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Date range: 4 May 1979 – 28 Nov 1990. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Charles Haughey letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Resignation: Gorbachev letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“very warm message”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Cabinet Office minute to MT (parting thoughts) [Cabinet tribute] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Chirac letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Powell record of phone conversation (Powell-Kissinger) [“in a very emotional state … worse than a death in the family”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Charles Powell letter to MT (her resignation) ["the small men who contrived their petty coup"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Resignation treatment) [Massive tributes to you in the British press] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Lilley minute to David Waddington ("Broadcasting Ownership") [opposed to increasing number of Channel 3 licence areas designated large] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Israeli PM Shamir letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["outstanding and inspiring national leader with great international influence"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Director-General of the Security Service letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“changes and improvements in the Service owe an enormous amount to your interest”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“I will always cherish the trustful, friendly and open co-operation we have had over more than eight years”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Kaifu letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“extreme regret … remarkable and historical achievements”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Resignation: EC Interpreters letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: President de Klerk message to MT (parting thoughts) [acknowledgements from senior South African figures including Nelson Mandela] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: President Mitterrand message to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: President Havel message to MT (parting thoughts) [open invitation to visit] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ruud Lubbers) [“she would be leaving office with her record clear and undefeated”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Andreotti letter to MT (parting thoughts) [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Turnbull memorandum ("Prime Minister's resignation, 22 November 1990") [events 20-22 Nov] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to President Mitterrand (parting thoughts) [“completion of Channel Tunnel will be an event of enormous significance”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to President Gorbachev (parting thoughts) [“together we really did contribute to changing our world”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (“Anglo-Soviet relations”) [“consternation in Moscow” at MT resignation] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: General Scowcroft message for MT (parting thoughts) [“devastated by the unexpected news”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Malcolm Rifkind minute to David Waddington ("Broadcasting Ownership") [importance attached in Scotland to strong regional broadcasting structure] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Chris Patten minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Scottish AEF for 1991-1992: The RSG/NDRI Split") [would cause problems if "impression were give that Scottish business was getting a better deal next year than business in England"] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Community Charge: Michael Howard minute to Chris Patten ("New Burdens on Local Government") [health and safety demands on local government] [released July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT letter to Kenneth Clarke (her resignation) ["Thank you so much for your kind and generous message" - "Stock 1"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Richard Ryder minute to David Waddington ("Broadcasting Ownership") [areas designated as "large"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Chancellor Kohl (parting thoughts) [“staunch conservative governments”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Director-General of the Security Service (thanks) [“unsung labours which have contributed so much to making this country safe and free”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Director GCHQ letter to MT (parting thoughts) [“grateful for all you have done to support GCHQ”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT letter to Chief Rabbi (thanks) [“I have drawn enormous inspiration from your teachings and writings”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s Resignation: Italian media reactions”) [“a great leader brought down by her own intransigence”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Charles Powell message to General Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [“sad commentary on standards of loyalty in politics”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT message to Brent Scowcroft (parting thoughts) [MT: “I have an unshakeable faith in the United States, particularly under George Bush’s leadership”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Bob Gates message to Charles Powell (parting thoughts) [“terribly saddened by the turn of events in London”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Malcolm Rifkind minute to David Waddington ("Broadcasting Ownership") [circumstances in Scotland are different from rest of UK] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Prime Minister Kaifu statement (parting thoughts) [“a rare leader of firm convictions”]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: India PM Shekhar letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["deep appreciation"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: New Zealand PM Bolger letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["many things for which we are grateful"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Luxembourg PM Santer letter to MT (parting thoughts) ["a most open and frank interlocutress"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: Colombian President Gaviria letter to MT (parting thoughts) [her "fundamental ideas … are precisely the parameters around which a new world order is being built"] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Resignation: MT telegram to Bob Gates (thanks) [“the greatest imaginable privilege to have worked closely with the United States”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 90 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: MT and DT letter to Bernard Ingham (leaving No.10) ["My last act as Prime Minister must be to thank you"] [released Feb 2020]
PDF 90 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Sir Michael Butler letter for PM John Major (EMU: UK Proposals for Stage 2) [declassified July 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: David Waddington minute to Peter Lilley ("Broadcasting Ownership") [Channel 3 licences] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 90 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Bush Library) Resignation: President Bush letter to MT (regrets) ["your wisdom and determination"] [declassified 2012]

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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