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Text 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hong Kong: MT engagement card (visit to China) [times, meetings, locations] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Warry minute to MT ("Broadcasting") [licence fee, ITV advertising, radio, DBS] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lord Kadoorie) [Guangdong Nuclear project] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) New Zealand: David Lange message to MT (new High Commissioner) [Walding's credentials] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 ("Rationalisation of the UK Commercial Vehicle Industry") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 ("BL") [progress report on British Leyland privatisations: MT: "This won't do. B-L must go as soon as possible"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Warry minute to MT ("BL 1985 Corporate Plan") ["far from being nearer a viable business or closer to privatisation, we in fact seem to be moving further away"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Warry minute to MT ("Unipart") [response to British Leyland Board failure to pursue privatisation] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Leon Brittan minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Sikh Extremists: Damage to Indo-British Relations") [options for taking action against Chauhan and supporters] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 1074 to FCO (1220Z) ("India: General Election") [Gandhi's Congress party looks certain to win] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economic Policy: Tebbit letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("1985 Budget") ["my priorities in the field of business taxation and other taxes as they affect business"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Community: the Revised Own Resources Decision and the 1985 Budget") [request for negotiating authority to deal with 1985 Budget overrun] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Environment: Jopling minute to MT ("Administration of Land Drainage, the Prevention of Flooding, and Coast Protection - Issues of Ministerial Responsibility") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("Spanish Accession: Industrial Tariffs") ["details of the agreement which the Community reached with Spain early this week on the arrangements for the dismantlement of the industrial tariffs and on the special arrangements for cars after enlargement"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS minute to No.10 ("Visit of Senor Oreja, Secretary General of the Council of Europe: 15-16 January") [Howe advises MT to meet with Oreja; Oreja's scheduled meetings with Ministers] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nationalised Industries: Rees letter to Walker ("Nationalised Industries Legislation: Consultation Proposals") [requests that 'sponsor Ministers...start consultations with their industries'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 21 to UKE Hong Kong (2100Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Washington") [dress code for Camp David] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 2531 to UKE Hong Kong (1530Z) ("Letter to the Prime Minister From Dr David Owen MP about SDI and Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB)") [summary of contents] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 2170 to UKE Washington (1000Z) ("Post Closures") [US reaction to UK's proposed closure of its Embassy in Santo Domingo; line to take for MT on her visit to Washington] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Kadoorie) [Guangdong Nuclear Project] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Senior Interdepartmental Group on International Economic Policy report for NSC 0111 ("US-Japan Trade Policy Problems") [recommended position for meeting with PM Nakasone] [declassified Spt 2013]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: Douglas Hague letter to MT (Research Councils) [meeting to discuss situation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Nicaragua: Heseltine minute to Howe ("Nicaragua") ["You ought to know that there is considerable concern here in MOD about the concept of air strikes"] [declassified Nov 2016]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil service: Treasury letter to Department of Employment ("IDEM Stage 2") [Inter-Departmental Electronic Mail: "interest... and... enthusiasm... has been most encouraging. We have therefore decided to proceed with Stage 2 of the study"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to MacGregor PS (French Organisation of Agricultural Journalists debate) ["in the run-up to the 1985 price-fixing negotiation... proposed statement of UK views"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) China: MT engagement card (visit to China) [times, meetings, locations] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local Government: Letwin minute to MT (“Rate-capping revolt: Sheffield”) [visited; local Tories believe Labour “will break the rate-capping law”, “extremely impressive” Marxist machine] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Hong Kong: MT speaking text (speech to EXCO & LEGCO in Hong Kong)
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO to Hong Kong Government ("Gorbachev Visit") ["curious episode" during Gorbachev's visit: unannounced visit to No.10] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: FCO to Hong Kong Government ("Gorbachev Visit") [account of Luce's dinner conversation with Gorbachev] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe message to US Secretary of State Shultz (Gorbachev's visit to the UK) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Conservative Central Office press release (“Staff Changes at Conservative Central Office”) [appointments] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: John Gummer memo for PM (“The Conservative Party Organisation”) [constituencies “are not producing the leaders, the membership, or the money we need”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy briefing (“Daily Coal Report - Thursday 20 December 1984”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Hartley Booth minute to MT (“Crime and the Coal Dispute”) ['a slowing down in the spate of crimes'] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science: Douglas Hague letter to MT (Research Councils) [meeting to discuss situation] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Science and technology: David Barclay minute to No.10 (“Meeting with Sir Keith Joseph”) [points Joseph likely to raise: higher education policy; economic awareness in schools; teacher’s pay; ‘the switch’] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Coal: Department of Energy letter to No.10 (“Power Station Endurance”) [miners’ strike: situation report] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (National Security Archive) Nicaragua: McFarlane-North briefings (possible approach to MT for help with Contras) [Blowpipe missiles staged in Chile during Falklands War] [declassified 1987]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000] [117K scanned image]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Airport Inquiries 1981-1983 - Inspector’s Report”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Jenkin PS letter to Rees PS (“Selective rate limitation in 1985/86: setting of rate and precept limits”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Baker record of conversation (meeting with Leader of Barnet Council) [rate support grant] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Dec 20 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Speech to the unofficial members of the Hong Kong Executive and Legislative Councils
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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 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).

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