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Category | Type | Value | Author/Source | Title |
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| 04 Jun 26 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | MT: MT to Nancy Reagan (death of her husband) ["History will view him as one of America's greatest Presidents"] |
| 91 Jan 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Conservative Party: Powell briefing for Major ("Meeting with Mrs Thatcher") [Gulf; Soviet Union; South Africa; Europe; MT visit to America; Medal of Freedom; domestic issues] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 90 Sep 9 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Bush Library) | Gulf War: White House record of conversation (President Bush-Gorbachev and others) [Helsinki plenary; negotiating joint statement] [declassified Aug 2009] |
| 90 Jun 8 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Gorbachev) [Germany; NATO/Warsaw Pact/US forces in Europe; MT visit to Kiev; US/Soviet summit; the nuclear deterrent; CSCE; Lithuania; biological weapons; Oleg Gordievsky; UK Embassy residence; Royal visit; environmental issues; the transition from socialism to a free market economy; Middle East; Israel/Soviet Jews] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 90 Apr 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Bermuda: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with President Bush") [media; Germany; NATO; arms control/defence in Europe; relations with USSR; COCOM/Project Marathon; future of Europe ; Economic Summit; Middle East; S. Africa; China/Hong Kong/Vietnam; Cyprus; Afghanistan; Kashmir; Central America; Falklands/Argentina; US/Japan] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Feb 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Meeting with Mandela") [UK Ambassador Renwick record of conversation: release of political prisoners; negotiations with ANC; sanctions; US/Soviet Union] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 90 Jan 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Margaret Thatcher interviewed about Ronald Reagan [released 2002] |
| 89 Dec 3 Su | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Bush Library) | Cold War: Bush-Kohl meeting record [memcon] (German unification) [declassified] [105K scan] |
| 89 Nov 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: UK Ambassador to US Acland letter to Permanent Under-Secretary FCO ("Meeting between President Bush and the Prime Minister at Camp David") [personal views on the Friday 24th November meeting] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 89 Nov 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Powell minute to MT ("Points for TV interviews") [lines to take on meeting with President Bush, Camp David, 24th Nov] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 89 Nov 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | USA: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Bush) [East/West relations; EC; China; Cambodia; Arab/Israel; Nicaragua; Afghanistan; Iran; Cyprus; Argentina; Defence spending; arms control; South Africa; Vietnamese refugees; India/Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Japan; Czechoslovakia; Australia/New Zealand; El Salvador] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 89 Nov 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary: visit to Washington") [points to raise with Bush; media strategy; FCO briefing appended] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 89 Nov 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Charman briefing ("ITN Award") [message about Reagan] [released Feb 2019] |
| 89 Nov 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Ingham minute ("ITN - Reagan Award") [arrangements are "not very convenient"] [released Feb 2019] |
| 89 Sep 23 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Gorbachev) [Gorbachev's assessment of current internal situation; human rights/emigration; Eastern Europe; US/Soviet relations; arms control/chemical weapons/START; NATO/CFE/SNF; bilateral issues; environmentalism;China; Japan; Middle East; German unification/Warsaw Pact] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 89 Sep 20 We | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Reagan note (thanks for good wishes) ["I'm not going to miss too many things"] [released Feb 2019] |
| 89 Jul 12 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with President Bush") [Poland and Hungary, North/South dialogue, Cyprus, China/Hong Kong, Middle East, arms control, South Africa] [released July 2017] |
| 89 Jul 10 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Powell minute to MT ("United States") [proposal to visit US in order to 'set record straight' on negative media reports] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 89 Jun 11 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Bush Library) | China, etc: White House telcon (MT-President Bush) [Bush "trying to preserve the relationship with China while speaking out against abuses"; Poland] [partially declassified 2009] |
| 89 May 19 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Reagan article | Ronald Reagan: Margaret Thatcher & the Revival of the West: Her Real Legacy [external link] |
| 89 Jan 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | MT: Ingham to Christopher Ogden ("Your Book") [MT's answers to questions for biography] [released Feb 2019] |
| 89 Jan 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT letter to President Reagan (farewell) ["You have been a great President, one of the greatest, because you stood for all that is best in America"] [released Mar 2019] |
| 89 Jan 20 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT letter to President Bush (congratulations) ["You bring to the Presidency enormous experience in Government which will be of immense value"] [released Mar 2019] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: President Reagan letter to MT (farewell) ["You have been an invaluable ally, but more than that, you are a great friend"] [released Mar 2019] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (farewell) [declassified 2000] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: MT letter to Reagan ("you stood for all that is best in America") [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Dec 22 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Reagan call to Thatcher (Lockerbie) [talking points] [unclassified] |
| 88 Dec 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Cold War: Ridgway briefing for Shultz (“Your meeting with British Prime Minister Thatcher, Wednesday, December 16 at 11:00am”) [relations with Gorbachev, Afghanistan, the Gulf, Middle East peace process, South Africa, terrorism] [declassified 2013] |
| 88 Dec 7 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: New York (Reagan-Gorbachev) Meeting (Governors Island) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Nov 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: Powell briefing for MT ("Interview with Beeld") ["the main points you will want to get across"] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 88 Nov 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Barbara Bush letter to MT (pleasure at meeting again) [remembers MT's first visit in 1981; last visit "just puts the icing on the cake for this superb President"; George W. and Laura Bush moving to Dallas] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Nov 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: UKA Washington telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's Visit to Washington: 15-17 November: A First Assessment") ["a state visit in all but name ... we love to be loved"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Nov 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Michael Miller MSS) | Cold War: Programme for MT's farewell visit to Reagan at the White House (ceremonial arrival) |
| 88 Nov 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Schedule for MT visit to White House (timings & participants) [declassified ?2000] |
| 88 Nov 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: MT draft speech for White House Banquet (farewell to Reagan) [remembers 1981 - "you told me ... that for all our economic difficulties, we would be home safe and soon enough"; cuts Churchill story] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Nov 16 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (TNA) | USA: Charles Powell conversation record (MT-President Reagan, tête-à-tête then plenary) [US deficit, Gorbachev, Latin America, START & Trident; Middle East, Soviets, Afghanistan, GATT] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: President Reagan briefing cards for MT visit (one-on-one meeting) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Schedule for MT visit to Washington [declassified ?2000] |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Colin Powell NSC briefing for President Reagan (MT visit to Washington) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Berlin issues”) [discussions with Soviets on Reagan’s Berlin initiative] [declassified 2013] |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: East-West relations”) [“Ongoing changes in East Bloc have created opportunities; but essential to maintain consistent approach to deal effectively with continued challenges to Western interests”] [declassified 2013] |
| 88 Nov 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Chemical weapons”) [Bush’s draft treaty as a basis for negotiations] [declassified 2013] |
| 88 Nov 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Powell briefing for MT ("Visit to Washington") [Reagan Day, Bush Day] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 88 Nov 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Economy: US Deputy Trade Representative briefing for President (MT visit to Washington) [declassified ?2000] |
| 88 Nov 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | US: Ridgway briefing for Shultz (“Your meeting with British Prime Minister Thatcher, Wednesday, November 16, 2:45pm”) [International Fund for Ireland, Middle East, economic issues, Southern Africa] [declassified 2013] |
| 88 Nov 4 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (MT visit to Washington) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Nov 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Cradock minute for Powell ("Soviet-Japanese relations") [Gorbachev might attend Hirohito's funeral] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 88 Oct 13 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Charles Powell note for MT ("Visit to Washington") [Arrival Time; Accommodation; Gifts; Speeches; Other meetings; State Dinner; State Dinner invitations; Wreath Laying, etc] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 25 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert Maxwell) ["Prime Minister's visit to Poland": Maxwell's account of meeting with Jaruzelski - "the West had as good as won the Cold War... [MT] visit could "not come at a more propitious time""] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Sep 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Charles Powell note for MT ("Visit to Washington") [MT suggestions for guests at State Dinner] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Aug 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Terry Perks minute ("Interview with USA Today") [questions on: US-UK relations, US-USSR relations, Reagan's legacy, EC, Northern Ireland] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jul 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (FCO) | Europe: FCO to Charles Powell (submits draft for MT Bruges speech) [“outline sketch”] |
