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USSR: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Mitterrand) [arms control, East/West, defence cooperation; EC; Middle East, US, Chad, Lebanon] ​​​​​​​[released Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2182 f67
Editorial comments:

Handwritten notes for and of the meeting from the Thatcher MSS can be read here. The first pages of the notes appear to be joittings MT made in preparation for the conversation, the last two her record of what was actually said.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (Middle East), European Union (general), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Charles Powell minutes, British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with France