|
85 Sep 27 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [line to take in talks with Nally: joint courts; European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism; arrangements for signing of Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Sep 28 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Powell minute to Armstrong ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [line to take in Armstrong's next round of talks with Nally; response to King's minute] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Sep 30 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference for Israeli and British Jewish press |
|
85 Oct 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Charles Powell note to MT (Dominic McGlinchey) [possible release on appeal and re-arrest] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [report on Armstrong's latest round of talks with Nally] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Commonwealth: Charles Powell minute to FCO ("South Africa at CHOGM") [feedback on draft speaking notes] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 28th (Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Home Affairs, Public Expenditure, Queen s Speech) [spending bilaterals] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Middle East: MT letter to Eddie Molyneux (sale of arms) [Israel’s right to defend itself] [released 2015] |
|
85 Oct 3 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (BBC) |
Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Governors minutes (“Real Lives”) [issue unlikely to dominate coming meeting of General Advisory Council] [released 2015] |
|
85 Oct 4 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: MT letter to Taoiseach Fitzgerald (Anglo-Irish Agreement: state of play in talks) [outstanding drafting points; date of summit; Irish accession to European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 7 Mo |
Chronology |
Major |
[Chronology] |
Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked by Palestinian terrorists (arrested on Sicily 11 Oct) |
|
85 Oct 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO record of conversation (Howe-King-Armstrong-Spring-Barry-Nally and others) [Anglo-Irish Agreement: Convention on Suppression of Terrorism; Northern Ireland courts; Secretariat of Intergovernmental Committee; devolution; summit timing] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Middle East: President Reagan letter to MT ("Terrorist seizure of Achille Lauro ") ["no intention of acting precipitously … [but] this act cannot become another protracted hostage situation"] [declassified 2001] |
|
85 Oct 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks on murder of PC Keith Blakelock (Broadwater Farm riot) |
|
85 Oct 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks on hijack of Achille Lauro (best not say too much) |
|
85 Oct 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (CIA) |
Italy: CIA National Intelligence Daily (“Italy/Middle East - Achille Lauro hijacking ends”) [likely the work of Syrian-backed PLO groups wanting "to discredit Arafat and derail the peace process"] [declassified 2010] |
|
85 Oct 11 Fr |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference [film] |
|
85 Oct 11 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
|
85 Oct 12 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Press Trust of India |
|
85 Oct 14 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at dinner for Indian Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) |
|
85 Oct 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 29th (Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Home Affairs, Public Expenditure, Queen’s Speech) [Tottenham riot] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: 18 November 1985") [French domestic situation, east/west relations, EC, bilateral relations, Channel link] [declassified Feb 2019] |
|
85 Oct 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (BBC) |
Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Governors minutes (“Real Lives”) [to be discussed at General Advisory Council on 30 Oct] [released 2015] |
|
85 Oct 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: Howe to UKE Bonn (“Quadripartite Discussion of Summit Seven Follow Up”) [British participation] [declassified 2014] |
|
85 Oct 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 6 to UKDEL Nassau (2030Z) (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with President Reagan”) [subjects for discussion] [declassified 2014] |
|
85 Oct 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: UKE Washington telegram 2895 to FCO (1900Z) (“UK-US Supplementary Extradition Treaty”) [MT-Reagan talks in New York] [declassified 2014] |
|
85 Oct 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
US: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (thanks for UK help with Achille Lauro terrorist attack) [grateful & proud] [released 2015] |
|
85 Oct 20 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference at Nassau Commonwealth Summit |
|
85 Oct 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome letter to FCO ("The Achille Lauro Affair") [Craxi's statements to Italian cabinet & parliament] [declassified 2016] |
|
85 Oct 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
USA: Howe to UKDEL Nassau (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with President Reagan”) [subjects for discussion] [declassified 2014] |
|
85 Oct 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [cover note only: McFarlane said US working on arms control counterproposal] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cold War: MT briefing cards (meeting with Reagan) [Achille Lauro, Gorbachev/arms control, UN speech, South Africa, SDI, Middle East, MSE, MBFR, Ireland, trade] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: White House record of conversation (MT, Reagan, Shultz, Regan, McFarlane, Ridgway) [arms control, SDI; Achille Lauro; South Africa; PLO] [declassified Jan 2010] |
|
85 Oct 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [Italian political situation, US-Soviet Summit, Achille Lauro] [declassified 2014] |
|
85 Oct 24 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at 40th Anniversary Session of UN General Assembly |
|
85 Oct 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome minute for Head of Chancery (“Achille Lauro/US-Italy Extradition Treaty”) [account of crisis from US Dept of Justice official in Italy] [declassified Jan 2010] |
|
85 Oct 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland Affairs") [Anglo-Irish talks and Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT-King-Howe-Armstrong-Cradock) ["Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland": joint courts; European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism; procedure and presentation of Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT (BBC interview with President Reagan) [transcript with key passages highlighted] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 29 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
85 Oct 29 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Stmnt: [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Nassau)] |
|
85 Oct 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (CIA) |
Italy: CIA Office of European Analysis talking points (“PLO relations with Italy”) ["pro-Arab, pro-PLO bias of Craxi and Andreotti"; Spadolini sharply critical] [declassified Dec 2009] |
|
85 Oct 31 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland") [report on Armstrong's latest round of talks with Nally] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Oct 31 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (BBC) |
Northern Ireland: BBC Board of Governors minutes (“Real Lives”) [Young hoped GAC discussion previous day had exorcised the ghost of "Real Lives"; Milne agreed] [released 2015] |
|
85 Oct 31 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome letter to FCO ("Achille Lauro: British involvement") ["very minor player" - Gibraltar, SIGINT, Akrotiri] [declassified 2016] |
|
85 Nov 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Parliament: No.10 letter to Lord Hailsham PS (State Opening of Parliament: the Queen's Speech) [circulation] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
85 Nov 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: King minute to MT ("Dolours Rea (nee Price)": 1973 Old Bailey bomber) [King proposes to alter conditions of release; MT opposes: "do nothing. She got out of prison on a false pretence"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: King minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Negotiations") [suggested further amendments to Anglo-Irish Agreement, with Powell covernote] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 5 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Transport: Ridley minute to MT ("Channel Fixed Link: Assessment of Proposals") [details; key points] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1469 to Deskby (1730Z) ("US NAC Briefing on Shultz's Moscow Talks") [details] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 6 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKA Rome despatch to FCO ("The Achille Lauro Affair") ["the most lasting effect in Italian eyes may be the memory of her unhappy experience at US hands"] [declassified 2016] |
|
85 Nov 7 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Transport: No.10 briefing for MT (MT, Ridley) ["Channel Fixed Link": consideration of bids; traffic restrictions] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland Affairs") [Anglo-Irish Agreement: handling] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Summit") [Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 14 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Chronology |
Key |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-Irish Agreement signed at Hillsborough |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Agreement") [EC press statement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 3164 to FCO (1655Z) ("Anglo-Irish Agreement") [summary of President Reagan/Speaker of the House of Representatives joint press conference; UK Ambassador to the US, Oliver Wright: "In view of past and likely future rows, we might as well make the best use we can of harmony on this issue"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 3167 to FCO (1700Z) ("Anglo-Irish Agreement") [Congressional Friends of Ireland statement: message of support] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 3165 to FCO (1700Z) ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: statement by the President") [transcript] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Agreement") [transcript of statement from the Quai] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Copenhagen telegram to FCO ("Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs") [message of support & congratulations for Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Athens telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Agreement") [message of support & congratulations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Paisley & Molyneaux letter to MT (Anglo-Irish Agreement) ["On behalf of the Unionist people of Northern Ireland, we protest most vehemently..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Ian Gow minute to MT ("Assassination and Death or Injury in Service") [improvements to compensation provisions for the dependants of public servants] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: Brief for handling the plenary") [east/west, Falklands, Southern Africa, Middle East, bilateral relations, defence issues] [declassified Feb 2019] |
