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PDF PREM19/140 80 Feb 26 80 Jun 11 16 Confidential Argentina (Visit to UK by Dr Martinez de Hoz, Minister of Economy, June 1980)
PDF PREM19/397 80 Nov 11 81 Feb 27 252 Secret Canada (UK/Canadian relations: patriation of the Canadian constitution) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/415 81 Mar 11 81 May 17 397 Secret Defence (Defence budget) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/416 81 May 18 81 Jun 30 227 Secret Defence (Defence budget) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/486 79 Jul 26 81 Oct 29 150 Secret Immigration (The Nationality Bill) (Part 1)
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 PREM19/609 81 Nov 10 82 Jun 9 153 Secret Vatican (Visit to UK by the Pope, May-June 1982) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/611 82 Jun 15 82 Aug 4 25 Confidential Argentina (Frederick Forsyth's proposed book on the Falklands crisis)
PDF PREM19/612 79 Sep 21 81 Dec 15 94 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/613 82 Jan 1 82 Mar 30 129 Confidential Argentina (Falklands) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/614 82 Apr 1 82 Apr 5 236 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/615 82 Apr 6 82 Apr 8 233 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/616 82 Apr 8 82 Apr 11 216 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/617 82 Apr 12 82 Apr 15 278 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/618 82 Apr 14 82 Apr 17 273 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/619 82 Apr 18 82 Apr 19 174 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/620 82 Apr 20 82 Apr 22 258 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/621 82 Apr 23 82 Apr 26 300 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/622 82 Apr 27 82 Apr 29 288 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/623 82 Apr 30 82 May 2 231 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 12)
PDF PREM19/624 82 May 3 82 May 5 303 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 13)
PDF PREM19/625 82 May 6 82 May 7 213 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 14)
PDF PREM19/626 82 May 8 82 May 10 260 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 15)
PDF PREM19/627 82 May 11 82 May 14 368 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 16)
PDF PREM19/628 82 May 15 82 May 17 153 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 17)
PDF PREM19/629 82 May 18 82 May 21 276 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 18)
PDF PREM19/630 82 Apr 22 82 May 24 131 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 19)
PDF PREM19/631 82 May 25 82 May 27 286 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 20)
PDF PREM19/632 82 May 28 82 May 31 162 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 21)
PDF PREM19/633 82 Jun 1 82 Jun 5 237 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 22)
PDF PREM19/634 82 Jun 6 82 Jun 11 271 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 23)
PDF PREM19/635 82 Jun 12 82 Jun 16 202 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 24)
PDF PREM19/636 82 Jun 17 82 Jun 18 130 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 25)
PDF PREM19/637 82 Jun 19 82 Jun 25 212 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 26)
PDF PREM19/638 82 Jun 27 82 Jul 20 251 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 27)
PDF PREM19/639 82 Jul 21 82 Aug 31 224 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 28)
PDF PREM19/640 82 Sep 1 82 Sep 28 184 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 29)
PDF PREM19/641 82 Oct 1 82 Oct 30 203 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 30)
PDF PREM19/642 82 Nov 1 82 Nov 29 292 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 31)
PDF PREM19/643 81 Sep 14 82 Apr 13 30 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/644 82 Apr 14 82 Apr 22 78 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/645 82 Apr 23 82 Apr 29 91 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/646 82 Apr 30 82 May 4 36 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/647 82 May 5 82 May 14 138 Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/648 82 May 15 82 May 20 172 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/649 82 May 21 82 May 31 92 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/650 82 Jun 1 82 Jun 6 53 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/651 82 Jun 7 82 Jun 25 95 Top Secret - UK Eyes B Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/652 82 Jun 26 82 Sep 28 171 Top Secret - UK Eyes A Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/653 82 Oct 1 82 Dec 23 146 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/654 82 Apr 15 82 Jul 5 203 Secret Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks): general correspondence) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/655 82 Jul 6 82 Oct 28 273 Top Secret Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks): general correspondence) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/656 79 Sep 20 81 Dec 21 131 Secret Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (Franks): documentation seen by PM, extracted from PREM19 files and copied to the Committee) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/657 82 Jan 7 82 Apr 2 119 Top Secret Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (Franks): documentation seen by PM, extracted from PREM19 files and copied to the Committee) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/658 82 Jul 2 92 Jul 23 36 Confidential Argentina (The Falkland Islands Service held in St Paul's Cathedral on 26 July 1982)
