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PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT ("Visit of President Mitterrand") [arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [hopes Italian personal representative will revert to original proposal for event on 7/9 June] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Autumn Statement: Additional Briefing") [growth in planned spending, spending trends] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to No. 10 ("Peacock Report: Initial Parliamentary Handling") [subscription TV, ITV contracts, radio] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Visit of President Mitterrand") [arrangements for informal talk about EC Council meeting] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Request for Green Pound Devaluation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Howe minute for Norman Fowler (“AIDS”) [screening for overseas students entering UK] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 minute for MT (“AIDS”) [press reports MT had approved leaflet; in fact not yet decided] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 (“White Paper: Developments in the European Community: January-June 1986”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Younger PS minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [clearance of draft response to report] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Rifkind letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [agrees to proposed advisory group to complement work of Scottish Development Agency subject to additional funding] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("ALARM") [MT's concerns over the project development] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to Edwards PS ("Star Chamber") [Welsh programme not yet settled] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Reagan message to MT (eve of Reykjavik summit) [“prepared for serious exchanges in all four areas of the U.S.-Soviet agenda”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 841 to FCO (1740Z) (“Kohl’s messages”) [“Kohl supported the US position on LRINF … he stressed the importance of conventional arms control as well”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc: Question and Answer Brief”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (“Action for Jobs”) [“powerful evidence of the value of television advertising”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet pre-summit”) [MT’s message to Reagan on Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram 277 to FCO (1823Z) (“Reykjavik meeting: NAC briefing by Nitze and Ridgway: other arms control and East/West issues”) [“Human rights will head US agenda”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: John Moore letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Treasury minute to MOD ("ALARM") [the progress report] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2607 to FCO (2301Z) ("US/Soviet Relations: Arms Control Issues in Congress") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Specific grants to local authorities") ["...tend to increase overall local authority expenditure compared to... a general grant"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove minute to MT ("The Markets") [timing of interest rate increase next week] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("South Africa") [MT not persuaded by Howe argument for writing to President Botha] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: visit of NAM Foreign Ministers") [request to meet with MT or Howe - expected to plea for comprehensive sanctions; advice] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove (Economic Assumptions) [unemployment, average earnings, GDP deflator, RPI] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove note to MT (Star Chamber) [Treasury's marching orders] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services: 15 October 1986") [radio, telecommunications systems, licence fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: Lord Wolfson letter for MT (Memorial Service for the victims of the attack in Istanbul) [declassified July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 851 to FCO (1700Z) ("FRG Internal: The Coalition's Prospects") [Kohl's party confident of coalition being returned again] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Teachers’ pay”) [the Main and Coventry proposals] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Government’s response to the teachers’ pay disputes”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 19 (Select Committee on Defence: Westland PLC) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 20 (The Queen’s speeches on the prorogation and opening of Parliament) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Defence Committee Reports on Westland: Government Reply”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove (Autumn Statement) [publication of printed statement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 1st Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 11 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [PSBR figures; rate of economic growth; base rates] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“Reykjavik meeting”) [proposed meeting with Soviet emissary Karpov] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US-Soviet meeting in Reykjavik”) [discussion of “tentative deal” on INF] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram 283 to FCO (1253Z) (“Reykjavik summit: NAC briefing by Shultz”) [“Shultz said that beneath the disappointment of the moment was a positive sense that possibilities had been opened up for far-reaching arms control agreements”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Reykjavik telegram 95 to FCO (2330Z) (“Reagan/Gorbachev meeting”) [Gorbachev said “an historic opportunity had been missed”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th Session [declassified 2000: the crucial session]
Text 86 Oct 12 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th session [declassified 2000; second version]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2613 to FCO (0140Z) (“Reykjavik meeting”) [“The US media are baffled by the breakdown of talks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2617 to FCO (0250Z) (“Reykjavik summit”) [“a set-back for the President … there is now no immediate prospect of the substantive summit here on which he had set such store”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, industry, terrorism) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter to President Ceausescu (conventional force reductions in Europe) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: John MacGregor minute to Kenneth Baker ("1986 Public Expenditure Survey") [university pay, city technical colleges] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Younger minute for Channon ("Airborne Early Warning Aircraft: Stretch Potential") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [draft programme] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: MT letter to Lord Cranborne (Afghanistan) [Western solidarity; humanitarian aid] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Bernard Ingham ("Venice Economic Summit") [rules for press briefings provisionally agreed] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (President Mitterrand's visit) [press arrangements, dates] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Strategy Group minute ("Minutes of the Strategy Group. Fifth Meeting: Monday 13th October 1986") ​​​​​​​[follow-up to party conference, future meetings, BBC bias] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) El Salvador: MT message to President Duarte (earthquake) ["We have already sent in emergency assistance from Belize and more help is on the way"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control - The Way Forward") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Arts and Libraries") [British Library, grant in aid, museums] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Channon letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [proposed advisory group] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit") [preferable dates for event are 7/9 June] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office briefing for Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's meeting with President Mitterrand") [points on the EC to keep in mind: relations with France, European Council, EC financing] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley PS letter to No.10 ("Handling of planning applications by local authorities") [Government asks Barnet to review its procedures, being one of the slowest local authorities for processing applications] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (Meeting with President Mitterrand) [Mitterrand wants to discuss east-west relations, arms control, implications of