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PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: No.10 letter to Patrick Jenkin PS ("Government Response to the Tenth Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution") [MT requests strengthening of passage on the environmental benefits of nuclear energy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Patrick Jenkin PS letter to No.10 ("Government Response to Select Committee Report on Acid Rain") [copy of response] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 1065 to FCO (1700Z) ("Britain, Germany and the EC") [Bullard, Ungerer: record of conversation: internal market; European Treat covering political cooperation and security] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Turnbull minute to MT ("Gas Privatisation") [argues for further movement on privatisation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 2727 to FCO (0405Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Peking and Hong Kong") [Hong Kong aims; bilateral aims; multilateral aims] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: MT letter King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (kingdom’s requirements) [sale of Tornadoes and Hawks] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Jenkin (new ILEA: transfer of staff) [Inner London Education Authority] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for October 1984") ["...encouraging..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: Julian Bullard letter to No.10 ("Chancellor Kohl") [conversation with Bergsdorff] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 minute to MT ("H committee next week") [nuclear waste disposal; grants for Norfolk Broads farmers; prohibition of under-strength whisky] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: King PS letter to No.10 (State Opening of Parliament: Debate on the Address) [latest version of Tom King's speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert Armstrong) ["Attribution in Cabinet and Cabinet Committee meetings"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to King Fahd (sale of Tornado and Hawk aircraft to Saudi Arabia) ["I trust that the final negotiations... may now proceed... As a mark of my desire to bring this message directly to Your Majesty's attention, I have asked Michael Heseltine to bring it in person"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Armstrong minute to Turnbull ("Ministerial Group on Coal (MISC 101)") [miners' strike: Edwards requests formal membership of MISC 101] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Friday 9 November 1984") [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Booth minute to MT ("Law and Order/Picket Violence and Victimisation") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Rees letter to Walker ("NCB Deficit Grant") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Warry minute to Turnbull ("Coal Dispute") [miners' strike: the return to work] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (Taoiseach Fitzgerald's views on repartition in Northern Ireland) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Summit") [Haughey pressures Taoiseach Fitzgerald on location of Anglo-Irish summit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [MT proposes further amendments to draft communique] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Sherbourne note for John Gummer (meeting with MT) [appointments] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Flesher minute to Jenkin (Liverpool sports halls projects) [City Council budget and funding for the halls] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Fowler minute to MT (“Newcastle shift dispute”) [“we have now undoubtedly reached the ‘bottom line’ and no further concessions can be made”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Cabinet: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert Armstrong) [“Group on Housing”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Ministerial Group on Coal (MISC 101)”) [MT “wishes to avoid any general broadening of the membership of the Group”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: Howe telegram to UKDEL IMF (“IMF Argentina”) [“we are not prepared to contribute to… new export credits”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Governor of the Bank of England letter to David Owen (Bank of England’s decision to rescue Johnson Matthey Bankers company) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BISBA to FCO (“Visit of Mr. George Robertson MP nad Mrs. Shirley Williams”) [talks on sovereignity of the Falklands] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Younger letter to Jenkin (“Contracting out of local authority services”) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 10 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3355 to FCO (0023Z) ("Laker: Future Arrangements") [US/UK discussions on "relationship between US anti-trust law and bilateral aviation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Extracts from speech by Leon Brittan (the ending of the miners' strike) ["The challenge to the rule of law in Britain has never been so great or so direct as during this dispute"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Pantling note to MT ("'Law and Order' material for your speech") [miners' strike: Brittan speeches, statistics, letter to Daily Telegraph] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 11 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public Expenditure: Draft Autumn Statement [annotated by MT] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 11 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: FCO minute to Robin Butler (“Economic Summit 1984”) [request for signed photo of MT] [released Dec 2014]
Text 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Hoskyns letter to Powell (follow up to letter to MT regarding the Schiller Institute) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Paul) [gas turbines] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with Senator Hatch) [NATO/WEU revival; Northern Ireland] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT ("Call by Mr. Jing Shuping") [commercial relations with China] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 3692 to FCO (1856Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council: 12 November 1984") ["Budget Discipline": record of conversation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO telegram 513 to UKRep Brussels (1717Z) ("1985 Draft Budget and UK Abatements for 1984") [record of conversation: Howe, Ian Stewart, members of the European Democratic Group] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Community: Budgetary Issues in the European Parliament") [revised Decision on Own Resources; EC Budget discipline; 1985 Budget] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment/Agriculture: Jopling letter to MT ("Agricultural Training: Overseas Activities") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to No.10 ("Competition Act 1980, Section 11 References") [Department of Trade & Industry have 'moved some way to accommodate' MT's requests on references to Monopolies and Mergers Commission] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Overseas Aid: Prime Minister Mara of Fiji letter to MT (renegotiation of the Lomé Convention) [ACP States seek larger EC commitment to European Development Fund] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Environment: Taoiseach FitzGerald of Ireland letter to MT (Law of the Sea) [lack of support “would have a disproportionate effect” on benefits, EC signature] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: MT letter to John Biffen MP (State Opening of Parliament: Debate on the Address) [MT unable to attend House for winding up speeches due to prior commitment] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: UKE San Jose telegram to FCO ("Nicaragua") ["A state of national alert has been declared": summary of current state of play amidst mounting Soviet/US military tension] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Office minute (internal): Armstrong to Secretariat ("Attribution of Views to Individuals in Minutes of Meetings") [guidance] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Adam Butler PS letter to No.10 ("Overhaul Contract for Phantom Engines") [MT approves awarding the contract to Greece following resolution of the question over sale of Tornado to Turkey] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Taoiseach FitzGerald letter to MT (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea) ["probably the most significant achievement of the... [UN] in recent years and one which should not be diminshed by lack of support"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Monday 12 November 1984") [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Power Station Endurance") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("MISC 101(84) 47th Meeting: Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT ("Meeting with Working Miners") [miners' strike: Walker suggests MT should not meet working miners] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Summit") ["Dr Fitzgerald cannot afford to come away from the summit empty handed"; MT: "That is not my problem"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Anglo/Irish Summit: 18/19 November") [announcement of and arrangements for summit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Economy: Conservative Research Department briefing (“Industry & Employment and The Economy”) [Queen’s speech measures, other current issues] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: MT letter to Robert Kilroy-Silk (rating system) [“This Government recognises that the present system is far from perfect; it will be looking for a system that is altogether fairer and more robust”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKE Athens telegram to FCO (“Cyprus”) [“No apparent change in Greek position”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) US: Michael Spicer letter to Geoffrey Pattie (anti-misting kerosene: US ‘controlled crash’) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Office letter to Michael Franklin (Official Group on Agricultural Expenditure) [“The knowledge of the existence of the Group should be confined to the Ministers concerned and to those officials who take part in its work”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PPS letter to No.10 (“International Financial Scheme”) [report by the Bank of England] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Netherlands: FCO minute for Powell (“Possible Invitations to Belgian and Netherlands Prime Ministers”) [MT approves proposal; possible dates] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Immigration: Howe minute to Brittan (“The charging of fees for entry certificates for Commonwealth citizens”) [declassified 2016]