PDF PREM19/659 82 Jun 17 82 Sep 30 49 Confidential Argentina (Compensation for the requisition of shipping and for civilian losses during the Falklands campaign)
PDF PREM19/663 82 Aug 6 82 Aug 9 4 Unclassified Broadcasting (BBC TV programme about handling of information by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and media during the Falklands crisis; Prime Minister’s directive that no Ministers or officials should take part)
PDF PREM19/666 79 May 6 82 Sep 30 144 Secret Cabinet (Cabinet committee structure and membership) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/668 80 Dec 1 82 May 20 124 Confidential Cameroon (Visit to UK by President Ahmadou Ahidjo, April 1982; meeting with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/683 82 Dec 2 82 Dec 14 27 Secret Defence (Purchase by Ministry of Defence of aircraft for conversion to aerial tanker and freighter roles)
PDF PREM19/688 82 Mar 1 82 Jun 30 123 Secret Defence (Defence budget) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/690 81 Dec 15 82 Nov 4 276 Secret Defence (Defence sales; sale of HMS Invincible to Royal Australian Navy) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/723 82 Mar 4 82 Jun 2 214 Secret Economic policy (G7 Summit - Versailles) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/724 82 Jun 3 82 Jun 5 213 Secret Economic policy (G7 Summit - Versailles) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/725 82 Jun 6 82 Jul 12 230 Confidential Economic policy (G7 Summit - Versailles) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/742 82 Jul 23 82 Nov 3 175 Confidential European policy (European Community budget) (Part 18)
PDF PREM19/749 82 Feb 22 82 Apr 8 314 Secret European policy (European Council meeting in Brussels, March 1982) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/751 82 Jun 24 82 Jul 1 87 Confidential European policy (European Council meeting in Brussels, June 1982) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/752 82 Jun 15 82 Jun 25 202 Confidential European policy (European Council meeting in Brussels, June 1982: briefing papers)
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 PREM19/770 82 Feb 11 82 Oct 28 189 Secret Gibraltar (Policy) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/802 82 Aug 26 82 Oct 27 23 Confidential India (Visit to UK by Rajiv Gandhi, September 1982: call on Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/806 79 Oct 18 82 May 5 124 Secret Industrial policy (Industrial action in the ports; future of Port of London Authority (PLA) and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC)) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/815 82 Feb 4 82 Jun 30 133 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/816 82 Jul 1 82 Nov 12 181 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 12)
PDF PREM19/850 82 Feb 8 82 Jun 30 260 Confidential Nationalised industries (Nationalised industry policy; financial control; objectives; Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS) study of the state monopolies) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/895 82 Mar 22 82 Jul 28 93 Confidential Prime Minister (Closure of British Aluminium Company's smelter at Invergordon: proposals for a restart; proposed new power contract; government assistance) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/904 82 Feb 18 82 May 20 47 Unclassified Science and Technology (Presentation on information technology)
PDF PREM19/925 82 Apr 19 82 Nov 11 276 Secret Soviet Union (Trade relations: credit restrictions; United States sanctions against Siberian pipeline - impact on John Brown Engineering and other European companies; controls on strategic exports) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/927 82 Apr 29 82 Aug 25 19 Secret Sport (Sporting relations with Argentina; possible withdrawal of UK teams from Football World Cup 1982)
PDF PREM19/933 82 May 10 82 Jun 25 283 Secret Transport (Railway policy: British Rail unions' threatened industrial action; contingency planning) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/939 81 May 5 82 Feb 8 106 Confidential United Nations (Election of United Nations Secretary-General)
PDF PREM19/943 82 May 5 82 Jul 1 227 Secret USA (Visit 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 PREM19/950 82 Dec 1 83 Mar 2 360 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 32)
PDF PREM19/951 83 Mar 3 83 Apr 30 322 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 33)
PDF PREM19/952 83 Apr 2 83 Sep 16 313 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 34)