Reykjavik] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Cobb memo for Poindexter ("Presidential phone call to PM Thatcher") [open line call; talking points on proposed agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons in ten years, "if raised"] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: White House record of conversation (Reagan-MT) [Reykjavik summit] [declassified 2010]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO (“ECOFIN Council, 13 October 1986: agricultural spending”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Tom King letter for Whitelaw (anonymity of rape victims from the time of complaint) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Ridley letter to Baker (“Education of No Area pupils: funding arrangements”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“MISC 122: teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 briefing for MT (“Teachers Pay”) [clash between Treasury and DES] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet summit”) [press points on outcome of Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT (“US Soviet summit”) [urges she call Reagan - worry that President will “use his television appearance this evening to point [sic] himself further into the corner on SDI”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Points to make to President Reagan” - phone call) [“It is clearly the Soviet aim to sow dissension in the Alliance”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan phone call on Reykjavik summit) ["Reagan said he had put forward a radical proposal under which the US would guarantee not to deploy a strategic defence system for ten years in return for an undertaking to eliminate all US and Soviet nuclear weapons over that same period"] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1195 to FCO (1500Z) (“Reykjavik summit: preliminary view from Moscow”) [“Gorbachev put an unexpectedly high price - severe SDI constraint - on agreement in other arms control areas … which me must have known Reagan would be unlikely to pay”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan phone call) ["particularly sensitive" points on ABM, Reagan's pride in proposal to eliminate nuclear weapons in ten years; President's admiration for Tom Clancy book] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Reykjavik summit”) [draft message from MT to Reagan: “I want to congratulate you on getting so close to a new range of agreements”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Reykjavik summit”) [draft message from MT to Reagan designed “to deny Gorbachev the easy propaganda points for which he may now be looking”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Meeting with Karpov”) [“By making agreement on all issues dependent on acceptance of their terms on SDI, they doomed the meeting to failure”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 13 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Defence Committee Reports: Question and Answer briefing”) [Westland] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Alison minute to MT (invitation to theatre) [tickets to Phantom of the Opera] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: John MacGregor letter to Kenneth Clarke (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [“I still have a number of serious reservations about the whole proposal”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2629 to FCO (2350Z) ("Reykjavik Summit: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("New burdens on local government") ["...latest lists of Government initiatives having resource implications..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 minute to MT ("Local authority capital controls") [Ridley press release and letter to Chairmen of local authorities: Government determined to retain control but no major legislation while system under review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Barnet: RSG Settlement 1987/88") [rate settlement, district elections] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (interest rates) [intervention after interest rate increase - Norgrove will pass on fact that MT "very concerned" about it] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Scottish Block") [Rifkind still bidding for very large amounts] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Defence Programme") [avoid getting drawn into detailed issues] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [approach contemplates break up of BBC monopoly on national radio services] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("Peacock Report") [advertising, licencing, licence fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Implications for Telecommunications Policy (MISC 128(86) 4)") [splitting telecommunciations from other Peacock issues] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Norgrove note to MT ("MISC 128") [Whitelaw's opposition to advertising on BBC] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1026 to FCO (1146Z) ("President Mitterrand's Visit to London, 16 October") [French internal situation, EC Council and financing, east-west and arms control, terrorism, Middle East] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO (“Agriculture Council, 13-14 October 1986”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon minute to Jopling (“Alternative Use of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, MacGregor) [teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Karpov”) [MT “said she had been very disturbed by Soviet tactics at Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Karpov”) [“Karpov said that the Soviet side had gone to Reykjavik in the hope of achieving concrete results”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to Price (record of MT’s meeting with Karpov”) [for Price’s eyes only] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 858 to FCO (1815Z) (“Reykjavik: initial German reactions”) [“the door is not closed”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Press Office bulletin (“Call by Mr Karpov”) [“both sides agreed it was vital to find a way forward”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO draft (Lady Young statement to House of Lords on Reykjavik) [“We believe it imperative that both sides return to the Geneva Nuclear and Space Talks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2619 to FCO (0330Z) (“President Reagan’s television address”) [“we’re closer than ever before to agreements that could lead to a safer world without nuclear weapons”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2128 to FCO (2345Z) (“Reykjavik summit: US reactions”) [“Widespread concern among the experts at the US proposal for mutual abolition of all ballistic missiles”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, Westland) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2639 to FCO (2215Z) ("Mr Renton's Visit to Washington: Arms Control: Calls on Ikle and Ridgway") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2638 to FCO (2200Z) ("Mr Renton's Visit to Washington: Nuclear Arms Control: Call on Nitze") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Fowler ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [fixing a minimum rebate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [Intergovernmental Conference; Chiefs of Staff; dialogue with Unionists; Stalker case; FitzGerald government] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to Cabinet Office ("Falklands Fish") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Electricity (England and Wales) (ESI)") [still no agreed position paper] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with President Mitterrand") [Mitterrand seeking to upstage Chirac, Reagan's nuclear weapons proposals, EC issues, agriculture, Middle East] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("President Mitterrand's Visit") [main focus to be post-Reykjavik and EC issues] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Cabinet Office briefing for Charles Powell ("Visit of President Mitterrand: Thursday 16 October") [dialogue on nuclear weapons] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing ("M. Mitterrand's Visit, 16 October") [EC topics, terrorism, drugs and immigration, Japan] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing (Mitterrand meeting) [list of guests, timetable] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [the markets, the Mansion House speech, teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Baker, Whitelaw, Ridley) [“Education of No Area pupils - funding arrangements”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker letter for Chancellor of the Exchequer (Contract Energy Management) [improving the energy efficiency of the public sector] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 860 to FCO (1400Z) (“Reykjavik summit: German views”) [Teltschik said “perhaps it was just as well that the meeting in Reykjavik had broken up