|
85 Nov 15 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Joint Press Conference with Irish Prime Minister (Dr Garret FitzGerald) |
|
85 Nov 16 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: Press review 16 November") [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 17 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to Cabinet Office ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: Prime Minister's statement") [text & MT request for additional information] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 17 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute to MT ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: points for answers") [Parliamentary Debate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 17 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Terrorism: Hurd minute to Howe (“Tanzanian hijackers”) [hijackers have applied for asylum] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 17 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for London Weekend Television Weekend World |
|
85 Nov 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: Prime Minister's statement") [background information requested by MT on the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Home Office record of conversation (Hurd-Joxe) [domestic terrorism and Irish situation, Anglo-Irish Agreement, New Caledonia] [declassified Feb 2019] |
|
85 Nov 18 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand - plenary session) [Channel link, Anglo-Irish Agreement, Middle East, terrorism, defence issues, trade and industry, research and technology, transport, EC issues] [declassified Feb 2019] |
|
85 Nov 18 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Stmnt: [Anglo-Irish Agreement] |
|
85 Nov 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 letter to Northern Ireland Office ("Anglo/Irish Agreement: Parliamentary Debate") [draft MT speech] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Civil Service: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Assassination and Death or Injury in Service") [summary of outcomes from interdepartmental review into compensation provisions for dependants of civil servants killed by terrorists] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Terrorism: Howe minute to Hurd (“Tanzanian hijackers”) [“our decision to allow the Tanzanians to remain in the United Kingdom is a result of undertakings given here in 1982”] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 19 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Washington minute to FCO (1415Z) ("US/Italy relations in the wake of the Achille Lauro affair") [detailed read-out from State Department] [declassified Jan 2010] |
|
85 Nov 19 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
85 Nov 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: Dail Debate: Taoiseach's speech") [summary] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 20 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: MT letter to Speaker of the US House of Representatives (Anglo-Irish Agreement) ["I would like to thank you for the statement that you made at your joint press conference with President Reagan..."; US financial & economic assistance for Ireland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Northern Ireland Office record of conversation (Anglo-Irish Agreement and its repercussions: co-operation with the security forces; power-sharing) [Tom King, John Hume MP] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: King PS letter to Whitelaw PS (Anglo-Irish Agreement: Debate in Parliament: draft speech for the Lord President) ["As you know, events are moving rapidly, and we may well advise the Lord President to amend the speech before it is made"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Terrorism: Hurd PS minute to Wicks (counter-terrorist exercise) [“a simulated take-over of an oil installation in the North Sea”] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 22 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute for MT (“Anglo-Irish Agreement: Speech in the debate”) [draft] [released 2015] |
|
85 Nov 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("Irish opinion poll") ["...2-1 in favour of the Anglo-Irish Agreement"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tom King, James Kilfedder MP, Peter Robinson, Jim Allister, Frank Millar, Jack Allen) [delegation from Northern Ireland Assembly, to discuss Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Anglo-Irish relations: Northern Ireland") [lines for MT speech for 26 November debate in Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: Prime Minister's speech in the House") [lines for MT speech for 26 November debate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 25 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Northern Ireland Assembly delegation") ["You will want to make clear... that the Government is not going to be deflected from the Agreement. The Unionists should therefore focus on the benefits of the Agreement for them"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 26 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Armstrong minute for MT (meetings of officialls on the next Economic Summit: drugs, terrorism, sub-Saharan Africa) [declassified 2014] |
|
85 Nov 26 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office: Goodall minute to Private Secretary ("Cabinet: Anglo-Irish Agreement") [press article written by Garret Fitzgerald] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 26 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
85 Nov 26 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [Anglo-Irish Agreement] |
|
85 Nov 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Anglo-Irish Relations”) [forthcoming European Council meeting] [declassified 2014] |
|
85 Nov 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Tom King PS letter to No.10 ("Letter to the Prime Minister from Sir Eldon Griffiths") [RUC anxieties over the Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 27 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Anglo-Irish Agreement") [the Parliamentary debate & its possible repercussions; notification of Acceptance of the Agreement; first meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference; liaising with Unionists] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 27 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Kohl) |
|
85 Nov 28 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 34th (Parliamentary Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Social Security Review) [Ulster by-elections; Fowler review approved] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 28 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
85 Nov 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: MT letter to Prime Minister Craxi (Anglo-Irish Agreement) [courtesy letter of thanks for his congratulations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Taoiseach") [speaking note: Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Reverend Ian Paisley MP (resignation from the House of Commons) ["My reason for this action is that I believe the Anglo/Irish Agreement is an Act of Treachery to the people of Ulster, a surrender to the IRA and Dublin, and destruction of the Union"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Nov 29 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Hurd letter to Howe ("Inter-Governmental Conference") [revisions to draft Treaty on Political Cooperation: restricting the scope of Article 1] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 4 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after Luxembourg European Council |
|
85 Dec 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Transport: Howe minute to Ridley ("CFL: Treaty") [Channel Fixed Link: request for FCO to be represented on Intergovernmental Commission; commercial & competition policy] [released Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 35th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Economic Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 5 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Stmnt: [Luxembourg European Council] |
|
85 Dec 12 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
85 Dec 13 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Belfast Telegraph |
|
85 Dec 17 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Michael Heseltine ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [PIRA attempts to intimidate building contractors who carry out work for security forces] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Michael Heseltine minute to MT ("Infantry Reinforcements for Northern Ireland") [proposed deployment of additional battalion, background of PIRA violence] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Michael Alison minute to Nigel Wicks (situation in Northern Ireland) [King apprehensive about situation deteriorating, feeling vulnerable and isolated] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 22 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 957 to UKE Dublin (1715Z) ("Chief Constable's Alleged Statement") [wish to assure Irish government of commitment to continuing and developing cooperation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Michael Heseltine minute to Tom King ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [can make a start on replacing bombed buildings] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Mark Addison minute to MT (arms shipment) [shipment from the Netherlands to Ireland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
85 Dec 27 Fr |
Chronology |
Major |
[Chronology] |
Palestinian terrorists killed 27 at Rome and Vienna airports; Libya involved |
|
86 Jan 7 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Armstrong minute for MT (“Economic Summit 1986”) [preparatory meeting report] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Jan 8 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Le Figaro |
|
86 Jan 10 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference for American correspondents in London |
|
86 Jan 13 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference for American Press (CSIS Group) |
|