PDF PREM19/953 83 Sep 19 83 Dec 30 347 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 35)
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 PREM19/956 83 Jan 19 83 May 6 229 Secret Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks): general correspondence) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/957 83 Jan 14 83 Jan 26 140 Secret Argentina (Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks): documentation used by Prime Minister in preparation for 25-26 January 1983 debate in House of Commons on Committee's report)
PDF PREM19/959 80 Apr 1 82 May 4 252 Secret Belize (Future of Belize) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/967 82 Dec 2 83 May 24 Civil service (Long-term management and manpower policy; policy on Civil Service numbers, Financial Management Initiative; response to Select Committee report on efficiency and effectiveness in Civil Service; the extension of unified grading; obligations of managers) (Part 12)
PDF PREM19/969 83 Jul 25 83 Nov 18 352 Secret Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Delhi, November 1983: policy) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/970 83 Nov 19 83 Nov 26 232 Secret Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Delhi, November 1983: policy) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/972 79 May 21 83 Jan 19 25 Top Secret Defence (Briefing on military capabilities of Warsaw Pact)
PDF PREM19/974 83 Mar 29 83 Nov 23 291 Secret Defence (Procurement of weapon systems: HARM/ALARM anti-radar missiles; rising cost of defence equipment; competition in defence procurement) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/977 82 Jul 6 83 Apr 29 221 Secret Defence (Defence budget) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/978 79 Oct 5 83 Oct 3 246 Secret Defence (Future UK defence policy; the health of the NATO Alliance; review of NATO) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/979 82 Oct 20 83 Sep 21 353 Top Secret Defence (Modernisation of Theatre Nuclear Forces (TNF) in Europe; proposed basing of United States Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) in the UK; Geneva talks on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/983 82 Oct 1 83 Jan 24 184 Secret Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 21)
PDF PREM19/984 83 Jan 24 83 Jun 29 272 Secret Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 22)
PDF PREM19/998 82 Feb 1 83 Oct 10 272 Secret Economic policy (Domestic monetary policy) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/1003 81 Nov 9 83 Apr 29 204 Secret Economic policy (Top Salaries Review Body (TSRB): reports on salaries of senior civil servants, senior members of the armed services and judges; salaries of Members of Parliament) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1007 82 Sep 21 83 Apr 28 229 Secret Economic policy (G7 Summit - Williamsburg) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/1018 82 Apr 1 83 Feb 8 300 Confidential European policy (Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/1024 82 Nov 16 82 Dec 2 279 Confidential European policy (European Council meeting, Copenhagen, December 1982: briefing papers) (Part 12A)
PDF PREM19/1026 83 Nov 8 83 Nov 30 345 Confidential European policy (European Council meeting, Athens, December 1983: briefing papers) (Part 13A)
PDF PREM19/1033 82 Oct 1 83 Oct 31 416 Top Secret Foreign policy (East/West relations; United States foreign policy) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1034 81 Feb 17 83 Mar 29 226 Confidential France (Franco-British Council; visit of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy in May 1982; meeting with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1036 82 Oct 28 83 Oct 26 226 Secret Germany (Prime Minister's visits to Germany: meetings with Chancellor Helmut Kohl) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1037 82 Nov 29 83 May 16 357 Secret Germany (Chancellor Helmut Kohl's visits to the UK: meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/1038 82 Nov 2 83 Jun 30 315 Secret Gibraltar (Policy) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1048 83 Mar 29 83 Oct 27 Top Secret Grenada (US-led invasion) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1053 82 Nov 8 83 Feb 16 453 Top Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1054 83 Feb 17 83 Apr 19 317 Top Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1055 83 Apr 20 83 Jun 30 268 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1057 83 Sep 1 83 Sep 30 304 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/1058 83 Oct 1 83 Oct 31 322 Top Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/1060 82 Jan 11 83 Aug 5 106 Secret India (Orissa steel plant)
PDF PREM19/1062 81 Aug 4 83 Oct 20 146 Confidential Industrial policy (Prime Minister's meetings with Confederation of British Industry (CBI)) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1068 82 Nov 16 83 Jul 25 277 Secret Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 13)