Text 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: David Barclay minute to Robin Butler ("Seminars on Efficiency") [views on usefulness of the seminars] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3373 to FCO (2355Z) ("Laker: Grand Jury") [indictments; talks on future arrangements] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Ridley PS letter to Howe PS ("Aviation and US Antitrust: The "Laker" Issue") [indictments; US/UK discussions] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of the Portugese Prime Minister: 20-23 November") [timing of Kinnock's meeting with Soares] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Senator Hatch, Ambassador Price) [NATO; US dollar; Northern Ireland] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Jing Shuping) [commercial relations; MT visit to China] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: President Reagan letter to MT (2257Z) (US Election results) [thanks; seminar on arms control & East/West relations; MT proposed stopover meeting during return flight from Beijing] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ian Stewart PS letter to No.10 ("ECOFIN Council, 12 November: Budgetary Discipline") [final version of text outlining the Council's position; draft PQ reply] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1600Z) (Aid Budget, Coal Strike, Coin v Note) [tired of bleeding hearts who supported coal strike and also wanted more overseas aid] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Papua New Guinea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Proposed Invitation to Visit Britain: Mr Michael Somare, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea") ["Our interests in PNG continue to grow"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Ridley minute to MT ("Transport Bill") [additional clauses: right of Transport Consumer Bodies to consider BR/LRT fares/charges; Trust Ports; control of harbour development; public service vehicle driver licensing; railway accident reporting] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Home Office Deputy Parliamentary Clerk letter to Mr. Caldwell ("Prosecution of Offences Bill") [introduction to House of Lords] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Fowler letter to Biffen (Social Security Bill) [additional items] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC 101(84) 47th (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Ingham minute to MT ("Coal Strike") [Ingham meeting with GMBTU General Secretary David Basnett; MT: "Bernard was marvellous"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 13 November 1984") [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Coal Firing Scheme") [miners' strike: need to defer review of scheme] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull note to MT (NCB deficit grant) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Walker letter to Anne Scargill and Betty Heathfield (the miners' strike) ["The actions of your husbands are certainly damaging mining communities"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Warry minute to Turnbull ("Coal Dispute") [miners' strike: encouraging workers to return to work; Turnbull: "I don't agree that the time has come to switch from the carrot to the stick"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Anglo/Irish Summit") [arrangements for summit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Armstrong minute to Turnbull (“Ministerial Group on Local Authority Rate Setting”) [“To keep under review any problems which may arise affecting individual local authorities, arising from failure to set a local rate for 1985-86 or to fulfil their legal obligations”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“International Debt”) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (congratulations on his reelection) [declassified 1998]
PDF 84 Nov 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT (“Stansted-Heathrow Terminal 5 Public Inquiries”) [arguments, handling] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 record of conversation ("Efficiency: Discussion with Sir Robin Ibbs") [Robin Butler, Robin Ibbs] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 (letter and paper from Laurent Murawiec of the Schiller Institute) ["It is a farrago of prejudiced and unsubstantiated propositions"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Rome telegram 764 to FCO (0800Z) ("Citizens Europe Committee") [Gallo's candidacy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [EC enlargement negotiations; fisheries; European Development Fund for ACP countries in the Third Lome Convention; EC budgetary discipline; 1985 draft EC budget; budget discharge for 1982; milk super-levy; vehicle weights, Energy Council, 13 Nov; upcoming meetings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Lamont letter to Rees ("Privatisation of Warship Yards") [proposed strategy] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Malaysia: Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia letter to MT (thanks for message of best wishes on installation of new Yang di-Pertuan Agong as Malaysian Head of State) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Rees letter to Walker ("Three Year Financial Target for Electricity Supply Industry") ['I am sorry you have difficulty with my proposal. I certainly did not intend it to involve a breach of faith'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Overseas Aid: Howe minute to Tebbit ("Aid Trade Provision") [spending cuts: proposal to reduce planning figure for the Aid Trade Provision] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Overseas Aid: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe) [spending cuts to Aid and Overseas budget: likely political implications] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1600Z) (Anglo-Irish Summit, Overseas Aid, UNESCO, Miners) [coal strike had cost £1.3b otherwise available for overseas aid] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Prime Minister's Visit to Peking": Y.K. Pao's attendance at Hong Kong signing ceremeny; delegation of UK industrialists] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of the Prime Minister to Peking and Hong Kong") [programmes; participation in the Signature Ceremony; topics for talks in Beijing; timing & content of Announcement; delegation of industrialists] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Transport Bill") [proposed right of Transport Consumer Bodies to consider fares charged by BR and LRT; MT advised to indicate she is content with the Bill's proposals, subject to care being taken in defining the role of TCBs] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Ingham minute to MT ("Bills") [presses for Local Government Abolition Bill to be published on Thursday rather than Friday, to maximise the media impact of a key Government policy] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Posts and Telecommunications: Geoffrey Pattie minute to MT ("British Telecom") [flotation: details of final arrangements & announcement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: UKE Washington telegram 3376 to FCO (0137Z) ("Migs for Nicaragua") [current state of play] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: UKE Washington telegram 3387 to FCO (0028Z) ("U.S. policy on Nicaragua") [current state of play amidst speculation of an imminent US invasion] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [Foreign Office programme; BT; Northern Ireland Industrial Bank; post mortem on Autumn Statement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: President Reagan letter to MT (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea) ["I believe we must strenuously urge the FRG, Italy and Belgium not to sign... signature... will undermine our ability to negotiate a seabed mining regime"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Sherbourne minute to MT (“Your meeting with the Chairman”) [“another examine of a mild conflict between the Chairman and Alistair McAlpine”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) City: No.10 letter to DTI (“Financial Services”) [MT raises three more points] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to MT (draft statement on research on education and school organisation) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Education for Economic Awareness”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Booth minute to MT ("Delay in Crown Court Trials") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Alastair Graham editorial in CPSA's Red Tape ("More aid to pit families?") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 14 November 1984") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: DHSS letter to Department of Energy ("Deduction from Benefit for Strikers") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Endurance") [miners' strike: report on power station endurance] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Havers minute to MT (tracking and freezing NUM funds) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Unknown author minute to MT ("Northern Ireland Industrial Bank") [possible bank collapse] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Hurd-Armstrong-Goodall-Andrew-Cartledge-Goodison) ["Anglo-Irish Summit"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: David Hunt to Michael Alison (meeting on the industry) [information on event] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Sherbourne minute for MT (meeting with John Gummer) [agenda] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: President Reagan letter to MT (Law of the Sea Convention) [“it is our aim to maintain as much Western solidarity as possible”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local government: Turnbull minute to Armstrong (“Ministerial Group on Local Authority Rate Setting”) [proposed make up of group] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Jenkin minute to MT (“Liverpool City Council”) [“Of particular concern is the build-up of substantial commitments for next year and beyond”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Robert Armstrong minute to MT (“Cabinet: Parliamentary Affairs: Stansted Heathrow Terminal 5 Public Inquiries”) [main issues, handling] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Ridley letter to Howe ("Aviation and US Antitrust: The "Laker" Issue") [settlement on future working of Bermuda 2 agreement] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Booth minute to MT ("Public Order Act, 1936, Section 5") [amendments to the Act] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Lamont letter to MT ("Austin Rover (ARG) Strike") [latest developments] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKE Washington telegram 3395 to FCO (2025Z) ("Cyprus: Secretary General's Initiative") [advance notices of messages to be sent from Reagan to key players in the negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: John Moore PS letter to No.10 ("ICI's Case on Ethane Valuation") [case due to be heard in High Court; background; line to take] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: King minute to MT ("Employment Exercise") [update on progress of employment strategy exercise] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Overseas Aid: Ingham minute to Alison and Flesher ("Robert Rhodes James") [spending cuts to Aid programme: response to suggestion that lobby briefings have 'impugn[ed] the motives of Mr Robert Rhodes James'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Cabinet Office letter to Private Secretaries ("Legislation Committee Procedures") [review] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: MT letter to John Wakeham (messages from heads of state/government) [“sympathy for the injuries you received and the tragic personal loss which you suffered”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: MT letter to Sarah Berry (messages from heads of state/government) [“sympathy for the injuries you received and the tragic personal loss which you suffered”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: MT letter to Mabel Delamott (messages from heads of state/government) [“sympathy for the injuries you received”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: CDP note to MT (condolences from heads of state/government) [“to let those who were injured or bereaved … know of the very impressive list … who sent messages”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Fowler letter to Whitelaw ("The Queen's Speech: the Water Fluoridation Bill") [handling of questions arising from non-inclusion of the Bill in the Speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Rees minute to MT ("Civil service numbers") [latest statistics] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Channel Fixed Link") [main points from joint UK/France communiqué] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 37th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Miners' Strike) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Thursday 15 November 1984") [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 minute to MT ("Mr Ian MacGregor: Performance Payments") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Irish Ambassador to UK clarifies that Irish Speaking Note does not 'represent a hardening of the Irish position'] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local Government: Letwin minute for Turnbull (“The Politics of Local Government”) [“The policy is brinkmanship: it will require nerves of steel; but it stands a real chance of defeating most of the councils”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations minutes (Executive Committee meeting) [conference, appointments] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: President Reagan letter to President Kyprianou (UN talks) [“The present partition of Cyprus, and the long delay in finding viable solutions to that situation, are to the advantage of no one”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“Kyprianou’s meeting with the Prime Minister”) [Kyprianou wishes to discuss treaty of guarantee] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 briefing to MT (“Meeting with the Bishop and Archbishop of Liverpool”) [“The two of them are trustees of a hardship fund for striking miners”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: No.10 record of conversation (“Meeting with the Archbishop and Bishop of Liverpool”) [City Council “determined to follow their policy of 100 per cent municipal solution for the city’s problems”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Barney Hayhoe letter to Fowler (“DHSS Newcastle: shift-working dispute”) [“matters should now be brought to a head”] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: MT letter to Hoskyns (letter and paper from Laurent Murawiec of the Schiller Institute) ["In general the paper is a good deal stronger on unsubstantiated propositions than it is on facts"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington 3413 telegram to FCO (1850Z) ("Laker: Grand Jury") [Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington 3420 telegram to FCO (2205Z) (Prime Minister's visit to the US) [proposed dates] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Howe minute to Ridley ("Aviation and US Anti-Trust: The "Laker" Issue") [future working of Bermuda 2 agreement: talks with US officials] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: FCO briefing for MT ("Laker") [Reagan's pending decision on indictments; US/UK antitrust negotiations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Attorney General's Legal Secretary letter to Ridley PS ("Aviation and US Antitrust: The "Laker" Issue") [US/UK antitrust negotiations: Protection of Trading Interests Act] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) India: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Sikh Demonstration") [demonstration banned but Hyde Park has permission as an assembly point] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Redwood minute to No.10 (British Leyland Corporate Plan: response to letter from Austin Bide) [Lamont's letter "covers the ground in a workmanlike but ponderous manner"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of the Portugese Prime Minister: 20-23 November") [guest list] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 1352 to FCO (0135Z) (MT, Kyprianou) [John Thomson, Pérez de Cuéllar: record of conversation, to inform MT's forthcoming meeting with Kyprianou] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of President Kyprianou") [Treaty of Guarantee; Cyprus vote in UN against UK over Falklands; 3rd round of UN proximity talks on Cyprus] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("The Dooge Committee") [interim report to European Council; Powell highlights two issues: formalisation of existing commitments in POCO; case-by-case look at possible extension of majority voting; MT comments extensively on report & on paper by Ruhfus on political cooperation ] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Rifkind PS letter to Cabinet Office ("Topical Points on European Community Matters") [comprehensive briefing pack for Ministers, backbenchers and MEPs] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Redwood minute to No.10 ("The Employment Exercise") ['maintain[ing] the momentum' on employment strategy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 ("British Shipbuilders: Disposal of Brooke Marine") [comment on risk of strike action if minority stake sold to Omani Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States") [MT advises not to pursue proposal for December 1984 meeting, and to concentrate on February 1985 meeting instead; line to take for media speculation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Peking") [Howe/Youde advise against MT bring delegation of businessmen with her, and seeking to close Guangdong Nuclear Project deal, for fear of deflecting media attention from signing of Hong Kong agreement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("H Committee") [NIREX; grant-in-aid for the Broads; prohibition of sale of under-strength whisky; disposal of nuclear waste (redacted)] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Patrick Jenkin letter to Whitelaw ("Dog Licensing") [issue of consultation paper, following resolution of licensing income classification as charge rather than tax] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Unemployment: Gordon Brown letter to MT (meeting with Gordon Brown) [factory and shop closures in constituency] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 ("Rate capping: ILEA") [Inner London Education Authority] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office/MT ("H committee") [nuclear waste storage; grants for Norfolk Broads farmers; prohibition of under-strength whisky; private lease of Hampton Court Palace flats] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Report by HM Inspectors (“Education Provision and Response in some Haringey Schools”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Friday 16 November 1984") [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Hailsham minute to MT ("Miners' Cases") [miners' strike: progress with Crown Court cases arising out of miners' dispute] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: MacGregor letter to Stan Orme MP (response to "negotiating" paper) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hurd letter to MT ("The Council of Europe and Northern Ireland") [handling of Council of Europe Reports on Northern Ireland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Howe minute to MT (report of Howe's talks with Taoiseach Fitzgerald and Barry) [the "Irish problem" will "be with us for many decades yet"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Irish Ambassador to UK) [prospects for Anglo-Irish summit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Ingham minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Summit") [press arrangements for Anglo-Irish summit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Anglo-Irish Summit") [view of RUC Chief Constable prior to the summit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Patrick Mayhew minute to MT (“The Newcastle shift dispute”) [risk of legal challenge to unilateral variation of employees terms and conditions of service] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 briefing for MT (“Politics of local government”) [rate-capping revolt] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 17 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 17 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3433 to FCO (0630Z) ("Laker: Consultations") [speculation as to Reagan's imminent decision on whether or not to proceed with indictments] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 17 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Department of Transport briefing for MT ("Laker") [lines to take in response to Reagan's imminent decision on whether or not to proceed with indictments] [declassified Jan 2014]