| 88 Jul 26 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Middle East: MT to Ronald Reagan (Iranair flight 655) ["The accident seems at least to have helped bring home to the Iranian leadership the urgent need for an end to the Gulf conflict"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jul 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Joyce Mokhesi) ['Sharpeville Six' case] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 88 Jul 12 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Foreign Secretary") [Conservative Party representation at the Democratic National Convention; shooting down of Iranian aircraft in Gulf; South Africa; Soviet prisoners in Afghanistan; Gorbachev in Warsaw; Colonel North's trial; Argentine Falklands] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 88 Jul 11 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT (Senator Sam Nunn - "A Defense Agenda for America's Next President") [CDP: "an important article - in effect the Democratic defence manifesto"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jul 7 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Cleveland, soccer, Gibraltar, Gulf) [doctors and local authority face legal action from parents] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jul 6 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Cleveland inquiry, Gibraltar inquest, IRA, Iran) [reports that it is unlikely SAS will give evidence at IRA inquest] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jul 5 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Iran, Gibraltar, NHS, economy) [Khomeini calls for war on US] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jul 4 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, US/Iran, yobboism, law and order) [US admits shooting down Iranian plane] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jun 29 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (FCO) | Europe: Stephen Wall to John Kerr (sketch for MT Bruges speech) [“first outline”] |
| 88 Jun 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Toronto Economic Summit: French Press Reactions") [coverage focuses on agricultural subsidies, debt and East-West relations] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jun 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: No.10 record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jun 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Wicks notes for record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jun 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Wicks notes for record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jun 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: No.10 record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jun 19 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: No.10 record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jun 19 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: No.10 record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit, dinner 19 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jun 19 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Wicks notes for record of conversation (Toronto Economic Summit sessions, 19-21 Jun) [MT, Mulroney, Mitterrand, Kohl, De Mita, Takeshita, Reagan, Delors] [declassified Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jun 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Toronto Summit") [EC joint position on debt initiative (MT: "No"); Reagan speech in informal session; agriculture] [released July 2016] |
| 88 Jun 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Toronto Summit: UK/US Aviation Problems") [Reagan might raise Berlin air services with MT] [released July 2016] |
| 88 Jun 16 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Nigel Wicks minute to Howe PS ("Toronto Economic Summit") [Reagan wants to introduce the informal session with the topic: how will the world look if policies of the past seven years are carried forwards?] [released July 2016] |
| 88 Jun 15 We | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Canadian Sherpa to other Sherpas (Reagan leading informal session) [economic conditions and economic policies over the last seven years] [released July 2016] |
| 88 Jun 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") ["The Foreign Secretary considers that the recent events in Poland have if anything strengthened the case... to go ahead with the planned visit"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jun 10 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand, Attalli) [US Presidential elections; Toronto Economic Summit: debt, agriculture, terrorism; Presidency of the EC Commission; financial & monetary cooperation; Channel Tunnel; Economic Summit 1989] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 88 Jun 4 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign Policy: Powell minute to MT ("US/Soviet Summit") [draft message to Gorbachev] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jun 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Summit, Spycatcher, juries, moral dimension) [coverage of MT's meeting with Reagan, arm's deal] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jun 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: UKREP EC note for the record ("Toronto: European Council") [EC concerns about US position on agriculture, monetary policy] [released July 2016] |
| 88 Jun 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: State Department telegram to US NATO Embassies (British nuclear testing policy) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Jun 2 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Summit, Tumbledown, moral dimension) [generally good reception for Summit outcome] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jun 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th Session [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Jun 1 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Tumbledown, summit) [Scots Guard officer controversy] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 May 31 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 88 May 31 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (2nd Shultz-Shevardnadze meeting) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 May 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 88 May 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (Reagan visit to Danilov Monastery) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 May 29 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Moscow (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 1st Session [declassified 2000] |
| 88 May 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan meeting with Finnish President (Koivisto) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 May 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Summit, domestic politics, Rowntree, industry) [MT rejects Kinnock's claim that Rowntree decision put 'for sale' sign on British industry] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 May 26 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Labour Party policies, Rowntree, economy, Summit) [continued coverage of MT's Scottish Conservatives speech] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 May 25 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Summit, Lords, moral ascendancy) [moral debate occupies the high ground] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 May 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Gibraltar Inquest; Hong Kong; Airbus project; Hungary; US/Soviet summit; relations with Ireland] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 88 May 18 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Governor of Bermuda; OECD Ministerial meeting; message to Gorbachev; possible visit to US; meeting with Mitterrand] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 88 May 6 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | US: Bernard Ingham minute ("The Washington Post") [main points: MT's role within NATO and EEC, relationship with Gorbachev, arms control, US-UK relations, Northern Ireland] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 May 5 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: US Arms Sales to Argentina") [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Apr 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Colin Powell meeting with Soviet Ambassador to the US (Dubinin) [declassified 2000] |
| 88 Apr 26 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [hijacking; Anglo-Irish relations; Takeshita visit; Gibraltar/PIRA; the Gulf; Governor of Bermuda; Tam Dalyell; PLO; South Africa] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 88 Apr 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Main news, Community Charge, Gulf, Single Market) [poll tax vote and Gulf War share prominence] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Mar 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: MT letter to General Jaruzelski (visit to Poland) [postponement owing to Moscow summit and Reagan visit to London] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Mar 25 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Poland") ["The Polish regime is morally, politically and financially bankrupt. We could make a good public case for our insistence on inclusion of [visit to Gdansk shipyward workers' memorial"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Mar 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") [use of Polish goverment's desire to drop Gdansk visit from itinerary as a negotiating point] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Mar 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | NATO: UKDEL NATO telegram for FCO ("NATO Summit: 3 March 1988") [record of debate] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Mar 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | NATO: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT, President Reagan, Howard Baker, Colin Powell and others) [NATO summit; Arms Control; Soviet Union; Arms for Argentina; Economic Summit; Protectionism; US Economy; Middle East; Possible visit by President to UK] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Mar 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | NATO: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT, Brian Mulroney) [Televising Parliament; Economic Summit; SSNs; Possible Visit by the PM to Canada] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Mar 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Format of the Toronto Summit") [American proposal for meeting on opening day] [released July 2016] |
