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Date range: 4 May 1979 – 28 Nov 1990. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT letter to Prime Minister Fraser of Australia (thanks for message of congratulations) [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Prior minute to MT (appointment of Rob Shepherd as special advisor) [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Ure minute for Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [background briefing on Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Hunt minute to MT ("Questions of Procedure for Ministers") [Cabinet Committees] [declassified 2011]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Pym-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Jenkin) ["Armed Forces Pay"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(79) 1st (Government Business, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Queen’s Speech, Collective Responsibility) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (Cabinet, Armed Forces’ Pay, Cabinet Committees, David Wolfson) [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Bulletin (Irish PM Lynch courtesy call on MT) [Lynch’s statement went “slightly further than we would have wished”] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 minute to MT (meeting with Yue-Kong Pao) [MT “Fit him in”] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Zimbabwe:No.10 minute for MT (Carrington wants early meeting of OD) [MT agrees] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Zimbabwe: FCO letter to No.10 (proposes Duff visit Rhodesia) [MT agrees] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 10 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2010]
Text 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Housing: Heseltine minute to MT (sale of Council houses) [Ministerial consent to local authorities to offer increased discounts] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Department of Education and Science letter to No.10 ("Allocation of Responsibilities to Ministers") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: FCO letter to No.10 ("Ministerial Responsibilities in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office") [allocation among ministers below Foreign Secretary] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: MOD letter to No.10 ("Ministry of Defence - Ministers' Private Secretaries") [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Parsons minute to Ridley's PS ("The Falkland Islands") [sceptical of leaseback, in light of Arab-Israeli experience, "tidy solutions" do not always exist] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Notes for move to flat at No.10 (list of items) [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Transition to power: MT letter to Milton Friedman (thanks for congratulations) [“The battle has now begun”] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for MT ("Public Expenditure") ["early report on the seriousness of the situation"] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Hunt draft briefing for Ministers ("Pay and Cash Limits") [MT: "Discussion on this paper in Cabinet would be futile..."] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Hunt briefing for MT ("Future of the Price Commission (E(79) 2)...") [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(79) 3 (Rhodesia) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Australia: Wall letter to Cartledge ("Overseas Visits by the Prime Minister") [FCO advises MT to visit Australia] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Heseltine minute to MT ("Manpower") [local government manpower reductions] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 ("Freeze on Civil Service Manpower") [draft paper by Soames, annotations by MT] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [Plenary Session] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [partial record of Plenary Session, nuclear matters] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Transcript of MT/Schmidt press conference ("Press Conference on 11 May 1979 given by Prime Minister Mrs. Thatcher & Chancellor Schmidt") [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Text of MT speech for Chancellor Schmidt ("The Prime Minister's Luncheon For The Federal German Chancellor and his Delegation, Friday 11 May 1979") [relections on meetings] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.11 record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-FRG Minister of Finance) [economic issues, EEC budget, Turkey] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 minute to FCO ("Prime Minister's Dicussions with Chancellor Schmidt on 10 May: Fisheries") [details of meeting] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Maureen Harris, secretary to Rayner, letter to Stowe (second copy of Rayner's acceptance letter) [Stowe: "This procedure does not commend itself to me as an example of efficiency and avoiding waste!"] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Meeting Between the Prime Minister and Mr Lynch: Press Reaction") [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local Government: Heseltine minute to MT ("Manpower") [staffing restraint in local government] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (defence expenditure) [some increase required, but decisions should not be rushed] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Stephens note to MT ("European Elections") [MT: "I shall have no recess at all"] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Commonwealth: Prime Minister Pindling of the Bahamas letter to MT (invitation to 250th Anniversary of Parliament in the Bahamas) [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Biffen minute to MT ("The Defence Budget and Cash Limit: NATO Meeting") [Pym should not commit himself to a precise level of defence spending] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("Defence Budget and Cash Limit") [meeting of NATO defence ministers] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Hunt briefing for MT ("Economic Strategy Committee: Teachers' Pay") [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: FCO record of conversation (Carrington-FRG Minister of Foreign Affairs Genscher) [SALT, MBFR, TNF] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 1081 to No.10 (2052Z) ("SALT") [US Administration anxious about HMG position on SALT II] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Carrington minute to MT ("SALT: The Government's Public Response") [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Hunt minute to MT ("SALT") [HMG's public position on SALT II] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB)") [views of MOD officials] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT letter to Kenneth Stacey (Chequers) ["I wish to avail myself of my right under the Deed of Settlement...to occupy and use Chequers"] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Fishing: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Schmidt) [fisheries] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Hall minute for Nick Ridley ("Falkland Islands") [options for future policy] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Carter