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PDF 88 Sep 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Trevor Woolley minute to Charles Powell ("James Adams") [prospect of a witness from security services appearing at libel trial] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jan 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to John Wakeham (Northern Ireland Inquests) [need to change the law to protect service personnel witnesses who are involved in deaths] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Feb 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Northern Ireland") [Enoch Powell's views on Haughey's ability to end the problem of Northern Ireland in Anglo-Irish relations] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Feb 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT message to Brian Mulroney (provision of counter-terrorism training) [Irish request for assistance] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Feb 6 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to King PS (Enoch Powell proposals) [another suggestion for full integration of NI into UK] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Feb 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: No.10 note for the record (Butler-O'Rourke) [Finucane murder, attitude of Northern Irish solicitors toward IRA] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Feb 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to MT (Soviet Ambassador) [proposed visit to Northern Ireland and official programme] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Feb 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Fred Olson message to MT (Harland and Wolff Privatisation) [commitment to equity stake and initial orders] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Feb 25 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT message to Brian Mulroney (security service training programme) ["an important reinforcement in the fight against terrorism"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Mar 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT message to Fred Olson (Harland and Wolff Privatisation) [government's interest in achieving return of Yard to private sector] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Mar 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Harland and Wolff Privatisation") [proposed terms of sale an extremely good outcome] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Mar 27 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT message to Felipe Gonzalez Marquez (IRA murder of policemen) [thanks for condolences] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Apr 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Douglas Hurd ("Proscription of Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO)") [IPLO claims responsibility for attacks, should be proscribed when necessary conditions are met] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Apr 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Douglas Hurd minute to Tom King ("Proscription of Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO)") [ample grounds for proscription in Northern Ireland, should not be proscribed in Britain] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Apr 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Tom King ("Proscription of Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO)") [proscription in Britain would be difficult to justify] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jun 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Patrick Mayhew minute to Lord Mackay (Northern Ireland Inquests) [proposed course on witnesses' culpability is compatible with obligations under ECHR] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jun 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: John Wakeham minute to MT ("Northern Ireland Inquests") [proposed Order in Council to restore rules on compellability of witnesses suspected of causing death] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jun 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Northern Ireland Inquests") [MT note: "must restore status quo ante" on compellability of witnesses suspected of causing death] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 3 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Charles Powell record of phone conversation (Powell-Maginnis) [permanent vehicle checkpoints and military patrolling] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to MT ("Anti-Terrorist Legislation in Northern Ireland") [proceed with review on assumption that terrorism "should be dealt with in accordance with the ordinary criminal law"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: John Wakeham minute to MT ("Northern Ireland Inquests") [proposed Order in Council to restore rules to protect safety and identity of security force personnel] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Younger PS minute to Charles Powell ("Aldergrove Infantry Battalion") [need to ensure changes are not seen as a withdrawal and avoid encouraging attacks against married quarters] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT statement (Fair Employment Act) ["determination to ensure that everyone in Northern Ireland enjoys the full benefits of citizenship, free of discrimination"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 26 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Brooke PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anti-Terrorist Legislation in Northern Ireland") [current emergency legislation expires 1992, proposed review to plan ahead] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 27 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Brooke PS minute to Charles Powell (troops in Northern Ireland) [presentation of 20th anniversary of deployment] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Jul 28 Fr Press Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office press release ("The Day of Peace Must Surely Come") [publication of book on developments in Northern Ireland] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 1 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Patrick Mayhew minute to Peter Brooke ("Ballynerry Inquest") [evidence from listeners of tape recording the incident, screening of witnesses, legislation as a fall-back] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 9 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Patrick Mayhew minute to Peter Brooke ("Northern Ireland Inquests") [possible Order in Council on the compellability of witnesses suspected of causing a death] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to MT ("Chairmanship of the Board of the International Fund for Ireland") [change of chairman, Fund a useful channel for Irish American efforts to work for peace] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to Lord Mackay ("Ballynerry Inquest") [compellability of witnesses suspected of causing a death, prospect of period of difficult litigation] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: FCO telegram 50 to various posts (1630Z) ("Northern Ireland: Alleged Security Leaks") [allegations that information held by security forces leaked to terrorist groups] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 24 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: John Major minute to Peter Brooke ("Inquests") [prospect of further litigation, postponement of proposed Order in Council] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to MT ("Aldergrove Infantry Battalion") [need to offer assurance that replacement of battalion will make no difference to number of troops on the ground] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to Lord Mackay ("Inquests: Draft Coroner's Order") [should defer decision to legislate until result of Appeal to Lords is known] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Sep 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Patrick Mayhew ("Northern Ireland Inquests/Ballynerry Inquest") [need to protect identity of witnesses, restore status quo ante on non-compellabilty] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Oct 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: UKE Dublin telegram 428 to FCO (1630Z) ("Approach to the ICG") [Taoiseach warns of trouble ahead, pressures in Ireland, should be firm but calm at Conference] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Oct 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Peter Brooke minute to Tom King ("Inquests in Northern Ireland: Draft Coroners Order") [members of security forces suspected of causing a death should not have to give evidence at inquests; timeline for legislation] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Oct 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Sunday Times letter to MT (Murphy family libel action against James Adams) [libel laws "are one of the last major loopholes which the terrorists are exploiting"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Oct 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Tom King minute to Peter Brooke ("Inquests in Northern Ireland: Draft Coroner's Order") [timing of legislation to restore non-compellability of members of security forces suspected of causing a death] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Oct 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Sunday Times letter to Tom King (Murphy family libel action against James Adams) [settlement money would fund IRA and terrorist acts, affect press reporting of IRA activity] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Oct 31 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("The Murphy Family v The Sunday Times") [security service evidence, security of witnesses] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: King PS minute to Brooke PS ("James Adams: Financing of Terror") [possibility of service officer acting as a witness, additional help for Sunday Times] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (King-Brooke-Lyell) [libel action against Sunday Times over reports on terrorist financing, support for journalist, possible court action] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: King PS letter to Sunday Times (libel action against James Adams) [attendance of lawyers at meeting to clarify journalist's position] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 3 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Office statement (Brooke interviews) [statements "reflect no change in Government policy on terrorism or in the Government's commitment to the Anglo-Irish Agreement"] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Patrick Mayhew minute to Tom King ("Inquests in Northern Ireland: Draft Coroner's Order") [delay legislation until result of appeal to Lords] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 9 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Brooke PS minute to Hurd PS ("Media Interviews: Talking to Sinn Fein etc") [ministers should stress has been no change to policy, aim is to bring terrorism to an end, hopes for talks between parties and government] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 23 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Brooke PS minute to Charles Powell ("Fair Employment (NI) Act 1989 - Code of Practice Request for Prime Ministerial Endorsement") [request for MT endorsement on effective implementation of Act] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: Lord Mackay minute to Peter Brooke ("Inquest in Northern Ireland: Draft Coroners Order") [legislation to be delayed until after result of appeal] [declassified Dec 2017]
PDF 89 Nov 24 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Northern Ireland: MT statement (Fair Employment Act) [government commitment to "introduce radical and inclusive new legislation to promote equality of opportunity in employment"] [declassified Dec 2017]

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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