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PDF 84 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Charles Powell minute to Cradock (“Possible visit of the PM to Peking”) [should MT sign Joint Declaration in person?] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Sep 12 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: Charles Powell minute to Cradock ("Possible visit of the PM to Peking") [should MT sign the Joint Declaration in person?] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Signature of the Hong Kong Agreement: Sir Y K Pao") [MT doubtful that Pao can be persuaded not to attend] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 2727 to FCO (0405Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Peking and Hong Kong") [Hong Kong aims; bilateral aims; multilateral aims] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Prime Minister's Visit to Peking": Y.K. Pao's attendance at Hong Kong signing ceremeny; delegation of UK industrialists] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of the Prime Minister to Peking and Hong Kong") [programmes; participation in the Signature Ceremony; topics for talks in Beijing; timing & content of Announcement; delegation of industrialists] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States") [MT advises not to pursue proposal for December 1984 meeting, and to concentrate on February 1985 meeting instead; line to take for media speculation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Peking") [Howe/Youde advise against MT bring delegation of businessmen with her, and seeking to close Guangdong Nuclear Project deal, for fear of deflecting media attention from signing of Hong Kong agreement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Wallis, Price) ["Prime Minister's Visits to Washington": proposed visit in December 1984] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Visit of the Prime Minister to Peking and Hong Kong") [schedule; speeches; announcement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Far East and United States: Timings") [options] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to the USA) [MT agrees to delay decision on timing of visit, pending her meeting with Ambassador Wright] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Reagan") [subjects for discussion] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Nov 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit by the Prime Minister to Peking and Hong Kong") [briefing proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Treasury briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to China") [Royal Mint project discussions with China Mint] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing record of conversation (1010Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit: Mr Buchanan-Smith's Meeting with Vice Premier Li Peng") [Buchanan-Smith; Li Peng] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO letter to No.10 ("China: Possible Visit by Her Majesty the Queen") [line to take during MT visit to Beijing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UMELCO letter to MT ("Subject: The Future of Hong Kong") [letter of thanks for meeting with delegation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to Peking: Meeting with the British Press") [arrangements; Hong Kong journalists; MT annotations to questions likely to be raised] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Briefing Meeting for Your Visits to Peking, Hong Kong and Washington") [summary of steering briefs; attendees] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3725 to FCO (2318Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with the President, 22 December: Northern Ireland") [briefing on Congressman Biaggi letter; lines to take] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to Washington") [MT request for additional briefing on arms control] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to Peking") [MT request for additional briefing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 13 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Dennis Lennon & Partners (Prime Minister's Visit to Peking) [accommodation arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Department of Trade and Industry briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Reagan") [US import restrictions; Laker; US/USSR bilateral trade] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States") [request for briefing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Reagan: Northern Ireland") [handling & public presentation of the discussion] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Peking") [supplementary briefing] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Department of Energy briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Peking") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Peter Walker minute to MT (inter-governmental nuclear co-operation agreement with China) [support for Howe proposal of 14 December] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Heseltine PS letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the United States") [proposal that Heseltine accompany MT] [released Dec 2014]
Text 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang) [signature of Joint Declaration] [declassified Dec 2014]
Text 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Deng Xiaoping) [signature of Joint Declaration] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3790 to FCO (2335Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with the President: Northern Ireland") [agreement on joint lines to take for the media] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3807 to FCO (2350Z) ("Speech by Weinberger on the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)") [speech to foreign press: "the most forceful and fullest public exposition so far given... of the rationale behind the SDI"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 13 to FCO (2200Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with the President at Camp David: 22 December") ["The Prime Minister will, I think, find President Reagan in an up-beat mood": analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 14 to FCO (2000Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with the President at Camp David: 22 December: Economic Issues") [analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3803 to FCO (2010Z) ("The US Economy, the Federal Budget Deficit and US Defence Spending: Latest Developments") [analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing record of conversation (1900Z) (Howe, Wu Xueqian) [points outstanding on Hong Kong negotiations, following MT meeting with Ziyang earlier that day] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe message to Shultz (1703Z) (arms control in space) ["we remain unconvinced that this is a desirable objective"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 3046 to FCO (1807Z) ("PM's Visit: Meeting with Chairman Deng Xiaoping: 19 December: Sino-Soviet and East-West Relations") [MT, Deng Xiaoping, Howe meeting - Sino-Soviet relations; Hong Kong] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 3045 to FCO (1800Z) (MT, Hu Yaobang, Howe, Xueqian and others) [Hong Kong; Sino-UK trade prospects; Chinese internal reform] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Beijing telegram 3034 to FCO (0753Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit: Talks with Zhao: Hogn Kong") [signature of Joint Declaration on Hong Kong; trade; East-West relations] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hu Yaobang, Howe, Xueqian and others) [Hong Kong; Sino-UK trade prospects; Chinese internal reform] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 21 to UKE Hong Kong (2100Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Washington") [dress code for Camp David] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 2531 to UKE Hong Kong (1530Z) ("Letter to the Prime Minister From Dr David Owen MP about SDI and Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB)") [summary of contents] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 2170 to UKE Washington (1000Z) ("Post Closures") [US reaction to UK's proposed closure of its Embassy in Santo Domingo; line to take for MT on her visit to Washington] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Kadoorie) [Guangdong Nuclear Project] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 21 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington letter to No.10 ("Camp David") [White House press office fact sheet] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Dec 22 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: MT message to Reagan (account of MT's meeting with Gorbachev) [released Dec 2014]

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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