when it did”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1205 to FCO (1200Z) (“Reykjavik meeting: Politburo communique”) [failure “was the stubborn unwillingness of the American administration to create conditions for reaching these agreements”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1209 to FCO (1630Z) (“Reykjavik meeting: Gorbachev’s television statement”) [“performance designed to show the extent of Soviet efforts to secure agreement”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1211 to FCO (1600Z) (“Reykjavik meeting”) [Soviet position on arms control, human rights] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, interest rates, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 minute to MT (“Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Major Redundancies”) [MT agrees to set up of confidential advisory group for trial period] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control") [MT talk to President Mitterrand: a message for President Reagan] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control") [preparation for MT's meeting with President Reagan] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (markets) [good PSBR figures overshadowed by people waiting for Mansion House speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Taking Stock") [the task is not "absolutely hopeless"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [European Council themes of terrorism, drugs, immigration, enterprise; Japan; trade; Syria] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (Powell-Teltschik) [Reykjavik proposals on arms control, discussions with Kohl] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand-Attali) [French views on Reykjavik proposals on arms control, Reagan and Gorbachev's positions, future of nuclear weapons and tests] [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Angela Rumbold letter to MT (“Sex Education at School”) [‘Clause 26’] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Hurd letter to Walker (“Energy Efficiency in the Civil Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 33rd (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, prorogation/opening of parliament) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram 874 to FCO (1815Z) (“ Karpov’s visit to Bonn”) [prospects of agreements on arms control] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1213 to FCO (1900Z) (“Reykjavik: INF/SDI linkage”) [contrasting reports on Soviet position] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Geneva summit on arms control, immigration, economic problems interest rates, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Ibbs minute to MT (“Improving management in the Civil Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Kenneth Clarke letter to Howe (“EC: Employment Initiative”) [“it remains of crucial importance to prevent this excercise from being identified as a purely UK initiative”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to Cabinet Office (Introduction of the Falkland Islands Interim Conservation and Management Zone) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Cabinet Office ("Falkland Islands Fisheries: Enforcement Implications") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("South Africa") ["ideas... which he proposes to discuss with President Reagan. They seem to run well ahead of what is practicable"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("Star Chamber: Current Position") [resistance has been the stiffest Whitelaw has known] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 875 to FCO (1025Z) ("Chancellor Kohl's Visit to the United States") [arms control and east/west relations top of Kohl's agenda, South Africa and Middle East also on his mind] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 2650 to FCO (0031Z) ("FRG/South Africa") [possible German initiative on South Africa, fears proposals could backfire] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Poindexter memo for President Reagan ("Why We Can't Commit to Eliminating All Nuclear Weapons Within 10 Years") [focus instead on proposal to eliminate all ballistic nuclear missiles in ten years, as handed to Soviets at Reykjavik] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Thatcher Visit") [suggests early announcement in view of UK story that MT had cancelled following Reykjavik] [declassified 2008]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Minister of State for Scotland minute for Norman Fowler (“Screening for AIDS”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Drugs: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Drug Abuse - Recent Visit to South America and International Update”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baroness Cox letter to MT (education reforms) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Government decisions on school teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“MISC 122: teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2665 to FCO (2358Z) (“Reykjavik: President’s conversation with the Prime Minister”) [Reagan said the summit “had cleared the way for an agreement on INF despite Soviet insistence on linkage”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Lawson speech, unemployment falls, industry, Prince Philip “slitty eyes” comments, immigration) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 18 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Bernard Ingham minute to Robert Armstrong ("Venice Economic Summit - Media") [ground rules for press briefing, press centre] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2666 to FCO (1900Z) (“Reykjavik”) [“President launches SDI as Congressional election campaign issue … Polls show support for the President’s handling of the issue at Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 19 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (seminar at Chequers) [public expenditure and teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Incentives”) [“most available jobs paid less than the £122 he received in benefits each week”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute to FCO ("Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [civil rather than criminal penalties] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Treasury minute to Cabinet Office ("Falklands Fish") [costs of reinforcement] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Social Security (Meeting with Mr Fowler at 9.30 AM on Tuesday, 21 October") [savings options] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1233 to FCO (0900Z) ("Soviet Nine Months Economic Results") [summary & analysis] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Lord Young letter to Channon (UK regional development programme 1986-90) [MT angry that report became widely available] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Lynda Chalker letter to Lord Young (“Removing Barriers to Business in Europe”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Department of Education and Science letter to Treasury (“Education without LEAs”) [revised draft of DES-Treasury-DOE paper] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2667 to FCO (1915Z) (“Reykjavik”) [Shultz: “the elimination of ballistic missiles was quote a long way down the road unquote”; "Allied military staffs exaggerated the extent of the Warsaw Pact advantage" in conventional weapons in Europe] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: John Moore minute to MT (“British Airways privatisation”) [“Unguarded or inaccurate comments, or answers to any questions, could have very serious consequences for the flotation”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (Defence Committee: Westland reports) [responses] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Cabinet Office letter to Department of Trade and Industry (“Westland: Sunday Times interest”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD record of conversation (Younger, Weinberger) [US/Soviet arms control talks in Reykjavik, CW arms control, Glenn/Traficant, tracked Rapier] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Michael Butler letter to MT (European Monetary System) ["it would be both good economics and good politics to join the exchange rate mechanism"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Offences") [registration officers, legal aid, penalties] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (markets at 1950) [pound and dollar have weakened] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Meeting with the Prime Minister") [group is in an "exceptionally difficult position"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Lawson-MacGregor-Armstrong) [Scotland, social security, health, overseas aid, electricity] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Wicks minute to Tebbit PS (World TV service) [ITN opposition to BBC plans] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Armstrong