86 Jan 14 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to George Younger ("The Police Building Programme in Northern Ireland") [completion of projects will demonstrate government's determination to overcome PIRA campaign] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Jan 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: UKREP The Hague telegram 27 to FCO (1715Z) ("Arrest of Suspected IRA Terrorists in Amsterdam") [arrest of two men who escaped from The Maze] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Jan 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (Westland: speech by Enoch Powell) [accuses MT of submitting to US blackmail] [released Dec 2014] |
|
86 Jan 16 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Jan 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: MT message to Ruud Lubbers (Arrest of Suspected IRA Terrorists in Amsterdam) [thanks for cooperation by Netherlands authorities] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Jan 21 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Jan 23 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Jan 27 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: George Younger minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: Resettlement of Army Agent") [one of UK's best placed agents has been compromised, resettled in Britain] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Jan 28 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Feb 4 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Feb 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: FCO briefing to Cabinet Office ("Anglo-Italian Summit: 12 March 1986") ["...it is always important to show the Italians that we take them seriously"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: George Younger minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: Compromise of an Army Agent") [PIRA investigations will lead them to a very well placed agent] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: MT letter to President Mitterrand (terrorist bombings in Paris) [message of support & solidarity to French government] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Orders in Council for Local Government in Northern Ireland") [powers to put Commissioners into local authorities with powers to set rates] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("CFL ceremony at Canterbury: President Mitterrand's current preoccupations") ["...the elections increasingly dominate [his] thinking... But polls still show the RPR/UDF likely to win a clear majority. Terrorism has become an election issue in the last week."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to George Younger ("Force Levels in Northern Ireland") [political downside of additional reinforcement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 13 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Feb 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1512Z) ("Canada") (NSC 0129) [Canada attempting to restrict imports of US films, the President said he could not blame them] [declassified Oct 2017] |
|
86 Feb 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Younger, Wörner, Bullard and others) [UK forces in Germany; Westland helicopters; NATO; SDI; chemical weapons; arms control; Spain; environmental impact of training, European Fighter Aircraft; SP70; Nimrod AEW; anti-radar drone] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Irish relations") [post-Anglo/Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 17 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Irish Agreement: press interview with the Taoiseach") ["... the Agreement is no threat to [the Unionists]... In fact, [it is] in their best interests"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Taoiseach") [Sellafield; Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Tom King briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Taoiseach") ["...we must ensure he really appreciates just how strong is the unionist reaction to the [Anglo/Irish Agreement]..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with the Taoiseach: 19 February 1986") [post-Anglo/Irish Agreement discussions] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 18 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish relations: Northern Ireland") [Armstrong/Nally record of conversation, for MT meeting with Taoiseach to discuss post-Anglo/Irish Agreement negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 18 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Feb 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10: Press Officer minute to Ingham & Powell ("Dr. FitzGerald's speech to the press gallery: 19 February) [Sellafield; Northern Ireland: security; terrorism; Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Garret FitzGerald) [Anglo/Irish Agreement & the Unionists; Sellafield] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Northern Ireland: meeting of Ministers on 20 February") [line to take for MT/Tom King meeting with Unionists regarding Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: King PS minute to Charles Powell ("Northern Ireland: Shooting Incident") [death of PIRA member] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 20 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Feb 21 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Northern Ireland") [MT meeting with Molyneaux & Paisley to discuss Unionist position post-Anglo/Irish Agreement: lines to take] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 23 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: White House memcon (President Mitterrand-Ambassador Vernon Walters) [possible cooperation over Libya] [declassified 2008] |
|
86 Feb 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Taoiseach FitzGerald letter to MT (Prime Minister's meeting with Unionists to discuss the Anglo-Irish agreement) ["...facts and figures on the issues which are causing concern"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kinnock) [Anglo-Irish Agreement: assessment of the Unionist position] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr. Molyneaux and Dr. Paisley") [Anglo-Irish Agreement: the Unionist position] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: George Younger minute to Tom King ("Force Levels in Northern Ireland") [deployment of additional battalion cannot become an open ended commitment] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Geoffrey Howe minute to Tom King ("Force Levels in Northern Ireland") [presentational handling of sending additional reinforcement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Cabinet Office minute to Charles Powell ("Force Levels in Northern Ireland") [provision of additional infantry battalion] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Home Affairs: Tom King letter to Hurd (Ministerial Group on Crime Prevention) [membership] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Feb 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Northern Ireland Office briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Mr. Hume") ["...the primary aim should be to bring home to Mr Hume that without the SDLP commitment to political dialogue and devolution, and more wholehearted endorsement of the RUC, the [Anglo-Irish] Agreement could founder..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland") [contingencies for possible repercussions from Unionist rejection of Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Force Levels in Northern Ireland") [presentational handling of sending additional reinforcement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: MT letter to Archbishop Eames (Anglo-Irish Agreement) [outline of Government policy, following meeting with Church of Ireland delegation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, King, Howe, Hurd, Younger, Tebbit, Wakeham) [contingencies for anticipated Unionist strike action in response to Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 27 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, John Hume) [SDLP and Unionist positions following Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Feb 28 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter to Church of Ireland Primate (Rt. Rev. Robin Eames) |
|
86 Mar 4 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Howe minute to MT (“United Kingdom Presidency of the European Community: July-December 1986”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Mar 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Powell minute to MT ("United Kingdom Presidency of the EC") ["The Foreign Secretary's minute... reports the outcome of OD(E)'s discussion on objectives and priorities"; summary of main points & advice; minute attached] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's Toast at Lunch on Wednesday 12 March") [draft] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Italian Summit: agenda") [CAP price fixing; Tokyo economic summit; arms control & East/West relations; terrorism; extradition; scientific/industrial collaboration; aid; Anglo-Italian roundtable; Middle East] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Italian Summit meeting in Florence: Italian press comment") [extradition; terrorism; East/West relations; Tokyo economic summit; nuclear defence; EEC; Middle East] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to George Younger ("Force Levels in Northern Ireland") [deployment of additional battalion, Army protection of RUC stations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: FCO briefing to No.10 (Anglo-Italian Summit in Florence) [arrangements for end of summit; note on extradition treaty] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Craxi of Italy) [Anglo-Italian Summit in Florence, tête-à-tête] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Anglo-Italian Summit in Florence) [Younger, Spandolini, officials] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: Home Office record of conversation (Anglo-Italian Summit in Florence) [Hurd, Scalfaro, officials] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Hurd, Younger, Geoffrey Pattie, Craxi, Andreotti, Scalfaro, Spadolini, Granelli) [Anglo-Italian Summit in Florence, plenary] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Italy: MT draft opening statement for press conference (Anglo-Italian Summit in Florence) ["...we found ourselves substantially in agreement..."; deletes joke about Sikorsky helicopter] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 12 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Joint Press Conference with Italian Prime Minister (Bettino Craxi) |
|
86 Mar 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French elections: Mitterrand") ["...undiminished appetite for power... expressed satisfaction about the state of Anglo-French relations..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 10th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1605Z) ("Libya") (NSPG 0129) [planning response to Libyan threats against US forces in the Gulf of Sidra; possible request to MT for use of UK-based F-111s; NSDD to be drawn up] [declassified Dec 2005] |
|
86 Mar 19 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Chirac) [British hostages in Lebanon, Chirac's visit] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
