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Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1542 to FCO (1207Z) ("Gorbachev's Speech to the Military, 17 August: Internal Aspects") [report: perestroika; market economy; ownership; political freedoms; new Union Treaty; calls for secession] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3183 f34
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Civil liberties, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Privatized & state industries, Economic policy - theory and process