [MT should grant request to see him; "essential to carry Conservative opinion"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Letwin minute for Addison ("Local Authority Capital Spending: Audit Commission Report") [in line with Waldegrave proposals for "one, simple control of net borrowing ... absolute freedom for local authorities to raise and spend money on capital projects as they see fit"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Douglas Hurd minute to Peter Rees ("Public Expenditure Survey 1985") [effect of proposals on territorial departments] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Brittan PS minute to Charles Powell ("Sikh Extremists: Damage to Indo-British Relations") [dossier of statements made by Chauhan] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 108 to DTI (1120Z) ("Westlands") [meeting of technical experts and Indian air force] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Rajiv Gandhi message to MT (meeting) [activities of extremists in UK] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Austin Rover Group: proposed meeting with Professor Bhattacharya) ["The ruse for seeing [Bhattacharya]...will not work"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Charles Powell minute to MT (sale of BAe 146s to China) [confirmation of deal] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Aid Trade Provision for China") [ATP funds insufficient to extend to China, in Howe's view] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Howe PS letter to Charles Powell ("Expulsion of Soviet Officials") [account of meeting with Soviet Ambassador Popov; leak of news here may worsen Soviet response] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to MT (BBC TV programme on the 250th Anniversary of No.10) [filming inside No.10: "to clear with you the occasions in which you will be involved"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Downing Street: No.10 letter to BBC (BBC TV programme on the 250th Anniversary of No.10) [scheduling of filming; preview screening for No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: No.10 briefing for MT ("Drug Abuse") [cover minute with attached Home Office strategy document & summary of DHSS initiatives] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to Michael Heseltine (1984 Review of Security Policy in Northern Ireland) [using resources in efficient and cost effective manner to deal with terrorism threat] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Heseltine PS minute to Charles Powell (Prison Guard Force) [availability of new type of baton round] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Report on the Environment - Parliamentary Question on 23 April") [annoucement regarding report by Technology, Growth & Employment Working Group] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Sri Lanka") [UK counter-terrorism support] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 minute to MT (cost of running Parliament) [figures for 1981/82 - 1985/86] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Fowler memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 9 (Social Security Review) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (“Review of Public Order Law”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute to No.10 (“Strategic Defence Initiative”) [Soviet compliance with arms control] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Apr 20 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Apr 20 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Tom King minute to Peter Rees ("Running Costs Targets") [proposals give departments the flexibility they need] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 20 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Canada: Charles Powell note to MT (Visit of the Canadian Prime Minister) ["Mulroney is making the most he can in publicity terms from his visit"; MT agrees to visit Canada House, against Powell's advice] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Apr 20 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: UKDEL IMF telegram to FCO (“Meetings of the Interim and Development Committees held in Washington on April 17-19, 1985”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 20 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKE Washington telegram 1335 to FCO (0120Z) (“Chancellor of the Exchequer’s bilateral meeting with Secretary Baker”) [“Unitary taxation and international monetary reform were the main issues discussed”] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 Apr 21 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Apr 21 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 84”) [Gallup poll “effectively found the Labour and Conservative parties ‘neck and neck’”] [released 2015]
Text 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Charles Powell to Howe PS ("Visit by Premier Zhao Ziyang") [MT "very ready to step up her participation in his programme", including welcoming ceremony, second session of talks, farewell call] [released 2017]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (Bonn Economic Summit) [Kohl's letter on summit focus, his "concerns generally speaking match our own"; draft reply for MT] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit: Arrangements") [German text of detailed schedule for summit, and press arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit: Meeting of Personal Representatives, 19-21 April") [final meeting of Sherpas - summit likely to focus on: US fiscal deficit, world economic recovery, high unemployment, EC economies, Japanese economy, protectionism] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit: Political Aspects") [MT's reservations about including a sentence on German unification; importance attached by Kohl to the statement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit: Manned Space Station") [US report on international participation in space station] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Bonn Economic Summit: Timetable") [latest schedule from the Germans] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Chief Secretary PS letter to DOE ("Local Authority Expenditure: Newspaper Article") [Chief Secretary wrote for Sunday Express] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lord Hailsham minute to Peter Rees ("Running Costs Targets") [courts administration] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey and Running Costs Targets") [costing of options for reductions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull note to MT (Public Expenditure