86 Mar 22 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Terrorism: Oliver North memo for Poindexter ("US-UK Bilateral Talks on Terrorism, March 5, 1986") [topics covered by "semi-annual and very frank talks with the UK on terrorism"] [declassified 2008] |
|
86 Mar 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to King PS ("Force Levels in Northern Ireland") [provision of additional infantry battalion] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 24 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Glenholmes affair) [Home Secretary to make statement] [released 2017] |
|
86 Mar 24 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for The Times |
|
86 Mar 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 13th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, British Leyland) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Mar 25 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Glenholmes affair) [US operations in Gulf, review of extradition procedures] [released 2017] |
|
86 Mar 26 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya) [US action, MT backs Reagan] [released 2017] |
|
86 Mar 29 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland") [unionist attitudes to Anglo-Irish Agreement, unionist marches, contingency plans for strike] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 1 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Korea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of President Chun Doo Hwan of the Republic of Korea") [comments on draft MT dinner speech] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
86 Apr 2 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute: Flesher to Powell, Wicks, MT (Tom King proposal for candidates at Northern Ireland Assembly and District Council elections to denounce terrorism) ["...obvious attractions but... implications for electoral law... [and] problems in making the requirement stick..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 5 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland") [situation over Easter; intimidation of RUC families; Molyneaux/Paisley letter; parades; election legislation] [released Jul 2017] |
|
86 Apr 6 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: Poindexter memo for President Reagan ("Response to Libyan Terrorist Attacks") [recommendations of Terrorist Operations Sub-Group after Berlin disco bombing] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Northern Ireland Office briefing for MT (Prime Minister's meeting with Lord Brookeborough and Lord Moyola to discuss the current political situation in Northern Ireland) [Anglo-Irish Agreement; devolution; dialogue with unionists] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tom King) ["Northern Ireland": security; dialogue with unionists] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office record of conversation (dialogue with the unionists) [Robert Armstrong, Irish Ambassador] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: North memo for Fortier ("Next steps re Libya") [decisions needed in afternoon meeting] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Northern Ireland bombings, clashes in Wapping, law and order) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: North, Teicher & Stark memo for Poindexter ("Next steps: Libya") [draft memo for the President] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: North, Teicher & Stark memo for Fortier ("Next steps re Libya") [draft letters to European leaders] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: President Reagan letter to MT ("Response to Libyan terrorism") [seeks support for use of British based FB-111s to respond to Libyan attacks] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 8 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (attacks on RUC homes in Northern Ireland, prison officer strikes, industry, education) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Apr 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Your meeting with Genscher, 11-12 April: political situation in the FRG") [briefing for Howe] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Northern Ireland") ["...events of Easter Monday and the attacks by loyalist elements on members of the [RUC]... increasing polarisation in the unionist community and the question... [of] dialogue with the Government"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Mark Addison minute to MT (Guinness kidnapping) [PIRA believed responsible] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [reply to MT's points] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: MT letter to US Ambassador to West Germany Richard Burt (Berlin bomb) ["horrified … by the dreadful incident"] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 9 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (economy, Northern Ireland, education) [papers dominated by latest terrorist outrages] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
South Africa: P.W. Botha message to MT (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) [Mandela's release should not be accompanied by an increase in violence] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [thanks for seeing Walters] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: North, Stark & others memo for Poindexter ("Letters regarding Libyan terrorism") [presidential letters to Mitterrand, Chirac, Kohl, Craxi, Gonzalez & MT] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 10 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Northern Ireland, GLC, Fulham by-election) [Reagan on brink of retaliation] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [thanks for her decision; targets] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: North, Stark & others memo for Poindexter (Libya) [message to Lubbers; instructions for Walters] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: UPI report (Libya) [reports from Washingon that Weinberger dissenting from Libyan attack; MT asked for permission to use FB-111s] |
|
86 Apr 11 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Fulham by-election, economy) [US fleet on battle alert] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 12 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: President Reagan letter to President Mitterrand (requests immediate decision on overflight request) [warns against "luke-warm support or no support at all from our closest allies"] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 12 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: Poindexter telegram to Vernon Walters ("Special instructions for Presidential Emissary Walters") [request overflight for FB-111s flying from UK (request then cancelled but too late)] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 13 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: Spanish PM Gonzalez letter to President Reagan (Libyan terrorism) ["I consider inappropriate the resorting to this type of war actions" (sic)] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 14 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to State (“Oakley meeting at FCO, April 14”) [UK government working on “convincing justification” for intervention] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Government Buildings: George Young letter to Howe (International Conference Centre) [proposed catergories of organisations to be excluded from using the ICC] [released Jul 2015] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: USE The Hague to State Department ("EC Foreign Ministers April 14 Statement on Terrorism") ["gravely concerned … the twelve underline the need for restraint on all sides"] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: Poindexter telegram to Robert Armstrong (Libyan raid) [President "sincerely appreciates" MT's stand; ""we will do everything possible to help you"] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: President Reagan letter to Egyptian President Mubarak (Libyan terrorism) [explains US action] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 15th (Libya, Shops Bill) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to State (“Thatcher defends UK support for US strike”) [“Thatcher did not give Washington carte blanche”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: UKE Washington telegram 948 to FCO (0350Z) (“Libya crisis”) [text of Reagan broadcast] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: UKE Washington telegram 949 to FCO (0425Z) (“Libya crisis: Shultz/Weinberger press conference”) [“tolerance or appeasement of aggression has historically brought more aggression”] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: FCO briefing (“Colonel Quadhafi support for terrorism”) [“Quadhafi said that he would train, arm and protect Arab guerillas and other volunteers for ‘suicide and terrorist missions’”] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: Stephen Sherbourne minute to MT (“Your speech tomorrow (Wednesday)”) [concerns over Reagan “provoking Qadhafi” … “people are unconvinced about what precisely and how much the US action will achieve”] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: US Information Service fact sheet (Libya) [US acting in self-defence, Reagan on US successes, questions and answers] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, law and order, economy) [Reagan attacks terrorist targets] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Press |
Key |
Shultz (George) |
Cold War: US bombing of Libya (Shultz memoirs) |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Apr 15 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Stmnt: [US bombing of Libya] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Helmut Schmidt letter to MT (Final Statement by the Interaction Council) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("Reply to President Botha") [draft reply: "have to make Botha feel that his efforts are appreciated... [but] bring home to him... that he must deal direct with the [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group]"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Multimedia |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [US bombing of Libya] [audio] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: North, et al memo for Poindexter ("NSDD: Counter-Terrorist Operations against Libya") [targetting & additional planning] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: Poindexter telegram to Robert Armstrong (Libyan raid) [President agrees with MT’s understanding of the situation] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to State (“Socialist International condemns US attack”) [“urges the US to ‘provide the evidence’ supporting terrorist claims against Libya”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to State (“Anglo-Soviet relations so far unaffected by British support for US strikes on Libya”) [“Soviets have taken no action against the UK”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to State (“Libya - further UK reaction”) [Conservatives have “closed ranks”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: US Ambassador London telegram