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PDF 85 Jul 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa:Internal”) [declaration of a state of emergency - "a very serious turn of events", "a gamble"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington minute to FCO (“Terrorism: Role of the US Media”) [US press: MT about the role of the media in covering terrorism] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD record of conversation (Heseltine-Weinberger) [UK participation in SDI research, defence equipment trade, arms sales to Argentina] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Letwin minute to MT ("Audit Commission") [outcome of Department of Environment and Local Government audits] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Ingham minute to MT ("Football Finances") [football hooliganism: "I was the source of the weekend newspaper stories which warned the FA/FL from pleading poverty"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Mark Addison minute to MT ("Further Extension of Unified Grading in the Civil Service") [announcement in Parliament following resolution of Keith Joseph dispute] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Howe, Whitelaw, Gowrie, Barney Hayhoe, Robert Armstrong) ["Morale in the Civil Service"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Meeting of OD at 11.15 (after Cabinet on Thursday 25 July The Security of Small States") [identification of states vulnerable to takeover by USSR; prevention strategy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Downing Street: Ingham minute to MT ("Celebrating No.10's 250th Anniversary") [proposals for inviting children] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Mark Addison minute to MT ("Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking") [clearance of lines to convey to Whitelaw in advance of H committee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Leon Brittan letter to Willie Whitelaw ("Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking") [proposed amendments to draft legislation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Peter Walker PS ("Britoil Share Sale") [advice on purchase of shares by Ministers] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Heseltine letter to Rees (future management of the Royal Dockyards) [Heseltine statement to Parliament on introduction of commercial management] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("British-Irish Association") [suggests Government seeks to persuade Association to postpone annual meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Power Station Endurance: Meeting at 3 PM on 24 July 1985 with Secretary of State for Energy and Chancellor of the Exchequer”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: MacGregor letter to MT (treatment of working miners by striking miners and the NCB) ['you can be assured that we will not relax our efforts until peace has been restored in all our communities'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Wybrew minute to MT ("Power Station Endurance") [strategy proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("The Post Office") ["moving towards the establishment of three separate businesses": analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris briefing to FCO ("The French Prime Minister's visit to London") [meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Justice: Younger PS letter to No.10 ("Chiswick Report") [statement to Parliament regarding report on suicide precautions in Glenochil Young Offenders Institution and Detention Centre] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Lord Young minute to MT ("R and D priorities across Government") ["...the proportion of civil R & D funded by industry lags behind our major competitors..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Pym letter for Lawson (economic situation and employment issues) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Howe & King memo circulated to Cabinet - C(85) 20 (Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Ridley minute to Jenkin (“LDDC: Royal Docks”) [“It would destroy the whole credibility of our approach if we attempted to put pressure on the PLA to renegotiate the terms of the lease”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tebbit minute to MT (“Information Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) report on cable systems: a reassessment”) [“Predictably… drawn a very negative response from British Telecom”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2211 to FCO (2120Z) (“US-South Africa: US Reaction to State of Emergency”) [Washington concerned "though 'constructive engagement' is still the watchword"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa-Internal”) [unrest continues despite crackdown] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“British Participation in SDI Research”) [meeting with Weinberger; Powell wonders if Heseltine's demand for 5 percent was a "wrecking bid"] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Department of Environment ("Follow-Up to Audit Commission Work on Value for Money") [MT approves Jenkin's approach] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Macfarlane minute to MT ("Stocktaking Meeting on Football") [football hooliganism and stadium safety: Working Group progress reports] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Whitelaw ("Teachers' Pay Dispute") [new fortnightly bulletin of updates; first copy attached] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [InterGovernmental Conference; integrated Mediterranean programmes; EC draft 1986 Budget; US/EC steel trade; realignment of European currencies ] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland Affairs") [state of play in Anglo-Irish talks] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [report on latest round of talks with Nally] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Butler minute to MT (treatment of working miners by striking miners and the NCB: Butler's correspondence with MacGregor) ['Further evidence that Mr. MacGregor is not now an easy or consistent person to have dealings with!'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Walker-Younger-Gregons-Manley-Unwin) [power station endurance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Channon minute to MT ("Visit to South East Asia: 19 June - 9 July 1985") [results of trade promotion visit to Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia & Malaysia] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Rees letter to Tebbit ("Post Office: Tariffs and Targets") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Privy Council Office record of conversation ("Education (Corporal Punishment)") [Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham, Lord Denham, Bob Dunn] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Anglo-German summit: Royal Academy Exhibition”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: Secretary of State for Energy PS letter to No.10 (Secretary of State’s alleged speech on Third World debts) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKHC Dar es Salaam to FCO (“Mr Kinnock’s Visit”) [conversation with Nyerere: South Africa, African economic crisis, EC, Nyerere’s future] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Butler minute to MT (“Sir Kenneth Bond”) [the Audit Commission report on local government: further actions] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe minute to MT (“Soviet Compliance with Arms Control Agreements: Implications for British Policy”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Powell minute for MT (“South Africa”) ["our glorious French allies" acting without warning against South Africa four days after EU joint statement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: Powell letter to Michael Hoffman (invitation to attend Chequers seminar on policy towards South Africa) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute for Powell (“Seminar on Policy towards Southern Africa”) [names for seminar] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Brittan minute to MT ("Football Violence") [football hooliganism: progress report on Home Office actions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: FCO letter to No.10 (football hooliganism: proposals for further measures in response) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Confiscation or Forfeiture of Assets") ["We are still convinced that forfeiture rather than unlimited fines are the right course"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("NEDO Publication: Practical Aspects of a New Financial Intermediary") [National Economic Development Office: background note for PMQ] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 (""System Y": DG/OFTEL's Report") [copy of report; summary; next steps] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Unemployment: Butcher letter to Sean Hughes (situation in Knowsley) [Industry Act assistance, council initiatives and grant schemes] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute (draft message from the Prime Minister to President Mitterrand: the European Fighter Aircraft) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message for President Mitterrand (the European Fighter Aircraft) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing for No.10 ("Visit of Monsieur Fabius, 1 August") [intergovernmental conference] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Social Services: Ridley letter to Fowler ("DHSS Local Office Project") [demarcation of single & competitive tendering for computers] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 26th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Industrial Affairs, Home Affairs, Northern Ireland affairs) [Anglo-Irish Agreement draft] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Whitelaw minute for Brittan (“Economic Performance 1985”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Industry: John Butcher letter to Sean Hughes MP (Government schemes for employment and training in the Knowsley area) [Industry Act assistance, council initiatives and grant schemes] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 2222 to FCO (0316Z) (“Prime Minister’s Visit: Political Subjects”) [Reagan-Gorbachev Summit, Middle East, SDI, South Africa, terrorism, MSE] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Howe minute to MT (“MBFR”) [Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions talks] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Whitelaw minute for Brittan (“The Government’s record since 1979” & “Public Expenditure & ‘Cuts’”) [arguments to circulate to MPs] [released 2015]