| 88 Feb 29 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("US Arms Sales to Argentina") [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Feb 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | NATO: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Meeting with President Reagan") [Howe wishes to attend; MT instructs him to head Howe off] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Feb 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("Possible Visit to the US by the PM") [Acland counsels Powell; "a visit may not be essential"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Feb 26 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | NATO: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Cabinet: NATO Summit") ["The Summit was OUR IDEA and it paid off"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Feb 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Bernard Ingham minute ("Wall Street Journal") [areas of interest: economic trends, East/West, global trends, British domestic policy, legacy of Reagan-Thatcher years] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Feb 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Poland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Poland") [departure date; proposed visit to Gdansk shipyard workers' memorial; possible clash with Reagan visit to Poland] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Jan 20 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Hong Kong debate; Crown Agents; Syria; Nigeria; Trident; NATO summit; European Council; Jordan/Tornado; European Commission] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 87 Dec 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (TNA) | Italy: Italian Prime Minister Goria letter to MT (his talks with President Reagan in Washington) [INF treaty; Gulf; depreciation of the dollar; combatting protectionism] [declassified Feb 2018] |
| 87 Dec 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Cold War: Ridgway briefing for Shultz (“Your Meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher, December 16 at 11:00am”) [MT’s views on Gorbachev’s domestic policies, human rights, arms control] [declassified 2013] |
| 87 Dec 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Foreign policy: Ridgway scope paper for Shultz (visit to London) [“Our views on most major foreign policy questions coincide, but Mrs Thatcher puts a slightly different spin on arms control, dealing with Gorbachev, and the Middle East peace process”] [declassified 2013] |
| 87 Dec 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan call to Kohl (reporting Washington Summit) (record of conversation) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Dec 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan call to Mitterrand (reporting Washington Summit) (record of conversation) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Dec 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Washington (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (working lunch) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Dec 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan call to Thatcher (reporting Washington Summit [talking points only] [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Dec 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Washington (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit (one-on-one meeting) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Dec 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Washington (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Dec 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Washington (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Dec 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Economy: Howard Baker letter to Goldman Sachs (US underwriting losses in BP sale) [unclassified] |
| 87 Dec 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Gorbachev visit; European Council; situation in the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 87 Dec 3 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: General Colin Powell telegram to Charles Powell (discussions on critical export control issues) ["As I assume my responsibilities as assistant to the President for national security affairs... there is a matter of immediate concern"] [declassified Jul 2017] |
| 87 Nov 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("United States/Soviet Summit") [possible MT message to Reagan in advance; fear of a replay of Reykjavik; message to Gorbachev rejected] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Nov 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell record of conversation (CDP-Soviet diplomat Kossov) [possible Gorbachev stopover in Britain en route to Washington Summit; merits of RAF Brize Norton as venue] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Nov 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the Markets] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Nov 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Libya; East/West relations; European Council; Irish ratification of European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 87 Nov 4 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Economy: Reagan letter to Thatcher (concern at US deficit) [declassified 2007] |
| 87 Nov 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Middle East; Syria; US budget deficit; resignation of Weinberger; Gorbachev's position; EC; China] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 87 Oct 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute (internal) to Bearpark ("Inner City seminar") [key objectives; attendees; timing] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Oct 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [East/West relations; Hong Kong stock market; Arab/Israel; Franco-German defence co-operation] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 87 Oct 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Monetary Policy: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("US economy: reactions to developments on Wall Street") ["unprecedented volatility blamed on twin deficits and programme trading"; likely reduction in growth next year] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Oct 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Regional Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Transatlantic inner city revival") ["Visit to USA 24th September - 7th October": findings] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Oct 22 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Economy: Thatcher letter to Reagan (concern at US deficit) [declassified 2007] |
| 87 Oct 21 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | NATO: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Possible NATO summit" - Reagan against one before his summit with Gorbachev; possible summit in first half 1988] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Oct 21 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Commonwealth Heads of Government; EC; Howe meeting with Shultz; NATO summit; US economy; aid budget] [declassified Jul 2019] |
| 87 Sep 30 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Reagan letter to Thatcher (international conference prospects) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Jul 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (industry, spies, poll tax) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jul 31 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | USA: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Carlucci") [Gulf; Arab/Israel; arms control, US/Soviet summit; SDI; Gorbachev; nuclear & intelligence cooperation; South Africa] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 87 Jul 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending, arms control) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jul 23 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (arms control, the Gulf) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jul 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MT visit to the Americas/relationship with Gorbachev, terrorism) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jul 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: U.S.-Soviet summit prospects”) [arms control: “We would like agreements if they are ready, but it is not a precondition”] [declassified 2013] |
| 87 Jul 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Schedule for MT visit to Washington [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Jul 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MT visit to US, rates, Peter Wright's book) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Foreign policy: Ridgway briefing for Shultz (MT obejctives for visit) [arms control and tactics for negotiations with Soviets] [declassified 2013] |
| 87 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Foreign policy: Ridgway briefing for Shultz (MT obejctives for visit) [arms control and tactics for negotiations with Soviets] [declassified 2013] |
| 87 Jul 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Foreign policy: Ridgway briefing for Shultz (“Visit of Prime Minister Thatcher: Your briefing of the President, July 16, 5:45pm”) [respective priorities: arms control, Soviet talks, Middle East] [declassified 2013] |
| 87 Jul 11 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Visit to Washington") ["The task is at least to disguise the weakness of American leadership and to restrain any inclination to erratic and ill-thought out initiatives"] [released Oct 2017] |
| 87 Jul 11 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Charles Powell conversation record ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [MT meets academics at Chequers; enthusiasts vs sceptics] [released Oct 2017] |
| 87 Jul 9 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | US: US State Dept draft schedule (MT visit to Washington) [meetings with key personnel 16-17 July 1987] [declassified 2013] |
| 87 Jul 7 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: Thatcher letter to Reagan (urge Iraqis to stop attacking Iranian tankers) [summary declassified 2000] |
| 87 Jun 18 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (good news for householders, Labour party, government's priorities) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jun 17 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("Venice Economic Summit: US Reactions") ["Generally negative press reactions, both on substance and on the President's personal performance"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan call to Thatcher (election congratulations) [declassified 1998] |
| 87 Jun 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | General election: US Embassy London telegram to Shultz (“Thatcher’s third term: what’s in it for us?”) [“the US-UK defense relationship remains intact and Britain’ alliance role assured”] [declassified 2002] |
| 87 Jun 12 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | Foreign policy: Shultz Evening Reading Item for Reagan (MT victory at general election) [“We understand no significant changes are coming in personnel in the foreign policy area”] [declassified 2002] |
| 87 Jun 11 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | General election: US Embassy London telegram to Shultz (“British elections: suggested press line”) [what to say in event of MT or Kinnock victories, or hung parliament] [declassified 2002] |
| 87 Jun 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Carlucci email to Colin Powell (MT wants to visit DC in July) [declassified ?2000] |