PDF PREM19/1070 81 Nov 9 83 Oct 31 396 Secret Ireland (Prime Minister's meetings with the Taoiseach; Anglo-Irish Summit; Anglo-Irish joint studies) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1073 82 Nov 22 83 Oct 31 295 Confidential Japan (Commercial relations with Japan; effects of Japanese imports on the European car industry; possible Nissan investment in UK) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1074 82 Jul 12 83 Sep 5 423 Secret Lebanon (Internal situation; Israeli/Lebanese hostilities; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1088 83 Feb 3 83 Dec 28 388 Secret Middle East (Situation in the Middle East) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/1098 81 Sep 7 83 Mar 30 261 Secret Parliament (House of Commons procedure; review of working of Departmental Select Committees; Select Committee inquiry into positive vetting; Select Committee interest in records of security and intelligence agencies) (Part 5)
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 PREM19/1111 81 Jul 14 83 Jan 24 189 Confidential Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meetings with Dr David Clark MP about factory closures and unemployment in his South Shields constituency)
PDF PREM19/1112 82 Aug 10 83 Jan 12 197 Top Secret Prime Minister (Prime Minister's visit to Falklands, Jan 1983) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1113 83 Jan 10 83 Mar 29 153 Secret Prime Minister (Prime Minister's visit to Falklands, Jan 1983) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1127 82 Dec 20 83 Mar 14 46 Secret Security (Intelligence organisation, priorities of intelligence agencies; appointment of Chairman Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), membership of JIC)
PDF PREM19/1128 79 Oct 29 83 Oct 14 28 Secret Security (Possibility of secure telephone link between Washington, London, Paris and Bonn)
PDF PREM19/1144 80 Jul 14 83 Dec 9 66 Secret Sudan (Visits to UK by President Gaafar Nimeiri: records of meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1148 82 Feb 16 83 Oct 19 282 Secret United Nations (Second Special Session on Disarmament; Prime Minister's visit to New York and Washington, June 1982) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1150 79 Jun 7 83 Jul 23 97 Secret USA (Visits by Senator Jesse Helms and John Carbaugh; discussion of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe sanctions and US political matters)
PDF PREM19/1151 83 Nov 3 83 Nov 7 74 Secret USA (Visit to UK by Kenneth Dam, US Deputy Secretary of State; discussion of US/UK relations and foreign policy issues)
PDF PREM19/1153 83 Aug 31 83 Oct 14 198 Secret USA (Prime Minister's visit to Washington, September 1983) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1155 83 Apr 22 83 Dec 22 417 Secret Foreign policy (Strategy meetings: foreign affairs and defence) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1162 82 Mar 10 84 Feb 23 218 Confidential Aerospace (Future and structure of British Airways; Price Waterhouse Report; privatisation) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1163 84 Mar 5 84 Sep 27 313 Secret Aerospace (Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Review; airline competition policy; position of British Caledonian and other independent airlines) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1166 79 Oct 12 84 Mar 22 291 Secret Angola (Internal situation; appointment of Jose Eduardo dos Santos as President; UK/Angolan relations) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1167 84 Jan 3 84 Mar 30 273 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 36)
PDF PREM19/1168 84 Apr 1 84 Aug 31 345 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 37)
PDF PREM19/1169 84 Sep 3 84 Oct 31 262 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 38)
PDF PREM19/1180 84 Mar 1 84 Aug 17 102 Confidential Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, New Delhi, November 1983; security of small states) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/1181 82 Jun 18 83 Nov 15 210 Confidential Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, New Delhi, November 1983: administrative arrangements) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1185 82 Nov 15 84 Feb 28 435 Confidential Defence (Defence sales) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1186 84 Mar 2 84 Dec 31 454 Confidential Defence (Defence sales) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1187 83 May 4 84 Apr 12 121 Secret Defence (Defence budget) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/1200 83 Sep 1 84 Feb 24 338 Secret Economic policy (International banking system) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1201 84 Mar 5 84 Dec 31 464 Secret Economic policy (International banking system) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1237 84 Aug 3 84 Nov 23 156 Confidential Foreign policy (Prime Minister's visit to the Far East in September 1984: Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Indonesia - trip cancelled)