Text 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Iraq: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister to London") [urges that MT renews invitation to Tariq Aziz; Powell annotation: "He's a very tiresome man...[but] it will be hard to refuse"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Rees minute to MT ("Control of Civil Service Running Costs") [targets; monitoring; role of senior managers] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("International Drug Trade") [Joint Intelligence Organisation papers produced by Canada & US, calling for multinational approach to tackling drug crime] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: No.10 minute to Leon Brittan PS ("Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking") [MT "not yet convinced the fines route is preferable to forfeiture"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: George Younger minute to MT ("Scottish Teachers' Pay and Conditions of Service") ["to report the outcome of exchanges which I have been having with the Scottish education authorities in an effort to resolve the dispute"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Anglo-Irish agreement: timetable, implementation, Ulster Defence Regiment, terrorist prisoners: MT comment: 'I am utterly astounded by this minute. I am not prepared to go ahead with either of these things'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation (Hurd-Molyneaux-Enoch Powell) [Anglo-Irish negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Walker minute to MT (possible scheme to reduce the price of electricity to large industrial consumers) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1400Z) ("South Africa") (NSC 0119) [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe minute to MT ("Your meeting with the French Prime Minister: European Community") ["reflections on the way ahead"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("R&D priorities across Government") [counter-arguments against lobbying from the research community, and Departmental scrutiny/reporting proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("MISC 110 Report on Defence R&D") ["...should be progressively reduced over the next 10 years, in order to make British industry more competitive"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Chief Scientific Adviser briefing for MT ("R&D priorities across Government (E(A)(85)40)") ["...R&D trends are alarmingly out of line with those of our principal industrial competitors and... this carries a great threat to our future economic prosperity"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Report of the Official Group on Defence Research and Development") [proposed reduction in spending] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Shorts") ["With some luck and better management, Shorts are now turning the corner... probably the best time to privatise"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("E(A)(85)16th meeting at 10.30am on Monday, 29 July Short Brothers PLC: strategy, funding and prospects for privatisation") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("H committee on Thursday 25 July") [Criminal Justice Bill 1986/87 and drugs misuse] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("1985 Survey: Scotland and Northern Ireland") [over-provision in the territorial blocks] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lawson letter to Conservative MPs (“end of term” message on current economic situation) [“steady expansion”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International economic policy: Treasury minute to No.10 (“International Financial Scene”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Brittan letter to Tebbit (Direct Broadcasting by Satellite) [Tebbit keen that Parliamentary announcement address unethical competitiveness as well as IBA study] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Local Authority Capital Spending”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Vice-President George Bush) [terrorism, Middle East, Southern Africa, Strategic Defence Initiative] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (MT-US Secretary for Defense Weinberger) [Strategic Defence Initiative, Mobile Subscriber Equipment, Fylingdales, arms control, Falklands] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chairman of the US Federal Reserve System Volcker) [US deficit, international debt, aircraft for Argentina, banking in the US, Japan, monetary policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT Press conference (visit to the US: meetings with the officials) [arms control, Strategic Defence Initiative, South Africa, Middle East, economy, terrorism] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Whitelaw minute for Brittan (“Tourism & Leisure”) [arguments to circulate to MPs] [released 2015]
Text 85 Jul 27 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 27 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft Negotiations") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 27 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Luxembourg to FCO (“European Political Cooperation: Meeting of African Directors”) [UK & FRG firmly oppose EC economic sanctions against South Africa] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 27 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKMIS New York telegram 566 to FCO (0020Z) (“Security Council Meeting on South Africa: Conclusion”) [UK & US veto Chapter VII sanctions, France reneging on promise to] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Jul 28 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Under Secretary of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs letter to Lawson (speech material on competition policy) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 98”) [36.5 percent claim they would support Alliance, 30 percent Conservative and 30 percent Labour] [released 2015]
Text 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Peru: UKE Lima telegram to FCO ("President Garcia's Inauguration Speech") ["A tough and uncompromising speech"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Booth minute to MT ("Meeting on 30 July with the Football Authorities") [football hooliganism: membership cards] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Football Association General Secretary Ted Croker letter to MT (football hooliganism: meeting on 30 July) [gives apologies] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Football Authorities: 30 July") [football hooliganism] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Rees minute to MT ("Stocktaking Meeting on Football") [football hooliganism: cautions against offering "financial carrots" to football authorities to encourage action] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Shaw minute to MT ("Football Violence") [football hooliganism: response to issues raised by MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Teachers' Pay Negotiations, England and Wales") ["main features of the current position"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Scott minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: Overseas Information Effort") [report on work to explain Northern Ireland policies overseas] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walter Marshall, Chairman of the CEGB) ["Meeting with Lord Marshall: Endurance"/"Third Tranche Coal"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 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 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Gas Privatisation") [progress on gas privatisation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Policy Unit minute for MT ("Meeting with Peter Levine") [defence procurement discussion] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation ("Meeting with Monsieur Fabius: 1 August 1985") [Charles Powell, Jacques Viot] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Peter Rees minute to MT (R and D priorities across Government) ["...if industry is not raising its [research & development] spending... we must identify the reasons..