minute for MT (“AIDS”) [seriousness of issue; urges senior ministerial group to drive policy; MT agrees] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“European Community: VAT on Small and Medium Sized Businesses”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [the markets, BGC Board pay, teachers’ pay] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker PS letter to No.10 (“Academic Tenure”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (Soviet diplomats) [Price checking reports on alleged American expulsion of 55 Soviet diplomats] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1235 to FCO (1134Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [proposal for follow-up meeting between Hartman and Shevardnadze] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2415 to FCO (1925Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“Lengthy Shultz/Shevardnadze discussions, over-shadowed by hand pounding, and no progress, on Daniloff”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (situation in schools, industry, unemployment, BBC) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (70th anniversary of the Cabinet Office) [article] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“The Motion for the Westland Debate”) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 21 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Ibbs minute to MT (“Project Reporting”) [Ministry of Defence] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Channon letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Quality Counts”) [improving competitiveness of British industry and commerce] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Peter Brooke letter to Kenneth Clarke (“EC Employment Initiative”) [request to be kept informed and consulted on draft resolution] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Warry minute for MT ("Nimrod or AWAC") [GEC's technical competence, comparison of AWAC against Nimrod, stretch capability] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Arms Control: UK/US Exchange") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley briefing for MT ("Planning: the Sainsbury Group") ["I am writing now to report progress on items raised at your last meeting with the Group on 30 April and to comment on other topics that you or the Group may wish to discuss"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: David Norgrove note to MT (intervention figures) [starting point has changed] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Overseas Aid (Meeting with Sir Geoffrey Howe at 4pm on Thursday, 23 October") [encourage the group to put counter arguments to Howe] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to Nigel Wicks (World TV service) [ITN's views on BBC proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 2693 to FCO (1445Z) ("FRG/South Africa") [Kohl-Shultz discussion of South Africa, "need for the west to do something"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1240 to FCO (1140Z) ("Danish Prime Minister's Meeting with Gorbachev") [Danish Ambassador's record of conversation] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Education Reform”) [MT declines discussion of paper in presence of officials] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (teachers&rsdquo; strike, BBC libel case, east-west) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Defence Committee letter (“Information for the Press: for Immediate Release”) [Government response to Westland report] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Ibbs briefing for MT (“Meeting on 24 October at 9.00 AM”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Howe minute to Kenneth Clarke (“EC: Employment Initiative”) [“tabling our draft resolution if possible with the Irish, Italians and Danes as co-sponsors”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control: UK/US Exchange") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2703 to FCO (2300Z) ("Post-Reykjavik Arms Control Discussions") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley briefing for MT ("Planning: the Sainsbury Group") [points to note from a private meeting with the Group in advance of its latest meeting with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Meeting on 27 October with Sir John Sainsbury's Group") ["...the Committee and DoE now report back to you on its proposals to simplify, clarify and expedite Town and Country Planning Law..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to Whitelaw ("Rate Support Grant and rate-capping: total expenditure") [John Moore: "It is obviously deporable that we have yet again to be contemplating emergency retrospective legislation on the rate support grant system. The sooner that simpler arrangements... are put in place, the better"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: Charles Powell minute to MT ("UN Security Council: Nicaragua/ICJ decision") [UN resolution on International Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran: "We know how very important this issue is to the President... We don't want this issue to mar your visit"; MT inclined to UK abstaining from vote] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) G7: Jonathan Davidson letter to Bernard Ingham ("Foundation for the cohesion of the West") [first foundation likely to be established in Britain] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill") [water and sewerage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber, Taking Stock") [key outstanding issues] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cable Authority letter to MT (Peacock Report) [response to recommendations] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 895 to FCO (1530Z) ("Press Comment on Kohl's Visit to Washington") [Kohl "portrayed as speaking authoritatively on Reykjavik subjects"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: DTI minute to Treasury ("ATP: Cyprus") [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute MT (Yuri Orlov, human rights activist, visit to UK) [endorses Lord Bethell's advice that MT meet Orlov] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 note to MT (foreign and domestic money markets report) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“The Selbourne Affair”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT (“Education without LEAs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Academic Tenure”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 34th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 35th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, teachers’ dipsute) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 36th (Parliamentary Affairs, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Public Expenditure Survey 1986) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1243 to FCO (0745Z) (“Expulsion of US diplomats from the Soviet Union and measures to restrict US Embassy activities”) [five declared persona non grata, all locally employed staff to be withdrawn] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1245 to FCO (1200Z) (“US/Soviet relations: television address by Gorbachev”) [Gorbachev “insisted that his package of arms control proposals remain on the table”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Tory support up, NUT strike, local government, BBC libel case) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“The Scrutiny Programme”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: State Department instructions to Paris Embassy (conventional arms control) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO telegram 1843 to UKE Washington (1605Z) (Geneva negotiations) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2710 to FCO (0200Z) ("Geneva NST: Developments since Reykjavik") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2715 to FCO (2100Z) ("Geneva NST") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Brian Griffiths minute ("Strategy Group. Bias at the BBC") ​​​​​​​["Is it advantageous for the Chairman to launch a major attack?"] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Nicaragua") [UN resolution on Inernational Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran: "The Foreign Secretary is reluctant to accept your view"] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [role of the courts] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Powell minute to MT ("Options for Dealing with Incursions into the FICZ by Argentine Commercial Vessels and Naval Auxilaries") ["not very satisfactory"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to Powell ("Falkland Islands Fisheries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Public Expenditure: Star Chamber") [latest in the negotiations] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("BBC") [proposal to transfer control of BBC] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [fitting in Chirac; date, timings] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 900 to FCO (1535Z) ("Kohl's Visit to Washington") [Kohl took a firm line on nuclear disarmament] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Julian Amery MP letter for MT (lunch for Prime Minister Sadik el Mahdi) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“European Regional Development Fund”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 briefing for MT (“Education without LEAs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Teachers Duties and Conditions of Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: MacGregor letter to Rifkind (“Teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Rifkind letter to MacGregor (“Teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (racism case, social security, latest polls, BBC) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Ministry of Defence briefing to No.10 (Westland debate) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Robin Ibbs, Kate Jenkins) [Efficiency Unit central scrutiny programme] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Alison minute to MT (“Mark’s wedding”) [“the media event of 1987”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) El Salvador: President Duarte message to MT (earthquake) [request for aid] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 2724 to FCO (1645Z) ("Chancellor Kohl's Visit to the US") [Reykjavik and arms control main issues, also discussed South Africa and Middle East] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Julian Amery MP letter to Howe (Amery-Denktash conversation in Cyprus) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 26 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services: 30 October 1986") [indexing licence fee, independent producers, radio policy] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 26 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Bush to MT (arrangements to meet) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Strategy Group minute ("Minutes of the Strategy Group. Sixth Meeting: Monday 27th October 1986") ​​​​​​​[Queen's Speech and Autumn Statement] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ridley, Lord Young, Waldegrave, Howard, Hartley Booth, Sir John Sainsbury & colleagues) ["Planning: the Sainsbury Group"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind (rebate scheme) [possibility of fixing a ceiling on the level of charge for which rebates should be available] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to Cabinet Office ("Falklands Fisheries: Enforcement Implications") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to Nigel Wicks ("Public Expenditure") [concerned about issue of electricity prices] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Mark Addison ("Infrastructure Spending") [sector by sector figures] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Waddington PS minute to Hurd PS ("Peacock Report: Initial Parliamentary Handling") [debate timetable] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Geoffrey Howe (World TV service) [ITN should be allowed to tender] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: Bob Hawke message to MT (America's Cup) [competition off Western Australia] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Your Meeting with Ambassador Acland: Ocobert 28, 3:00 pm") [Acland conveying MT's view of Reykjavik; telegram of his 23 Oct conversation with Shultz] [declassified 2005]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Ingham minute for Willetts (“AIDS”) ["certainly a feeling abroad that the Government is doing too little … that the Prime Minister is acting as a break on educational publicity"] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Willetts minute for Bearpark (“AIDS”) ["probably the most important public health issue this century"; measures to remove perception of failure to respond] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO (“Foreign Affairs Council: financing of the Community - increase in own resources”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT (“Future of the Polytechnics”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Baker, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ridley) [education without LEAs] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker PS briefing for MT (“Education without LEAs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Jeffrey Archer resignation, Labour party divisions, tax cuts, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute for MT (Soviet military space flight failure) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2734 to FCO (2200Z) ("Reykjavik Aftermath") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Japanese financial consultation, 27 October") [trade relations & investment] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Local Government: Department of the Environment letter to Cabinet Office ("Leak investigation: local government finance") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Caravans, Huts and Chalets") [treatment as second homes] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Norman Fowler ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [rebating system for Scotland] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Framework of Duties and Penalties") [resource implications of appeals system] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Community Charge: Enforcement of Registration") [head of household to provide information to registration officer] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2739 to FCO (2315Z) ("FRG/South Africa") [Michael Jenkins, Chester Crocker record of conversation: "wished to float two ideas... possibility of instituting regular UK/US/FRG trilateral discussions... [and] a public declaration of principles"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("Peacock Report: Initial Parliamentary Handling") [independent producers, privatising radio] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (social security protocol) [indexation of pension payments] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Anglo-French Summit") [Chirac proposes "working supper", MT agrees; arrangements & timings] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 2742 to FCO (2330Z) ("Afghanistan: Soviet Withdrawals") ["Administration conclude... largely a sham, and plan to go public with the evidence shortly"; details] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO (“Lamb imports: message from Mister Gummer”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Teachers’ pay and conditions of service: MISC 122 (86) 15th meeting”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Ridley PS letter to No.10 (“MISC 122”) [effect of teachers’ pay award on local government rate increases] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: MacGregor minute to MT (“Teachers’ pay: staging of settlement”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker minute to MT (“School teachers’ pay and conditions - legislation”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2734 to FCO (2200Z) (“Reykjavik aftermath”) [Acland discussion with Reagan: “The President said that he understood British and European concerns about the imbalance in non-nuclear forces”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (EC and UK differences on Syria, Jeffrey Archer, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Biffen PS letter to Cabinet Office (Lord Privy Seal’s draft speech for the Westland debate) [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Younger PS letter to No.10 (Westlands debate) [draft opening speech] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz telegram to Reagan (LRINF zero zero option accepted by MT) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Young Enterprise”) [“David Young described it as the most impressive event he had seen since he entered politics”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2754 to FCO (2300Z) ("Geneva NST") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Nicholas Ridley minute for MT ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Williamson minute for Powell ("Large Combustion Plants: Possible Discussion in E(A)") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: UKMIS New York telegram 1150 to FCO (0225Z) ("Security Council: ICJ/Nicaragua") [report on outcome of UN resolution vote: "A three-way split between the five western members of the Council is always a bad result"; No.10 unhappy with comments] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [treatment of mobile persons] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Norman Fowler ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [keep residents liable] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("Zambia/Zimbabwe: overflights") ["intention to break air links with South Africa... likely to increase the pressure to ban overflights of these countries by British