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PDF 85 Oct 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT message to President Reagan (1040Z) (US/Soviet Talks) [meeting of the seven economic summit countries to discuss Reagan's forthcoming meeting with Gorbachev] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Kohl) [Charles Powell highlights passages for MT on economic Summit Seven lunch; arms control; SDI research; discussion of MT dismay over Kohl's failure to observe "special confidence" in regard to draft treaty on PoCo and security matters; UK/FRG relationship; Luxembourg Council] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Powell minute for MT (Anglo-German proposal on MBFR: draft reply to President Reagan's letter) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Commonwealth: Howe minute to MT ("South Africa at CHOGM") ["a note on the action being taken to manage the South African issue in the run-up to CHOGM and at the meeting itself"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Geneva Talks: Soviet Counter-Proposals") [preliminary analysis & advice on UK response] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (internal reform) [defence of record] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (President Machel visit to London) [aid to Mozambique, sanctions against South Africa] [declassified 2014]
Info only 85 Oct 7 Mo Chronology Major [Chronology] Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro hijacked by Palestinian terrorists (arrested on Sicily 11 Oct)
PDF 85 Oct 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT letter for President Reagan (Anglo-German proposal on MBFR: her views) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell (Anglo-German proposal on MBFR: MT's draft reply to President Reagan) [declassified 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 85 Oct 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe draft letter to Shultz (US/Soviet Summit in Geneva: Soviet counter-proposals) [outline of Howe's initial impressions of the proposals; Charles Powell advises redraft to emphasise need for US to present fresh proposals of their own] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: FCO minute to No.10 (“Possible Meeting between the Prime Minister and President Reagan in New York”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Debate on the Address") [Queen's Speech on the Opening of Parliament: proposed topics for MT speech for the Debate] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 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]
Text 85 Oct 11 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech to Conservative Party Conference
Text 85 Oct 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Gorbachev to Reagan (maintain usual diplomatic channels) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Oct 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Nyerere letter to MT (Commonwealth strategy on apartheid) [sanctions] [declassified 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 85 Oct 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (thanks for birthday message) [hopes "understanding can be enlarged" and talks with Reagan are fruitful] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) USSR: UKMIS Geneva telegram 428 to FCO (1058Z) ("US/Soviet Summit: Joint Statement") ["They agreed about the need to improve U.S.-Soviet relations and the international situation as a whole"] [released 2017]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1730Z) ("Briefing on President's Participation in UNGA [UN General Assembly]") (NSC 0124) [discussion of upcoming bilateral with MT; President noted "the Thatcher Government has been a true friend and currently faces major economic problems ... anything we can do would be helpful"; unitary taxation] [declassified Spt 2017]
Text 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) South Africa: NSC memorandum for McFarlane (“Public Diplomacy Program for South Africa”) [declassified 1999]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 85 Oct 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe to UKDEL Nassau (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with President Reagan: Arms Control Aspects”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Shultz briefing for Reagan ("Your meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher") [British worries, US goals; talking points] [declassified 2007]
Text 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (regional conflicts) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: Howe to UKDEL Nassau (“President Reagan’s Address to UNGA 24 October”) [US-Soviet relations, regional conficts] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: UKE Washington telegram 4 to FCO (1345Z) (“MBFR”) [UK proposals on arms control] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Afghanistan: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Nigel Wicks ("Afghanistan Talks with Reagan") [Soviet involvement in drug trade] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: McFarlane message to No.10 (MT-Reagan meeting) [two new agenda items] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (“Prime Minister’s Meeting with the UN Secretary General: Southern Africa”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 23 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: President Nyerere of Tanzania letter to MT (Inkatha’s commitment to non-violent reform) [condemns ANC and international media reporting] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 23 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks following meeting with UN Secretary-General (Perez de Cuellar)
Text 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: No.10 record of conversation ("MSE") [Charles Powell, Robert McFarlane] [declassified Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: UKMIS New York telegram 935 to FCO (2320Z) (“President Reagan’s meeting with allied leaders”) [arms control negotiations at Geneva] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference after addressing UN General Assembly
Text 85 Oct 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (visiting UN)
Text 85 Oct 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN (visiting UN)
Text 85 Oct 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for BBC (visiting UN)
Text 85 Oct 24 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for IRN (visiting UN)
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: UKE Hungary telegram to FCO ("My Call on Janos Kadar") [UK ambassador conversation preceding General Secretary János Kádár's visit to UK] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Mr Kadar: 31 October - 2 November") [General Secretary János Kádár; "the Hungarians see Kadar's visit to London as the most significant event in Anglo-Hungarian relations since the War"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) USA: No.10 record of conversation (“President Reagan’s Meeting with Allied Leaders”) [MT suggestions to Reagan: points to make to Gorbachev] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 25 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Speech to Finchley Conservatives