to Secretary Shultz (“Briefing the British”) [“The British should not feel shortchanged on privately communicated technical information”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to White House (“Libya - Support from Prime Minister Thatcher”) [“She could hardly have been more resolute as an ally and a friend”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Dublin to State (“Local reaction to US attack on Libya”) [“Irish Arab Liberation organisation” threats to retaliate] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: US Consul Edinburgh to State (“Reaction in Scotland to US action against Libya”) [demonstrations outside consulate] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Consul Belfast to State (“Sinn Fein protests Libyan bombing”) [“call on the US administration to cease all such acts of aggression”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Vienna to State (“US strike against Libya: Austrian reaction”) [initial reactions not favourable] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: UKE Washington telegram 978 to FCO (2359Z) (“US/Libya”) [US administration is “immensely appreciative”; "future benefits for us"] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: MT draft speech (Libya House of Commons debate) [government’s decision to support US military action, “taken in self-defence, against terrorist targets in Libya”] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: MT notes for speech (Libya House of Commons debate) [evidence we have of Libyan complicity] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: No.10 minute (Tony Baldry phone call) [opinion in Upper Heyford on US military action] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Sunday trading) [only Canada, Israel, UK back US] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 16 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S: [US bombing of Libya] |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Chronology |
Major |
[Chronology] |
Hindawi affair - Syrian attempt to bomb El Al 747 at Heathrow |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: North, et al memo for Poindexter ("CABO Cable to PM Thatcher and Message from you to Bianco") ["disappointment and confusion over the exact policy of France towards Libya"] [declassified 2005] |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 16th (Queen’s birthday, Parliamentary Affairs, Libya, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to State (“Soviets low key in protest to Britain over support for US strikes in Libya”) [“a ‘routine, low key’”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Sierra Leone to State (“Unofficial GOSL reaction to Libyan situation”) [GOSL not likely to take a public position on the bombing] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: FCO situation report (“Libya: Sitrep No.7: 17 April 1986 (0630Z)”) [Tripoli, Gaddafi, European reactions, Libyans in UK, British hostages Beirut, Public Reaction, US evacuation Sudan] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: Sir Geoffrey Howe letter to Conservative MPs (government position on Libyan crisis) [evidence of Libyan-sponsored terrorism] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy) [party split 2-1 on US action] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 17 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
South Africa: MT message to P.W. Botha (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) [should signal interest in Group's Negotiating Concept] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: King PS letter to No.10 (Police Federation for Northern Ireland) [Eldon Griffiths MP proposal that MT meet with the Federation; records of Ministerial conversations with the Federation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons' 'negotiating concept') ["worth making a serious effort... rising chorus of calls for economic sanctions... would encourage you to explore with the Group exactly what a suspension of violence would entail"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (UK hostages killed in Beirut) ["deeply grieved"; "direct Libyan role in their deaths"; French & Spanish "fully prepared to take more profound action to remove Qadhafi from power"] [declassified 2008] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to State (“Libya: UK reaction III”) [British deaths in Beirut, Heathrow bomb attempt “fueled further controversy over the Libya raid”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE London to State (“Security Council: United Kingdom confirms it will vote ‘no’ on resolution on central MED”) [resolution condemning US action fails to recognize Libyan involvement in terrorism] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Consul Belfast to State (“Sinn Fein/IRA attack US British, and Irish Governments and defend Gadaffi in more explicit terms than usual”) [adoption of “a more prominent apologist role on Libya than is ordinarily the case”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Sofia to State (“Bulgarian demarche to Uk on Libyan situation”) [concern over use of British bases] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Beijing to State (“Chinese tilt toward Libya: Embassy Security issue”) [additional security for US missions and personnel] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: MT letter to US Ambassador to UK Charlie Price (thanks for his letter) ["vital to stand up to terrorism even though the price can be very harsh, as the murder of the hostages has shown"] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: Caspar Weinberger letter to MT (action in Libya) [“Your courage and strength is a source of great inspiration to all of us”] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya) [papers dominated by latest terrorist outrages] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Libya will dominate) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 18 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks visiting Finchley (Libya) |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Armstrong minute for Powell (“Tokyo Economic Summit: Political Issues”) [MT found the draft statement “rather weak”] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 minute to MT ("Meeting with Sir Eldon Griffiths") [attacks on the RUC; Tom King keen to be present at meeting but Policy Unit advises against] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hawke) [Libya; New Zealand ship visits; South Africa; South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone; Australian Bicentennial] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Hong Kong: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary, 22 April") [UK citizenship for Hong Kong businessmen; Sikh extremist activity] [released Jul 2017] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Australia: No. 10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Hawke of Australia) [US actions against Lybia, New Zaeland ship visits, South Africa, South Pacific nuclear free zone] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Dublin to State (“Libya - further Irish reaction”) [Fianna Fail more critical, alleging military aggression] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: US Consul Edinburgh to State (“Demonstration against US raid on Libya”) [number of protestors, police action] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Madrid to State (“International democrat union statement in support of US action in Libya”) [scourge of terrorism] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: MT letter to Dr David Owen (responds to his letter of 17 Apr) ["I reserved the position of the UK on any question of further action which might be more general or less clearly directed against terrrorism"] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy, Northern Ireland) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [Libya dominates, Queen’s birthday] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letter to Dr David Owen MP (US bombing of Libya) |
|
86 Apr 21 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Granada Television |
|
86 Apr 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [Libya and IRA; security situation; Molyneaux/Paisley; Intergovernmental Conference; RUC] [released Jul 2017] |
|
86 Apr 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Consul Belfast to State (“London Times editorial on extradition treaty”) [political reaction to UK decision to allow US use of military bases] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: USE Buenos Aires to State (“Demonstration at US stand - international book fair, Beunos Aires”) [three political groups identified as organisers] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 22 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, domestic politics, industry) [Europe finally acts on Libyan terrorism] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 22 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Apr 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tom King) [situation in wake of Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 23 We |
Press |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Peter Barry press statement (murder of RUC member) [condemns PIRA attack] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: US Ambassador London telegram to Secretary Weinberger (“London press conference on Libya”) [“Thatcher urgently needs our help in convincing the UK public”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 23 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Labour’s new programme) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Eldon Griffiths) [role of the RUC in wake of Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 17th (Wallis Simpson’s death, Prince Andrew’s marriage, Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, British Leyland) [confidential annex on immigration controls at London Airport] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (State Department) |
Libya: State to USE London (“Deputy Secretary Whitehead’s meeting with Sir Geoffrey Howe, April 18, 1986”) [“Howe said the UK had paid a high doemstic, politcal price for its action on Libya”] [declassified 2013] |
|
86 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: MT letter to Paul Johnson (thanks for writing) ["a very difficult time for me … your booklet on the seven deadly sins of Terrorism most helpful … sapping the will of civilisation to resist"] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 Apr 24 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy, domestic politics) [“Reagan warns Libya that no-one can kill Americans and brag about it”] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 24 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Apr 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with M Jacques Chirac: 26 April") [French domestic politics, Chirac's policies, Libya, east-west issues and arms control, bilateral issues] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