PDF PREM19/1240 (annex) 81 Sep 11 84 Feb 29 171 Secret France (Visits to UK by President Mitterrand; briefing for May 1982 meeting of Franco-British Council in Edinburgh) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1240 (main part) 81 Sep 11 84 Feb 29 327 Top Secret France (Visits to UK by President Mitterrand; meeting of Franco-British Council; Prime Minister's meetings with Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy and Minister for European Affairs Roland Dumas) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1242 82 Sep 21 84 Apr 18 370 Secret France (Prime Minister's visits to France; meetings with President Mitterrand; Anglo-French Summits) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1243 84 May 2 84 Dec 11 234 Confidential France (Prime Minister's visits to France, May 1984 and November 1984) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1244 82 Mar 8 84 Sep 28 357 Confidential Germany (Anglo-German relations) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1245b 83 Oct 11 84 Aug 29 261 Secret Germany (Visits to UK by Chancellor Helmut Kohl; Anglo-German Summit) (Part 8B)
PDF PREM19/1247 83 Jul 1 84 Mar 20 275 Secret Gibraltar (Policy) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1251 84 Mar 1 84 Jul 30 349 Confidential Government machinery (Promotion of efficiency and elimination of waste: the Scrutiny Programme) (Part 15)
PDF PREM19/1253 82 Aug 25 84 Jan 16 342 Secret Government machinery (Organisation of Treasury and Cabinet Office; Management and Personnel Office (MPO); future of Efficiency Unit; abolition of Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS)) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1258 82 Aug 6 84 Jan 18 64 Secret Government machinery (Appointment of Sir Anthony Parsons and Roger Jackling as advisers to Prime Minister on foreign affairs and defence policy respectively; improvements to joint intelligence machinery post Falklands Conflict)
PDF PREM19/1259 84 Jan 23 84 Jul 4 49 Confidential Guinea (Visits to UK by Guinea Ministers; Prime Minister's meeting with Prime Minister Diarra Traore)
PDF PREM19/1263 84 Feb 1 84 Mar 30 458 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 12)
PDF PREM19/1272 81 Nov 19 84 Apr 10 77 Confidential Immigration (British Nationality Act 1981; British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Amendment Bill) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1295 80 Oct 29 84 Feb 2 283 Secret Italy (MT’s visits to Italy; Anglo-Italian Summits) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1310 80 Jan 18 84 Sep 7 348 Secret Mauritius (Visits to UK by Prime Ministers Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and Anerood Jugnauth: meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1316 79 May 9 84 Sep 17 314 Confidential Ministers (Ministers’ outside interests; position of Ministers on appointment to office; membership at Lloyds; Questions of Procedure for Ministers) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1324 82 Jul 19 83 Jun 27 256 Secret Nationalised industries (Shipbuilding policy; prospects for British Shipbuilders) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1341 80 Dec 1 84 Jun 18 104 Confidential Peru (Visit to UK by Prime Minister Dr Manuel Ulloa Elias, January 1981; possible visit by Prime Minister Dr Schwalb)
PDF PREM19/1342 80 Mar 17 84 Dec 17 226 Confidential Portugal (Visits to UK by Prime Minister Dr Sa Carneiro (May 1980), Vice Prime Minister Professor Freitas do Amaral (November 1982) and Prime Minister Dr Mario Soares (November 1984); meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1343 84 Feb 8 84 Aug 9 327 Secret Portugal (Prime Minister's visit to Portugal, April 1984)
PDF PREM19/1359 82 Sep 29 83 Feb 25 29 Confidential Prime Minister (Lord Longford's article for ‘The Universe’, drawing on interview with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1379 83 Jan 17 84 May 7 14 Confidential Security (Article in ‘The Times’ by Edward Rowlands MP on the Labour Government and the Falkland Islands; disclosure of intelligence information and use of quotations from Cabinet Committee papers)
PDF PREM19/1380 83 May 25 84 Apr 6 44 Secret Security (Forged recording of telephone conversation between Prime Minister and President Reagan during Falklands campaign)
PDF PREM19/1384 83 Jan 19 84 Jan 23 36 Top Secret Security (South African diplomat accused of spying for Russia)
PDF PREM19/1385 82 Mar 17 83 Jul 26 124 Secret Security (Case of Rhona Ritchie, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official, convicted of passing classified documents to Egyptian diplomat in Tel Aviv; Security Commission investigation)
PDF PREM19/1386 82 Nov 26 84 Mar 27 82 Top Secret Security (Case of Intelligence Corps Lance Corporal Philip Leslie Aldridge convicted of passing secret information to Soviet Union; Security Commission investigation)
PDF PREM19/1395 79 May 21 84 Oct 22 354 Secret Sri Lanka (Internal situation; UK/Sri Lankan relations; aid to Sri Lanka) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1396 79 Nov 20 84 Mar 5 84 Confidential Tonga (Visits to UK by King and Queen of Tonga, December 1979 and October 1983)