| 87 Jun 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Charles Powell conversation record (MT-President Reagan; Shultz, Baker, Carlucci, Linhard part of the time) [Iran/Iraq & Gulf; arms control; terrorism; world economy; Syria; Arab/Israel; possible visit to Washington] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Jun 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT-Reagan) [Iran/Iraq, arms control, terrorism, world economy, Syria, Arab-Israel, possible visit to Washington] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Charles Powell conversation record (G7 leaders at dinner) [East/West relations & arms control; terrorism; South Africa] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Jun 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: No. 10 conversation record (Heads of Government dinner - MT-Kohl-Mitterrand-Reagan-Martens-Nakasone-Fanfani-Mulroney) [East-West relations, terrorism, South Africa] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 8 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Summit: Shipping in the Gulf") [Reagan's requests for discussion] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Charles Powell minute to MT (Reagan message on the Gulf) [requests Security Council resolution, arms embargo, greater naval forces] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 4 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (US State Dept) | General election: US Embassy London telegram to Shultz (“British elections: congratulatory messages”) [what to send in event of MT or Kinnock victories, or hung parliament] [declassified 2002] |
| 87 Jun 4 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Bilateral with President Reagan") ["The main task for Venice is to give a positive message about world economic prospects"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 4 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Venice Economic Summit") [Heads of Government dinner and session, bilateral with Reagan, political issues, economic issues] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Charles Price to Robert Armstrong (Venice Economic Summit) [Reagan will mention Iran-Iraq war during dinner] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Howe PS to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit: Prime Minister's Bilaterals") [briefing for Reagan meeting, contingency brief for any meeting with Italians, points for any other chance meetings] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("Venice Economic Summit: US Approach") ["the continuing need for partnership between the Western democracies"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Jun 1 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Summit: Shipping in the Gulf") [Reagan wants to discuss] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 May 29 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan views on Labour's defence policy, Kinnock) [released 2017] |
| 87 May 28 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan views on Labour's defence policy, Kinnock) [released 2017] |
| 87 May 27 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (general election) [released 2017] |
| 87 May 26 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Venice Economic Summit: Agriculture") [letter to Reagan] [released July 2016] |
| 87 May 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Venice Economic Summit: Bilateral with President Reagan") [main issues MT wants to raise: US economy, INF negotiations, terrorism, Middle East] [released July 2016] |
| 87 May 19 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | South Africa: Reagan letter to Thatcher (Mozambique) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 May 18 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC staff memorandum (Wick has “bad idea” that Reagan congratulate MT on reelection via TV) [declassified ?2000] |
| 87 May 18 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Venice Economic Summit: Bilateral with President Reagan") [concern about lack of time for meeting] [released July 2016] |
| 87 May 6 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan letter to Thatcher (post-INF NATO policy) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Apr 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, domestic politics, industry) [released 2017] |
| 87 Apr 24 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | USSR: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (Gorbachev speech on international situation) ["Responsibility for the troubled and dangerous international situation lay with the United States"] [released 2017] |
| 87 Apr 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: President Reagan message to MT (Venice Economic Summit) ["We must all address the problems created by our domestic agricultural policies"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Apr 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MT visit to Moscow, domestic politics, Japanese trade) [released 2017] |
| 87 Apr 2 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MT visit to Moscow, industry) [released 2017] |
| 87 Apr 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MT visit to Moscow) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan meeting with Neil Kinnock (briefing & background papers) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Mar 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (general election, MT visit to Moscow, Kinnock visit to Reagan, Japan) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MT visit to Moscow, general election, Kinnock visit to Reagan) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 26 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | USSR: Michael Alison letter to MT (letter from Texan pastor) [prophecy for MT] [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 25 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MT visit to Moscow, Kinnock visit to Reagan, general election) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Charles Wick report to George Shultz (Labour defence policy an electoral albatross) [unclassified] |
| 87 Mar 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (defence, election, domestic politics) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | USSR: Frank Carlucci telegram to Charles Powell (Reagan message to MT) [important visit to USSR, Reagan looks forward to hearing MT's impressions] [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 22 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | USSR: Bernard Ingham minute ("Strategy Group: Next Two Weeks") [main events/issues] [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 9 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (ferry disaster, Labour's position, Budget) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 7 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan call to Thatcher (ferry disaster & Iran-Contra) [declassified 2000] |
| 87 Mar 6 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's position, east-west relations, law and order) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 5 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's position, east-west relations, economy) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 4 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour's position, east-west relations, Tamils, Nazis) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 3 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (east-west relations, Labour's position, Nazis) [released 2017] |
| 87 Mar 2 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Gorbachev on arms control, Labour's fortunes) [released 2017] |
| 87 Feb 28 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reagan call to Thatcher (returning her "morale boost" call) [unclassified] [covernote only] |
| 87 Feb 27 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Greenwich by-election, Reagan's position on hostages) [released 2017] |
| 87 Feb 26 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (arms control, economy, industry, Greenwich by-election) [released 2017] |
| 87 Feb 25 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Nicaragua: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("US/Nicaragua") ["Wholesale changes in US policy do not... seem probable. But the temptation to take some significantly tougher bilateral measures... is evident: hence the speculation about a blockade, backed by a credible threat of force"] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 87 Feb 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Greenwich by-election, Labour's fortunes, unions, Sizewell) [released 2017] |
| 87 Feb 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [the markets/interest rates/intervention; G5/exchange rate management/Italy; Budget proposals] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Feb 17 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | G7: Kenneth Stowe letter to Nigel Wicks (21st Century Trust) [Reagan expected to launch the project in the US next year] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Feb 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic Policy: Armstrong minute for Charles Powell (meeting of sherpas for Venice G7) [MT highly critical] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Feb 4 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Zircon affair, rape sentences) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jan 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Spy satellite row, domestic political developments, the City) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jan 22 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Press Digest for MT (the City, domestic politics, industry) [released 2017] |
| 87 Jan 10 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Media: Weekend press summary for MT (Royal family, Europe, education, Kinnock, Reagan) [released 2017] |
| 86 Dec 18 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Nimrod/AWACS, Labour’s difficulties, AIDS, MI5) [released 2017] |
| 86 Dec 16 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Economic policy: UK Ambassador Washington letter to No.10 (“International Conference on Private Sector Initiatives”) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Dec 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falklands Fisheries: Multilateral Solution: Antarctic Treaty Framework") [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Dec 5 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (latest polls, Rothschild and MI5 case, Kinnock’s US visit) [released 2017] |
| 86 Dec 4 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Rothschild tries to clear his name in MI5 case, Kinnock’s US visit, Reagan’s meetings with Colonel North) [released 2017] |
| 86 Dec 4 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: MT letter to Reagan (Iran-Contra -"anything which weakens you weakens America") [declassified/released 2000] |
| 86 Dec 4 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Netherlands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lubbers, van den Broek) [East/West relations; extradition of MacFarlane & Kelly; Van Agt appointment to Tokyo; EC internal issues; South Africa; new Managing Director of IMF] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 86 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (government appeals in MI5 case, Kinnock’s US visit, Reagan’s popularity ratings) [released 2017] |
