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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]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Fowler ("Study of Tax and Social Security Systems") [approves efficiency drive, but opposes study group] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Social Security Reviews") [financial implications for public and private sectors] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Benefits") [pre-meeting to agree handling of Cabinet discussion on review proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Rees letter to Channon ("ATP Turkey: Second Bosphorus Bridge") [conditions for ATP provision] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“ Agricultural Council: 22-23 April 1985”) [“agricultural prices: the second day”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker letter to Lawson (“Coal Industry Bill”) [budgetary planning for the coal industry: 'we will need to give a public indication of our financial expectations'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker minute to MT (“Coal Stock Re-Build at CEGB Power Stations”) [latest data] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Lord Hailsham letter to Brittan (“Public Order White Paper”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: John Mathope letter to MT (Forced Removals: appeal for help) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town to FCO (“South Africa Internal”) [black citizenship proposals and civil rights] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: George Younger’s PS minute to Lawson (“Proposed Rate Relief (Temporary Provisions) (Scotland) Bill 1985””) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Ireland: Rhodes Boyson PS letter to Biffen PS ("De Lorean: PAC debate") [Public Accounts Committee: take note Motion for Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Bonn Economic Summit") [Nakasone "somewhat apprehensive that Japan might be more open to criticism than her partners"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Bonn Economic Summit: FRG Views") [Kohl interview - "Public German rejection of a locomotive role for themselves"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UK Delegation NATO telegram to FCO ("US/Soviet Geneva Talks: Briefing to NAC") ["Despite the lack of movement, the atmosphere of the talks had been cordial and quite business-like"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: MT message to Helmut Kohl (Bonn Economic Summit) [discussions should have "aim of achieving consistent macro-economic policies and... of encouraging enterprise and helping the labour market to work more efficiently"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("Economic Summit: Unitary Tax") ["when it comes to the crunch, I think a push from the President himself may be necessary"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: TUC General-Secretary letter to MT ("Bonn Economic Summit") ["concern of the international trade union movement at growing insecurity, inequality and polarisation"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Ridley letter to Jenkin ("New burdens on local government") [transport entries in your list misleading] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lord Young minute to Tom King ("Cost Effectiveness of Public Expenditure Measures Related to Employment") [need for a wide evaluation of schemes] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("Running Costs Targets") [applying a progressive squeeze] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Powell letter to FCO ("Hong Kong Agreement: Joint Liaison Group") [response to Chinese position on composition of JLG] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 538 to FCO (1625Z) ("Westlands") [Gandhi said W30 did not appear to meet India's requirements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Downing Street: Christopher Jones letter to MT (BBC Film on the 250th Anniversary of No.10) [thanks for interview & access to No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Lord Young minute to MT ("Ministerial Group on Small Firms: Report to E(A)") [outstanding issues to be resolved prior to announcement of package of measures] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ian Stewart PS letter to No.10 ("23 April Budget Council") [report: agricultural spending; Intergovernmental Agreement for supplementary finance for 1985 EC Budget] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Community: Cutting the Burden of Community Legislation on Business and Enterprise") [interim report on action in hand to follow up MT's initiative at the European Council on De-regulation; MT asks to be kept informed] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [French proposal for European Research Coordination Agency; financing of 1985 EC Budget overrun; farm prices for 85-86; upcoming meetings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram 068 to FCO (0705Z) ("Budget Council: 23 April 1985") [record of conversation on 1985 Budget] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Lord Marsh letter to MT ("Nissan Opening Ceremony: October/November 1986") [invitation to MT to attend ceremony marking beginning of production at UK Nissan plant] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Tebbit minute to MT ("Visit to Japan: 15-19 April 1985") [report on visit] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Letwin minute to MT ("Cost-Effectiveness of Jobs Measures") [Chief Secretary's proposal that cost of job creation schemes should be analysed and compared] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Privatisation of the Gas Industry (E(A) (85) 24)") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to MT ("BGC Privatisation") [strategy proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe minute to Tebbit ("British Export Opportunities: The GDR, Czechoslovakia and Poland") [Howe's views, following visit to East Berlin, Prague & Warsaw] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Papua New Guinea: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Somare, Howe, Giheno) [development; Anzus/nuclear ship visits; Kiribati fishing agreement with USSR; Philippines; Indonesia] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [agenda] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: No.10 letter to Fowler PS ("Social Security Reviews") [MT request for Treasury & DHSS officials to agree figures on consequences of abolishing SERPS, in time for postponed Cabinet meeting] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 