Survey) [Fowler, Heseltine's concerns about cuts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: Howe PS minute to Hailsham PS ("Australian Constitution Act 1900") [not possible to grant permanent loan] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Jenkin minute to MT ("Large Scale Household Survey") [needs to proceed with survey] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Brittan PS minute to Charles Powell (immigration legislation) [redacted] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Lord Gowrie letter to Howe ("Civil Service Order in Council") [legal advice on compliance; draft 1985 Order] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 541 to FCO (1200Z) ("Expulsions") [Soviet threat of further retaliation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 539 to FCO (0945Z) ("Expulsions") [British Ambassador summoned to be told off; three British diplomats to be expelled] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 540 to FCO (1010Z) ("Expulsions") [text of Soviet response to expulsions, "entirely unjustified ... political character", "unfriendly act"; three British diplomats to be expelled] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, David Orr, Peter Matthews) ["Armed Forces Pay Review Body"; Orr "conscious that the recommendations in the Report would create a difficult problem for the Government"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Review Body Reports") [nurses, professions allied to medicine, and armed forces: findings & administrative arrangements; Top Salaries Review Body report: reasons for delay] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to Ian Stewart ("Budget Council") [request for an additional 2.3 billion ecu for 1985 Budget] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Prime Minister Premadasa letter to MT (Victoria Dam project) [congratulates MT on success of her visit to Sri Lanka; thanks for UK aid for the project; visit to London & gift for MT] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Biffen minute to MT ("Parliamentary Time for Opposition Parties") [Liberal & SDP demands for formal right] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Select Committee Report on "The Wealth of Waste"") [David Trippier's proposal to assume a co-ordinating responsibility for waste recycling issues not met with enthusiasm by No.10 or Treasury] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Rees) ["Mr Enoch Powell's Bill": Unborn Children (Protection) Bill] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham, Gummer) ["Cost of Parliament" - concern at increase; problems of proliferating research assistants and consultancies] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Fowler ("Social Security Review - Public Service Provisions") [questions about future policy, arising from Green Paper on occupational and personal pensions] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Budd letter to Charles Powell (“Call by new Canadian High Commissioner”) [“McMurtry spoke of trying to identify fields for new initiatives in UK-Canada relations”] [declassified December 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: MT letter to Donald Maclean (Scottish rates revaluation) [“these rate increases emphasise the weaknesses in the present system of local government finance”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 letter to Treasury (pay negotiations) [“On balance, the Prime Minister favours [higher] offer of 4.9 per cent”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Whitelaw letter to Brittan (“Public Order Review”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Howe letter to Brittan (“Public Order White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) EC/Italy: Powell letter to FCO (start-time of Milan European Council) [change from 1pm to 10am inconvenient for MT, urge 11am] [declassified Nov 2016]
Text 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Charles Powell minute to Robert Armstrong ("Bonn Economic Summit: Meeting of Personal Representatives, 19/21 April") [MT's finds French government's stance on reference to Geneva talks and the Thematic Paper "irritating"; against a monetary conference, disturbed to see US position on this seems to be changing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Helmut Schmidt speech ("Wishful thinking for the Bonn Summit") ["Consensus is possible"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Rothschild letter to Robin Butler (study of community charge in Cambridgeshire) [seeks contact with Inland Revenue] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Andrew Turnbull minute to Rees PS ("Public Expenditure Survey and Running Costs Targets") [Rees should proceed as proposed] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Ibbs ("Capital Expenditure Contracts") [MT requests report on cost overruns and delays] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Letwin minute to MT ("Large Scale Household Survey") [opposes survey] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Redwood and Monckton minute to MT ("Private Rented Sector") [deregulation: public spending implications; housing benefit] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 121 to FCO (1333Z) ("Westlands") [Gandhi seeking a reason to turn company down] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Leon Brittan, David Mellor, John Patten, Hartley Booth) ["Drug Misuse": forfeiture of assets; institutional corruption; international cooperation; review of doctors' prescription methods; educating young people; treatment & rehabilitation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: OD(I)(85) 2") [arrangements and proposals for next round of negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations") [first meeting of OD(I) committee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Community: Visit of European Parliamentary Delegation to London") ["to advocate the draft treaty on European Union"; defensive line to take against "Britain in the slow lane" reports] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office (internal): Lord Young PS letter to David Williamson ("Deregulation") [action to follow-up MT statement at European Council, 29-30 March 1985] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to South East Asia, Sri Lanka, India and Saudi Arabia") [follow-up actions] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Papua New Guinea: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea") [released 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).

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