| 86 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: NSC note for ?Poindexter (MT letter to Reagan urging NATO commit to Camp David points) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Dec 3 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Netherlands: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Netherlands Prime Minister") [key issues] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 86 Dec 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5 case, Kinnock speech in Atlanta) [released 2017] |
| 86 Dec 2 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Netherlands: FCO briefing for MT ("European Council: Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Lubbers, 1745 hours, 4 December") [key issues] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 86 Nov 28 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Nicaragua: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("NSC/Iran/Nicaragua") [sale of arms to Iran to fund Contras] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 86 Nov 27 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan, Iran-Contra affair, MI5) [released 2017] |
| 86 Nov 26 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (MI5, Iran-Contra affair, AIDS, law and order) [released 2017] |
| 86 Nov 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: President of the European Parliament letter to MT (meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Nov 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Council: Presidency papers”) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Nov 25 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Garret Fitzgerald letter to MT (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Nov 20 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT message for EC Heads of Government (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Nov 20 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT letter to Fitzgerald (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Nov 20 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (arms control) [priorities are: INF agreement, cut in US and USSR strategic offensive systems, ban on chemical weapons] [released 2017] |
| 86 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's 18 November Speech") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Washington to FCO ("US Post-Camp David Speeches") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (crime, law and order, MI5,AIDS, Anglo-American relationship) [released 2017] |
| 86 Nov 19 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT message for Chancellor Kohl (her meeting with President Reagan) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Nov 17 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: US Embassy London to State Department (British party reaction to Reykjavik Summit) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Nov 17 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (visit to US, Iran, teachers’ pay, industry) [released 2017] |
| 86 Nov 15 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (TNA) | Netherlands: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's meeting at Camp David: arms control") [MT's statement after the meeting, agreed with President Reagan] [declassified Dec 2017] |
| 86 Nov 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Knowsley by-election, teachers’ pay, unemployment, Reagan-Gorbachev) [released 2017] |
| 86 Nov 14 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (US State Dept) | Cold War: Shultz Evening Reading Item for Reagan ("My meeting with Prime Minister Thatcher") [MT expressed extreme concern about the potential impact of the proposals made at Reykjavik ] [declassified 2013] |
| 86 Nov 13 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Trivial | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Caroline Ryder note for MT (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["Latest weather reports are that it is getting colder and it would be advisable for you to take a coat"] [released Jan 2017] |
| 86 Nov 13 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT briefing cards (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["CAN'T trust RUSSIANS when taking a few tanks & columns out of Afghanistan - surely you wouldn't trust them over ballistic missiles"] [released Jan 2017] |
| 86 Nov 13 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT notes (Camp David meeting with President Reagan) ["Alarmed by suggestion to eliminate in 10 years all strategic ballistic missiles … Security of West in danger"] [released Jan 2017] |
| 86 Nov 12 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [unredacted version] [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Nov 12 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Shultz briefing for President Reagan (Thatcher visit) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Nov 11 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Minor | Archive (Reagan Library) | Middle East: State Department telegram (EC statement on Syrian terrorism) [unclassified] |
| 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 | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Lavin & Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Thatcher Visit") [have done everything to accommodate the British, who still want more; President playing unprecedented role in visit arrangements] [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 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 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 |
|
Minor | Archive (Reagan Library) | Falklands: US Embassy Buenos Aires to State Department (Argentine policy) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: US NATO Mission to State Department (Howe-Shevardnadze meeting) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Falklands: US Embassy Bonn to State Department (Germans approached by Argentina over Falklands) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: US Embassy London to State Department (British deny an arms control initiative with France & Germany) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Nov 5 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Summary Schedule for MT visit to Reagan at Camp David [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 5 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Mrs Thatcher's visit to Washington") [Charles Powell saying MT had no intention of seeking a joint statement; "no draft communiques would be up her sleeve"] [declassified 2007] |
| 86 Nov 3 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Conservatism: Strategy Group minute ("Minutes of the Strategy Group. Seventh Meeting: Monday 3rd November 1986") [forward political diary, BBC bias, law and order] [released 2017] |
| 86 Oct 30 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Post-Reykjavik arms control negotiations”) [“Unsatisfactory discussion with Poindexter”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Shultz telegram to Reagan (LRINF zero zero option accepted by MT) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 28 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik aftermath”) [Acland discussion with Reagan: “The President said that he understood British and European concerns about the imbalance in non-nuclear forces”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 27 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Your Meeting with Ambassador Acland: Ocobert 28, 3:00 pm") [Acland conveying MT's view of Reykjavik; telegram of his 23 Oct conversation with Shultz] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Oct 26 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Bush to MT (arrangements to meet) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 23 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: State Department instructions to Paris Embassy (conventional arms control) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 23 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Nicaragua: Charles Powell minute to MT ("UN Security Council: Nicaragua/ICJ decision") [UN resolution on International Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran: "We know how very important this issue is to the President... We don't want this issue to mar your visit"; MT inclined to UK abstaining from vote] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 86 Oct 23 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Expulsion of US diplomats from the Soviet Union and measures to restrict US Embassy activities”) [five declared persona non grata, all locally employed staff to be withdrawn] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 23 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: television address by Gorbachev”) [Gorbachev “insisted that his package of arms control proposals remain on the table”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (Soviet diplomats) [Price checking reports on alleged American expulsion of 55 Soviet diplomats] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [proposal for follow-up meeting between Hartman and Shevardnadze] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 21 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [“Lengthy Shultz/Shevardnadze discussions, over-shadowed by hand pounding, and no progress, on Daniloff”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 20 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik”) [Shultz: “the elimination of ballistic missiles was quote a long way down the road unquote”; "Allied military staffs exaggerated the extent of the Warsaw Pact advantage" in conventional weapons in Europe] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 18 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik”) [“President launches SDI as Congressional election campaign issue … Polls show support for the President’s handling of the issue at Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Poindexter memo for President Reagan ("Why We Can't Commit to Eliminating All Nuclear Weapons Within 10 Years") [focus instead on proposal to eliminate all ballistic nuclear missiles in ten years, as handed to Soviets at Reykjavik] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Oct 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Thatcher Visit") [suggests early announcement in view of UK story that MT had cancelled following Reykjavik] [declassified 2008] |
| 86 Oct 17 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik: President’s conversation with the Prime Minister”) [Reagan said the summit “had cleared the way for an agreement on INF despite Soviet insistence on linkage”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Geneva summit on arms control, immigration, economic problems interest rates, industry) [released 2017] |
| 86 Oct 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control") [preparation for MT's meeting with President Reagan] [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Oct 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Arms Control") [MT talk to President Mitterrand: a message for President Reagan] [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Oct 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (“ Karpov’s visit to Bonn”) [prospects of agreements on arms control] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 16 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik: INF/SDI linkage”) [contrasting reports on Soviet position] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, interest rates, industry) [released 2017] |