568 to FCO (1600Z) ("Gorbachev's Speech at the Central Committee Plenum 0f 23 April: International Affairs") [summary/analysis: "No new perspectives... confirms my view that Gorbachev's number one priority is the state of the economy"] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 566 to FCO (1415Z) ("The Central Committee Plenum 0f 23 April: Leadership Changes") [details/analysis] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling minute to Howe (“CAP Price Fixing 1985”) [Common Agricultural Policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [social security reviews, late payment of VAT, taxation of charities, arts and heritage, national insurance contributions, local government finance] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: No.10 minute to MT (“Late Payment of VAT”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walker) ["Coal Issues": power station stocks, future of the NCB, pit closures; NUM rules] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Howe minute to MT (“Cyprus”) [de Cuéllar to seek UK help in securing Turkish agreement to proposals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Tebbit letter to Lord Gowrie (“Civil Service retirement and re-employment policy”) [“I am very much opposed to the practice of civil servants notionally retiring at the age of 60, collecting their lump sums and being immediately re-employed”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: FCO briefing for MT (“Call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro: 29 April”) [Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Gorbachev’s speech at the Central Committee plenum of 23 April: International Affairs”) [“disappointing… no new perspectives”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan) [“Peacock committee”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Hurd letter to Brittan (White Paper on Public Order: implications for Northern Ireland) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT (“Rate Relief in Scotland”) [recommendations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Argentina: Hugh Thomas minute to MT (“Argentina”) [political situation] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Howe PS letter to Charles Powell ("China: Visit by Premier Zhao") [proposed MT interview with senior Chinese journalists "would provide a rare opportunity to project her views at first hand to the Chinese people"] [released 2017]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Prime Minister of China's Visit: Interview") [knows "the importance you attach to the success of this visit", suggests half-hour exceptional interview] [released 2017]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Washington telegram 1378 to FCO (0230Z) ("The Second Reagan Administration and the Approach to the Bonn Summit") ["with the re-election honeymoon over, the administration is in a bad patch"; "1986 mid-terms begin to cast a long shadow"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Washington telegram 1379 to FCO (0240Z) ("Bonn Summit: US Trade Policy") [US seeking a new GATT round; "if the summit is seen to fail, the domestic protectionist pressures may become irresistible"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Washington telegram 1380 to FCO (0250Z) ("Bonn Summit: US Economy and Economic Policies") ["the growth of the US economy has slowed down to a crawl"; international monetary meeting] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Bonn Summit: French approach") [French "will stand firm" on position on GATT and securing European interests] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: John Patten letter to Kenneth Baker ("Abolition: Voluntary Bodies A Trust for London") [supports his proposal] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Cabinet Secretary minute for MT (evidence to be submitted to Widdicombe Inquiry) ["Central government conventions on publicity and advertising"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Michael Heseltine minute to Peter Rees ("Public Expenditure Survey and Running Costs Targets") [service pay] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 ("UK Trade Mission to China and Hong Kong") [request from representatives of the companies included in the mission to meet in advance with MT, to discuss financing of projects] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Chinese Ambassador: Courtesy Call") ["would underline the importance... [MT] attaches personally to the further development of relations"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation ("VE Day: President Reagan's Visit to a German War Cemetery") [Charles Powell, Teltschik: regarding MT's "alleged criticism in the House of Commons this afternoon"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Rees letter to Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission ("Review Body Reports") [proposed increases for nurses, doctors & dentists, and armed forces respectively] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Mark Addison minute to MT ("Higher Education Green Paper") [MT notified of Policy Unit doubts about Keith Joseph proposals; she allows paper to go to H committee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Attorney General's Legal Secretary letter to FCO ("Development of the EC") [Attorney-General considers he should see draft text on political cooperation before it is put to other states; case for putting "Luxembourg Compromise" into treaty form] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Howe minute to Rees ("Aid and Trade Provision: Turkey: Second Bosphorus Bridge") [qualified consent to Channon's proposed increase] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 14th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer) [late payment of VAT] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy press notice (“Coal Industry Bill Published”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: NUCAS minutes (Executive Committee meeting) [Central Council meeting, transport, property review, Standing Review Committee, Social Affairs Forum, Federation of Conservative Students, county council elections, party conference] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Apr 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Alison minute to MT (“Monday Lunches”) [lunches with cabinet colleagues - suggested attendees, arrangements] [released 2015]

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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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