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Willetts minute to MT ("Expenditure on Scotland and Northern Ireland") ["snouts well and truly in the public expenditure trough"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Privy Council Office record of conversation ("Social Security Review") [Whitelaw, Fowler, Biffen, Ingham, Patrick Jenkin, Lord Gowrie, Tony Newton: publicity measures to widen coverage of consultation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lawson letter for Under Secretary of State for Corporate and Consumer Affairs (speech material on competition policy) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: Brittan letter to Stuart Young (“Real Lives”) [“terrorism thrives on the oxygen of publicity”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Management minutes (extract on “Real Lives” documentary) [Brittan’s request not to show the documentary] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Brittan letter to Howe (“European Convention on Human Rights: renewal of optional Clauses 25 and 46 (Right of Individual Petition and Compulsory Jurisdiction of the Court)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Ridley minute to Rees (“LDDC: Royal Docks”) [discrepancies in costings for scheme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: MT letter to Robert McFarlane (thanks for briefing) [declassified ?2000]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa Internal”) [balance sheet after ten days of the emergency] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKHC Canberra to FCO (“Australian Policy towards South Africa”) [Australia will propose trade embargo at CHOGM] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2261 to FCO (1530Z) (“US-South Africa”) [House-Senate conference on sanctions legislation - "Admnistration statements slowly becoming more critical of South Africa"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Jenkin minute to MT (“MISC 109: Liverpool City Council Situation Report”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Revisions to GDP Growth Rates”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT letter to Robert McFarlane (meeting at the Embassy) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT letter to Paul Volcker (thanking for the hospitality) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT letter to George Bush (thanking for the meeting) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT letter to Caspar Weinberger (thanking for the meeting) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT letter to Oliver Wright (thanking for hospitality) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation ("President Reagan") [Reagan's health - MT phone conversation with the Reagans & in person with Bush] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: US Arms Control Observer Group letter to MT (recent visit to London) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 minute to MT (Soviet unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing - American reactions) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers-Football Association-Football League-Football Trusts-Others) [football hooliganism: sale of alcohol; stadium safety; membership cards; CCTV; financing of stadium improvements; publicity] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: BBC letter to Leon Brittan (BBC Programme "Real Lives") [withdrawal of programme] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Teachers' Pay") ["Both the English and the Scottish proposals are unattractive": details; advice] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [revised draft communique for Armstrong's next meeting with Nally] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Gas Industry Privatisation: Legislation and Price Regulation (E(A) (85) 52)") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Gas Industry Privatisation (E(A) (85) 52)") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Sir Walter Marshall, CEGB Chairman (follow up to discussion with MT) [NCB subsidy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: No.10 Policy Unit to MT ("OFTEL Report") ["BT... proposal to meet some 20% of their digital exchange requirements with the Thorn-Ericsson System Y instead of the British developed System X from Plessey or GEC"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Lord Gowrie minute to MT (Non-Departmental Public Bodies: a Guide for Departments) [revised in line with MT announcement on ‘value for money’ initiative] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Tebbit minute for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft Negotiations") [his comments on Heseltine's minute] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Mitterrand's position") [European Fighter Aircraft] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Japanese action programme on Market opening: Embassy comment") ["...more useful and positive... than... expected..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (E(A) meeting on Research & Development) [cover note only] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (E(A)(85)18th at 4pm on 31st July papers on Government Research & Development (R&D)) ["The Report's conclusions are... radical and unlikely to commend themselves to the Secretary of State for Defence"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 minute for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [honours for the City, the markets ("Is another 1/2 per cent off desirable or not?"), post mortem on TSRB] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("Social Security Review") [Hector Laing proposal on two-tier bargaining & early retirement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Governors minute (special meeting to discuss “Real Lives”) [majority of Board against tranmission] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: Stuart Young letter to Brittan (“Real Lives”) [Governors have decided it would be unwise to transmit programme in present form; seeks meeting] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: Brittan letter to Stuart Young (“Real Lives”) [welcomes BBC decision, happy to discuss issues relating to handling of terrorism on TV] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: No.10 record of conversation (meeting with James Hill MP on Southampton Docks) [deregulation in freeports, VAT, National Dock Labour Scheme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: No.10 briefing (meeting with James Hill on Southampton Docks) [deregulation in freeports, VAT, National Dock Labour Scheme] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Turnbull note to MT (Royal Docks lease) [proposed PLA deficit grant] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Wybrew minute to MT (“London Docklands Development - Lease for Royal Docks”) [should “let the existing lease between the LDDC and the PLA stand”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: Italian PM Craxi to MT (Val di Fiemme tragedy) [dam collapse - thanks for condolences] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Local Authority Capital Spending”) [options] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Local Authority Capital Spending”) [background, main issues, handling] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD letter to No.10 (“SDI Research”) [Heseltine’s draft letter to Weinberger on terms of British participation in SDI research] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 letter to MOD (“SDI Research”) [MT attaches great importance to keeping up the momentum on UK involvement in SDI research] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (thanks for visit to Chequers) [with cards from wife & children] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Alison letter to MT (encouragement) [awesome achievements; Good Samaritan & Moses] [released 2015]
Text 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Rees minute to MT ("Using Private Enterprise: Competitive Tendering by Government Departments") [progress report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Whitelaw ("House of Lords Select Committee Report on Education and Training for New Technologies") [draft Government response] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Teachers") [pay & conditions of employment in Scotland and in England & Wales, respectively - "necessary to make sure that the approach... is consistent"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Prime Minister Craxi (European Action Programme Against Cancer) ["scope for a concerted approach"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Lamont letter to Howe ("EC Regional Aid Ceilings") ["unjustifiable differential between the ceilings in GB and those obtaining in other Member States... we could maintain that Northern Ireland was a special case"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Prime Minister González Márquez (Treaty of Spanish Accession to the European Community) [thanks for commemorative gift] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("US/Soviet Summit") [request for draft of an MT letter to Reagan expressing UK thoughts on the forthcoming Summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Heseltine, Tebbit, Howe) [European Fighter Aircraft] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with M. Fabius") [arrangements; press conference; social/economic matters; French elections; EC; Channel link; South Africa; Falklands; Defence; international debt; Soviet Union; trade; terrorism] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing for No.10 ("French Prime Minister's visit to London: Argentina") [Falklands; social/economic matters; EC; Channel link; South