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PDF 86 Feb 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Presidents Speech to Parliament") ["good but still not good enough"; advice on points to stress in UK response; "I continue to believe that the President's offer on Mandela should be taken seriously"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("South Africa: President Botha's Speech to Parliament") [MT "is concerned that our public line on this speech has been rather wan": proposed line to take if questioned in Parliament] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Dr. Fritz Leutwiler) [South Africa's financial problems] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (opening address to Parliament) ["I see your speech as both constructive and courageous... The legislative measures which you announced represent concrete steps to implement change"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Nicholas Elliott (visit to South Africa) [MT acknowledges letter and asks diary secretary to schedule a meeting] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Lord Rothschild letter to No.10 (President Botha open letter to media) [South Africa newspaper clipping] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO ("European Political Cooperation: Political Committee: Presidency meeting with Pik Botha") [press statement: "grave concerns about developments in South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Privy Council Office record of conversation (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) [Whitelaw, Malcolm Fraser: "[Fraser's] hunch was that the Group was likely to recommend further action - short of full-scale sanctions"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Premier Swan ("Bermuda: sanctions against South Africa") ["we remain firmly opposed to economic and trade boycotts"; MT initially reluctant to oppose Bermudan intentions to legislate] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: FCO minute (internal): South African Department to Curran ("South Africa: Ability of the Government to Retain Control") ["getting across to blacks in South Africa and to other third world governments... the [long term] implications of sanctions for themselves"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth Group") [Eminent Persons Group: report on progress of one week visit: "so far so good"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to Dr. James Barber (scheme to bring black South African teachers of English to Durham) ["delighted to hear that this is going well"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to UKE Cape Town ("Commonwealth Group") [conversation with Lord Barber] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth Group") [schedule for visit to S. Africa] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Representations to the SAG") [UKE statement to press, protesting S. African govt actions; attached record of conversation with Deputy Foreign Minister] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("Commonwealth Group") [report on the Group's meeting with Mugabe] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("South Africa: internal") ['state of emergency' situaton report: "It is clear that President Botha's speech at the opening of Parliament has made no difference to blacks among whom further unrest is expected"] [declassified Feb 2016]
PDF 86 Feb 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Representations to the South African Government") [concerns raised by Moberly about various recent incidents/deveopments; S. African gov respond publicly; MT irate at lack of consultation with No.10] [declassified Feb 2016]

Documents lie at the core of this website, each one dated and sorted chronologically (by default) in search results. Most are images in PDF format of original paper documents scanned or filmed for the site. There also transcripts of speeches and interviews, press articles, photos, videos, and more. The document database contains tens of thousands of items and permits complex searching.

Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

Guides are articles about key events and topics. Many were written to accompany annual releases of Mrs Thatcher’s private and party papers at the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge.

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