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PDF 82 Feb 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Chancellor's PS letter to No.10 (financial markets situation and interest rates) [Bank proposes, Chancellor accepts, immediate half point cut] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Baroness Young letter to Brittan (“Scrutiny of Departmental running costs”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Whitelaw PS letter to Brittan PS (“Scrutiny of Departmental running costs”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Efficiency Unit briefing for MT (“Presentation on control of staff and non-staff running costs, large dining room, 5 00pm, Wednesday 24 February”) [MT-Heseltine-Brittan joint presentation] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 24 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Parliament: Speaker of the House of Commons letter to Pym (length of Ministerial answers) ["I am becoming increasingly concerned"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Gregson briefing for MT ("Thames Barrier - Teesside Docks Dispute (E(82)17)") [possibility of destroying flood defences so as to divert tidal surge to Essex and Kent in order to protect London] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Home Affairs: Walker minute to MT ("Thames Barrier") [delivery of gates for Thames Barrier and Tees-side docks dispute] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National health: Fowler minute to MT ("NHS Manpower") [interim reply] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: No.10 minute to MT ("Second UN Special Session on Disarmament") [arguments for & against attendance] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Feb 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Walters minute to MT (“Interest Rates and Money Supply”) [watching closely] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 2 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKHC Nicosia telegram to FCO (“Papandreou’s visit”) [“Papandreou promised to Cyprus the support of Greece”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Biffen PS letter to No.10 ("India: Orissa Steel Plant: French aid shortfall) [MT: "It is not worth putting a contract of this size in jeopardy for £5m. It would be better to offer £20m"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 3 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT (Prime Minister's meeting with Dr. David Clark MP) [redundancies & economic regeneration in South Shields] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 4 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, John MacGregor, Dr. David Clark MP) [redundancies & economic regeneration in South Shields] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Appointments: Jenkin minute to MT (appointment of special adviser) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: No.10 minute to MT ("Weekend of 15/16 May: Scotland") [Franco-British Council: accommodation for Prime Minister Mauroy; arrangements for MT; Church of Scotland General Assembly] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 minute to MT (“Scrutiny of Departmental running costs”) [MT advised against her request for breakdown of figures by Department] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Hopkins letter to Coles (“Law on Homosexual Offences in Northern Ireland”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Monetary Policy: Walters minute to MT (“The Gilt Market and the Budget”) [Bank proved wrong in its claim indexed gilts would hit price for conventional gilts; interest rate cut imminent] classified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Appointments: Jenkin minute to MT (appointment of Jeffrey Stirling as special adviser) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Rayner minute to MT (“Departmental running costs”) [“key question is how to get the official machine… to take the scrutiny… seriously”] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 15 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) France: No.10 letter to Colonel Sir John Gilmour (Franco-British Council, 15 May) [MT politely rejects offer of hospitality at Holyrood] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Medway Towns and Chatham Dockyard closure") [Heseltine proposal for an Urban Development Corporation "has failed to win any support in correspondence"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: No.10 minute to MT ("UN Second Special Session on Disarmament") [MT attendance/speech; MT concerns about scheduling & disproportionate commitment to foreign affairs] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 15 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Italy: No.10 minute to MT (“Anglo-Italian Summit”) [arrangements] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 15 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Arts and amenities: Channon letter to Pym (“Government reply to the third (interim) report from the Education, Science and Arts committee: public and private funding of the Arts”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 minute to Treasury (“Departmental running costs”) [MT request to Heyhoe to supervise scrutiny on her behalf] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: Franco-British Council letter to No.10 (National Library of Scotland exhibition) [Franco-British Conference, 14 - 16 May 1982] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Regional Policy: No.10 minute (internal): Alan Walters to Scholar ("The Budget/industrial development and inner cities") [critique of a proposal for a Government subsidised building programme favoured by Heseltine] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: No.10 letter to Efficiency Unit (Heseltine minute on Departmental running costs) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Civil Service: Fowler letter to Brittan (“Departmental budgeting system”) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Appointments: Fowler minute to MT (appointment of a special adviser) [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National health: Fowler minute to MT ("Manpower and Efficiency in the National Health Service") ["latest estimates... I attach a draft PQ and answer] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: MT letter to Gordon Wilson MP (world oil prices) ["[we] will all benefit from lower oil prices through the consequent reduction in inflation and increase in real income"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: MT letter to John Silkin MP (UN General Assembly Second Special Session on Disarmament) [MT attendance/speech] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Role of the Comptroller and Auditor General") [report on meeting with Edward du Cann: "made clear his continued support for the PAC's view that the C&AG should be able to follow public money wherever it goes"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Monsieur Cheysson and European Defence”) [Western European Union and NATO] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: No.10 minute to MT ("The Disarmament Campaign") [lines to take] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Energy: Walker minute to MT ("Announcement of an Eighth Round of Offshore Licensing") ["anything which adds to the difficulties of the fishing industry at this stage clearly needs the most careful thought"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("UN Second Special Session on Disarmament") [scheduling of MT speech] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) United Nations: No.10 minute to MT ("UN Second Special Session on Disarmament") [MT speech] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Boys-Smith note to Coles (“Meeting with Mr Haughey”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations”) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 329 to FCO (0104Z) (“Cyprus”) [de Cuellar talks with Kyprianou and Denktash] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: FCO telegram to UKREP Brussels (Haughey and Anglo-Irish Relations) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cyprus: UKMIS New York telegram 208 to FCO (0303Z) (“Cyprus: Armenian terrorism”) [replacement for Beirut squadron] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Belize: Armstrong briefing for MT ("OD: Belize: Withdrawal of the Garrison") [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: Brittan letter to MT ("Internal audit in Government Departments") ["I undertook to let you have a progress report... enclosed... A useful start has been made in what we know is a long campaign which needs to be sustained"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Parliamentary Affairs") ["We seem to have Parliamentary problems over the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General"] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial policy: Tebbit minute to MT ("Dismissal in a Strike") ["I agree that we should give employers more freedom to dismiss employees taking industrial action"] [declassified 2013]

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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).

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