Africa; Defence; international debt; Soviet Union; terrorism] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing for No.10 ("The French Prime Minister's visit to London on 1 August") [arrangements; French elections; Falklands; social/economic matters; EC; Channel link; South Africa; Defence; international monetary reform/trade; Soviet Union] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Wakeham minute for MT (“Chief Whip’s thoughts at 31 July”) [list of ministers with reshuffle suggestions; MT annotations also] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Department of Health and Social Security minute for No.10 (“Research on Fetal Material”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Attorney General’s Legal Secretary letter to No.10 (aircraft and shipbuilding nationalisation: European Convention of Human Rights) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Cabinet Office briefing (“London Dockland Development Corporation (supplementary brief)”) [“Ministers have already decided that there should be no further operating subsidies to the PLA”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: LDCC letter to MT (LDDC annual report and accounts) [determined to maintain pace of regeneration] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa: Prospects for Dialogue”) [SA Government playing cards close to its chest] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa: Situation Round Up”) [general assumption that measures will dampen down violence, but then what?] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKREP Brussels to FCO (“EC-South Africa”) [Commission wants EC to prepare sanctions but only if Ten reach consensus] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Wakeham-Lawson-Jenkin-Edwards-Rees) [local authority capital expenditure] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Younger minute to MT (“MISC109: Edinburgh”) [report on his action against Edinburgh District Council] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor-Attorney General) [Johnson Matthey Bankers affair] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell note to MT (Heseltine’s letter to Weinberger on UK participation in the SDI) [MT rejects draft; Pentagon worries whether UK can deliver] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Stephen Hastings letter to MT (encouragement) [troubles will pass, you will triumph again] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: David Eccles letter to MT (encouragement) [“The sun has gone behind a cloud. It will come out again”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Howard letter to MT (encouragement) ["last night’s [BBC Newsnight] interview was splendid"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO briefing for MT (“Prime Minister”s Meeting with Chief Mangosutho Buthelezi, 2 August 1985”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Department of Employment (scrutinies of the Youth Training Scheme and Community Programme) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO telegram 784 to UKE Moscow (1716Z) ("Secretary of State's meeting with Shevardnadze") [bilateral relations in political and trade fields, UK-Soviet relations, US-Soviet relations, arms control] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Electricity Prices and Large Industrial Consumers") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to No.10 ("Third Tranche") [comment on Walker's approach to third tranche coal] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Turnbull minute to MT ("Third Tranche Coal") [comment on Walker's approach to third tranche coal: 'the way Mr Walker has gone about this subject is unsatisfactory'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Younger minute to MT ("Electricity Prices for Large Industrial Consumers") [supports Walker's proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe press conference transcript ("Press Conference Given by the Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, in Helsinki, on Thursday, August 1, 1985") [Meeting of Foreign Ministers: 10th anniversary of Helsinki Final Act: human rights & East/West relations; Howe's account of his meetings with Shultz and Shevarnadze] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Sir Raymond Lygo letter to Tebbit (the European Fighter Aircraft negotiations: his comments) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Tebbit minute for Heseltine ("European Fighter Aircraft") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute for Tebbit ("European Fighter Aircraft") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prime Minister Fabius) [social/economic matters; French elections; EC; Channel link; South Africa; Falklands; Defence; international debt; Japan; Gorbachev's visit to France; China] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) USSR: FCO research note ("MS Gorbachev: A Biographical Note") ["Gorbachev belongs to a new generation ... [but] has made his entire career in the Party apparatus, whose cautious and secretive methods have not been relaxed"] ​​​​​​​[released 2017]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Nicholas Winterton MP letter for Lawson (economic and employment situation in the UK) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Keith Joseph, Whitelaw, Younger, Edwards, Hurd, King, Jenkin) [latest position on teachers’ pay dispute] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (Safety of Sports Grounds) [circular] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: MT letter to Chairman of Football Association (safety of sports grounds) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Powell minute to MT (“Meeting with Chief Buthelezi”) [he looks for you to endorse his approach] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Reform of Local Authority Finance-Meeting with Victor Rothschild”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“MISC 109: Edinburgh”) [extra spending power, UK Commissioners Bill] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Owen letter to MT (Johnson Matthey Bankers inquiry) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Howe minute to Brittan ("Drugs Misuse") [welcomes Brittan's proposals for a National Drugs Intelligence Unit & a Steering Group of senior officials; requests FCO representation on the Group] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Keith Joseph ("Grant Aided Schools") ["we need to consider whether any necessary experimentation cannot be in less elaborate and costly ways"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [report on Armstrong's latest meeting with Nally] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Department of Trade and Industry letter to No.10 ("BSC Strategy: Announcement") [long-term strategy for British Steel] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 letter to Department of Energy (telephone call from MacGregor: suggested MT meeting with Nottinghamshire miners) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("European Fighter Aircraft") [draft message from MT to Prime Minister Gonzalez of Spain] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for MT (European Fighter Aircraft) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for MT (European Fighter Aircraft: agreement with Germany and Italy) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Prime Minister Gonzalez of Spain (the European Fighter Aircraft negotiations) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Central Statistical Office minute to No.10 ("Advance release of Index of Production data") [MT approves addition to circulation list] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Korea: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Invitation to the Prime Minister to visit Korea") [MT agrees provisionally to short visit en route to or from Tokyo economic summit] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands/Argentina: Message from Caputo") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("World Council of Churches/Falklands") [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) South Africa: McFarlane telegram to USE Pretoria (demands “bold & concrete steps”) [declassified 1999]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Ingham minute for MT (“Presentation&rdquo) [thoughts at tne end of a rather difficult political year] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: No.10 minute to MT (“Late Payment of VAT”) [“securing public acceptance”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Teachers’ pay”) [pay offer agreement with Secretaries of State for Education and Scotland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Addison (“Direct Broadcasting by Satellite”) [“the argument about whether it must be a British satellite is not wholly resolved”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (CCTV on sports grounds: lack of equipment and delivery delays) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: MT letter to David Owen (Johnson Matthey Bankers inquiry) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Helen Suzman) [isolation or sanctions would be counterproductive; value of incremental change] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chief Buthelezi) [MT afterwards "wondered whether he was a strong enough character to provide real leadership"] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 3 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Economic Secretary to the Treasury minute to MT (“MISC 109: Edinburgh”) [rate reductions, commissioner legislation] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 4 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 98”) [Alliance support up from 28 percent to 35 percent compared with start of the year] [released 2015]