86 Apr 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Libya raid, Tokyo Summit) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 25 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Duchess of Windsor death, Libya) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 25 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Trivial |
Margaret Thatcher |
Remarks visiting Sunderland (terrorism) |
|
86 Apr 26 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Korea: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Speeches in Korea") [MT visit] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
86 Apr 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit: Mr Nakasone’s Political Prospects”) [Japanese domestic policy, economy, terrorism, Libya] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: FCO minute for Powell (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [draft reply to Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone’s letter to MT] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Powell letter to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [MT disappointed with draft speaking note on economic issues] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (terrorism, law and order, domestic politics) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 28 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [Libya, Economic Summit, Northern Ireland] [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 28 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Written Interview for Newsweek International (Libyan raid) |
|
86 Apr 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: FCO minute for Powell (“Tokyo Economic Summit: International Terrorism”) [draft of the summit statement & draft telegram to President Chirac] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: MT letter to Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan (the forthcoming Tokyo Economic Summit: economic issues & terrorism) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Northern Ireland Secretary") [meeting with Molyneaux and Paisley; Intergovernmental Conference; contingency plans for industrial disruption] [released Jul 2017] |
|
86 Apr 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan message for MT (the forthcoming Tokyo Summit: talks on terrorism and economic issues) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: UKHC Ottawa to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [meetings about the summit: terrorism, agriculture, expansion of G5] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Chernobyl disaster, Cabinet reshuffle) [released 2017] |
|
86 Apr 29 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Apr 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Economic policy: Powell minute for MT (“Economic Summit: Briefing Meeting”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO (“Japan: Terrorism”) [declaration drafting] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Howe minute for MT (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [UK line on summit topics] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Powell letter to FCO (“Tokyo Economic Summit: International Terrorism”) [MT views on draft summit statement] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Apr 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Soviet Ambassador) [Gorbachev's message: Tokyo Economic Summit, East-West relations, arms control, terrorism, Chernobyl accident] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
86 Apr 30 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Chernobyl disaster, prison dispute) [“Worst nuclear accident in history”] [released 2017] |
|
86 May 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: FCO briefing for MT (Tokyo Summit: Soviet Nuclear Accident & International Terrorism) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: No.10 record of conversation (briefing meeting for Tokyo Economic Summit) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
South Africa: P.W. Botha message to MT (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) [response to Group's Negotiating Concept] [released 2017] |
|
86 May 1 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 18th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: UKE Tokyo minute for Prime Minister’s Party in Seoul (“Maekawa Report: Japanese Government Follow-up”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: US draft (“Terrorism and the Summit Partners: Some Thoughts by the United States”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 2 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: George Younger minute to MT ("Northern Ireland: Agent Resettlement") [agent has disappeared, a high priority target for PIRA] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 3 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Thomas, Giffard) [Tokyo Economic Summit: terrorism] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 3 Sa |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Powell minute for Thomas (Tokyo economic summit: representatives and arrangements) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 3 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference in Seoul |
|
86 May 4 Su |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Reagan) [Libya, Middle East, South Africa, Ireland, Japan, East/West relations, Soviet nuclear accident, EC/US, Korea] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 4 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War, Libya, etc: White House record of conversation (MT, Reagan, Shultz, Regan, Poindexter) [terrorism, Libya, Middle East, South Africa, Northern Ireland; G7, trade, East/West, Chernobyl, EC enlargement, South Korea] [declassified 2011] |
|
86 May 4 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Armstrong minute for Powell (“Tokyo Economic Summit: General Declaration”) [final draft] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Tokyo G7 Communiqué (“Tokyo Declaration: looking forward to a better future”) [statements on international terrorism, the implications of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the economic declaration] |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“Tokyo Economic Summit: International Terrorism”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“Political Declarations”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Cabinet Office minute to Powell (“Draft Declaration on International Terrorism”) [statements on international terrorism] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Key |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor Kohl) [GATT Round, European Community Budget, CAP, EC/US, East/West relations] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to Israel: speech") ["...the Prime Minister's stock is very high here... I think [MT] should seek to stretch the limits of what Israelis regard as 'thinkable'"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for ITN (Tokyo G7) |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for IRN (Tokyo G7) |
|
86 May 5 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference after Tokyo G7 |
|
86 May 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: MT notes (“Actions against Terrorism”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 6 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (G7 Summit, Libya, Chernobyl, top salaries) [released 2017] |
|
86 May 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: UKE Tokyo to FCO (“Tokyo Summit: Immediate Reactions in Japan”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 7 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: Powell minute to FCO (“Economic Summit: Statement”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 8 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Declarations by Candidates in Northern Ireland Elections") [consultation on proposal that candidates take an oath to neither support nor assist activities of proscribed organisations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 8 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 May 8 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Stmnt: [Tokyo G7 Summit] |
|
86 May 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: MT letter to UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar (Tokyo Economic Summit: international terrorism, the developing countries, trade protectionism) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 9 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: FCO minute for Powell (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [letter from UN Secretary General: draft reply] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 minute to MT ("Visit to Israel") [proposed agenda for discussions from Shimon Peres via Israeli Ambassador] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: Cradock minute to Powell ("Prime Minister's visit to Israel") ["...worried that our Middle East policy is [coming to be] seen as virtually indistinguishable from that of the United States, even that of Israel..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 12 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending policy, Chernobyl, economy, industry) [released 2017] |
|
86 May 13 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 May 14 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at lunch for UN Secretary General (Perez de Cuellar) |
|
86 May 15 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE the Hague telegram to FCO ("European political cooperation: political committee: the Hague, 14-15 May: Arab-Israel") [eve of MT visit to Israel, May 1986; UK protests, but outvoted, on prospect of EU President meeting with Arafat] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 15 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 May 16 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: FCO minute for Powell (“Letter to the Prime Minister from the Inter Action Council”) [draft reply] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 18 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 minute to MT ("Visit to Israel: speeches") [MT unhappy with draft: "...if I were to make this speech, I should have no chance whatsoever of influencing the government behind the scenes..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: MT letter to President Hussain Mohammad Ershad of Bangladesh (Tokyo Economic Summit: declaration) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE Washington telegram 1350 to FCO (2340Z) ("US/Syria: Asad interview") [comments on Israel, on eve of MT's visit there in May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to Israel: briefing meeting") [Occupied Territories; Jordan; EC Presidency; Syria; Lebanon; Anglo-Israeli research foundation; counter-terrorism. arms & oil trade embargo; Argentina] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (South Africa raids on Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia) ["continuation of... violence... as a form of pressure in the negotiating process... need for Governments... publicly to denounce the ANC... certain countries in Southern Africa continue to harbour terrorists... South African security forces were left with no option"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
