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PDF PREM19/15 79 May 16 79 Nov 29 226 Secret Defence (Modernisation of Theatre Nuclear Forces)(Part 1)
PDF PREM19/397 80 Nov 11 81 Feb 27 252 Secret Canada (UK/Canadian relations: patriation of the Canadian constitution) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/600 81 Jan 2 81 Feb 28 311 Secret USA (Prime Minister's visit to Washington, February 1981: meeting with President Reagan) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/622 82 Apr 27 82 Apr 29 288 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/814 81 Aug 24 82 Jan 27 262 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/1105 80 Aug 4 83 Feb 28 309 Confidential Prime Minister (Arab League Delegation visit to London; inclusion of representative of Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1106 83 Mar 2 83 Mar 27 176 Secret Prime Minister (Arab League Delegation visit to London; inclusion of representative of Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO); meeting with Prime Minister) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1120 82 Apr 20 83 Jun 17 8 Secret Royal family (Queen Mother's visits to Northern Ireland, April 1982 and June 1983)
PDF PREM19/1245 83 Oct 11 84 Aug 29 455 Secret Germany (Visits to UK by Chancellor Helmut Kohl; Anglo-German Summit) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/1285 84 Jan 6 84 Mar 30 249 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 15)
PDF PREM19/1286 84 Apr 10 84 Jun 28 296 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 16)
PDF PREM19/1287 84 Jul 2 84 Oct 5 219 Top Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 17A)
PDF PREM19/1288 84 Oct 6 84 Oct 31 239 Top Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 17B)
PDF PREM19/1289 84 Nov 1 84 Dec 18 147 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 18)
PDF PREM19/1297 83 Dec 30 84 Feb 27 365 Top Secret Lebanon (Internal situation; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 6)
Info only PREM19/1299 79 Jul 9 84 Mar 23 Retained Sec 3.4 Libya (UK/Libyan relations; threat to Libyan dissidents in UK) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1375 84 May 1 84 Jul 13 20 Secret Security (Custody contacts of persons accused of security offences, following arrest of Security Service officer Michael Bettaney)
PDF PREM19/1429 84 May 21 85 Nov 20 110 Confidential Civil Service (Assassination and death in service: policy on compensation for civil servants' families)
PDF PREM19/1504 84 Jan 9 85 Mar 29 281 Secret Foreign Policy (Strategy on foreign policy and defence issues: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) resources) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1545 80 Apr 29 85 Dec 16 96 Secret Ireland (Cases of Marian Price, Dolours Rea (nee Price), Pauline McLaughlin, Robert Cardwell and the Gillespie sisters: pleas for release from imprisonment)
PDF PREM19/1547 82 Dec 2 85 Sep 24 266 Top Secret Ireland (Prime Minister's visits to Northern Ireland) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1548 84 Dec 31 85 Mar 28 366 Top Secret - UK Eyes A Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 19)
PDF PREM19/1549 84 Nov 27 85 Jun 29 313 Secret Ireland (Prime Minister's meetings with the Taoiseach: Anglo-Irish relations) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/1551 85 Oct 1 85 Oct 31 270 Secret Ireland (Prime Minister's meetings with the Taoiseach: Anglo-Irish relations) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/1560 85 Mar 1 85 May 31 369 Secret Local Government (Relations with central government, organisation & finance; Chequers meeting on Community Charge) (Part 26)
PDF PREM19/1578 84 Nov 21 85 Jan 18 379 Secret Nationalised industries (Coal mines) (Part 15)
PDF PREM19/1601 85 Jan 18 85 Feb 1 44 Confidential Prime Minister (Prime Minister's visit to Lloyd's of London: note of meeting with chairman Peter Miller, February 1985)
PDF PREM19/1617 84 May 16 84 May 21 5 Secret Royal Family (Queen's visit to army units in Germany, May 1984: possible threat from Irish terrorism)
PDF PREM19/1630 82 Feb 28 85 Nov 19 38 Secret Security (Hijacking of an Air Tanzania Boeing 737 by Tanzanian dissidents: surrender at Stansted Airport, 28 February 1982)
PDF PREM19/1632 84 Oct 12 85 Jun 24 97 Secret Security (Bomb explosion at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, during the Conservative Party Conference, 12 October 1984)
PDF PREM19/1634 81 Apr 1 85 Sep 5 253 Secret Security (Security Commission: review of security procedures; appointments; cases referred; 'Three Advisers' on appeals against positive vetting clearance refusals - terms of reference and procedures)
PDF PREM19/1655 82 Apr 9 85 Dec 12 271 Secret USA (Visits to UK by George Shultz, US Secretary of State: meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1663 84 Oct 31 85 Dec 12 184 Secret Deaths (Assassination of Indira Gandhi, October 1984: Prime Minister's visit to India to attend funeral)
PDF PREM19/1762 85 Oct 16 86 Nov 28 239 Top Secret France (Visits to UK by President Mitterrand) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1814 85 Apr 1 86 Jun 27 417 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 20)
PDF PREM19/1818 79 Jun 5 86 Nov 6 387 Top Secret Italy (Anglo-Italian relations: Italian political scene; British contribution to Italian earthquake relief, 1980-1981) (Part 1)
Info only PREM19/1831 86 Apr 17 86 Apr 30 Retained Sec 3.4 Libya (Internal situation: Anglo-Libyan relations; United States response to Libyan terrorism) (Part 5)
Info only PREM19/1997 81 Jun 11 85 Jul 3 USA (Visits to UK by Vice President George Bush; discussions on extraterritoriality and terrorism)
PDF PREM19/2182 86 Oct 21 87 Oct 30 287 Top Secret - UK Eyes A France (Prime Minister's visits to France, November 1986 and March and July 1987) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/2271 86 May 8 87 Feb 1 317 Secret Ireland (Meetings with the Taoiseach: Anglo-Irish Summits; Anglo-Irish relations) (Part 16)
PDF PREM19/2747 80 Jan 31 89 Jan 17 265 Secret Ireland (Review of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1976: prevention of terrorism legislation)
PDF PREM19/3408 89 Jan 20 90 Apr 26 303 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 27)
Info only PREM19/4958 84 Jan 30 94 Nov 2 Royal Family (Visits to Northern Ireland) (Part 1)
Info only PREM19/4983 79 May 14 94 Aug 30 Security (Terrorist activity at airports) (Part 1)
Info only PREM19/5130 79 Feb 20 82 Dec 22 Security (Security of the Prime Minister's official residence, Chequers) (Part 2)
Info only PREM19/5509 82 Sep 1 85 Dec 6 Ireland (Northern Ireland situation reports: reports by the Chiefs of Staff and Duty Officer)
Info only PREM19/5510 86 Jul 15 91 Dec 2 Police (Mr John Stalker: Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester)
PDF T640/1321 89 Feb 13 89 Jun 23 185 Secret Europe (World economy: Italy 1987-1989)
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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 are 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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