Text 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3434 to FCO (1800Z) ("Laker") [Reagan decision not to proceed with indictments; US/UK antitrust negotiations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: MT message to President Reagan (Laker case) [Reagan decision not to proceed with indictments; US/UK antitrust negotiations; Camp David] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Allan Wallis) [Laker case: Reagan decision not to proceed with indictments; US/UK antitrust negotiations; Camp David] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Wallis, Price) ["Prime Minister's Visits to Washington": proposed visit in December 1984] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 note to MT (coal strike adjournment debate) [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Taoiseach Fitzgerald) [first evening: private after-dinner conversation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: MT telegram to President Reagan (Laker Airways) [delighted no indictments will be brought] [released 2014]
Text 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Lord Gowrie minute to MT ("Supporting Services for Administrative Work") [final report; key findings] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Lord Gowrie letter to Jopling ("Government Purchasing") [multi-Department review recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Lord Gowrie letter to Ridley ("Government Purchasing") [multi-Department review recommendations; roads programme] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Lord Gowrie letter to Rees ("Government Purchasing") [multi-Department review recommendations: implementation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3437 to FCO (2310Z) ("Laker") [US Dept of Justice announcement of Reagan's decision to close antitrust investigation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Tebbit PS letter to Ridley PS ("Aviation and US Antitrust: The "Laker" Issue") [Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO letter to Powell ("Hong Kong") [UMELCO Delegation visit to London: request to meet with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 letter to Lamont PS ("Austin Rover") [use of computer-aided design and manufacture; asks Lamont to discuss with British Leyland to ensure "technological lead" is not "lost to this country"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Department of Trade & Industry briefing for MT ("Meeting with the CBI, Tuesday, 20 November 1984") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Ambassador Price letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's meetings with Senator Hatch and with Ambassador Price & Under-Secretary Wallis) [follow-up] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ridley minute to MT ("Archway: the next steps") [announcement in Parliament that new Inquiry will not be set up until study of East London road problems is completed; GLC decision on proposed lorry ban] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kyprianou) [Kyprianou's forthcoming meeting with Reagan; Cyprian membership of NATO] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Ingham minute to Andrew Turnbull (campaign against the imposition of VAT on newspapers) [Ingham opposed to Lawson proposal] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("School Teachers' Pay and Conditions (England and Wales)") [local authority employers' package of pay & conditions of service proposals to teachers; other options, including performance appraisal] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: President of the EC Commission letter to MT (economic priorities for Western Europe) [copy of speech: "are the Europeans sufficiently robust economically to maintain their expenditures on defence and, if possible, to increase them to levels more acceptable to the United States?"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Anglo-Japanese Financial Talks") [report on bilateral talks] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Visit of the Prime Minister to Peking and Hong Kong") [schedule; speeches; announcement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Far East and United States: Timings") [options] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: Howe minute to Leon Brittan ("Soviet Prisoners of the Afghan Resistance") [applications for political asylum: "we should think very carefully indeed before accepting any further applications"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Rate capping: ILEA") [Inner London Education Authority] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("PUS's talks with State Secretary Meyer-Landrut: 19 November") [East/West relations; SDI; INF; SALT 2; conventional arms control] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Sale of Tornado and Hawk to Saudi Arabia") [report on visit to Saudi Arabia/talks with King Fahd & Prince Sultan; criticism of Saudi royal family in British press; "I do not believe that the deal is necessarily lost, but I am not optimistic about the outcome"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Monday 19 November 1984") [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson briefing for MT ("MISC 101(84) 48th Meeting: Coal") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Rees minute to MT ("Coal Firing Scheme") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull minute to MT ("Coal Firing Scheme") [miners' strike: MT shares Walker's view rather than Rees'] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev's Visit: UK Objectives") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO letter to No.10 ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [members of the Soviet delegation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Hurd-Spring-Barry) [EC, foreign affairs] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Taoiseach Fitzgerald) [Anglo-Irish relations and Northern Ireland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Hurd-Spring-Barry) [Northern Ireland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Taoiseach Fitzgerald-Howe-Hurd-Spring-Barry-Nally) [Anglo-Irish relations and Northern Ireland] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Ingham minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Bilateral - Press Conference") [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Tessa Gaisman note for Michael Alison (“Procedure for the selection of the leader of the Conservative Party”) [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with Shultz) [Middle East, NATO, Soviet Union, Central America, US economy, US stance on main foreign policy issues ] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Professor Brezezinski letter to MT (“The Future of Yalta”) [“Yalta is unfinished business”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: David Barclay minute to Nicholson (“BBC 2 Horizon programme on science”) [MT requests more detail on “your idea that the Government might seek to put forward a more positive view of British science and technology”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Economic Secretary to the Treasury minute to No.10 (“National Savings Terms”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT (“Stansted-Heathrow Terminal 5 Public Inquiries”) [handling of the Inspector’s report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Joseph minute to MT (“Local government finance studies”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Local authority capital expenditure”) [monitoring and control] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Attorney General letter to Ridley ("Aviation and US Anti-Trust: The "Laker" Issue") [Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Channon minute to MT ("Guangdong Nuclear Project") [Anglo-French approach to negotiations with China] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: King minute to MT ("Meeting with the CBI") [Youth Training Scheme; CBI support for training initiatives] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Wybrew briefing for MT ("CBI Visit - Sir James Cleminson and Sir Terrence Beckett") [infrastructure investment; training schemes; European Community and trade; de-regulation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Dr Soares") [EC accession negotiations; economic/political situation in Portugal; southern Africa; Hong Kong/Macao; trade & investment] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with President Kyprianou") ["seems to have read rather more into President Reagan's message than was intended... misunderstanding is potentially dangerous"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Taxation of Pension Funds") ["a vital step in encouraging wider share-ownership and wider wealth-ownership and individual responsibility"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Turnbull minute to MT ("Meeting with Lord Young") [employment strategy exercise: MT's