Text 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Patrick Jenkin PS letter to John Moore PS (Review of Privatisation Prospects for the Next Parliament) [Environment candidates] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 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 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Tom King (“Enterprise Allowance Scheme”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Manpower: Jopling letter to Tom King (training services for overseas nationals abroad) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Ministerial Group to look at R&D") [research & development: "...the key question for now is who should chair the Group"; MT defers decision pending Cabinet reshuffle] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: MT letter to Peter Emery MP (Select Procedures Committee review of the format for Prime Minister's Questions) ["... a matter for the House... and I should, of course, be willing to fall in with [its] decisions... For my part, I have no complaint to make about the existing arrangements..."] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: MT letter to Prime Minister González (Contadora Health Plan: international conference) [British participation] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("Falklands") [a joint statement by the Argentine and British Councils of Churches] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Conservative MPs (teachers’ pay dispute) [state of play] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (“Teachers’ pay”) [briefing note for Press Offices] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Management minutes (“Real Lives”) [Milne: Real Lives "had to hit the air if this place is to run properly"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to Tam Dalyell MP (government’s position) [“the sinking of the General Belgrano was a necessary and legitimate action in the Falklands campaign”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT letter to Dalyell (government’s position) [“the sinking of the General Belgrano was a necessary and legitimate action in the Falklands campaign”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Heseltine minute to Howe (“FAC report on the events surrounding the weekend of 1st/2nd May 1982”) [“the main charge is that the Government displayed excessive caution in its handling of information”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MoD report (“FAC report on the events surrounding the weekend of 1st/2nd May 1982”) [“the main charge is that the Government displayed excessive caution in its handling of information”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: President Cossiga to MT (election) [thanks for message of congratulations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (visit of EC ministers) [welcome on assumption no right to interfere implied] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Jenkin minute to MT (“MISC 109: Edinburgh District Council”) [rate reductions, commissioner legislation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Sir Laurens van der Post letter to MT (his visit to South Africa) [offers to take message; No.10 wary] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa: Message from President Botha to the Prime Minister”) [Shultz letter to Howe opposing visit of European FMs to SA early this month] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tim Flesher minute to MT ("BBC Board of Governors") [withdrawal of Real Lives programme] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("1985 Annual Review of Government funded R & D") [defensive line to take, and MT gives go-ahead to publish] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Tebbit letter to Hurd ("Arthur Andersen") [Government position on using the firm for audit or consultancy work in context of ongoing court case against Andersen over failure of DeLorean Motor Cars Ltd] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Tebbit letter to Whitelaw ("Copyright Licensing") [photocopying of copyright material] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Governors minutes (special meeting to discuss “Real Lives”) [DG attends; Young comments BBC "in turmoil"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 minute to MT (“Cable television”) [Information Technology Advisory Panel: follow-up to report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa: Situation Round-Up”) ["generally quiet weekend"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2325 to FCO (0030Z) (“Message from President Botha to the Prime Minister”) [US says Botha to make major speech on 15 Aug, Pik Botha to brief in advance London, Washington & Bonn; US thinking movement on Mandela] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa Internal”) [National MP outlines government policy] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Department of Trade and Industry minute for FCO (“UK Policy towards South Africa”) [Tebbit agrees further studies needed] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Tom King letter to Peter Rees ("Long Term Unemployment") [additional staff to combat benefit fraud] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Government Emergency Communications System") [transfer of responsibility from DTI to Home Office] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Julian Amery MP (Special Operations) [response to Amery's case for enhanced powers to combat terrorism] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Mark Addison minute to MT ("Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking") [advice on response to Brittan, following his clarification of why he believes fines will work more effectively than forfeiture, in face of MT doubts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Tim Flesher minute to MT ("Bonn Economic Summit: Drugs") [points of concern to be relayed to Foreign Office in order to be raised at the Summit] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Tom King minute to MT (the Community Programme & tackling unemployment) [progress report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Manpower: Rhodes Boyson letter to Tom King (“Industrial Training Boards and Overseas Training”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Armstrong minute for Flesher (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [dates & arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Justice: Brittan letter to Jenkin (prison accommodation) [No.10: "The Home Secretary is convinced that extra capacity is required despite the Government's concern to develop alternatives to custody and encourage the courts to use them."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Adam Butler PS letter to No.10 (Short Bros PLC: RAF Basic Trainer programme) [MT concerns about struggling company's ability to fulfil the contract] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: Armstrong minute to Cabinet Office (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [arrangements and a possible visit to Vancouver] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Management minutes (special meeting to discuss “Real Lives”) [Milne gives account of BBC meeting with Brittan; draft statements by him] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 letter to Tebbit PS (“ITAP report on cable systems”) [MT would like DTI to update response to the report following talks with BT] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (his coming speech) [hopes for "a significant step forward for all the people of South Africa"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Message to the Prime Minister from President Botha”) [debates whether MT should meet Pik Botha; draft message] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Department of Employment letter to No.10 (scrutinies of the Youth Training Scheme and Community Programme) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Downing Street: Mark Addison minute to MT ("No.10's 250th Anniversary") [invitation to NSPCC children] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: George Younger PS letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("Review of Privatisation Prospects") [Scottish candidates] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Jopling PS letter to John Moore PS ("Review of Privatisation Prospects for the Next Parliament") [Agriculture candidates] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to No.10 ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [preparation for further Armstrong meeting with Nally; draft communique] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversations (MT, Flesher; Flesher, MacGregor's) [re: MacGregor suggestion that MT meet with Nottinghamshire miners; he "took the news [that MT will not meet with miners] greatly amiss and averred that the Prime Minister has unnecessarily lost two friends"] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) South Africa: McFarlane email to White House (Vienna meeting with Pik Botha) [declassified 1999]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (BBC) Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Management minutes (“Real Lives”) [Chairman clashes with Director-General; DG's statement revised] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Chairman of the Football Association letter to MT (public order at matches) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT (“Closed Circuit TV: Football Trust”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Geoffrey Pattie minute to MT (“British National Space Centre”) [organisation and funding] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Carrington to MT (Washington & SDI) [apart from Reagan, European fears much better understood] [released 2015]