86 May 19 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (terrorism, tourism, Conservative leadership, pay reviews) [released 2017] |
|
86 May 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
G7: MT letter to Helmut Schmidt (the Inter Action Council statement: topics relevant to the Tokyo Economic Summit) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 May 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
South Africa: P.W. Botha message to MT (violence) [violence should not be used as a bargaining chip] [released 2017] |
|
86 May 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE Washington telegram 1353 to FCO (0800Z) ("UK/US analysts talk on Syria: 20 May") ["...main points of agreement reached..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("The Prime Minister's visit: issues: Jordan/PLO") [MT visit to Israel, May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's statement on foreign affairs to the Knesset") [Shimon Peres on terrorism, Syria, Lebanon, the Marshall Plan, Egypt, PLO/Jordan; on eve of MT visit to Israel] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE Cairo telegram to FCO ("Egypt/Middle East") [Egyptian policy on MT forthcoming visit to Israel terrorism, Jordan/Palestine, Taba, Gaza, Syria/Iraq, Middle East development plan] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: Powell minute to Ingham ("Prime Minister's visit to Israel: Lobby briefing") ["The most important thing about the visit is the fact that it is taking place... we have no illusion that the visit will in itself move the peace process forward significantly"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 20 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Libya: MT to Bob Dole (support for US military action) [“the Administration was right to take firm action against terrorism, and I have no reservations about the part which the United Kingdom was able to play”] [released Jan 2017] |
|
86 May 22 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE Cairo telegram to FCO ("Egyptian views on Arab/Israel") [MT visit to Israel, May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 23 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: MT letter to Julian Amery MP (Prime Minister's visit to Israel, May 1986) ["...your thoughts about what I might say in Israel"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 23 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for CBS |
|
86 May 25 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Yitzhak Shamir) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: PLO, Jordan] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 25 Su |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Shimon Peres) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: Gazan, Jordan, Syria, Marshall Plan, Iran/Iraq, US role] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 25 Su |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at dinner given by Israeli Prime Minister (Shimon Peres) |
|
86 May 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Yitzhak Rabin) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Palestinian delegation) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: focus on roles of PLO and Jordan in negotiations with Israeli government] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 26 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Palestinians: 26 May") [MT visit to Israel: focus on roles of PLO and Jordan in negotiations with Israeli government] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 27 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Shimon Peres) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986: meeting with Palestinian delegation; West Bank; Gaza; Lebanon; US hostages; Jordan; USSR; SALT II] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 27 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Press Conference ending visit to Israel |
|
86 May 27 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for ITN (visiting Israel) |
|
86 May 27 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for IRN (visiting Israel) |
|
86 May 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKA Jerusalem telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's meeting with Palestinians") ["All greatly appreciated the opportunity to meet Mrs Thatcher, and her comprehension of their concerns"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKA Jerusalem telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit: Occupied Territories") [controversy over MT comments on alternative leadership to PLO, during May 1986 visit] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Syria, Libya, terrorism: NSC notes of conversation (NSC officials, Cradock & Acland) [Syria, Lebanon, terrorism] [declassified 2011] |
|
86 May 28 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (MT’s trip to Israel, litter, industry, terrorism) [released 2017] |
|
86 May 30 Fr |
Chronology |
Major |
[Chronology] |
Stalker suspended |
|
86 May 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: UKE Amman telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to Israel") ["King Hussein is very grateful for... [MT's] efforts on Israel and looks forward to their meeting in London on 17 June"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 May 30 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (trespass, warship design, litter, Labour party failures) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 3 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Jun 4 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Women’s Conference |
|
86 Jun 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Parliament: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Confidentiality of Normal Vetting (NV)") ["If, as a result of a breach, it became necessary to discuss NV with the Defence Committee... there should be no reference to the role of the police, who have co-operated... on the understanding that the practice would remain confidential"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
86 Jun 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Egypt: FCO record of conversation (1200Z) (Howe, Osama al-Baz) [Egyptian national security advisor: Middle East peace process/role of PLO; Egyptian economy] [released Jul 2018] |
|
86 Jun 5 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Egypt: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Dr. Osama al-Baz") [Egyptian national security advisor: Middle East peace process/role of PLO; EC Presidency] [released Jul 2018] |
|
86 Jun 11 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Northern Ireland: John Rodgers letter to Michael Havers (Joint Irish Courts) [membership of three-man courts] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Jun 12 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Brighton trial, law and order, education) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 12 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Jun 13 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, Labour party) [“Seen to be on the brink of a bloodbath”] [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 13 Fr |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Channel 4 News |
|
86 Jun 16 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Israel: No.10 minute to MT (Israeli record of Peres/Mrs Thatcher discussions) [MT visit to Israel, May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Jun 19 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa sanctions, World Cup, law and order) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 20 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa sanctions, arms control, post-Chernobyl, strategy team) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 23 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, lamb, pay, economy, defence) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 23 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Minor |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Woman magazine |
|
86 Jun 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Egypt: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Abu Ghazala) [defence sales; situation in Egypt; Sudan; Libya; Iran/Iraq] [released Jul 2018] |
|
86 Jun 24 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, journalist expelled, Brighton bombers jailed) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 25 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, domestic politics, Northern Ireland) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 25 We |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Forbes Magazine |
|
86 Jun 26 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa apartheid, health policy, law and order) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jun 27 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Talks with President von Weizsacker: 2 July") [to discuss: east/west relations, Berlin, terrorism, South Africa, European Community issues] [declassified Dec 2016] |
|
86 Jun 27 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, Robert Armstrong, Walker speech on nuclear power) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jul 7 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Soviet Foreign Minister: Call on Prime Minister on 14 July (1500-1630)") [draft programme; attendees] [released Dec 2016] |
|
86 Jul 7 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
|
86 Jul 8 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for The Guardian |
|
86 Jul 14 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Shevardnadze") [main issues] [released Dec 2016] |
|
86 Jul 14 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Shevardnadze, Cartledge) [message from Gorbachev ; East/West relations & arms control; human rights; terrorism; Afghanistan; Chernobyl] [released Dec 2016] |
|
86 Jul 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (by-election, secretarial allowances, South Africa, Commonwealth Games) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jul 18 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (South Africa, Commonwealth conference, by-election, MPs’ allowances) [released 2017] |
|
86 Jul 19 Sa |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Sunday Telegraph |
|
86 Jul 29 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: MT letter to President Chirac (INLA arrests) ["an immense encouragement to all those engaged in combatting terrorism in Ireland and elsewhere"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Aug 13 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: Baroness Young PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: President Botha's speech") ["the defensive line our News Department will take today, about which we have consulted Geoffrey Howe"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
86 Aug 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