PDF PREM19/1402 84 Mar 23 84 Oct 16 69 Secret USA (Visit to UK by US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mrs Jeane Kirkpatrick, April 1984: meeting with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1405 79 May 4 84 Nov 7 457 Secret USA (Internal political situation; 1980 and 1984 Presidential election campaigns) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1407 81 Nov 19 84 Dec 4 70 Confidential Zaire (Visits to UK by President Mobutu, December 1981 and September 1984: meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1408 83 Nov 1 84 Nov 23 495 Secret Ireland (Prime Minister's meetings with Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald; Anglo-Irish Summits) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/1412 84 Nov 2 85 Apr 3 289 Secret Aerospace (Future of British Airways (BA): BA privatisation and United States anti-trust suits; Laker Airways liquidation; airports policy) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1420 84 Nov 1 85 Apr 25 383 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 39)
PDF PREM19/1423 82 Feb 11 85 Jun 14 263 Secret Canada (UK/Canadian relations: patriation of the Canadian constitution) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1424 79 Sep 17 85 Dec 9 328 Secret Chile (UK/Chilean relations: policy on arms sales)
PDF PREM19/1431 84 Jun 18 85 Oct 13 242 Secret Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Nassau, Bahamas, October 1985) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/1433 79 Dec 10 85 Jan 14 386 Secret Cyprus (Visits to the UK by President Kyprianou: meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1435 84 Oct 2 85 May 29 189 Confidential Defence (Celebration of 40th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day)
PDF PREM19/1436 83 Nov 1 85 Apr 18 181 Confidential Defence (Report by General Sir Hugh Beach on the handling and control of military information)
PDF PREM19/1437 80 Apr 3 85 Dec 16 48 Secret Defence (Proposal by Julian Amery MP to revive the Special Operations Executive (SOE): history of SOE in the Far East, Greece and Scandinavia)
PDF PREM19/1439 85 May 19 85 Dec 10 20 Confidential Defence (Closures of and changes to Ministry of Defence (MOD) establishments: Prime Minister's visit to Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), December 1985)
PDF PREM19/1441 82 Mar 11 85 Dec 12 270 Secret Defence (Armed Forces' pay: pay review body report; Service doctors' and dentists' pay; local and overseas allowance; London weighting) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1452 84 Dec 17 85 Apr 30 330 Secret Economic policy (Public Spending) (Part 31)
PDF PREM19/1462 84 Mar 6 85 May 31 281 Secret Economic policy (Pay Review Body reports on pay of civil servants, armed forces and National Health Service (NHS); Top Salaries Review Body (TSRB) pension awards; pay of Permanent and Deputy Secretaries) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1468 85 Apr 25 85 Sep 22 412 Confidential Economic policy (G7 Summit - Bonn) (Part 19)
PDF PREM19/1474 82 Jan 14 85 Nov 12 282 Secret Energy (Future of British National Oil Corporation (BNOC): flotation of Britoil, BNOC oil-producing business) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1475 80 Jul 15 85 Jun 17 55 Secret Energy (Cross Channel electricity link)
PDF PREM19/1480 85 Jun 6 85 Nov 29 401 Confidential European Policy (European Community Budget: developments in the European Community) (Part 30)
PDF PREM19/1486 83 Jun 13 85 Aug 30 279 Confidential European Policy (Enlargement of European Community: applications of Portugal and Spain) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1490 85 Mar 7 85 Apr 30 718 Confidential European Policy (European Council meeting, Brussels, March 1985) (Part 20)
PDF PREM19/1495 85 Jul 31 85 Nov 29 424 Top Secret Foreign Policy (East/West relations) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1498 85 Apr 5 85 Jul 27 367 Secret Foreign Policy (Prime Minister's visit to South-East Asia, April 1985) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1502 84 Sep 12 85 Mar 25 250 Confidential Foreign Policy (Prime Minister's visit to China, Hong Kong and USA, December 1984: policy)
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 PREM19/1505 80 Dec 5 85 Aug 16 197 Top Secret Foreign Policy (British policy in the Antarctic)
PDF PREM19/1506 82 Jun 29 85 Mar 7 266 Secret France (Anglo-French relations) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1507 85 Jan 18 85 Nov 29 401 Confidential Germany (Visit to UK by Helmut Kohl, West German Chancellor, May 1985: Anglo-German Summit in London, November 1985; meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/1544 81 Nov 23 85 Dec 12 362 Secret Iraq (Visits to UK by Iraqi Deputy Prime Ministers, Taha Ramadhan and Tariq Aziz (also Foreign Minister): meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1554 83 Sep 1 85 Dec 19 361 Secret Italy (Italian PM visits to UK; Anglo/Italian Summit, October 1984) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1556 82 Sep 20 85 Apr 16 148 Secret Japan (Prime Minister's visit to Japan, September 1982) (Part 2)