| 86 Oct 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik summit: German views”) [Teltschik said “perhaps it was just as well that the meeting in Reykjavik had broken up when it did”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik meeting: Politburo communique”) [failure “was the stubborn unwillingness of the American administration to create conditions for reaching these agreements”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik meeting: Gorbachev’s television statement”) [“performance designed to show the extent of Soviet efforts to secure agreement”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 15 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik meeting”) [Soviet position on arms control, human rights] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, Westland) [released 2017] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Karpov”) [MT “said she had been very disturbed by Soviet tactics at Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s meeting with Mr. Karpov”) [“Karpov said that the Soviet side had gone to Reykjavik in the hope of achieving concrete results”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute to Price (record of MT’s meeting with Karpov”) [for Price’s eyes only] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik: initial German reactions”) [“the door is not closed”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Press Office bulletin (“Call by Mr Karpov”) [“both sides agreed it was vital to find a way forward”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO draft (Lady Young statement to House of Lords on Reykjavik) [“We believe it imperative that both sides return to the Geneva Nuclear and Space Talks”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“President Reagan’s television address”) [“we’re closer than ever before to agreements that could lead to a safer world without nuclear weapons”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 14 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik summit: US reactions”) [“Widespread concern among the experts at the US proposal for mutual abolition of all ballistic missiles”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Cobb memo for Poindexter ("Presidential phone call to PM Thatcher") [open line call; talking points on proposed agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons in ten years, "if raised"] [declassified 2008] |
| 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 |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: White House record of conversation (Reagan-MT) [Reykjavik summit] [declassified 2010] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet summit”) [press points on outcome of Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan phone call on Reykjavik summit) ["Reagan said he had put forward a radical proposal under which the US would guarantee not to deploy a strategic defence system for ten years in return for an undertaking to eliminate all US and Soviet nuclear weapons over that same period"] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT (“US Soviet summit”) [urges she call Reagan - worry that President will “use his television appearance this evening to point [sic] himself further into the corner on SDI”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Reagan phone call) ["particularly sensitive" points on ABM, Reagan's pride in proposal to eliminate nuclear weapons in ten years; President's admiration for Tom Clancy book] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Points to make to President Reagan” - phone call) [“It is clearly the Soviet aim to sow dissension in the Alliance”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik summit: preliminary view from Moscow”) [“Gorbachev put an unexpectedly high price - severe SDI constraint - on agreement in other arms control areas … which me must have known Reagan would be unlikely to pay”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Reykjavik summit”) [draft message from MT to Reagan: “I want to congratulate you on getting so close to a new range of agreements”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Reykjavik summit”) [draft message from MT to Reagan designed “to deny Gorbachev the easy propaganda points for which he may now be looking”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Meeting with Karpov”) [“By making agreement on all issues dependent on acceptance of their terms on SDI, they doomed the meeting to failure”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik meeting”) [“The US media are baffled by the breakdown of talks”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik summit”) [“a set-back for the President … there is now no immediate prospect of the substantive summit here on which he had set such store”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 3rd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th Session [declassified 2000: the crucial session] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 4th session [declassified 2000; second version] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“Reykjavik meeting”) [proposed meeting with Soviet emissary Karpov] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US-Soviet meeting in Reykjavik”) [discussion of “tentative deal” on INF] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik summit: NAC briefing by Shultz”) [“Shultz said that beneath the disappointment of the moment was a positive sense that possibilities had been opened up for far-reaching arms control agreements”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 12 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Reykjavik telegram to FCO (“Reagan/Gorbachev meeting”) [Gorbachev said “an historic opportunity had been missed”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 11 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 1st Session [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 11 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Reykjavik (Reagan-Gorbachev) Summit 2nd Session [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 9 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet pre-summit”) [MT’s message to Reagan on Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 9 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik meeting: NAC briefing by Nitze and Ridgway: other arms control and East/West issues”) [“Human rights will head US agenda”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 8 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Reagan message to MT (eve of Reykjavik summit) [“prepared for serious exchanges in all four areas of the U.S.-Soviet agenda”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 8 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (“Kohl’s messages”) [“Kohl supported the US position on LRINF … he stressed the importance of conventional arms control as well”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 6 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: MT message to Reagan (eve of Reykjavik summit) [“INF seems to offer the best prospect for agreement on arms reductions”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 4 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Prospects for Reykjavik”) [“the core of the substantive discussion will be on arms control”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party conference, US sanctions against South Africa, BBC chairman, economy, industry) [released 2017] |
| 86 Oct 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US/Soviet meeting in Reykjavik: message to President Reagan”) [“I think the President’s eyes may glaze a bit”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: MT message to Gorbachev (proposed US-USSR summit) [“it should be possible to reach agreements … on reductions in arms”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO (“Reykjavik summit: French reactions”) [“The government continues to be nervous of US concessions on INF”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“US-Soviet Meeting in Reykjavik: Message to President Reagan”) [“The INF field contains at present the best prospect for an agreement (though not at Reykjavik)”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“US/Soviet Reykjavik meeting”) [agree to proposed use by Reagan of UK Ambassador’s residence in Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [“US view that the meeting should give impetus to work in hand, but should not itself involve negotiation on texts”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 3 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (Reykjavik summit) [hopeful for results on arms control] [released 2017] |
| 86 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: John Kerr note (asks White House to explore 14/15 Nov visit) ["main purpose to discuss US-Soviet summit"] [declassified 2008] |
| 86 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Mrs Thatcher's Request to Meet with the President") [suggests a small Friday meeting in Washington; do not break President's weekend] [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: Sommer memo for Poindexter ("Mrs Thatcher's Request to Meet with the President") [acknowledges President "wants to do the event at Camp David"] [declassified 2008] |
| 86 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party conference, Reagan-Gorbachev summit) [released 2017] |
| 86 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: prepatory summit”) [“External and internal developments since the Geneva summit have increased the risks inherent in a visit by Gorbachev to the USA”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Oct 1 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [“Initial press verdict on latest developments reasonably positive, with spotlight shifting from Daniloff to Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: USE London to State Department ("British Elections") ["our stake in the outcome of that election cannot be overstated"] [declassified 2008] |
| 86 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet Relations: Gorbachev’s approach march to a summit”) [“the indications are that he sees the potential gains as outweighing the risks”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet pre-summit”) [advice to Reagan] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Gorbachev message to MT (proposed US-USSR summit) [“the whole process of Soviet-American dialogue was in need of a serious impulse”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Reagan message to MT (US-USSR to hold summit in Reykjavik) [“symbolically important that Mr. Gorbachve suggested holding the meeting on the soil of a member of the NATO alliance”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: MT message to Reagan (US-USSR summit in Reykjavik) [“I see this as a very positive step”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Shultz message to Howe (announcement of US-USSR summit in Reykjavik) [“we believe that progress in U.S.-Soviet relations is possible, and we remain committed to achieving it”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 30 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [US, Soviet aims for Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 29 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Visit by Prime Minister Thatcher to Washington") [Powell says MT thinking of 14-15 Nov; visit "a la December 1984"] [declassified 2008] |
