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PDF PREM19/3 79 May 18 79 Nov 29 236 Confidential China (Premier Hua visit to UK, Oct 1979) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/255 79 May 14 80 Dec 31 142 Confidential Hong Kong (UK trade with China; power projects in Hong Kong involving UK companies) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/785 81 Jan 5 82 Nov 29 261 Secret Hong Kong (UK trade with China; power projects in Hong Kong and China involving UK companies) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/786 79 May 10 82 Jan 25 164 Secret Hong Kong (Prime Minister's meetings with Sir Yue-Kong Pao, Chairman of World-wide Shipping Group) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/788 82 Jul 20 82 Oct 4 236 Secret Hong Kong (Prime Minister's visit to Hong Kong, September 1982: policy)
PDF PREM19/789 79 Jun 5 82 Sep 8 297 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/790 82 Sep 8 82 Oct 5 240 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/791 82 Oct 6 82 Nov 6 228 Top Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/792 82 Sep 6 82 Sep 23 317 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong: Prime Minister's visit to China; special briefing)
PDF PREM19/799 81 Jan 30 82 Nov 19 269 Confidential India (UK/Indian relations) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/823 81 Jan 28 82 Sep 20 368 Confidential Japan (Prime Minister's visit to Japan, September 1982; proposed technology agreement) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/890 82 Jul 15 82 Sep 15 23 Confidential Prime Minister (Meeting with Robert Adley MP to discuss Prime Minister's visit to Far East)
PDF PREM19/891 82 Aug 20 82 Sep 27 28 Secret Prime Minister (Meeting with Hong Kong Association members)
PDF PREM19/929 80 Jun 30 82 Apr 23 207 Confidential Trade (Difficulties of textile and clothing industries; closure of mills; low pay in the industry; policy on imports; quota issue) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/962 82 Sep 13 83 Feb 24 186 Secret China (Prime Minister's visit to China, Hong Kong & Japan, September 1982: policy) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/963 79 May 10 83 Nov 21 341 Secret China (Sino/British relations; defence sales) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/970 83 Nov 19 83 Nov 26 232 Secret Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Delhi, November 1983: policy) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1033 82 Oct 1 83 Oct 31 416 Top Secret Foreign policy (East/West relations; United States foreign policy) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1053 82 Nov 8 83 Feb 16 453 Top Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1055 83 Apr 20 83 Jun 30 268 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 6)
PDF PREM19/1056 83 Jul 1 83 Aug 31 403 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/1057 83 Sep 1 83 Sep 30 304 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/1058 83 Oct 1 83 Oct 31 322 Top Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 9)
PDF PREM19/1059 83 Nov 1 83 Dec 30 412 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/1075 83 Sep 6 83 Oct 31 275 Top Secret Lebanon (Internal situation; Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon; Beirut barracks bombing, 23 October 1983; UK/Lebanese relations) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1096 82 Apr 2 83 Dec 14 304 Secret Overseas Aid (Development policy; aid framework for 1981-1982 to 1983-1984; UK contribution to International Development Association) (Part 3)
PDF PREM19/1155 83 Apr 22 83 Dec 22 417 Secret Foreign policy (Strategy meetings: foreign affairs and defence) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1156 83 Aug 22 83 Nov 7 112 Secret India (Visit to UK by Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister of External Affairs, November 1983: meeting with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1179 83 Nov 27 84 Jan 20 260 Secret Commonwealth (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, New Delhi, November 1983) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/1186 84 Mar 2 84 Dec 31 454 Confidential Defence (Defence sales) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1196 84 Jun 1 84 Jul 31 485 Secret Economic policy (Privatisation) (Part 10)
PDF PREM19/1243 84 May 2 84 Dec 11 234 Confidential France (Prime Minister's visits to France, May 1984 and November 1984) (Part 4)
PDF PREM19/1258 82 Aug 6 84 Jan 18 64 Secret Government machinery (Appointment of Sir Anthony Parsons and Roger Jackling as advisers to Prime Minister on foreign affairs and defence policy respectively; improvements to joint intelligence machinery post Falklands Conflict)
PDF PREM19/1262 84 Jan 3 84 Jan 31 310 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 11)
PDF PREM19/1263 84 Feb 1 84 Mar 30 458 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 12)
PDF PREM19/1264 84 Apr 2 84 Apr 30 293 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 13)
PDF PREM19/1265 84 May 1 84 Jun 30 373 Secret - UK Eyes Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 14)
PDF PREM19/1266 84 Jul 2 84 Jul 31 241 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 15)
PDF PREM19/1267 84 Aug 1 84 Sep 25 415 Secret Hong Kong (Future of Hong Kong) (Part 16)
PDF PREM19/1272 81 Nov 19 84 Apr 10 77 Confidential Immigration (British Nationality Act 1981; British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Amendment Bill) (Part 2)
PDF PREM19/1342 80 Mar 17 84 Dec 17 226 Confidential Portugal (Visits to UK by Prime Minister Dr Sa Carneiro (May 1980), Vice Prime Minister Professor Freitas do Amaral (November 1982) and Prime Minister Dr Mario Soares (November 1984); meetings with Prime Minister)
PDF PREM19/1343 84 Feb 8 84 Aug 9 327 Secret Portugal (Prime Minister's visit to Portugal, April 1984)
PDF PREM19/1344 83 Apr 12 84 Jan 11 370 Secret Posts and telecommunications (Future of the Post Office; telecommunications liberalisation and privatisation; Telecommunications Bill; draft licence for British Telecom (BT)) (Part 7)
PDF PREM19/1345 84 Jan 12 84 Jul 31 362 Secret Posts and telecommunications (Future of the Post Office: proposals for Post Office counters network; telecommunications liberalisation and privatisation; Telecommunications Bill; British Telecom (BT) licence; Mercury Communications Ltd) (Part 8)
PDF PREM19/1349 84 Oct 11 84 Nov 13 20 Confidential Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meeting with Jing Shuping, President of China International Economic Consultants (CIEC), November 1984)
PDF PREM19/1360 82 Jun 7 84 Jun 3 67 Confidential Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meetings with Clifton Garvin, Chairman of Exxon Corporation, and Archibald Forster, Chairman of Esso Petroleum, July 1984)
PDF PREM19/1368 82 Aug 5 84 Jan 30 42 Confidential Royal family (Princess Margaret's proposed visit to China for Royal Ballet performance; Duke of Edinburgh's visit to China as President of World Wildlife Fund (WWF))
PDF PREM19/1395 79 May 21 84 Oct 22 354 Secret Sri Lanka (Internal situation; UK/Sri Lankan relations; aid to Sri Lanka) (Part 1)
PDF PREM19/1396 79 Nov 20 84 Mar 5 84 Confidential Tonga (Visits to UK by King and Queen of Tonga, December 1979 and October 1983)
PDF PREM19/1397 82 Nov 4 84 May 31 277 Confidential Trade (Britain’s international trade policies; problems with Spain and Japan; rolling back protectionism; export promotion) (Part 3)

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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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