PDF 85 Oct 26 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1 to FCO (1800Z) ("US/Soviet Meetings in New York") [record of conversations: Reagan, Shevardnadze; Shultz, Shevardnadze] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: President Reagan letter for MT ("Arms Control: Soviet Violations") [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Oct 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (arms control verification) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Oct 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Reagan letter for MT (The Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) negotiations: the UK proposals) [declassified 2014]
PDF 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]
Text 85 Oct 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (& Kohl) (agrees to shift US view on MBFR talks) [declassified 2000]
Text 85 Oct 29 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher HC Stmnt: [Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Nassau)]
PDF 85 Oct 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message for President Reagan (Soviet violations of arms control agreement) [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Japan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Japanese Ambassador to UK) [Prince Hiro; trade issues; arms control] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: No.10 record of conversation (MT, János Kádár) [East/West relations; Gorbachev; arms control/SDI; internal politics & economy] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 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]
Text 85 Oct 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (nuclear arms) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Oct 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting) [MT sole voice of opposition to sanctions] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Africa: Lord Thomas record of conversations (apartheid, ANC resistance, sanctions; Strategic Defence Initiative) [Thomas, Oliver Tambo; Thomas, Howard Baker] [declassified 2014]
Text 85 Nov 1 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Reagan Library) South Africa: Poindexter memorandum for Armacost (“Public Diplomacy Program for South Africa”) [declassified 1999]
Text 85 Nov 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan to Gorbachev (channels of communication) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Nov 2 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to President Reagan ("President Reagan's Briefing of NATO") [MT signs off on Charles Powell's amendments to FCO draft, highlighting her recent meeting with Kadar & his insights into Gorbachev's thinking on arms control/SDI] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Robert McFarlane letter to Armstrong (arms control: President Reagan's negotiations with Gorbachev in Geneva) ["God save Margaret Thatcher"] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Ingham minute to MT ("President Reagan's Briefing of NATO") ["your voice will count for more than any other after the de-briefing... we should together consider the kind of media programme... you should undertake"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (Anglo-Irish Agreement: message from Bud McFarlane) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: President Reagan message to MT (US/Soviet Summit) [agenda; thanks for MT support] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Nov 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (failed UK bid for battlefield communications contract) [brief summary declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1469 to FCO (1700Z) ("Secretary Shultz in Moscow - 4/5 November: Summit Prospects") [record of conversations: Gorbachev, Shultz, Shevardnadze, McFarlane, Dobrynin, Hartman; and Shultz, Shevardnadze] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
Text 85 Nov 6 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher HC S: [Debate on the Address]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hungary: MT letter to General Secretary Kádár (visit to UK) [courtesy letter] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3101 to FCO (2100Z) ("Shultz's Visit to Moscow, and Summit Prospects") [analysis] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Nov 11 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet
PDF 85 Nov 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1490 to FCO (1330Z) ("Geneva Summit, 19/21 November: Final Preparations") [attendees; topics; media arrangements; outcomes] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: FCO briefing for MT ("Anglo-Irish Summit") [Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 3144 to FCO (2015Z) (Anglo-Irish Agreement: text of Reagan statement) [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT (meeting with Robert McFarlane to discuss President Reagan's address to NATO on the US/Soviet summit) [arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 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]
PDF 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]
PDF 85 Nov 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1499 to FCO (0820Z) ("Summit Preparations") [US/Soviet summit in Geneva] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3157 to FCO (0236Z) ("The Summit: Presidential Broadcast") [US/Soviet summit in Geneva: details of Reagan address to the nation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3183 to FCO (2000Z) ("Geneva Summit: Regional Issues") [US/Soviet summit: Afghanistan; Nicaragua; Angola, Ethiopia, Cambodia; the Middle East] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3180 to FCO (2356Z) ("Geneva Summit Prospects") [US/Soviet summit: analysis] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Nov 15 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Key Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with Irish Prime Minister (Dr Garret FitzGerald)
PDF 85 Nov 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Draft dodgers in Berlin") [implications] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("Mood in Dublin after the Summit") [Anglo/Irish Agreement: "Sober satisfaction..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [Channel link, China, east-west relations and arms control, European Council, CAP, EC parliament and treaty, Falklands] [declassified Feb 2019]
Text 85 Nov 18 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Joint Press Conference with French President (Francois Mitterrand)
Info only 85 Nov 19 Tu Chronology Major [Chronology] Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Geneva (ended 21 Nov)
PDF 85 Nov 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: UKE Washington telegram 3188 to FCO (0050Z) ("The Anglo-Irish Agreement: US press reactions") ["In American news terms... a one day wonder... guarded optimism"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKMIS Geneva telegram 423 to FCO (1434Z) ("Reagan/Gorbachev Summit: News Blackout") [details] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT letter to Secretary General of NATO ("Reagan/Gorbachev Summit: News Blackout") [President Reagan to address NATO meeting on outcomes of US/Soviet summit: handling of the meeting] [released Dec 2014]

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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