Text 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Mark Addison minute to MT (external competition to recruit direct entry Principals) ["Lord Gowrie's minute does not make out much of a case"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Ministry of Defence briefing for MT ("Saudi Arabia - Tornado") [background to Prince Bandar's request for meeting with MT] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Tebbit minute to MT ("Electricity Prices and Large Industrial Consumers") [comments on Walker's proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Fowler minute to MT ("Reform of Social Security") ["progress and next steps following the... Green Paper"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“FCO communications”) [“Treasury and FCO officials have reached a satisfactory agreement which the CSU have now accepted”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Neil Macfarlane letter to Department of the Environment colleagues (“Football Violence and Safety”) [package of measures agreed between Government and football authorities] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa: Situation Report on Unrest”) [Durban townships, government claims hooligan element] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: MT letter to the UN Secretary-General (the UNICEF Resolution) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa”) [Pik Botha trails President Botha’s speech in Durban 15 Aug; MT hopes for "a great advance"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (Addison, Laurens van der Post) [what to say during his visit - rely on personal judgment following long talks with MT] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 10 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
Text 85 Aug 11 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 100”) [“the lowest level of Conservative support found in any survey conducted by Gallup since December, 1981”] [released 2015]
Text 85 Aug 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Ian Stewart letter to Heseltine ("Multi-Departmental Review of Budgeting") [progress] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 12 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 Aug 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Edwards minute to MT ("Electricity Prices and Large Industrial Consumers") [comments on Walker's proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Walker minute to MT ("Electricity Prices and Large Industrial Consumers") [response to Chancellor of the Exchequer's comments] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 Aug 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) South Africa: McFarlane email to White House (planning for policy announcement) [declassified 1999]
Text 85 Aug 13 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Department of Energy ("Electricity Prices and Large Industrial Consumers") [response to Walker's proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT (train crash in France) [message of thanks from Prime Minister Fabius for MT letter offering condolences] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Brittan minute to Whitelaw ("Legislative Programme 1985-86") [confiscation of drug traffickers' assets] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa”) [plans for response to President Botha’s speech in Durban 15 Aug] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Secretaries’ note circulated to Official Group on Coal - MISC57(85) 11 (“Coal supplies to power stations”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: MOD minute to MT (“British National Space Centre”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 15 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Adam Butler minute to MT ("Quarterly Report on Defence Sales and Prospects 1st April to 30th June 1985") [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“President Botha’s Speech of 15 August”) ["not as positive as we had been led to believe it would be"] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al Saud letter to MT (Middle East peace process & sale of Tornado/Hawk aircraft) [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Treasury internal minute to Chancellor of the Exchquer (“Profit Sharing, Co-operatives, Two-tier Wages and Jobs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Scottish Office letter to No.10 (“Football Hooliganism: installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 17 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 17 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prince Bandar bin Sultan al Saud) [sale of Tornado/Hawk aircraft; Middle East peace process] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 17 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: William Davis memorandum for MT (brief comments on common criticisms of government) [out of touch - big three "grey, dull, uninspiring, self-righteous, and smug"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 17 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 101”) [“the lowest level of Conservative support since late 1981”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 17 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Williams Davis paper for MT (media charges against her) [suggested rejoinders] [released 2015]
Text 85 Aug 18 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
Text 85 Aug 19 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Nicholas Scott letter to Leon Brittan ("Confiscation of the Profits of Drug Trafficking") ["you asked whether orders made by English and Welsh courts against offenders who hold assets in Northern Ireland will be enforceable here"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 19 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 Aug 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Japanese Embassy letter to MT (JAL passenger air crash) [acknowledgement from PM Nakasone of MT condolences] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Treasury record of conversation (trade and economic issues) [Geoffrey Littler, Japanese Ambassador: Western concerns about capital inflow/outflow imbalance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: McFarlane letter to MT (President found your comments helpful) [declassified ?2000]
PDF 85 Aug 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi letter to MT (apartheid) [case for "effective political and economic pressures"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Flesher minute for MT (‘Presentation’) [ways of making better use of the Commons] [released 2015]
Text 85 Aug 20 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Younger minute to MT ("Ravenscraig") [Scottish response to announcement of long-term strategy for British Steel] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 20 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: John Moore letter to Whitelaw ("Legislative Programme 1985-86 and 1986-87") [Building Societies and Banking Bills] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Treasury minute for Chancellor (“National Institute Economic Review for August”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Nick Ridley PS letter to No.10 (“British Airways: Laker litigation”) [settlement “will dispose of one of the major legal problems which have been delaying privatisation”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Kenneth Baker’s PS minute to Joseph (“GLC County Hall”) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Tebbit PS letter to Cabinet Office ("The Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament") [amendments to the drafts] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Peter Rees minute to MT ("1985 Survey: Scotland and Northern Ireland") [over-provision in the territorial blocks] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: MT notes (annotated list of ministers) [plus Ingham's list of junior ministers who "might go"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Sherbourne minute for MT ("very personal views") [reshuffle, Parkinson, PR advice for Lawson, backbenchers, do very few formal political tv interviews] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Wolfson notes ("Ministerial changes") [drop Hailsham, Joseph, Jenkin; leave Walker; Heseltine for DTI?] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 102”) [sharp contrast between Gallup and Marplan polls] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Department of the Environment letter to No.10 (“New UEFA Rules”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Department of the Environment letter to No.10 (“Football Progress Report”) [public order & safety] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: George Younger minute to MT (“MISC 109: Edinburgh”) [budget reductions] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud (sale of Tornado & Hawk aircraft to Saudi Arabia) ["We consider this an extremely important order"] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al Saud (sale of Tornado/Hawk aircraft and the Middle East peace process) [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Mark Addison minute to MT ("Education Seminar") [programme; arrangements; Ministerial attendees] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Cabinet Office letter to Private Secretaries ("Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament") [circulation of revised drafts for comment] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (“Space”) [formation of a British National Space Centre] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKHC New Delhi to FCO (“India: South Africa”) [Rajiv Gandhi feels so strongly on sanctions he is writing to MT] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Mark Addison minute to MT ("An update after the Prince's Visit") [Prince Sultan of Saudi Arabia visit to UK; report on his meeting with Defence Sales; reaction to letters from MT for himself & King Fahd] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Mark Addison minute to MT ("The Daily Mail Story") [article alleges an investigation and a report submitted by police to No.10; police, Home Office & No.10 deny knowledge] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 Aug 25 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO telegram 374 to UKE Jedda (0600Z) ("Tornado and Hawk") [cover message for MT letters to King Fahd & Prince Sultan] [declassified Jul 2015]
Text 85 Aug 26 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (nuclear weapons tests) [announcement of moratorium, seeks a decision on a universal ban] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Gorbachev letter for MT (the cessation of nuclear weapon tests) [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: No.10 minute to MT ("Request for a Meeting by Lord Kadoorie") [Guangdong Nuclear Project] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: MT letter to Secretary General Ramphal (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Nassau) [MT's comments on the Agenda] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Mark Addison minute to MT (letter from Gorbachev) [content is said to be urgent, timing for receipt] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Jedda telegram 506 to FCO (0800Z) ("Message to King Fahd and Prince Sultan") [delivery] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Edwards PS letter to Howe PS (European Parliament examination of the impact of 'steel crisis' in South Wales) [Edwards invited to give evidence to Committee] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation (Hurd-Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland) [Anglo-Irish agreement: joint courts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu 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 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Kohl/Mitterrand meeting on 24 August: German impressions") ["...convergence of views on long term objectives, but agreement on few if any concrete points."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: MT letter to Managing Director of Nissan (Invitation to open manufacturing plant in Sunderland) [accepts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Gowrie minute to MT (points arising from conversation on Friday) [his successor, other appointments] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Tebbit letter to MT (offers his thoughts) [drop Jenkin, Rees, possibly King; bring back Cecil; Lamont as Chief Secretary; move Heseltine] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Parish Councils”) [misuse of power] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 811 to FCO ("Hetman") [Ambassador's paper for Foreign Secretary - essential to maintain dialogue] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Howe PS minute to Mark Addison ("Call by our Ambassador in Moscow on Mr Gorbachev") [Cartledge summoned; speaking note agreed on bilateral relations, east-west understanding; UKE Moscow tel 1109 28 Aug 0725Z] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd PS minute to Biffen PS ("Ministerial Dealings with Sinn Fein Members") [any request for a meeting should be refused] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Anglo-Irish agreement: marching season in Northern Ireland; joint courts; Ulster Defence Regiment; Anglo-Irish summit and communique; expenditure fund in Ireland] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Department of Health and Social Security minute for No.10 (“Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome”) [current state of play & educational leaflets] [declassified 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: South African Embassy to No.10 (statement by SAG) [black communities at Kwangema and Driefontein will not be forced to move] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Lord Rothschild letter to President Botha (Rothschild meeting with Worrall and de Kock) [Botha needs urgently to announce that he has decided to renounce apartheid] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD letter to No.10 (“SDI Research: UK Participation”) [possible British terms] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 28 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: South African Embassy in London letter to Powell (“KwaNgema and Driefontein”) [statement by the Deputy Minister of Development and Land Affairs] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Possible Machinery of Government Changes") [transfer of responsibilities from DTI to Dept. Employment; Dept. of Employment approach to unemployment] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT (achieving value for money in Government) [need for Ministers to commit to the task] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Downing Street: Mark Addison minute to MT ("250th Anniversary") [anniversary of PM's residence: invitation to NSPCC children; MT fears too late] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Treasury paper ("PES 1985: Home Office Additional Bids") [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) South Africa: McFarlane email to White House (political message & South African financial crisis) [declassified 1999]
PDF 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Wicks minute to MT ("Possible machinery of government changes") [discussion among officials following talk with MT yesterday] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [South Africa, DTI inquiry into JMB and Ansbacher, EMS] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Neil Macfarlane letter to MT (“Football: progress report”) [tackling hooliganism; safety and finance] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industry: John Gardiner of the Laird Group Plc letter to MT (Metro-Cammell Limited: production of trains for Kowloon-Canton Railway and British Rail) [seeks support from UK Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) New Zealand: Howe PS minute to Mark Addison ("The Sinking of the British Greenpeace Ship Rainbow Warrior") [allegations of French involvement, enquiry findings] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Dolours Rea (nee Price)") [1973 Old Bailey bomber found living in London in breach of release condition; Hurd proposes to alter condition; MT opposes] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Cold War: Heseltine PS minute to Howe PS ("Ministerial Contacts with the Soviet Union") [invitation to Defence Secretary from Soviet Ambassador, asks for views] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Heseltine ("Government Evidence to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body (AFPRB)") ["striking the right balance between comparability and other vital factors"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 ("MSE") [UK bid for Mobile Subscriber Equipment US contract: latest position; draft message for MT to send to Reagan] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Heseltine letter to Tebbit (privatisation of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited) [options] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("European Community, InterGovernmental Conference: Discussions with M. Santer and M. Dondelinger, 30 August 1985") [Jacques Santer, David Williamson, Robin Renwick, Dondelinger: record of conversation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hurd-Goodall) [Anglo-Irish agreement: negotiating position; joint courts; Ulster Defence Regiment; summit communique; attitude of SDLP] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Molyneaux-Paisley-Hurd) [Anglo-Irish agreement: Molyneaux and Paisley make proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Leon Brittan letter to Howe ("Macau") ["The favourable position of Macanese of Portugese nationality as compared with Hong Kong... as regards right of entry to the United Kingdom once Portugal accedes to the Community... we can expect a major row in due course"; complains at Home Office only being alerted to the issue by FCO after Treaty of Accession had been signed by Portugal] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Tom King PS letter to No.10 (“‘Skip Ahead’ - Care Discussion Document”) [response to Conservative backbenchers’ study] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute to No.10 ("Call on Gorbachev by Sir Bryan Cartledge") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Federal Germany economy") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Department of Education and