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PDF 87 Jul 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Middle East: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: Persian Gulf”) [access to oil, Soviet influence, stability of friendly states] [declassified 2013]
PDF 87 Jul 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: South Asian Nuclear Issue”) [“British have expressed concerns that India and Pakistan are on the verge of an open nuclear arms race”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 87 Jul 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Middle East: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: Syria”) [“Assurance of no further acts of terrorism from Syria”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 87 Jul 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Economy: US State Dept briefing (“UK at a glance”) [economy, unemployment, monetary policy, trade] [declassified 2013]
PDF 87 Jul 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) 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]
PDF 87 Dec 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: US State Dept briefing (“The Falklands”) [arms sales to Argentina] [declassified 2013]
PDF 87 Dec 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) 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]
PDF 87 Dec 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) 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]
PDF 87 Dec 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Economy: US State Dept briefing (“UK - economy at a glance”) [economy, unemployment, monetary policy, trade] [declassified 2013]
PDF 87 Dec 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US State Dept briefing (“UK: terrorism”) [seek UK support for US approaches to GDR, Polish, Bulgarian, Yugoslavian governments “to persuade these countries to sever links with or take active measures against terrorist groups”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Mar 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Middle East: US State Dept briefing (“Secretary/Thatcher March 1 discussion: Middle East peace process”) [prospects for an international conference] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) 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]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) US: US State Dept briefing (“Issues agenda/schedule for Thatcher official visit”) [arrival, individual and plenary meetings] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) US: Burt briefing for Shultz (“Your meeting with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher”) [future of sub-continent, Laker Airlines case, Middle East, US-Soviet relations, Central America] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Berlin issues”) [discussions with Soviets on Reagan’s Berlin initiative] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) 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]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Chemical weapons”) [Bush’s draft treaty as a basis for negotiations] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Cambodia”) [seek Vietnamese withdrawal, Sihanouk as head of a future government] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Start negotiations and Trident”) [US position on inspection requirements] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Start”) [negotiators to produce joint draft treaty] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Defence: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: CST mandate talks”) [“NATO seeks to remove force asymmetries between NATO and the Warsaw Pact and establish a higher degree of stability at a lower level of forces”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Europe: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)”) [“Negotiations on concluding document text going well … obstacles remain in both human rights and security areas”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Europe: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: European Economic Community (EC)”) [“We support European integration, but are concerned about statements by EC spokesmen stressing reciprocity, protection of ‘sensitive’ sectors, and preference for European goods”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Economy: US State Dept briefing (“United Kingdom economy at a glance”) [“Even though the British economy is booming, some observers believe it may be overheating and thus lead to inflationary problems and larger balance of payment deficits”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Cold War: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: COCOM”) [“There is increasing pressure from our key Allies, including the UK, to free up high technology trade with the Soviet Union”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Middle East: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Middle East peace process”) [“We cannot support any attempt, by either Israel or Arabs, to determine unilaterally the ultimate status of the West Bank or Gaza”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Northern Ireland: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Ireland and Northern Ireland”) [International Fund for Ireland, counter-terrorism measures] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Transport: US State Dept briefing (“Fact sheet: Civil Aviation”) [“disputes betwen the US and UK have occured frequently due to the highly competitive nature of the lucrative North Atlantic air routes”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Trade: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: Gatt - Uruguay Round”) [“the most ambitious and technically complex trade negotiation yet undertaken”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) South Africa: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: South Africa”) [“State of emergency repression has quelled violent protest at the expense of further restricting political freedoms”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Nov 15 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (State Department) Africa: US State Dept briefing (“Fact Sheet: Angola/Namibia negotiations”) [“The necessary compromises are now fairly clear, and have been framed in the US mediator’s proposal”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 88 Dec 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) 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]
PDF 89 Jun 29 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (State Department) China: White House/State Department memorandum ("Themes") [paper for Scowcroft/Eagleburger secret mission to Beijing] [declassified 1998]

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

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

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

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