Airways"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to David Norgrove ("Cabinet 30 October: Public Expenditure") [timing of discussions] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("Star Chamber: Latest Position") [near settlement on all programmes except Scotland] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Robert Armstrong minute to Nigel Wicks ("Public Expenditure") [possible Star Chamber meeting] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Nicholas Edwards minute to Douglas Hurd ("Green Paper on Radio Policy") [impact of proposals on Welsh radio] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Soviet National Day Reception") [Ministerial representation] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Meeting between Vice President Andriessen and Sir Michael Franklin”) [objectives and tactics on beef and milk] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Attorney General letter for Douglas Hurd (protection of rape victims) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Chancellor”) [public spending: Scottish expenditure, health and national insurance] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Tactics on teachers”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Teachers’ pay, duties and conditions of service (C (86) 21)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 21 (School Teachers’ Pay, Duties and Conditions of Service) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (murder trial, Syria, housing, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Lord Young minute to MT (impact of running costs and manpower controls on reducing unemployment and public expenditure) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit to Washington: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO telegram 1884 to UKE Washington (1700Z) (Kampelman's call on Mr Renton: Reykjavik arms control talks) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2769 to FCO (2230Z) ("Administration Arguments on the Abolition of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [penalty for individuals who repeatedly refuse to supply information] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [help for people on low incomes] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("The South African Scene") [situation report: "After two months absence... I find little has changed here except perhaps for the worse"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to Howe PS ("Autumn Statement") [presentation arrangements] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Conservative Central Office analysis (BBC news coverage of US Libya raid) [coverage "far from being balanced, fair and impartial"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (voyage from Britain to Australia) [congratulations] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (America's Cup) [unable to attend competition] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: Treasury minute to DTI ("ATP: Cyprus") [Chief Secretary willing to consider the project] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: MT letter for Julian Amery MP (his meeting with Denktash in Cyprus) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker letter to John Pearman (“School teachers’ pay and duties”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Rifkind PS letter to No.10 (“Teachers’ pay”) [statement to Parliament] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Baker PS letter to No.10 (“Schoolteachers’ pay and conditions in England and Wales”) [statement to Parliament] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2768 to FCO (2200Z) (“Post-Reykjavik arms control negotiations”) [“Unsatisfactory discussion with Poindexter”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Law Commission report (“Family Law. Illegitimacy (Second Report)”) [proposed new rules] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Norman Tebbit to Marmaduke Hussey (analysis of BBC coverage of Libya raid) [questions “whether an increasingly subjective and confrontational style of BBC news coverage is appropriate for a public service broadcasting system”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Conservative Central Office analysis (“Media Monitoring”) [detailed comparison between BBC and ITN coverage of US raid on Tripoli] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 30 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands fisheries, Westland, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control: Washington Meeting") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Arms Control in Europe: The Way Forward") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Channon minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge: Framework of Duties and Offences") [proposal for enhanced penalties] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO telegram 1897 to UKE Washington (1700Z) ("South Africa: UK/US/FRG tripartite talks") ["arguments for a political initiative... UK and US responded cautiously"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Draft Report to Cabinet") [virtually impossible position from which the Chamber were asked to start their work] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Cabinet Office minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Star Chamber: Scotland") [attempt to convince Rifkind he could defend further reductions] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn saving telegram 15 to FCO ("Federal German Economy") ["American pressure for a reduction of interest rates has eased"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Future of the Polytechnics”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 briefing for MT (“Education without LEAs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Publicity of teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: No.10 minute to MT (“Publicity of teachers’ pay”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Walker (“Contract Energy Management”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (teachers&rsdquo; pay deal, BBC Libya libel case, law and order, health) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Richard Luce PS letter to No.10 (“Progress Report on multi-department review of accommodation: further action”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Oct 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Improving Management in the Civil Service”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Younger, Lawson) [arms control in Europe: the way forward] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Younger, Lawson) [arms control] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2788 to FCO (2355Z) ("Post-Reykjavik Arms Control Discussions") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2783 to FCO (0122Z) ("The Approach to Camp David") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Strategy Group minute ("Minutes of the Strategy Group. Seventh Meeting: Monday 3rd November 1986") ​​​​​​​[forward political diary, BBC bias, law and order] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Douglas Hurd memo ("Notes for the Home Secretary's presentation on law and order - Strategy Group - 3 November") [objective: "to maintain public confidence in the Government's policies and to seek to build a partnership between the public and the formal criminal justice system"] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: MacGregor minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor of the Exchequer") ["[his] objectives are to reassure the markets and avoid tying his hands for the Budget. Your objectives are to reassure the markets and to tie the Chancellor's hands so far as possible to a very prudent PSBR"] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS minute to MacGregor PS ("Autumn Statement") [draft oral statement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("M. Gisgard d'Estaing") [last encounter was distinctly irritating] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Bonn telegram 924 to FCO (1710Z) ("FRG/Soviet Relations") [diplomatic rift] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 923 to FCO (1655Z) ("Kohl Interview with Die Welt") [disarmament issues] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington letter to FCO ("Shultz's San Francisco Speech: 31 October") [Reykjavik summit/arms control; next steps: "distinctly worrying"] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (hostages freed, Ireland, Jeffrey Archer, Knowsley by-election) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Shultz message for Howe ("Post-Reykjavik Proposals on Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("European Arms Control Coordination") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Bilateral Meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2802 to FCO (2100Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze Meeting in Vienna") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD record of telephone conversation (Younger, Weinberger) [post-Reykjavik] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Lawson PS note to David Norgrove (Autumn Statement) [revised draft] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Star Chamber: Report to the Cabinet") [toughest and most unpleasant negotiations he had faced] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1117 to FCO (1403Z) ("Lamb Exports to France") [French assurances that special controls have been lifted] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Michael Jopling minute to Geoffrey Howe ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [contracts cancelled, imposition of special customs checks, targetting of French apples imports] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Vienna record of conversation (2030Z, telegram 169) (Howe, Shevardnadze) ["Human Rights": individual cases; Syria; Libya; Falklands fishing dispute; MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: FCO record of conversation ("Afghanistan") [Janet Young, Lord Cranborne] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to MT (the future of British agriculture) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Douglas Hurd letter for Attorney General (protection of rape victims) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Geoffrey Dickens MP (child abuse) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: MT letter to Geoffrey Dickens MP (child abuse) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (“European Council: Dinner for Heads of Government”) [arrangements] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: UK Ambassador Washington letter to Lord Young (Conference on Private Sector Initiatives) [White House organisers disappointed by low British participation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Saudi Arabia, Labour shadow cabinet, hostages freed, economy) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Secretary of State's Bilateral with Shultz: Arms Control") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram to MOD (0200Z) ("JCS Views on the Reykjavik Proposal for the Elimination of Ballistic Missiles") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2804 to FCO (0850Z) ("Mid-Term Elections") [foreign policy section of presidential stump speech] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for MT ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [poundage options] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Public Expenditure Survey") [heavy burden of the Star Chamber] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Rifkind PS minute to David Norgrove ("Autumn Statement Publicity") [presentation of the settlement reached] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Patrick Mayhew minute to Michael Jopling ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [regards Jopling's proposal as dangerous, could request EC Commission proceedings] [declassified Jan 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO letter to No.10 (UK Security Policy Post-Reykjavik) [thoughts on the changing nature of US/Western European relations] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Mrs Thatcher's visit to Washington") [Charles Powell saying MT had no intention of seeking a joint statement; "no draft communiques would be up her sleeve"] [declassified 2007]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: UKE Washington telegram 2815 to FCO (2340Z) (“US Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [MT unhappy about low level of British participation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 22 (Public Expenditure Survey) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (“The BBC”) [stronger and weaker aspects of BBC response to CCO complaint] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Conservative Central Office statement (Tebbit on alleged BBC bias) [initial reaction to BBC response; promises fuller analysis later] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending, industry, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: State Department telegram to London Embassy (US-UK next steps on Syria) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US Embassy Buenos Aires to State Department (Argentine policy) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US NATO Mission to State Department (Howe-Shevardnadze meeting) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: US Embassy Bonn to State Department (Germans approached by Argentina over Falklands) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy London to State Department (British deny an arms control initiative with France & Germany) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Summary Schedule for MT visit to Reagan at Camp David [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Ridgway briefing for Secretary of State Shultz (meeting with Foreign Secretary Howe) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Charles Price note to Charles Powell (sends to MT Wall Street Journal article -"British Lion Mustn't Spit Out Nuclear Teeth") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Edwards minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Ridley minute for Walker ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Rifkind minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [Soviet Ambassador requesting a meeting with MT] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Ridley minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill") [proposal for water and sewerage charges] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Paying for Local Government - Community Charge") [scope of the collective charge] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Nicholas Ridley ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [keep all options open] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Norman Fowler ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [logic is that everyone should pay the charge] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Collective Community Charge") [wants similar proposals for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Lord Hailsham minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [role of courts] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Cabinet Secretary letter to Permanent Secretary Department of the Environment ("Leak investigation: Local Government Finance") [recommended actions] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("South West Atlantic Fisheries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Australia: MT message to Bob Hawke (visit to Australia) [accepts invite] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: UKE Paris telegram 1135 to FCO (1159Z) ("Anglo-French Summit: 21 November") [programme, French delegation] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: FCO telegram to UKE Paris ("Anglo/French Summit") [programme, UK delegation, internal market issues] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Greece: Andreas Papandreou message to MT (Falkland Islands) [UK should "spare no effort ... for the peaceful and negotiated solution" of fisheries issue] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending, industry pay and unions, latest polls teachers’ pay, BBC) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy Vienna to State Department (Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting - day 1) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT ("Arms Control: Anglo/French/German/Italian Coordination") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Vienna to FCO ("Shultz/Shevardnadze: NATO Briefing by Shultz") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Howe minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [proposal by the Presidency] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: MacGregor minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [safeguards for sulphur dioxside reassuring] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("'Paying for Local Government': Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of Homes and Hostels") [pressure for exemptions] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [information on registrations] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill: Treatment of Water Charges") [not eligible for rebate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to Powell ("Falkland Islands Fisheries: Options for Dealing with Incursions into the FICZ by Argentine Commercial Vessels and Naval Auxiliaries") [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Ridley minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 minute for MT (“AIDS”) [H(A) meeting next Tuesday; MT endorses household leaflet] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Policy Unit minute for MT (“AIDS”) [recommends she agrees household leaflet] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Ingham minute