Library) US: Carter letter to MT (congratulations on election victory; SALT II; Toyko G7) [declassified 2008]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ministers: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 ("Ministerial Travel") [rules on Ministerial travel simplified; MT: "Excellent - it was worth while being "difficult"!"] [declassified 2011]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Cabinet Secretary Note circulated to Cabinet - CC(79) 2 (Queen’s Speech) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Howe & Prior memo circulated to Cabinet - CC(79) 3 (Standing Commission on Pay Comparability) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Governor of the Bank of England letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Policy towards Exchange Control”) [urges “early and substantial move towards relaxation”] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Monetary Policy: Bank of England record of conversation (Littler & Bank of England) [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: President Carter letter to MT (foreign policy issues) [renewed congratulations; SALT II & Middle East] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Vile minute to Cartledge ("European Issues") [Bonn, Barcelona Conventions] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Zimbabwe: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT (OD discussion of Rhodesia) [next steps] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2010]
Text 79 May 12 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 79 May 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: MT's programme at Scottish Conservative Party Conference (Perth Conference, 1979) [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 12 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Carter Library) US: Brzezinski memo for Carter (Thatcher no longer "the dogmatic lady" who visited in 1977) [declassified 2000]
Text 79 May 13 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 79 May 13 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: President Carter letter to MT (SALT II; South Africa; Middle East; energy) [kicking off discussions] [released 2010]
Text 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ministers: Cabinet Office minute to MT (Ministerial conflicts of interests) [Lord Soames: European Commissioner salary] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Police: Lord Soames letter to Whitelaw (Ministry of Defence Police pay) [consideration of pay & allowances to MoD and Transport police on a par with regular police force] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Royal family: Atkins PS letter to No.10 ("Visit to Northern Ireland by Princess Alexandra") [Red Cross presentation; RUC Book of Remembrance unveiling; security concerns] [declassified Dec 2011]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Pym-Apel meeting in Brussels (record of conversation) [including theatre nuclear forces] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Hailsham minute to MT ("Price Commission") [cabinet procedure] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial policy: Prior minute to MT (industrial relations legislation) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Ministerial Committee on Economic Strategy - E (79) 1st (Price Commission, Teachers' Pay) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Defence and Oversea Policy Committee - OD(79) 1st (Rhodesia, SALT, EEC Matters) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Cartledge minute to MT ("Meeting with President Gisard D'Estaing") [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Conservative Central Office letter to Ryder (announcements of new appointments in the Conservative Party Organisation) [MT: "We must first consult with Prof. Hugh Thomas"] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Education: Lankester minute to MT ("Teachers' Pay - Arrangements for Arbitration") [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 minute to FCO ("SALT II: The Government's Public Reaction") [MT comments on Carrington's minute] [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: MT letter to Nick Ridley (MT no longer able to attend Economic Dining Club Dinners) [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: MT letter to Austin Pearce of Esso Petroleum (thanks for message of congratulations, meeting with Clifton Garvin of Exxon) [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Nick Ridley minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands") [Ridley's comments on options for future policy] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Hunt minute to Stowe (membership of Cabinet Committees: Paymaster General) [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Biffen memo circulated to Cabinet - C(79) 4 (Public Expenditure: Scope for Cuts) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (House Business, Resignation Honours, MP’s Pay, Policy Unit Appointment) [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Bulletin (Cabinet Committee meetings & composition) [“this Government may want more rather than less secrecy” about them] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Civil Service Department letter to Treasury (“Special Advisers”) [categories, appointment procedures, pay and conditions of service] [declassified 2014]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Zimbabwe: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Boyd) [receives his report] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Foreign Exchange & Gold Market report (daily report on market conditions) [declassified 2010]
PDF 79 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Bank of England) Monetary policy: Government Broker's daily report (market conditions & official activity in the gilt-market) [declassified 2010]
Text 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Civil Service Department letter to No.10 (allocation of ministerial responsibilities: Lord President's Office and Civil Service Department) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) China: UKE Beijing telegram 450 to FCO (0845Z) ("Sino/Soviet Relations") [report on Chinese memo to Soviets, proposing negotiations] [released Jul 2017]
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: George Hall minute to Parsons ("Falkland Islands") [response to his doubts about leaseback] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Budget: Note for the Record (MT-Adam Ridley meeting) [Budget] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: President Carter letter to MT (safety of Iranian Jews) [join me in demanding] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: MT letter to President Carter (SALT II; CTB; Turkey; South Africa; Middle East; G7; Vietnamese Boat People) [pre-Tokyo discussions] [released 2010]
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UK Delegation NATO to FCO (account of Eurogroup ministerial meeting) [“TNF Modernisation/Grey Areas”] [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 May 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Economy: Pattison minute to Hoskyns (overall economic strategy) [declassified 2009]

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