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 PREM19/1586 79 Nov 23 85 Feb 15 305 Confidential Netherlands (Visits to UK by Prime Ministers Dries van Agt and Ruud Lubbers: meetings with Prime Minister) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1587 79 May 14 85 Mar 4 283 Top Secret New Zealand (Visits to UK by Prime Ministers Robert Muldoon and David Lange) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1588 79 May 14 85 Mar 4 259 Secret New Zealand (Visits to UK by Prime Ministers Robert Muldoon and David Lange: briefs) (Part 1 annex)
PDF PREM19/1592 81 Apr 2 85 Apr 24 54 Confidential Papua New Guinea (Visits to UK by Prime Ministers Sir Julius Chan, May 1981, and Michael Somare, April 1985: meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1593 83 Apr 12 85 May 28 367 Confidential Parliament (House of Commons procedure: election of Speaker; appointment of Departmental Select Committees; Government reply to Public Accounts Committee; rules on release of documents and disclosure of information to Select Committees) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1602 82 Sep 7 85 Nov 2 9 Unclassified Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meeting with Field Marshal Sir Edwin Bramall, retiring Chief of the Defence Staff)
PDF PREM19/1626 84 Aug 10 85 Feb 2 294 Secret Security (Leak of information on sinking of Argentine warship General Belgrano in 1982 to Tam Dalyell MP: confession and trial of Clive Ponting) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1627 85 Mar 1 85 Oct 21 42 Top Secret Security (Sinking of Argentine warship General Belgrano in 1982: report by House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee) (Part 2)
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 PREM19/1647 85 Jan 3 85 Oct 25 341 Top Secret Soviet Union (UK/Soviet relations) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1649 82 Feb 16 85 Mar 29 280 Confidential Transport (Channel Fixed Link (Channel Tunnel): economic considerations; discussions with the French) (Part 2)
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 PREM19/1657 81 Feb 20 85 Oct 23 103 Secret USA (Prime Minister's visit to Washington and New York, February 1981) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1660 85 Apr 15 85 Oct 15 398 Confidential USA (Prime Minister's visit to New York and the United Nations, October 1985) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1664 80 May 3 86 Jul 29 95 Secret Aerospace (British Aerospace (BAe): shares for employees)
PDF PREM19/1671 86 Aug 1 86 Nov 19 378 Confidential Aerospace (Westland Helicopters) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1672 81 Sep 22 85 Oct 23 323 Top Secret Afghanistan (Soviet invasion) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1673 84 Feb 21 86 Jun 26 190 Secret - UK Eyes A Argentina (Falklands: sensitive briefing - defence after repossession) (Part 14)
PDF PREM19/1674 85 May 2 86 Jun 24 274 Top Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 40)
PDF PREM19/1679 82 Oct 6 86 Jan 24 214 Secret Cabinet (Cabinet Committee structure and membership) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1690 82 Oct 18 86 May 12 241 Secret Defence (Public opinion and public debate on nuclear weapons issues)
PDF PREM19/1760 85 Jul 4 86 Oct 23 204 Top Secret France (Anglo-French relations) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1761 82 Feb 5 86 Sep 24 290 Confidential France (Internal situation) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1762 85 Oct 16 86 Nov 28 239 Top Secret France (Visits to UK by President Mitterrand) (Part 5)
PDF PREM19/1765 83 Nov 11 86 May 28 276 Secret Germany (Prime Minister's meetings with Chancellor Helmut Kohl) (Part 15)
PDF PREM19/1791 79 Jul 20 86 Jan 22 323 Confidential Home Affairs (Disposal of nuclear waste) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1800 82 Sep 2 86 Mar 26 287 Confidential Immigration (Immigration rules) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1809 85 Nov 15 85 Nov 30 628 Secret Ireland (Meetings with the Taoiseach) (Part 12)
PDF PREM19/1819 86 Feb 2 86 May 27 104 Confidential Italy (Anglo-Italian Summits) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1842 86 Dec 9 86 Dec 15 10 Confidential Memoirs (James Callaghan's memoirs)
PDF PREM19/1843 81 May 29 85 Jun 11 229 Secret Mexico (Anglo-Mexican relations: internal situation in Mexico) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1845 84 Apr 16 85 May 21 64 Confidential Defence (Defence Budget) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/1881 79 Jul 5 86 Apr 30 243 Confidential Parliament (Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1883 82 Jun 24 86 Jul 16 51 Confidential Parliament (House of Commons Defence Committee: Falklands Inquiry)