request for 'greater urgency...has disturbed Lord Young'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Home Office Deputy Parliamentary Clerk letter to Mr. Sutherland ("Representation of the People Bill") [introduction on the House of Commons] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: MT letter to Emir Al-Sabah of Kuwait (arms) [merits of UK-manufactured armoured vehicle] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Kuwait: MT telegram to Emir Al-Sabah of Kuwait (aircraft hijacking) [“I applaud your Government’s resolute stand in rejecting the terrorists’ demands”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC 101(84) 48th (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Attorney General's Office letter to FCO ("Soviet Assistance to the NUM") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing ("Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 20 November 1984") [miners' strike: situation report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: FCO letter to No.10 ("Soviet Assistance to the NUM") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 letter to FCO ("Soviet Assistance to the National Union of Mineworkers") [miners' strike] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public Expenditure: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Chancellor of the Exchequer) ["Public Expenditure Survey: Consequences for FCO Programme"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public Expenditure: Redwood minute to MT ("Public Spending") ["It is nonsense to say that all the easy things have now been done and there can be no further cuts"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Summit: Immediate Reactions") [Irish reaction to summit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Bernard Ingham minute for Liaison Committee (“The Fortnight Ahead”) [events, issues] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: President Reagan letter to MT (civil aviation) [need to resolve outstanding differences] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram 532 to FCO (1235Z) (“Cyprus: impressions after 2 and a half years”) [“vital importance of getting a serious Turkish Cypriot offer on territory”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Local government finance studies - work programme”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Baker letter to Rees (“Abolition Bill: organising committees”) [Rees concern: more bureaucracy] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("BBC Licence Fee") [BBC proposal for fee increase] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign policy: Hoskyns letter to MT (letter and paper from Laurent Murawiec of the Schiller Institute) ["As you advise, I will keep the Schiller Institute at arms length"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: FCO telegram 1990 to UKE Washington (2028Z) ("Laker: Leg 2") [lines to take] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Governor of Guangdong Province, Liang Lingguang-Cradock) [Chinese economy; Guangdong Nuclear Project; Hong Kong Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Sir Terence Beckett and Sir James Cleminson of the CBI) [Brighton Bomb; economic outlook; taxation; training; pay; Trade Unions; infrastructure] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Soares, Howe, Channon, Ferreira) [EC accession negotiations; economic/political situation in Portugal; southern Africa; Hong Kong/Macao; trade & investment] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kyprianou) [Kyprianou's meeting with US ambassador] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [autopsy on 1984 PES & planning for 1985; taxation of pension funds; interest rates; pay review bodies; nomination for a City honour] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: George Younger letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Scottish Teachers' Pay") [case for allowing Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee to conduct a pay review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [MT talks with FitzGerald and Soares; European Development Fund for ACP countries in the Third Lome Convention; EC enlargement: negotiations with Spain; European Council text on budgetary discipline; upcoming meetings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Barclay minute to MT ("Planning System: Meeting with Sir John Sainsbury") [brief for meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 letter to Department of Energy (“Coal Firing Scheme”) [deferral of review of scheme until it is 'possible to see more clearly the supply and demand balance after the strike'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Timothy Flesher minute to Robin Butler ("Grand Hotel") [how staff in No.10 responded to the incident] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Security: Robin Butler minute to MT ("Brighton Bomb") [statement to police on MT's security arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Fowler PS letter to No.10 ("Deductions from Strikers' Benefit") [uprating: PQ reply] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: Robin Butler minute for Tim Flesher (“The No. 10 Office Functions in the Aftermath of the Bomb Explosion at the Grand Hotel, Brighton”) [information “could be added to the Duty Clerk’s ‘bible’”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton bomb: Joy Robilliard minute for MT (“Staff at Grand Hotel Brighton”) [“As the situation was so exceptional, signed photographs of you were also sent to them all and they were delighted”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Germany: MT letter to Chancellor Kohl of FRG (thanks) [“delighted with the very pretty dish”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd (sale of Tornado to Turkey) [credit support: "we have concluded that the financial risks for the Government are unacceptably high"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to Chairman of British Aerospace PLC (sale of Tornado to Turkey) [credit support: "the financial risks for the Government... are unacceptably high"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: MT letter to Robert Maclennan MP (Proposed Fast Reactor Reprocessing Plant at Dounreay) [UK bid] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Ingham note to MT (“After the NUM strike”) [“a perfectly satisfactory settlement is available and the miners increasingly recognise it”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) City: Hobson minute for Redwood (“Fraud” [at Lloyds]) [conversation with Ian Hay-Davison] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: MT letter for Chancellor Kohl (thanking for the present of a dish) ["how clever of you to guess that I collect porcelain"] [declassified 2015]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Keith Joseph minute to MT (“Parental Influence and School Governing Bodies”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Howe minute to MT ("Western Arms Control Strategy: Anglo/US Discussions") [advice on UK stance towards to US on arms control, outer space weapons systems etc.] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public Expenditure: Turnbull minute to MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [brief for MT's meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on public expenditure in 1984 and 1985] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to FCO ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit: UK Objectives") [MT requests meeting with USSR experts prior to Gorbachev meeting] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Michael Alison minute for MT (“Leadership Election”) [“formal rules of procedure for your re-election”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) By-election: Conservative Central Office press release (“Enfield Southgate By-Election”) [Michael Portillo biography] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Wednesday 21 November 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Weekly Coal and Power Station Statistics”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Armstrong minute to MT (“Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal”) [suggestions for reports] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Ingham minute to MT and Butler (“After the NUM strike”) ['how we might manage a return to ‘normal’'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Trade & Industry letter to Charles Powell (“Soviet Assistance to the NUM”) ['the Government viewed with great concern the transfer of money'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Price note to MT (MT’s meeting with Under Secretary Wallis) [conveys Reagan’s gratitude] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Anglo-French Summit: 29-30 November") [Fretwell, Bianco: record of conversation: preparations: attendees; subjects for discussion] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT ("Consultancy Inspection and Review Report") [arrangements for publication] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3479 to FCO (0025Z) ("Laker: Future Arrangements") [consultations with US] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3480 to FCO (0027Z) ("Laker: Leg 2") ["Limited progress in dealing with status of predatory behaviour allegation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3481 to FCO (0029Z) ("Laker") [US Dept of Justice predation charges] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Ridley minute to MT ("Aviation and Anti Trust: The Laker Issue") [US/UK discussions on US anti trust law: scope for liberalisation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Canada: UK High Commissioner to Canada despatch to FCO ("First Impressions of Canada") [Ottawa vs the provinces, Trudeau's unpopularity, economic situation, Canada's international role, British-Canadian relations] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Rees minute to MT ("Guangdong Nuclear Project") [Anglo-French approach to negotiations with China] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Channon PS minute to Charles Powell ("India: ATP for DESU Gas Turbines") [two UK companies well in contention] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Portugal: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Portugal: Dr Mario Soares") [media reports of Soares proposing inward investment approvals as leverage to accelerate EC accession negotiations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer memorandum for NEDC ("Tax Policy and the Jobs Exercise: Summary") [NEDC(84)54] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme") [reducing the cost of the Scheme & identifying savings elsewhere] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ian Stewart PS letter to No.10 ("Budgetary Discipline") [members of ECOFIN Council, European Parliament delegation: record of discussion about text agreed by Finance Ministers; "Parliament delegation, as expected, strongly criticised the text"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 briefing for MT (miners' strike at PMQs) [present situation; NCB manipulation of coal stock figures; Church Leaders' call for negotiations; position of Roy Hattersley; withdrawal of 'Hit List'; job losses] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Ridley letter to Biffen ("Transport Bill") [additional provisions; involvement of consumer bodies with fare levels; guidelines for consumer bodies] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Social Services: Fowler PS letter to No.10 ("Benefits for Strikers") [press release clarifying Government policy in response to PQ] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 3485 to FCO (0434Z) ("US/Soviet arms control talks") ["US hopes for substantive talks, perhaps early in the new year"; details of latest developments] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: President Reagan letter to MT (US/Soviet arms control dialogue) [confirmation that Shultz to meet with Gromyko on 7/8 January to resume negotiations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative party: Letwin minute to MT (“GLC/MCC Aboliton: Political Developments”) [“likely to be a number of unfortunate developments over the next few days”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 38th (Secretary of State for the Environment, Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, Miners' Strike, Employment Legislation, Economic Affairs) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Most Confidential Record to Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(84) 38th (Anglo-Irish Summit) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public Expenditure: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) ["Public Expenditure Survey 1984 and 1985"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Irish Reactions to Anglo-Irish Summit") [Fitzgerald reportedly describes MT's behaviour at press conference as "gratuitously offensive"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Anglo/Irish Relations") [Fitzgerald says UK and Ireland face "a considerable crisis in our relations"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [Fitzgerald happy with summit, but "subsequent developments" have "made his position very difficult"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Anglo-Irish Summit: 18-19 November 1984: Dublin Press Reaction") [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Ireland") [Fitzgerald concerned at reports of his criticisms of MT: "it was at a private meeting and...he had come under very heavy fire indeed from his own party"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Acting Chief Whip note to Geoffrey Howe (Commons rebellion on aid budget division) [45 Conservative abstentions, 8 Conservatives against] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: Letwin minute to MT (“GLC/MCC Abolition: Political Developments”) [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: President Reagan letter to MT (US-Soviet relations) [arms control negotiations to resume] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Thursday 22 November 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Warry minute to Turnbull ("Coal Dispute") ['There are not enough men returning to work this week to sustain the momentum once the Christmas offer has expired...There is a real danger that we are already losing the initiative'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Chancellor of the Exchequer Principal Private Secretary letter to Howe PS (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with George Shultz) [economic issues] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: No.10 note to MT (BNOC) [“the US Administration is hostile to the way we have used BNOC”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Brittan (“Committee of Inquiry into proposals to amend the Shops Act”) [economic effects of deregulating shop hours] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Cabinet Office (“Diary of an Ex-Officer from HMS Conqueror”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Cabinet Office (“Diary of an Ex-Officer from HMS Conqueror”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Nick Ridley letter to Jenkin (“GRE assessment for joint boards”) [“appalled… [with] the Bill as it will be introduced”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“GLC/MCC abolition: political developments”) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing for MT ("Anglo-French Summit: Brief on Security Cooperation in Europe") [nuclear cooperation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs briefing for MT ("Value for Money Seminar with the Secretary of State for Scotland") ["Your purpose is to impress on Mr Younger the need to maintain a constant drive for better value for money"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Powell ("Guangdong Nuclear Project") [Anglo-French approach to negotiations with China: concern of "credit war" with France] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Warry minute to No.10 ("Unipart") [Unipart acquisition of Motorist Discount Centres; "valuable diversification...in advance of privatisation"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Letter from Paddy Ashdown MP") [advice & draft MT response to allegations of possible CIA operation against British companies in the computer technology field] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Lord Gowrie minute to MT ("Performance Related Pay and Unified Grading") [draft Parliamentary announcement of 3-year experimental scheme; framework of draft rules & guidance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Robin Butler minute to MT ("The late Kenneth Whitty") [assassination & death in service; MT taking close interest in calculation of compensation for widow] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Higher Education: Switch to Engineering and Technology") [case for funding being found from Departmental budgets & private funding rather than Treasury contingency reserves] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Scottish Teachers' Pay") [risks associated with allowing Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee to conduct a pay review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 3923 to FCO (1715Z) ("Ad Hoc Committee on Institutions (Dooge Committee)") [report on Rifkind's participation in drafting of interim report to Council of Europe] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Rome telegram 784 to FCO (0800Z) ("The Italian Presidency") [likely priorities] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 3923 to FCO (1715Z) ("Ad Hoc Committee on Institutions (Dooge Committee): 21-23 November") [record of discussion: interim report to European Council: majority in favour of highlighting need for an intergovernmental conference to negotiate a Treaty on European Union; Rifkind dissents] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO briefing for MT ("Farewell Call on the Prime Minister by Viscount Davignon: 27 November") [Spanish car tariffs; steel; EC R&D/ESPRIT; telecommunications; vehicle emissions] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Morrison minute to MT (Manpower Services Commission: improving efficiency) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Employment: Redwood minute to MT ("Jobs") [report on progress of government employment strategy exercise] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Lord Gowrie letter to Keith Joseph ("Further Extension of Unified Grading in the Civil Service") [Research Councils] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (European Commissioner portfolios) ["outcome [of negotiations] has been very satisfactory... we are not in the clear yet"; details] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Sri Lanka") [possible dates] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Buchanan-Smith PS letter to Tim Renton PS ("UN Law of the Sea Convention") [draft paper on advantages/disadvantages to UK: proposed amendment regarding seabed mining regime] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: British Maritime League letter to No.10 Policy Unit ("The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea") ["we should sign... ratification can wait for several years... with the aim of attracting the... [US] to reverse its decision not to sign"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: MT letter to Alma Hill (thanks for message) [“source of great strength and comfort to me”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Brighton Bomb: Michael Alison letter to Simon Murphy (thanks for message) [letters “helped to demonstrate the overwhelming feeling of our people that terrorism and violence must never prevail”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Memorials: No.10 minute for MT (“Police Memorial Trust”) [suggests MT decline invitation to unveil; MT overrules] [declassified 2015]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Powell minute to MT ("Western Arms Control Strategy") [comments on Howe's minute] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 letter to FCO ("Western Arms Control Strategy: Anglo/US Discussions") [MT's response to Howe's minute] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Summit") [Irish Foreign Minister Peter Barry speech on summit] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 (Hurd meeting with John Hume) [Hume's thoughts on Anglo-Irish talks/relations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Powell