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PDF 85 May 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Alison letter to Michael Eaton (back to work campaign) [financial losses incurred by working miner] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Local government: Hector Monro minute to MT (Scottish rates revaluation) [need to reassure supporters] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Sherbourne minute for MT (CRD suggestions to improve government PR) [ministers should make more non-departmental speeches & sharpen responses to attack] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Robin Butler minute for MT (“Supper with the Lord President & the Chief Whip”) [“purpose is to have a ‘second reading’ discussion about a re-shuffle”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Robin Butler minute for MT (“Conclusions of a preliminary discussion” [on reshuffle]) [MT, Whitelaw, Wakeham] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Abortion: MT letter to constituents (Unborn Children Bill) [free vote] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Law and order: MT letter to Mrs Mary Whitehouse (child sex abuse) [concerns about scale of abuse, import of pornography] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 26 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 86”) [four post-local election polls: Labour in the lead] [released 2015]
PDF 85 May 31 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Alliance: Sherbourne minute for MT ( Economist quote on football hooliganism) [“the nastiness in Brussels came from youngsters with enough cash to buy the expensive ticket there”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: Robin Harris minute to Sherbourne (“Long-term themes for speeches”) [“a cock-shy of themes”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 91”) [“it would appear that our support has stabilised at around the 30/31 percent level”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 9 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO letter to No.10 (hung councils) [Alliance “have in fact only enabled Labour to take control in one County”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Meeting with Parliamentary and Congressional wives group for Soviet Jewry") [arrangements & briefing] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Alison minute to MT (“Transfer of Working Miners to the Selby Coalfield”) [“is it practicable systematically to transfer large numbers of working miners - as many as 750 - without scandal or disruption?”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Policy: Robin Harris minute to Sherbourne (“The Special Adviser Network and Other Matters”) [“prior notification between Special Advisers of forthcoming announcements and events … [not] a practical proposition”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: No.10 record of conversation ("Prime Minister's meeting with Parliamentary wives for the release of Soviet Jewry") ["confidential approaches … more likely to have some effect than highly publicised approaches"] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT speaking notes (meeting with Parliamentary and Congressional wives group for Soviet Jewry) [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: NUCAS minutes (Executive Committee meeting) [party conference, Social Affairs Forum, SCUA conference, golf tournament, FCS committee of enquiry, Executive Committee elections] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Howard letter to MT (encouragement) [thanks for lunch; mid-term troubles - key to expose Alliance weakness] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Alison note to Sid Cordle (striking miners) [transfers to other pits] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Parliament: Robert Armstrong briefing for MT (“Conflict of Interests in the House of Commons: Lobbyists”) [“possible courses of action to constrain ‘lobbying’ activities by MPs”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Ingham minute (meeting with Ian MacGregor) [IM suggests fundraising using model employed by Reagan] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Peter Walker minute to Alison (issues affecting the industry) [treatment of working miners, NCB action, NCB-NACODS agreement] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 27 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) European Policy: No.10 record of phone conversation (Charles Powell, Horst Teltschik) [draft Treaty on European Union between West Germany & France, incorporating British text without consultation; Powell: "I said that I took an extremely dim view of this message ... a black day for our co-operation" - copy annotated by MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jun 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Sir Keith Joseph minute for MT (“Number of DES Ministers”) [case for a third junior minister; Butler note of conversation] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Coal: Conservative Backbench Energy Committee minutes (miners’ strike) [harrassment of working miners] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 27 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: Keith Britto letter to Alison (“Dick Wirthlin Seminar”) [arrangements and programme] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jun 29 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: MT notes for Milan European Council press conference ("We have made some progress, though we unhappily got bogged down") [IGC argument] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 95”) [Gallup poll “found for the first time since mid-April a small (1 percent) Conservative lead over Labour”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (TSRB, 1922 speech, politicsm industry, etc) [Times says “You will pay for it as you paid for Clegg”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (politics, coal, law & order, etc) [bad polls] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: Vice-President George Bush card to MT (thanks for visit, cooperation) [card from Barbara Bush also] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 5 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (thanks for lunch with Vice-President Bush) [200th anniversary of UK/US diplomatic relations] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Housing: MT letter to Jerry Wiggin MP (rural developments) [“It is quite wrong to regard these two policy aims - conservation and growth - as irreconcilable”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 11 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservatism: NUCAS minutes (Executive Committee meeting) [Brecon by-election, economic situation, Executive Committee elections, agent’s salary, Property Review Committee report, rules, Federation of Conservative Students, party conference] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 14 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 95”) [“It is too early to attempt to draw any conclusions with regard to the post-Brecon trend of support for the main parties”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute (Liaison committee) [upcoming events] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 16 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (thanks for dinner at No.10) [with the Annenbergs] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Whitelaw minute for Brittan (“Deregulation - lifting the burden”) [arguments to circulate to MPs] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 17 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: Keith Britto minute to Stephen Sherbourne (Brecon by-election) [by-election loss, polls and the parties’ respective positions] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservativism: MT notes for 1922 Committee speech [“session of solid achievement”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 19 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Armstrong minute for Butler (“Ministerial Structure in the Department of the Environment”) [cut back down to six ministers when GLC/MCC abolition complete] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 22 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 97”) [fall in Government’s, MT’s popularity] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 25 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Whitelaw minute for Brittan (“The Government’s record since 1979” & “Public Expenditure & ‘Cuts’”) [arguments to circulate to MPs] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 26 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Whitelaw minute for Brittan (“Tourism & Leisure”) [arguments to circulate to MPs] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 28 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: CCO polling (“Public Opinion Background Note 98”) [36.5 percent claim they would support Alliance, 30 percent Conservative and 30 percent Labour] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) US: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (thanks for visit to Chequers) [with cards from wife & children] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 30 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Michael Alison letter to MT (encouragement) [awesome achievements; Good Samaritan & Moses] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Reshuffle: Wakeham minute for MT (“Chief Whip’s thoughts at 31 July”) [list of ministers with reshuffle suggestions; MT annotations also] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Jul 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Stephen Hastings letter to MT (encouragement) [troubles will pass, you will triumph again] [released 2015]

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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