for Whitelaw (“AIDS Committee”) ["important that the Government gets this under control at the outset"] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Norman Fowler minute for Howe (“AIDS”) [screening for visitors entering UK] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Geoffrey Pattie MP letter to Biffen (“European Community Framework Programme of Community Activities in the Field of Research and Technological Development (1987-1991)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic policy: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (“International Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Howe minute to John Moore (“European Community Aviation Negotiations”) [“the Presidency’s compromise package really does represent the UK’s bottom line”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (increasing competition and consumer choice for airline passengers) [“The French are proving difficult”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (autumn statement, pre-election position of parties, civilian helicopter crash, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: US Embassy Vienna to State Department (Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting - day 2) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2843 to FCO (0234Z) ("US Compliance with SALT Agreements") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Tebbit minute to Nicholas Ridley (non-domestic rates) [poundage should be uniform] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD minute for Powell ("Arms Control") [arguments against basing deterrence on cruise missiles] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Willie Whitelaw ("E(LF): Community Charge - Appeals") [enforcement of payment] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Stewart PS minute to Norgrove ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [to examine how the law has stood the test of time] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [timing] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 213 to UKDEL NATO (1215Z) ("North Atlantic Council Ministerial, 11-12 December: Communique") [Reykjavik; arms control; CSCE; Afghanistan; international terrorism] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT ('Time' magazine: President Reagan's Account of Reykjavik) [MT: "very worrying"] [released July 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Lavin & Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Thatcher Visit") [have done everything to accommodate the British, who still want more; President playing unprecedented role in visit arrangements] [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MacGregor minute to MT (“Alternative Uses of Agriculture Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling minute for MT (“Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 23 (The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of the New Session) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Department of Transport letter to Ministry of Agriculture (“Privatisation of British Airways - disclosure of promoters’ interests”) [the Crown and BA] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 10 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: State Department to US Embassies (British statement on Falklands fisheries) [declassified 2000]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2858 to FCO (0245Z) ("Nuclear Arms Control: New Soviet Proposals in Geneva") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Message from Mr Nakasone") [trade relations & investment] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Social Security and the Community Charge") [rebate levels] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Norman Fowler minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Paying for Local Government: Suggested Exemptions from the Community Charge for Residents of 'Homes' and Hostels") [likely political pressure] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Paul Channon minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Non-Domestic Rates") [preference for a national non-domestic rate] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Peter Stredder to MT ("Uniform Business Rate") [proposals for poundage] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Bank of England minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [wording of draft reply and terms of reference] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Channon PS minute to Stewart PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [not an opportunity to open matters now reflected in Financial Services Act] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Lord Hailsham minute to Ian Stewart ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [appointee should be a commercial lawyer] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Agriculture and Rural Employment (ALURE)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Inter-Departmental Working Party on Alternative Uses of Agricultural Land and Sources of Rural Employment (ALURE)”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to Howe (“Common Agricultural Policy - milk and beef”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“Alternative Land Use and Rural Economics”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Lord Hailsham minute for Douglas Hurd (“Anonymity of Complainants in Rape Cases”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Legal Procedure: Lord Hailsham minute for Douglas Hurd (“Anonymity of Complainants in Rape Cases”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: No.10 minute for MT (“AIDS”) [H(A) meeting conclusions; leaflet agreed] [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (UK participation in EC Regional Development Fund: DTI report) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Jopling letter to Waldegrave (“Presidency Handling of Nuclear Issues”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Nov 11 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) Middle East: State Department telegram (EC statement on Syrian terrorism) [unclassified]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Moscow to FCO ("UK/Soviet Relations: Gorbachev's Position") [declassified 2015]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environmental Affairs: Walker minute for Ridley ("Acid Rain: Draft EC Directive on Large Combustion Plants") [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [reaction to the Autumn Statement; the markets; Daily Telegraph leak] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Soviet Ambassador's Call on the Prime Minister: 13 November") [arms control, Syria/terrorism, CSCE/human rights, UK-Soviet relations] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Douglas Hurd minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Bill Community Charge Registration: Exchange of Information") [access to police records] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Nicholas Edwards minute to Willie Whitelaw (non-domestic rates) [separate poundage for Wales] [released Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Ridley letter to John MacGregor ("Specific Grants to Local Authorities") ["how specific grants might fit with the Green Paper proposals for a new system of local government finance"] [declassified Oct 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Clarke PS minute to Lawson PS ("Review of Law Affecting Banking Services") [membership, draft announcement] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: John Bruce Lockhart letter to No.10 (South Africa and 'The Lobby') [cover letter only, referring to an enclosed paper on "various influences outside South Africa, which are distorting the political realities inside South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Extension of ITV Contracts") [proposed three year extension] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Nov 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Turkey: FCO minute to Lord President of the Council's PS ("Meeting at House of Commons between Sir Frederick Bennett MP & Mr Denktash") [Greek objections to meeting with President of "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"] [declassified July 2016]

Documents lie at the core of this website, each one dated and sorted chronologically (by default) in search results. Most are images in PDF format of original paper documents scanned or filmed for the site. There also transcripts of speeches and interviews, press articles, photos, videos, and more. The document database contains tens of thousands of items and permits complex searching.

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

Guides are articles about key events and topics. Many were written to accompany annual releases of Mrs Thatcher’s private and party papers at the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge.

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