South Africa: No.10 minute to MT ("Tambo") [meeting with Howe; MT: "I doubt the wisdom of seeing him in London... No F.C.S has ever met the head of a terrorist organisation before - so I presume he is only seeing him as President of the E.E.C. Council of Ministers"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
|
86 Aug 14 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1503Z) ("Libya") (NSPG 0137) [Tripoli raid judged more successful than hoped] [declassified Dec 2005] |
|
86 Aug 21 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Iran: No.10 minute to MT ("Iran") [consequences of recent terrorist incident for defence sales] [released Jul 2018] |
|
86 Sep 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: MT letter to Prime Minister Chirac (bomb attack on the Hotel de Ville, Paris) [expressions of sympathy and solidarity] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Sep 10 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Egypt: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Lutfi, Urwick, Shrarah) [Egyptian economy/IMF; Taba negotiations; Arab/Israel; terrorism; GATT negotiations; bilateral relations] [released Dec 2014] |
|
86 Sep 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Norway: No.10 record of conversation (MT, UK Ambassador, No.10 officials, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian Ministers & Ambassador) [East/West relations; Norway/EC; Acid Rain; South Africa; North Sea Oil"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
86 Sep 12 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Norway: Ingham minute to MT ("Your press conference") [MT visit to Norway] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
86 Sep 15 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (SDP conference, terrorism, BBC programming row, economy) [released 2017] |
|
86 Sep 16 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Joint Press Conference with West German Chancellor (Helmut Kohl) (visiting Bonn) |
|
86 Sep 18 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Sunday Mirror |
|
86 Sep 19 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: UKE Ankara telegram 457 to FCO (1517Z) ("Farewell Call on President Evren") [declassified July 2016] |
|
86 Sep 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Germany: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Younger, German Defence Minister) [US isolationism; General Political Guidelines on nuclear weapons; France; Libya; new tank technology; chemical weapons; conventional defence; SDI; TNW; European security; equipment collaboration; SP70; INF; environmental impact of training areas] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Sep 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Norway: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Prime Minister's visit to Norway") ["A successful visit despite the well publicised demonstrations"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
86 Sep 22 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [miners’ strike, Liberal assembly, east-west relations, economy] [released 2017] |
|
86 Sep 23 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (party conferences, arms talks, drugs) [released 2017] |
|
86 Sep 24 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Prime Minister Chirac letter to MT (recent terrorist incidents in France) [thanks for expressions of sympathy and solidarity] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Sep 24 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Terrorism in France") ["public anxiety continues. Coherence of French Middle East policy questioned"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Sep 24 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Liberals/Alliance issues on defence, Labour and NATO, football) [released 2017] |
|
86 Sep 25 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Liberals/SDP defence policy non-existent, coalition talks, latest polls, Edwina Currie) [released 2017] |
|
86 Sep 26 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Owen rules out merger with Liberals, Rover shake-up, economy) [released 2017] |
|
86 Sep 29 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("French Ambassador's farewell call on the Prime Minister: 17.30 on 30 September") ["current major concerns are terrorism and [Lebanon]"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Oct 1 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Oct 2 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 32nd (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Oct 6 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Howe minute to MT (“London European Council: 5-6 December”) [proposed agenda] [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Oct 7 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 (“White Paper: Developments in the European Community: January-June 1986”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Oct 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Turkey: Lord Wolfson letter for MT (Memorial Service for the victims of the attack in Istanbul) [declassified July 2016] |
|
86 Oct 10 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Whitelaw memo circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 20 (The Queen’s speeches on the prorogation and opening of Parliament) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Oct 13 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, industry, terrorism) [released 2017] |
|
86 Oct 13 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Cabinet Office briefing for Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's meeting with President Mitterrand") [points on the EC to keep in mind: relations with France, European Council, EC financing] [declassified Feb 2019] |
|
86 Oct 15 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [Intergovernmental Conference; Chiefs of Staff; dialogue with Unionists; Stalker case; FitzGerald government] [released Jul 2017] |
|
86 Oct 15 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with President Mitterrand") [Mitterrand seeking to upstage Chirac, Reagan's nuclear weapons proposals, EC issues, agriculture, Middle East] [declassified Feb 2019] |
|
86 Oct 15 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("President Mitterrand's Visit") [main focus to be post-Reykjavik and EC issues] [declassified Feb 2019] |
|
86 Oct 16 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [European Council themes of terrorism, drugs, immigration, enterprise; Japan; trade; Syria] [declassified Feb 2019] |
|
86 Oct 21 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Press Digest for MT (situation in schools, industry, unemployment, BBC) [released 2017] |
|
86 Oct 22 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Oct 23 Th |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Oct 28 Tu |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Major |
Margaret Thatcher |
House of Commons PQs |
|
86 Oct 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Norman Tebbit to Marmaduke Hussey (analysis of BBC coverage of Libya raid) [questions “whether an increasingly subjective and confrontational style of BBC news coverage is appropriate for a public service broadcasting system”] [released 2017] |
|
86 Oct 30 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Conservative Central Office analysis (“Media Monitoring”) [detailed comparison between BBC and ITN coverage of US raid on Tripoli] [released 2017] |
|
86 Nov 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (“The BBC”) [stronger and weaker aspects of BBC response to CCO complaint] [released 2017] |
|
86 Nov 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Conservative Central Office statement (Tebbit on alleged BBC bias) [initial reaction to BBC response; promises fuller analysis later] [released 2017] |
|
86 Nov 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Middle East: State Department telegram to London Embassy (US-UK next steps on Syria) [declassified 2000] |
|
86 Nov 5 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Ridgway briefing for Secretary of State Shultz (meeting with Foreign Secretary Howe) [declassified 2000] |
|
86 Nov 6 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: US Embassy Vienna to State Department (Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting - day 1) [declassified 2000] |
|
86 Nov 7 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: US Embassy Vienna to State Department (Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting - day 2) [declassified 2000] |
|
86 Nov 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 213 to UKDEL NATO (1215Z) ("North Atlantic Council Ministerial, 11-12 December: Communique") [Reykjavik; arms control; CSCE; Afghanistan; international terrorism] [released July 2016] |
|
86 Nov 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(86) 23 (The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of the New Session) [declassified Dec 2014] |
|
86 Nov 10 Mo |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Falklands: State Department to US Embassies (British statement on Falklands fisheries) [declassified 2000] |
|
86 Nov 10 Mo |
Speeches, interviews, etc. |
Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet |
|
86 Nov 11 Tu |
Declassified documents |
Minor |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Middle East: State Department telegram (EC statement on Syrian terrorism) [unclassified] |
|
86 Nov 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Soviet Ambassador's Call on the Prime Minister: 13 November") [arms control, Syria/terrorism, CSCE/human rights, UK-Soviet relations] [declassified Jul 2017] |
|
86 Nov 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Reagan Library) |
Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000] |
|
86 Nov 12 We |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Cabinet: Community Affairs”) [declassified 2014] |
|
86 Nov 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (TNA) |
France: UKE Paris telegram 1203 to FCO (1824Z) ("France and the Middle East") [criticisms of French policy, French objectives for Lebanon, Arab/Israel dispute, inconsistencies in approach] [declassified Jul 2016] |
|
86 Nov 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (“The Chairman and the BBC”) [has warned Tebbit that MT would prefer him not to send his letter to BBC; suggests she see him in person] [released 2017] |
|
86 Nov 13 Th |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Nigel Wicks minute for MT (points for meeting with Tebbit) [“I see a danger of some elements of this episode repeating the Westland troubles. A colleague with an obsession, doing things difficult to reconcile with collective responsibility”] [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Stephen Sherbourne minute for MT (Hurd-Kaufman correspondence) [briefing for PMQs] [released 2017] |
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86 Nov 14 Fr |
Declassified documents |
Major |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Media: Stephen Sherbourne notes on conversation (meeting with Tebbit on BBC) [main points discussed] [released 2017] |