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Info only 86 Apr 26 Sa Chronology Major [Chronology] Chernobyl disaster
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: FCO telegram to UKE Moscow ("Chernobyl nuclear accident") [call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs and demand information; IAEA requirements] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Chernobyl disaster, Cabinet reshuffle) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Soviet Ambassador Zamyatin) [MT expresses great sympathy, regrets lack of information provided by Soviets] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: UKE Washington telegram 1127 to FCO (0830Z) ("Accident at nuclear power station at Chernobyl") [information available to US] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Chernobyl nuclear accident: Soviet response") [belated briefing at MFA from "high-powered trio"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: FCO telegram to UKE Warsaw ("Chernobyl") [prepared to help with evacuation of pregnant wives and young children of Embassy staff] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Powell minute for MT (meeting with the Soviet Ambassador: line to take) [Gorbachev's message: arms control, Chernobyl accident] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Soviet Ambassador) [Gorbachev's message: Tokyo Economic Summit, East-West relations, arms control, terrorism, Chernobyl accident] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 Apr 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Chernobyl disaster, prison dispute) [“Worst nuclear accident in history”] [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (briefing meeting for Tokyo Economic Summit) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 May 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Chernobyl, prison dispute, private schools) [released 2017]
Text 86 May 1 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
PDF 86 May 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: No.10 telegram to MT's party in Seoul (updates) [prisons; nuclear accident; markets; Libya; plutonium; supplementary benefit and mortgage interest; ministerial visit] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Prison dispute, Chernobyl,Northern Ireland) [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: No.10 telegram to MT's party in Seoul (forwarding advice from Chief Scientific Adviser) [avoid saying similar accident could not happen in UK] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: No.10 telegram to MT's party in Seoul (forwarding advice from Walter Marshall) ["without any doubt at all ... the biggest disaster the nuclear industry has had"; re-fueling of some British reactors "comparable in concept"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
Text 86 May 3 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks visiting North-South Korean border (Chernobyl)
PDF 86 May 4 Su Declassified documents 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]
PDF 86 May 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Armstrong minute for Powell ("Chernobyl: Nuclear Safety") [Japanese propose G7 should issue statement; likely to be on lines we wish] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) G7: Tokyo G7 Communiqué (“Tokyo Declaration: looking forward to a better future”) [statements on international terrorism, the implications of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the economic declaration]
PDF 86 May 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (Admiral Poindexter-Charles Powell) [the Chernobyl nuclear accident, SDI, nuclear deterrent, Libya] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 May 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: No.10 message to MT's party in Tokyo ("Radioactive Milk"; radio interview with Chief Scientific Adviser) [Sellafield readings; radiation levels in milk declining] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) G7: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor Kohl) [brief bilateral on GATT round, EC budget, CAP, EC/US, East/West relations; Kohl - "Gorbachev was in deep trouble"] [declassified Jul 2017]
Text 86 May 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for IRN (Tokyo G7)
Text 86 May 5 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference after Tokyo G7
PDF 86 May 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Nuclear accident in Chernobyl: round up of Soviet statements and comment") [Powell notes: "poor Soviet performance on their obligations"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Cabinet Office minute for No.10 ("Arrangements to cope with the effects on the UK of Chernobyl") [Monitoring of Milk, Water Supplies, Air etc; Interdepartmental Coordination] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (G7 Summit, Libya, Chernobyl, top salaries) [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Ingham minute for MT ("Post Chernobyl Presentation") [impression of buck-passing] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Cabinet Office minute for No.10 ("Arrangements to cope with the effects on the UK of Chernobyl") [Interdepartmental Coordination - Department of the Environment resisting lead role] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Soviet Ambassador letter to Ingham (Moscow press conference transcript) [rejects reproach from G7] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Chief Scientific Adviser minute for No.10 ("Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Incident") [proposed study by Chief Scientists] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [by-election/local elections, Chernobyl, prison officers’ dispute] [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Energy Secretary Peter Walker) [MT rejects Walker's proposal to visit Moscow for briefing from Soviets] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: MT letter to Walter Marshall (thanks for his letter briefing her on the disaster) ["a real gem, full of insight and wisdom and so invaluble for our briefing for the Summit"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Chernobyl fears, local elections/by-elections, unions, industry) [released 2017]
Text 86 May 8 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher House of Commons PQs
Text 86 May 8 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher HC Stmnt: [Tokyo G7 Summit]
PDF 86 May 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Cabinet Office minute for No.10 ('Chernobyl') [Department of the Environment statement; EC debating action on food imports from affected areas] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (journalism, Chernobyl reactor still smouldering) [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (football, by-elections, top salaries, Chernobyl) [released 2017]
Text 86 May 9 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Minor Margaret Thatcher Remarks on Chernobyl (offer of help)
PDF 86 May 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: UKMIS Vienna telegram 79 to FCO (0800Z) (International Atomic Energy Authority briefing) [situation coming under control] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Privy Council Office record of conversation (Lord President, Soviet Ambassador) [Chernobyl accident: media coverage & seriousness of the incident] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 86 May 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (public spending policy, Chernobyl, economy, industry) [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [by-election/local elections, Scottish party conference, Chernobyl, foreign visitors] [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ('Chernobyl') [new information given to western Ambassadors; "small step ... towards more sensible and civilised behaviour"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 14 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Addison minute for MT ('Chernobyl') [accident "could have been much worse"; flaws in Soviet reactor design] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (MT aiming for election hat-trick, Kinnock, Gorbachev on Chernobyl) [released 2017]

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