| 86 Sep 24 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKMIS New York telegram to FCO (“Secretary of State’s bilateral with Shevardnadze, 23 September”) [“A businessmanlike discussion which covered a lot of ground in one hour”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 23 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKMIS New York telegram to FCO (“President Reagan’s briefing of NATO ministers”) [discussions with Soviets on Daniloff and arms control] [released Dec 2015] |
| 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 19 Fr | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [Soviet position on Daniloff] [released Dec 2015] |
| 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 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | France: Department of Defence record of conversation ("Plenary meeting") [Younger, John Stanley, Andre Giraud, Viot and others] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Sep 15 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Reagan message to MT (proposed summit with Soviets) [“A constructive outcome … will depend heavily on intensive consultations and the maintenance of allied unity”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 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 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 10 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: Cradock minute to No.10 (“Daniloff”) [“A Summit is now in jeopardy”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 10 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Visit of Secretary of State: East/West relations”) [discussions with Acland “focussed on Daniloff, which was clearly at the top of Shultz’s mind”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 10 We | Declassified documents |
|
Key | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Secretary of State’s meeting with Weinberger: 9 September”) [“A disturbing insight into right-wing attitudes on arms control”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Daniloff: comment”) [“The Russians may well have miscalculated”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Sep 9 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Daniloff”) [Reagan described the detention “as an outrage and as a ‘violation of the standards of civilised international behaviour’”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Aug 24 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Conservatism: Bill Davis memo (conference speech) [“We do not need a new Margaret Thatcher. What we need, I suggest, is a better understanding of the one we’ve got”] [released Jan 2017] |
| 86 Aug 21 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | France: MT letter to President Mitterrand (meeting with Gorbachev in July 1986) ["Your views on Mr. Gorbachev and his aims closely match my own"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Aug 20 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet-American relations) [Reagan keen to have a second summit] [released 2017] |
| 86 Aug 5 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Shultz/Shevardnadze meeting”) [agreement on date for meeting] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Jul 31 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Nicaragua: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("UN Security Council: Nicaragua/ICJ decision") [UN resolution on International Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran: "we are faced with a stark choice between support for international law or for our US ally"; Howe argues for UK abstaining from vote] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 86 Jul 30 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Powell minute for Cradock ("President Reagan's Message to Mr Gorbachev") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 30 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Cradock minute for Powell ("President Reagan's Message to Mr Gorbachev") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 29 Tu | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Cradock minute for Powell ("President Reagan's Message to Mr Gorbachev") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Cradock minute for Powell ("Arms Control: President Reagan's Message to Mr Gorbachev") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Washington to FCO ("Geneva Nuclear and Space Talks: President's Letter to Gorbachev") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Nicaragua: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("UN Security Council meeting on Nicaragua/ICJ decision") [UN resolution on International Court of Justice verdict regarding US arms sales to Iran; MT: "This is very important to the President- I think we should stand with him"] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 86 Jul 26 Sa | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: President Reagan letter to MT (US response to Soviet arms control proposals") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 24 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Royal Wedding, South Africa, Palace row, domestic politics, Commonwealth Games) [released 2017] |
| 86 Jul 24 Th | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT letter to President Reagan (Geneva negotiations: President Reagan's response to Soviet proposals) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 23 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Cold War: USE London to State Department ("Thatcher desire to see the President before any summit with Gorbachev") [Powell says she may propose mid-Nov visit, possibly over a weekend] [declassified 2008] |
| 86 Jul 23 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Arms Control") [a draft message to President Reagan] [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 23 We | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Arms Control: President Reagan's Proposed Response to Mr Gorbachev") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 20 Su | Declassified documents |
|
Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: President Reagan letter to MT (the latest Soviet arms control proposals) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: Admiral Poindexter telegram to Powell (MT-Reagan privacy channel exchanges) [their recent messages on South Africa reached US Ambassador from a source in London, not from Washington] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: Malcolm Fraser letter to MT (negotiations with the South African Government) [analysis of why the Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons' negotiations failed & of necessary measures for successful negotiations; MT: "More to do with Malcolm than S. Africa!"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: FCO record of conversation ("Secretary of State's meeting with President Machel") [UK/Mozambique relations; negotiations with S. African govt] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (Soviet-American summit) ["no breakthrough, or even a change for the better in the international situation, is yet apparent"] [released 2017] |
| 86 Jul 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [“there is no progress on fixing a Shultz/Shevardnadze meeting”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Jul 2 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("South Africa: US/UK consultations") [US stance on sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKDEL NATO to FCO ("Gorbachev's Letter to Reagan") [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Jul 1 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mission to Southern Africa") [objectives; schedule] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jun 30 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (NSA) | South Africa: Ringdahl email to Poindexter (next steps on South Africa) [declassified 1994 or 1995] |
| 86 Jun 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's Interview with the Los Angeles Times") [new Soviet proposals in Geneva: arms control] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Jun 24 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [“apparently no progress on summit dates”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Jun 23 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | South Africa: Reagan letter to Thatcher (concerting policy) [declassified 2000] |
| 86 Jun 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Washington to FCO ("President Reagan's Glassboro Speech: East/West and Arms Control") [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Jun 19 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Washington to FCO ("The President's Glassboro Speech") [implications and analysis] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Jun 10 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Call on Zagladin: East/West relations”) [proposals for second summit, SALT II] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Jun 6 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Geneva negotiations: new Soviet proposals”) [“for a ban on ASATS and a ban on the offensive use of defensive systems … such linkage would be bad news”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 May 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Invitation to Soviet defence minister to visit the US”) [“to discuss quote the wide gulf on issues related to each other’s military forces, doctrine and intentions unquote”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 May 30 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("US/South Africa") [report on current political context surrounding Reagan's anticipated response to South African raids] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 29 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: President Reagan’s message to Gorbachev”) [Reagan calls for a second summit] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 May 28 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (SALT II: President Reagan's statement on compliance with arms control agreements) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 28 We | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("South Africa: message from President Botha") ["thoroughly discouraging... no alternative but to continue to support the... [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group] initiative"; Howe advises against MT reply to Botha; discussions with US; sanctions; Pik Botha proposal to meet with "four leading countries of the [EC]" ] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 May 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Policy Unit note for press officers ("SALT II Constraints") [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 27 Tu | Declassified documents |
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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 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Powell message to FCO (draft message to President Reagan on compliance with arms control agreements) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT message for President Reagan ("SALT Constraints") [revised text] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: President Reagan letter to MT (US/Soviet negotiations and arms control issues) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT message for President Reagan ("SALT Constraints") [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT message for President Mitterrand and Chancellor Kohl ("SALT Constraints") [President Reagan's announcement on compliance with the SALT II agreement] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 26 Mo | Declassified documents |