minute to MT (proposed MT meeting with John Hume) ["You have every reason to be fed up with Hume. But a meeting would help cool things with the Republic"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Anglo/Irish Summit: 18-19 November 1984") [Irish press line on the summit, 22 November 1984] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: FCO letter to Powell (“Supreme Soviet Visit”) [Soviet representatives warned against public support for NUM while in UK] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Friday 23 November 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Gregson minute to MT (“MISC 101(84) 49th Meeting: Coal”) [suggestions on reports] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Power Station Endurance”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Turnbull note to MT ("Coal Dispute") [FT report that McGregor has 'stirred up anxieties about the no compulsory redundancy undertaking'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“French arms sales to the Greek Cypriots”) [“French arguments about the military balance fail to take account of the political consequences of an arms build-up in Cyprus”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: John Redwood minute to MT (“Urban Programme”) [“Setting ‘arbitrary’ targets now will be opposed on the grounds that ‘we do not know if they are realistic’”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) US: Jopling PS letter to Howe PS (Foreign Secretary’s meeting with George Shultz) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Review of Housing Policy”) [MT opts for informal inter-departmental arrangement rather than MISC group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: Crispin Tickell letter to Robert Armstrong (“Follow Up to London Economic Summit”) [Indian attitudes to further meetings, international economic problems] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Redwood minute to Turnbull (“Funding”) [all proceeding well, no need to bother MT] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Nick Ridley minute to MT (“Local authority capital controls”) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: UKE Washington telegram 3503 to FCO (0335Z) ("New York Council on Foreign Relations") [Volcker visit to London] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to the USA) [MT agrees to delay decision on timing of visit, pending her meeting with Ambassador Wright] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to President Reagan (arms control dialogue with the Soviet Union) ["I am particularly glad that you envisage discussing the whole range of arms control topics... [including] chemical weapons"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT telegram to President Reagan (Shultz & Gromyko to meet in Geneva) [“patience and persistence will in the end pay dividends”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Sherbourne notes on MT meeting with Federation of Conservative Students (plus briefing) [released 2014]
Text 84 Nov 25 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Reagan") [subjects for discussion] [released Dec 2014]
Text 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's Interview on French Televison, Wednesday 28 Nov") [topics; key points] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Anglo/French Summit: 29/30 November") [internal background; key issues; "Mitterrand's popularity at record low"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 briefing for MT ("Anglo/French Summit: 29/30 November") [briefing meetings; key issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Barclay minute to Brittan PS ("BBC Licence Fee") [consdier critically extent to which BBC succeeds in giving effect to terms of licence] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Ibbs ("Consultancy Inspection and Review Report") [arrangements for publication] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Youde telegram 3611 to FCO (1000Z) ("Future of Hong Kong: Press Coverage for 24, 25 and 26 November") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO letter to Powell ("Hong Kong Agreement: Test of Acceptability") [reports of Assessment Office and independent Monitoring Team] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Younger ("Scottish Teachers' Pay") [risks associated with allowing Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee to conduct a pay review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 3944 to FCO (1745Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council, 26 November 1984") ["Dooge Committee": record of conversation: Howe emphasises need for consensus] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (European Community) [development of EC: Dooge Committee; North Atlantic Alliance] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Overseas Aid: Overseas Development Administration letter to Powell ("VSO: Administrative Costs and Overheads") [Government funding to Voluntary Service Overseas; MT: unit costs of '£5,000 per volunteer is ridiculous'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Lord Hailsham letter to Lord Advocate ("Review of Legislation on False and Misleading Price Information") [civil law and criminal law measures & application in Scotland] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minister of Housing minute for MT ("Mount Pleasant Airfield: Falkland Islands") [fourth progress report] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: No.10 minute (internal): Barclay to Press Office ("Consultancy Inspection and Review Report") [publication & foreword] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("US/Soviet relations") ["announcement on 22 Nov of the Shultz-Gromyko meeting... Zagaldin has given Mr Healey some pointers to the Soviet position"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Norman Lamont letter to Tim Renton (UN Law of the Sea Convention) [draft paper on advantages/disadvantages to UK: proposed amendment regarding seabed mining regime] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute for Lord President’s group (“Economic and social policy - campaign”) [“meet the charge that the Government does not care”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Group on Coal - MISC 101(84) 49th (Industrial Action in the Coal Industry) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office letter to No.10 ("Anglo-Irish Relations") [comments on Irish Foreign Minister's speech; it was "an attempt to start the fence-mending process"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham memo for William Whitelaw (“Economic and Social Policy - Campaign”) [“The reality does not square with the public’s impression of the Government's approach”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Monday 26 November 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walker-King) [miners' strike: TUC approaches to Walker] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Conservative Research Department briefing (“Coal - Limit of Deficit Grants Order - Payments Schemes Amendments Order”) ['the fundamental issues at stake'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 (“Coal Dispute: Effects on Mining Equipment Industry”) [impact on workforce] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Urban Policy Machinery (Misc 104(84)10)”) [proposals for management structure to “enable the Government to get better value for its spending in the inner cities”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Robin Ibbs minute to MT (“Urban Policy: Misc 104”) [papers to be considered at meeting on urban problems and targets] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) International Economic Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PPS letter to No.10 (“Taxation and Provisions”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Policy Unit minute to Turnbull (“Johnson Matthey”) [Treasury regard Bank report into affair as "grossly inadequate"; MT should raise with Chancellor] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (“Visit by Argentine Church Leaders”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 letter to Wandsworth Borough Council (GLC statutory transfer orders) [“aggrieved… Conservatives”] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Housing Policy") ["main issues, options and state of play"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [Johnson Matthey & banking supervision] [declassified 2013]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Governor of the Bank of England) [Johnson Matthey & banking supervision] [declassified 2013]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Review of BBC External Services") [MT looks forward to hearing views on how government should react] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Jordan: UKE Amman telegram 797 to FCO (1520Z) ("King Hussein's Visit to London") [suitable dates; Middle East peace process] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ibbs minute to MT ("Implementation of Efficiency Scrutinies") [suggests investigation of slow and incomplete implementation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Younger-Armstrong-Ibbs-Fraser) ["Scottish Office: Value for Money Seminar"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: Alan Walters minute to MT ("The Debt Problem") [meeting on the international debt problem] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Visit of Mr. Volcker") [MT requests meeting during his visit to London] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Paddy Ashdown MP (possible CIA operation against British companies in the computer technology field) ["there is no need for an inquiry"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Zaire: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mobutu, John Johnson, Umba di Lutete) [Zaire economy/foreign aid; Falklands; Chad; Southern Africa] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Robin Nicholson minute to MT ("EC Standards for Motor Vehicle Exhaust Emissions") [points for Norman Lamont's negotiating group to address in EC talks to reach compromise with West Germany on its demand for introduction of 3-way catalysts] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("EC