Science briefing for MT (“Teachers’ pay, England and Wales”) [state of play] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Nick Ridley (“Privatisation programme”) [timing of BA sale, announcement that sale will go ahead in 1986] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“Forced Removals”) [black communities at Kwangema and Driefontein will not be forced to move] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa: Internal Situation”) [atmosphere worsened in black and coloured communities following indiscriminate detention of school children] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Keith Joseph minute to Kenneth Baker (“GLC County Hall”) [relocation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: MT personal minute to Secretary of State for Scotland (“MISC 109: Edinburgh”) [thanking for the message] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson) [JMB and Ansbacher] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson) [banking supervision] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute for Powell (“Discussion Paper on Policy towards South Africa”) [cover note] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 30 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute for Norgrove (“Lord Rothschild: South Africa”) [draft reply for MT] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Aug 31 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Aug 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO telegram to UKE Paris ("French rail crash") [message of sympathy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Aug 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Spain: MT message to Prime Minister González ("French rail crash") [condolences] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Aug 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Wicks minute to MT ("Regional policy") [Gregson thinks if regional policy goes to Employment, so must responsibility for inward investment] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (NSA) Nicaragua: North-Poindexter emails (possible approach to MT) [declassified 1987] [114K scanned image]
Text 85 Sep 1 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Sep 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: MT notes ("Action for Sunday") [final stage of planning - who to see/call, etc; names, including PPSs] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: MT notes (thoughts for press?) [top three look 'tired'; "Cecil not returning"; "13 yrs old"; "Team - Bcing - good image"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: MT notes ('Employment') [responsibilities being moved] [released 2015]
Text 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Charles Powell note to MT ("Ptarmigan/MSE") [UK bid for US contract: unconfirmed report of action following MT message to Reagan] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Proposed United Kingdom Action Against the Commission in the European Court of Justice") [annual premium for sheep; MT "delighted" with shift to "more aggressive policy" with regard to EC Commission/European Court] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Strategy for the Coal Industry”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO letter to UKREP Brussels ("EC Enlargement Negotiations") [declassified Jul 2018]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1128 to FCO (1500Z) ("Gorbachev's Interview with Time Magazine: Comment") [summary & analysis] [released Dec 2017]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Prime Minister Gonzalez of Spain letter to MT (construction of the European Fighter Aircraft: Spanish participation) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove note to MT ("1985 Survey: Scotland and Northern Ireland") [proposed spending cuts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: No.10 notes (gameplan) [final stage of planning - who to see/call, etc; names, including PPSs] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Armstrong minute to Wicks (possible machinery of government changes) [draft Note for Editors] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Draft press notice ("Ministerial Resignations and Appointments") [last minute adjustments written in] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Wicks note for MT (Hurd reservations about wholesale changes at Northern Ireland Office) [warns Chief Whip not to move Scott & Patten as well as himself] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby briefing (reshuffle) [12.30 & 6.50pm briefings, with attached note "Reshuffle 1985"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer APS letter to No.10 (“Press Advertisment: Keith Package”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Gummer letter to MT (regrets at leaving CCO, accepts new job, her vital role) ["you ought not to entertain thoughts of the kind you raised latterly with me"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: No.10 note for the record (“The 21 limit on the number of Cabinet Ministers”) [“Mr Tebbit will not count against the 21 limit”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa: Bishop Tutu”) [suggests he meet MT during his visit to the UK] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO to UKE Luxembourg (“Political Committee Meeting: 3-4 September: South Africa”) [resist claim SA financial crisis improves case for economic sanctions] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT ("Value for Money Targets") [Private minute to MT: Ibbs "encouraged by progress" but "still some way to go"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT ("Value for Money Targets") [report on the use of value for money targets] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to No.10 (work of the Efficiency Unit) [better communication required to ensure Unit can provide input on relevant issues] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) New Zealand: New Zealand High Commission minute to Charles Powell (meeting with Harland) [new appointment] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 811 to FCO ('Hetman') [family question, free travel area, effect on morale of retaliations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Charles Powell minute to Caroline Ryder ("Commonwealth Secretary-General") [scheduling of meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("HETMAN") [inconceivable Russians will release HETMAN's family, expulsion of Soviet officials, impact on Anglo-Soviet dialogue] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mozambique: FCO letter to No.10 ("Possible Visit by President Machel of Mozambique") [Powell annotation to MT: 'I know that you have a soft spot for Machel. But there is really nothing more that we can offer him'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO to UKE Bonn ("Gorbachev Speech on Arms Control") [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Department of Trade and Industry - the next moves") [British Leyland privatisation; new brooms] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2457 to FCO (2130Z) (“US-South Africa”) [US policy on SA "in tatters" since July, "now even worse"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Lord Rothschild (his letter to President Botha) ["succinct and helpful"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“JMB and Ansbacher”) [briefing] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT ("Implementation of Scrutinies") [requests permission to publish report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT (value for money in Government) [comment on minutes from Robin Ibbs] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Armstrong-'C'-Duff) [decision not to pursue release for HETMAN's family and to expel 25 Soviet GRU agents; line to take for the press; message to Reagan] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT ("HETMAN") [decisions needed for meeting - whether to press further for release of HETMAN's family, number of expulsions of Soviet officials, etc] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Michael Noonan letter to Douglas Hurd (court proceedings) [seizure of IRA money] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Ridley letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (privatisation programme: BA) [proposed press line on delayed sale] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1137 to FCO (1330Z) ("US Senators' Meeting with Gorbachev") [Gorbachev, Sen. Robert Byrd, Sen. Sam Nunn & others: record of conversation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["US/Soviet Summit": MT message to Reagan in advance of Summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (jobs strategy) [MT irate about handling of meeting requests] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Nuclear Testing: Message to the Prime Minister from Mr Gorbachev) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone (Airbus A300-600 aircraft) [possible All Nippon Airways contract] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("EMS") [European Monetary System: possible dates for seminar] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("1985 Public Expenditure Exercise") [timetable, composition of Star Chamber] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Sep 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe (“VAT Margin Scheme on Secondhand Goods: Reasoned Opinion”) [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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