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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 24 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("Message for President Reagan: Compliance with Arms Control Agreements") [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 24 Sa | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Powell minute to FCO ("Message for President Reagan: Compliance with Arms Control Agreements") [the proposed response] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 23 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: President Reagan's message for MT (Compliance with Arms Control Agreements) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 20 Tu | Declassified documents |
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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 20 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Howe message to No.10 ("Message from President Reagan") [arms control agreements: the suggested public line] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 May 20 Tu | Declassified documents |
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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 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations”) [“State believe Gorbachev in bitter mood over Western handling of Chernobyl issue”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 May 19 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (arms control) ["political will alone is not enough"] [released 2017] |
| 86 May 16 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Gorbachev meeting with Hammer and Gale on 15 May”) [Gorbachev “accused official Washington of exploiting the accident to discredit the Soviet Union”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 May 15 Th | Declassified documents |
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Minor | Archive (Hayek MSS) | Conservatism: President Reagan letter to Hayek (Birthday wishes) ["We are all indebted to you..."] |
| 86 May 12 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet high level consultations”) [Shevardnadze-Hartman talks: Shevardnadze “said that the Soviet Union favoured dialogue but that circumstances were not yet right for a meeting between himself and Shultz”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 May 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Israel: UKE Tel Aviv telegram to FCO ("The Peres 'Marshall Plan'") ["...Peres is sincere in his belief that a major rescue act is required to prevent further economic collapse in the region, the consequence of which could... bring war closer..."; MT visit to Israel in May 1986] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 May 9 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Cradock minute to No.10 (“Public opinion and Defence”) [“worrying ignorance of the basic facts on Soviet armaments”] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 May 5 Mo | Declassified documents |
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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 4 Su | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 2 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: No.10 minute to Addison (internal) and Howe PS ("President Botha's Message") [relayed by airborne telegram en route to Tokyo Economic Summit: MT overrides Howe advice: request to revise instructions to Moberly - "too negative": still hopeful of securing a reference to South Africa in the Summit conclusions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Apr 30 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: Howe minute for MT (“Tokyo Economic Summit”) [UK line on summit topics] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Apr 30 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | G7: FCO minute for Powell (“Prime Minister’s Bilateral Meeting with President Reagan, Tokyo 4 May”) [arguments on EC/US relations] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Apr 30 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Nicaragua: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("US/Nicaragua") [International Court of Justice verdict: "it will be necessary for us publicly to endorse the court's findings... if Nicaragua then has recourse to the Security Council we are likely to be faced with a difficult voting decision"] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 86 Apr 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (terrorism, law and order, domestic politics) [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [Libya, Economic Summit, Northern Ireland] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 28 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Cold War: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (arms control) ["the Soviet Union has no intention to slacken the efforts to achieve a breakthrough"] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 27 Su | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Libya: Nick Edwards letter to MT (reasoned response to raid on Tripoli) [his wife's critical letter; arguments for & against the raid; MT placed in "a horrendously difficult position"] [released Jan 2017] |
| 86 Apr 25 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Libya raid, Tokyo Summit) [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 25 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Duchess of Windsor death, Libya) [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 24 Th | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: MT message for President Reagan (US response to the Soviet record on compliance with arms control agreements) [her views] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Apr 23 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Labour’s new programme) [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 23 We | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: Powell minute for MT ("Soviet Compliance with Arms Control Agreements") [draft message to President Reagan] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Apr 22 Tu | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, domestic politics, industry) [Europe finally acts on Libyan terrorism] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 21 Mo | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy, Northern Ireland) [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 21 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [Libya dominates, Queen’s birthday] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 21 Mo | Declassified documents |
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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 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya) [papers dominated by latest terrorist outrages] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Libya will dominate) [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 18 Fr | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | 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 17 Th | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, economy) [party split 2-1 on US action] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 16 We | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Libya: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US/Libya”) [US administration is “immensely appreciative”; "future benefits for us"] [released Jan 2017] |
| 86 Apr 16 We | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Sunday trading) [only Canada, Israel, UK back US] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 16 We | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (US State Dept) | 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 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Libya: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“Libya crisis”) [text of Reagan broadcast] [released Jan 2017] |
| 86 Apr 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, law and order, economy) [Reagan attacks terrorist targets] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 15 Tu | Declassified documents |
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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 14 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Defence: UKE Washington to FCO ("Nuclear Testing: New US/Soviet Dialogue?") [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Apr 13 Su | Declassified documents |
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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 12 Sa | Declassified documents |
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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 12 Sa | Declassified documents |
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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 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (Libya, Fulham by-election, economy) [US fleet on battle alert] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 11 Fr | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("US/South Africa") [PW Botha letters to MT & Reagan; Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons - Lord Barber meeting with Shultz; Tokyo Economic Summit/S. Africa; ComGEP - Fraser/Obasanjo meeting with Shultz ] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Apr 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [thanks for seeing Walters] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Apr 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Nicaragua: UKE Washington telegram to FCO ("US/Central America") [Oliver Wright record of conversation with Philip Habib] [declassified Nov 2016] |
| 86 Apr 10 Th | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram to FCO (“US-Soviet relations”) [“No date yet for summit, but summer not yet ruled out”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Apr 9 We | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (Thatcher MSS) | Media: Press Digest for MT (economy, Northern Ireland, education) [papers dominated by latest terrorist outrages] [released 2017] |
| 86 Apr 9 We | Declassified documents |
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Key | Archive (Reagan Library) | Libya: President Reagan letter to MT (Libyan terrorism) [reply to MT's points] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Apr 8 Tu | Declassified documents |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Major | Archive (TNA) | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: summit prospects”) [US ambassador’s “disappointment with the current Soviet approach to East/West relations”] [released Dec 2015] |
| 86 Apr 7 Mo | Declassified documents |
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Major | Archive (Reagan Library) | Libya: North memo for Fortier ("Next steps re Libya") [decisions needed in afternoon meeting] [declassified 2005] |
| 86 Apr 6 Su | Declassified documents |
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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] |
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