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Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Mr McFarlane’s Briefing to the Prime Minister 23 November: SDI”) [McFarlane cited “the threat from Soviet mobile mirved systems as a prime justification for the SDI”] [released Dec 2015]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1759 f313
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy - theory and process, Defence (general), Defence (arms control)