Standards for Vehicle Exhaust Emissions") [cheaper & more efficient lean-burn engine vs. 3-way catalytic converter: "the snag is that the lean-burn engine is not a realistic contender for.. [West Germany's] acclerated programme of emissions control"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Future of Europe") [Anglo/French summit; European Council; Dooge Committee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("European Community") [speculation on the terms of a new Treaty; long-term UK objectives] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo/Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [draft message to Taoiseach Fitzgerald on MT's remarks at press conference; MT: 'This whole proposal is too contrived and too apologetic'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Alison note to MT (call from Secretary of Working Miners group) ['Many striking miners have been telling her, discreetly, that they intend to go back to work after Christmas, but not before, to avoid family intimidation over the holiday'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Fowler PS letter to Brittan PS ("Ethnic Question in the Census") [publication of Government Reply to second Report of the Home Affairs Committee] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: Lord Gowrie letter to Biffen ("The Museum of London and the Local Government Bill") [future of Museum after abolition of GLC; risk of Government having to provide two thirds of ongoing funding; Gowrie warns he doesn't have the money] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: MT letter to Lord Bethell (Soviet Prisoners of the Afghan Resistance: failed UK resettlement of two asylum applicants) [further details of the known background to the soldiers' repatriation] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Unemployment: Allan Stewart letter to Gordon Brown (unemployment in constituency) [can be “misleading to consider individual communities in isolation from the employment opportunities in the whole of the Travel-to-Work Area of which they are a part”] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 briefing for MT ("Telephone conversation with Chancellor Kohl") [Kohl visit to US; nuclear arms control; conventional defences; US economy; UN Law of the Sea Convention] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker minute to MT ("Proposed Fast Reactor Reprocessing Plant at Dounreay") [MT agrees to UK bid for participation in European collaboration] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public Expenditure: Rees minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Planning Total for 1985-86") ["upward pressures on the [spending] figures are emerging"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO letter to No.10 ("East/West Relations: Call by Soviet Ambassador") [Soviet Ambassador talks with Luce: US/Soviet arms control talks] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: MT letter to Italian PM Craxi (Venice Conference on technological innovation) [most interested; seeks specifics] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Overseas aid: MT letter to Margaret Wickstead (defends policy) [“Total provision for expenditure by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office next year has not been cut”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Sherbourne notes (Liaison Committee) [points raised] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Tuesday 27 November 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Ingham minute to Butler ("Miners' Strike - TUC") [record of Ingham's call with Daily Mirror journalist on Walker meeting with TUC representatives] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: AP News Wire (“NUM Branch President in Custody”) [arrest over attack on working miner] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 1402 to FCO (0220Z) (“Cyprus: Secretary General’s initiative”) [Denktash “accepted the bulk of the draft high level agreement”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 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 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Unemployment: Allan Stewart letter to Gordon Brown MP (unemployment in Dunfermline East constituency) [response to proposed initiative] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: MT letter to Senator John Tower (retirement) [“invaluable contribution to promoting the cause of NATO and our common defence”] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: Alan Walters minute to MT (“A banking crisis in the United States”) [“The balance sheets of US banks … are in a parlous state and cannot be quickly recapitalised”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: President Reagan letter to MT (UK-US civil aviation relationship: meeting preparations) [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT ("President Mitterrand's Dinner and M. Fabius' Lunch") [notes for speeches] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand) [UK/French Summit: EC enlargement/quotas; CAP; future of EC; EC Budgetary discipline; new EC Commission; integrated Mediterranean programmes; vehicle emissions; East/West relations] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo-French Summit: Joint Press Conference") [notes for MT's use; copy of 'scene-setting' telegram from UKE Paris] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to France: Possible Meeting with French Farmers Union President") [case for declining request] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Briefing Meeting for the Anglo-French Summit and the European Council") [attendees] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: Foreign Secretary minute to MT ("Guangdong Nuclear Project") [Anglo-French approach to negotiations with China] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: No.10 letter to Department of Trade & Industry ("BL") [MT concerned at slow progress of British Leyland privatisations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson, Keith Joseph, Tom King, Younger, Waldegrave) ["Scottish Teachers' Pay": draft letter to Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (Scottish Teachers Pay Dispute) [Younger's conditions for allowing Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee to conduct a pay review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office note for the record ("Agriculture and Conservation") [disagreement with Patrick Jenkin over need for MT to chair meeting to discuss his paper on compensation principles] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 4014 to FCO (2215Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council, 28 November") ["Budget Discipline": report on meeting & its outcome] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [re-opening of Spain/Gibraltar frontier; EC enlargement; preparations for European Council; EC budgetary discipline; export deal with US for EC steel pipes & tubes; upcoming meetings] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [danger of 'hostile situation' and 'difficult press questioning' for MT at Dublin European Council] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [message to Taoiseach Fitzgerald] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Powell minute to MT ("Ireland: Letter to Dr Fitzgerald") [comments on message to Taoiseach Fitzgerald] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Redwood minute to MT ("Town and Country Planning System - Meeting with Sir John Sainsbury, Monday, 10 December 1984") [brief for meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Mozambique: FCO letter to No.10 ("Mozambique") [internal situation in Mozambique; request for aid] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram 4008 to FCO (2116Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council 26-28 November. Spanish Accession: Tariff Transition") [record of proceedings; Rifkind takes firm line on UK car quota] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Warry minute to Turnbull ("British Steel") [progress of British Steel privatisations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("Gas Privatisation") ['[Walker] is much concerned...that discussion of this matter...should not reach any wide circle in Government'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Armstrong briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Industrial Affairs: Coal”) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Canada: Prime Minister Mulroney of Canada letter to MT (thanks) [wants to reinvigorate relationships with US, UK] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 record of conversation ("Anglo-German relations: Prime Minister's telephone call with Chancellor Kohl") [military conscription, the Church and socialism in Germany; Kohl visit to US; nuclear arms control; conventional defences; US economy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("Foreign Affairs Council: 26-28 November preparation for European Council") [probable agenda] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("European Council: mixed credits") [Lawson asks MT to raise the issue with Mitterrand at Council in Dublin, 3/4 December] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: No.10 minute to MT (Performance Related Pay and Unified Grading) [summary of a minute from Lord Gowrie] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Trade: Rees letter to Channon ("Export Promotion") ["exporter's willingness to pay for those services which can be... charged out to him"; overall cost of Government support for exports] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ('Bilateral') [public expenditure, banking failures, markets] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Douglas Hurd letter to Keith Joseph (“Education for Economic Awareness”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev's Visit") [suggested USSR experts for MT briefing meeting] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Powell minute to MT ("Gorbachev") [Powell recommends against including CBI/TUC heads and Carrington in Gorbachev talks] [declassified 2014]

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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