PDF PREM19/1887 79 Jul 7 86 May 2 187 Secret Portugal (UK/Portugal relations; internal situation; death of Dr Francisco de Sa Carneiro; Prime Minister's meeting with Dr Mario Soares, 14 February 1984)(Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1956 79 Aug 9 86 Mar 5 139 Confidential Sierra Leone (Visits to UK by President Stevens, November 1980, and President Momoh, March 1986: meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1971 79 Oct 27 86 Aug 21 283 Confidential South Korea (UK/South Korea relations; internal situation; death of President Park; election and resignation of President Choi Kya-hah; inauguration of President Chun Doo-hwan; visit of President Chun to UK and meeting with Prime Minister, 9 April 1986) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1976 80 Mar 10 86 Feb 21 279 Top Secret Spain (Internal situation; UK/Spain relations) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/2001 81 Dec 8 86 Dec 9 USA (Visits to UK by US Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger: meetings with the Prime Minister) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/2002 81 Sep 16 86 Feb 24 73 Confidential Vanuatu (Visits to UK by Prime Minister Father Walter Lini: calls on the Prime Minister, November 1981, July 1983 and February 1986)
PDF PREM19/2016 86 Jun 26 87 Jul 28 305 Secret Argentina (Falklands) (Part 41)
PDF PREM19/2017 87 Sep 7 88 Dec 29 229 Secret - UK Eyes A Argentina (Falklands) (Part 42)
PDF PREM19/2092 88 Jun 13 88 Jun 17 330 Secret and Personal Economic Policy (G7 Summit - Toronto) (Part 25)
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 PREM19/2211 80 May 1 87 Mar 31 242 Secret Greece (UK/Greek relations) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/2212 80 Oct 24 88 Nov 8 200 Confidential Greece (Visits to UK by Andreas Papandreou as Leader of the Opposition and as Prime Minister) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/2363 82 Mar 3 82 Jun 11 62 Secret NATO (NATO Summits) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/2364 87 Jul 30 88 Nov 14 278 Secret NATO (NATO Summits) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/2366 81 Feb 20 88 May 6 242 Confidential New Zealand (Internal situation: UK/New Zealand relations; Robert Muldoon succeeded as Prime Minister by David Lange; Labour government's ban on visits by nuclear-armed warships; sinking of Greenpeace vessel by French agents in Auckland harbour) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/2529 87 Jan 5 87 Mar 31 603 Top Secret Soviet Union (Prime Minister's visit to Soviet Union, March-April 1987) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/2534 79 May 24 88 Dec 7 218 Top Secret Soviet Union (Soviet military expenditure and capabilities) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/2585 89 Jan 2 89 Dec 13 269 Top Secret - Cab One Argentina (Falklands) (Part 43)
PDF PREM19/2633 88 Jun 18 89 Jun 19 300 Secret Economic Policy (G7 Summit - Toronto, June 1988) (Part 26)
PDF PREM19/2634 89 Jul 10 89 Jul 28 333 Confidential Economic Policy (G7 Summit - Paris, July 1989) (Part 28) [filed out of sequence; for Part 27 see PREM19/3277]
PDF PREM19/2869 89 Apr 2 89 May 3 404 Top Secret Soviet Union (Visit to the UK by President Gorbachev, 5-7 April 1989) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/2910 81 Feb 16 90 Dec 10 134 Secret Australia (Visits to the UK by Australian Foreign Ministers: Anthony Street, William Hayden and Gareth Evans)
PDF PREM19/3003 86 Jun 13 90 Mar 2 378 Secret Germany (Internal situation in the Federal Republic of Germany) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/3056 86 Nov 5 90 Feb 23 245 Confidential Italy (Anglo-Italian Summits) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/3077 90 Aug 20 90 Aug 23 370 Top Secret Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 24)
PDF PREM19/3081 90 Sep 6 90 Sep 13 328 Top Secret Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 28)
PDF PREM19/3084 90 Oct 9 90 Oct 21 324 Top Secret - Cab One Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 31)
PDF PREM19/3085 90 Oct 22 90 Oct 31 241 Top Secret - Cab One Middle East (Situation in the Middle East: Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) (Part 32)
PDF PREM19/3184 86 Jun 2 90 Jan 3 87 Secret Soviet Union (Visits to the UK by Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Foreign Minister, July 1986 and December 1989)
PDF PREM19/3347 82 Jan 25 91 Mar 27 340 Top Secret - UK Eyes A France (Visits to the UK by Jacques Chirac (Mayor of Paris / Prime Minister) and Michel Rocard (Prime Minister)) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/3467 80 Sep 16 91 Nov 7 319 Confidential Netherlands (Internal situation: UK/Dutch relations) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/3468 83 Sep 1 91 Sep 19 319 Secret Netherlands (Prime Minister's visits to the Netherlands, September 1983 and September 1991) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/3470 79 Jul 3 91 Jun 3 46 Secret New Zealand (Calls on the Prime Minister by the New Zealand High Commissioners)
PDF PREM19/4827 93 Jun 1 94 Jul 4 114 Confidential Memoirs (Policy on Ministerial memoirs: Radcliffe Report on Ministerial Memoirs; Margaret Thatcher Downing Street Years) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/5478 83 Jan 6 95 Dec 7 22 Secret Venezuela (Internal situation: UK/Venezuela relations) (Part 1)
PDF T999 Nick Ridley day file F (Jun 1983) 83 Jun 2 83 Jun 28 151 Confidential Financial policy (Nicholas Ridley day file as Financial Secretary, Jun 1983) [released under FOI; not archived at TNA]
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