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PDF PREM19/3 79 May 18 79 Nov 29 236 Confidential China (Premier Hua visit to UK, Oct 1979) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/9 79 May 18 79 Jul 31 201 Secret Commonwealth (Lusaka Heads of Government Meeting) (CHOGM) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/51 79 May 30 79 Jun 27 407 Confidential European policy (European Council, Strasbourg June 1979) Part 01
PDF PREM19/58 79 May 4 79 May 25 220 Secret Germany (Chancellor's visits to UK, Schmidt May 1979) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/60 79 May 7 79 Jul 14 287 Confidential Government machinery (Rayner review) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/83 79 Oct 24 79 Nov 29 225 Secret Ireland (Northern Ireland situation) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/104 79 May 8 79 Sep 25 193 Confidential Prime Minister (MT's visits to Departments & possible regional visits)
PDF PREM19/110 79 Aug 9 79 Aug 30 355 Secret Rhodesia (Situation in) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/114 79 Nov 1 79 Nov 18 295 Secret Rhodesia (Situation in) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/120 79 May 7 79 Nov 23 219 Top Secret Security (Security of the Secret Services - Anthony Blunt) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/176 79 Mar 1 80 May 12 198 Secret Economic policy (Budget) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/207 79 May 31 80 Apr 8 262 Secret Energy (Energy conservation and home insulation schemes: oil demand restraint) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/220 80 Jan 14 80 Jun 19 181 Confidential European Policy (European Council Meeting, Venice, 12-13 June 1980) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/253 79 Oct 4 80 Feb 25 69 Unclassified Home Affairs (Increase in incidence of leukaemia in Lancashire; correspondence with Stan Thorne MP)
PDF PREM19/267 80 Jan 23 80 Aug 18 266 Confidential Industrial policy (Consultations with Trades Union Congress (TUC) on economic strategy; Prime Minister’s meetings with TUC representatives) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/273 79 Dec 23 80 Jan 8 265 Secret Iran (Internal situation: relations with USA and UK following hostage taking at US embassy, Tehran; sanctions) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/279 79 Dec 5 80 Mar 7 198 Secret Ireland (Northern Ireland situation) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/280 80 Mar 12 80 May 30 139 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland Conference, Belfast) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/333 79 May 15 80 Jul 4 258 Confidential Post and Telecommunications (Postal tariff increases; industrial dispute; finances; industrial democracy. Future of the Post Office: British Telecommunications (BT); telecommunications monopoly; postal monopoly) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/335 79 Sep 27 80 Jan 11 240 Secret Prime Minister (Visits to government departments and regional visits) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/375 80 Mar 6 80 Apr 30 201 Confidential Sport (UK participation in Moscow Olympic Games following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/401 81 Apr 16 81 May 18 252 Secret Civil service (Pay and pensions: public sector pay policy; Civil Service pay dispute; industrial action; proposal for independent inquiry) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/412 79 Dec 3 81 Mar 10 106 Top Secret Defence (Modernisation of Theatre Nuclear Forces (TNF) in Europe; proposed basing of United States Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) in the UK) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/479 81 May 21 81 Sep 16 341 Confidential Government machinery (Promotion of efficiency and elimination of waste: the Rayner Scrutiny Programme) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/481 80 Aug 1 81 Dec 14 226 Confidential Government machinery (Advisory Council for Applied Research & Development (ACARD): reports on IT, computer-aided design & technological change; future of ACARD) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/487 81 Jan 14 81 Apr 19 357 Secret India (Prime Minister's visit to India, April 1981) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/499 81 Mar 3 81 Aug 23 277 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland; force levels) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/562 80 Jul 7 81 Feb 27 158 Secret Posts and telecommunications (Post Office: postal and telecommunications monopoly (possible reference to Monopolies and Mergers Commission); Post Office pay, pricing and finances; British Telecommunications Bill) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/633 82 Jun 1 82 Jun 5 273 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 22)
PDF PREM19/635 82 Jun 12 82 Jun 16 202 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 24)
PDF PREM19/671 79 Oct 19 82 Jun 4 244 Confidential Civil service (Dispersal programme) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/675 82 Mar 1 82 Jul 7 172 Secret Civil service (Pay and pensions) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/679 81 Sep 28 82 May 10 226 Confidential Civil service (Long term management and manpower policy) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/680 82 May 12 82 Jul 30 314 Confidential Civil service (Long term management and manpower policy) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/699 81 Oct 21 82 Jul 9 198 Confidential Economic policy (International meeting for Co-operation and Development (North/South Summit), Cancun, Mexico, October 1981; Brandt Commission) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/725 82 Jun 6 82 Jul 12 230 Confidential Economic policy (G7 Summit - Versailles) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/733 80 Jul 3 82 Mar 31 200 Secret Education (Teachers' pay) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/758 80 May 6 82 Dec 24 322 Secret Foreign policy (Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference; extension of the UK territorial sea)
PDF PREM19/780 81 Nov 4 82 Jul 30 303 Secret Government machinery (Organisation of Treasury and Civil Service Department (CSD); reorganisation of the central departments; creation of Management and Personnel Office (MPO); future of Efficiency Unit; policy advice for Prime Minister) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/804 81 Oct 7 82 Feb 26 205 Secret Industrial policy (Industrial relations law) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/852 81 Oct 13 82 Oct 11 449 Secret Nationalised industries (Gas and electricity pricing policy; gas legislation; industrial energy policy; wage negotiations) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/929 80 Jun 30 82 Apr 23 207 Confidential Trade (Difficulties of textile and clothing industries; closure of mills; low pay in the industry; policy on imports; quota issue) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/930 79 Dec 13 82 Mar 1 71 Confidential Trade unions (Trade union education and training: continuance of government grant)
PDF PREM19/938 80 Mar 17 82 Jan 8 116 Confidential United Nations (North/South Global Negotiations)
PDF PREM19/940 79 May 23 81 May 13 293 Secret United Nations (Visits to UK by Secretary-General, Kurt Waldheim: meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/942 81 Jan 21 82 Apr 30 256 Confidential USA (Visits to UK by President Reagan - June 1982) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/943 82 May 5 82 Jul 1 227 Secret USA (Visits to UK by President Reagan - June 1982: meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/946 81 Nov 12 82 Nov 30 217 Secret Zimbabwe (Internal situation; aid; relations with UK)
PDF PREM19/955 82 Oct 29 83 Jan 18 264 Secret Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks); general correspondence) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/966 81 Aug 19 83 Sep 19 373 Confidential Civil service (Annual scrutiny of departmental running costs) (Part 2)
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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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