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PDF 85 Nov 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 186 to UKDel NATO (1245Z) ("US/Soviet Summit: Initial Views on Joint Statement") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 21 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO News Department minute to Howe PS ("Geneva Summit: Gorbachev's Press Conference") [summary of main points] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 21 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: FCO briefing for MT ("US/Soviet Summit: update on Briefing for NAC") [initial impressions of the outcomes; advice on line to take for media; transcript of MT press conference attached] [released Dec 2014]
Text 85 Nov 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Reagan report to meeting of NATO Leaders (Geneva Summit) [declassified 2000]
PDF 85 Nov 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Johannes Rau) [US/Soviet relations; INF Middle East; chemical weapons; ABM Treaty and SALT II; Anglo-German summit; access to markets in Europe] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Howe PS note to No.10 (60th anniversary of the Locarno Pact) [request for background information following Kohl proposal for Berlin academic seminar to mark the anniversary] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3232 to FCO (0330Z) ("Report to Congress") [Reagan on US/Soviet Summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Prague telegram 233 to FCO (1130Z) ("Gorbachev in Prague") [account of Gorbachev's report, on US/Soviet summit, to meeting of the Warsaw Pact members] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1524 to FCO (1400Z) ("US/Soviet Summit: Soviet Press Presentation of the Outcome") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit of Mr McFarlane") [proposed questions to put to US National Security Advisor, following his recount of US/Soviet summit] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 23 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, McFarlane, Price) ["US/Soviet Summit: Briefing by Mr McFarlane"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 1135 to FCO (1705Z) ("Geneva Summit: German Reaction") [views of Kohl & Genscher] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 3293 to FCO (2000Z) ("US/Soviet Summit") ["Some glosses on the Joint Statement"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("First Thoughts on the Summit") [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (thanks for Chequers visit with Bud McFarlane) [McFarlane’s read out on the summit; “how much longer he can stand the pace is open to question”] [released 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1551 to FCO (0900Z) ("Gorbachev's Speech to the Supreme Soviet") [details & analysis] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("US/Soviet Summit") [MT dismisses FCO's proposed draft message to Gorbachev regarding outcomes; "I will try to draft another if time permits"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT (“Draft Declaration on East-West Relations”) [“The text is better with the passages in square brackets included, but we could live without them”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Post Geneva summit US/Soviet Activity”) [appointment of US ambassador, Reagan message on human rights] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Shultz) [Reagan-Gorbachev arms control talks: movement on Arab/Israel conflict] [declassified 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“United States position on nuclear arms control and SDI”) [MT “suspects that the United States might not ultimately insist on a 50 percent cut in throw weight, a ban on the upgrading of the SS-18 or a ban on Soviet GCLMs”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jan 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 3 to FCO (2300Z) (“Future US/Soviet meetings”) [conflicting reports of proposals for additional summits] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jan 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 115 to FCO (1700Z) ("Gorbachev's Statement on Arms Control") [text of President Reagan's statement] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 117 to FCO (1710Z) (“US/Soviet nuclear and arms control negotiations: US approach to Geneva Round IV”) [“There are no significant new elements in the President’s instructions”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jan 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 153 to FCO (0135Z) (“Gorbachev proposals on arms control”) [“Initial reactions within the administration differ widely”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Feb 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1615Z) ("Arms Control - Responding to Gorbachev") (NSPG 0127) [Reagan: "the US does NOT give up SDI"] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 86 Feb 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO briefing to Cabinet Office ("Anglo-Italian Summit: 12 March 1986") ["...it is always important to show the Italians that we take them seriously"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 10 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: FCO minute for Powell ("US Response to Gorbachev Proposals") [MT's draft message for President Reagan & NATO meeting on arms control] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: President Reagan letter to MT (Gorbachev's arms control proposals) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Council minutes (1512Z) ("Canada") (NSC 0129) [Canada attempting to restrict imports of US films, the President said he could not blame them] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 86 Feb 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("German/Italian summit") [G5; Single European Act; Middle East; INF; East-West relations & Eastern Europe] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: President Reagan letter for MT (arms control: Geneva talks and Gorbachev proposals) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: MT message for President Reagan (President's reply to Gorbachev proposals on arms control) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Paris to FCO (arms control: President Reagan response to Gorbachev) [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Moscow minute to FCO ("President Reagan's reply to Gorbachev's 15 January proposals") [arms control] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Feb 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (arms control) ​​​​​​​["We need to tackle the causes of the insecurity which make nuclear weapons necessary"] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Mar 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 538 to FCO (2100Z) (“Timing of US/Soviet summit”) [“Press reports of US impatience at Soviet delay in agreeing a summit date are exaggerated”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Italian Summit meeting in Florence: Italian press comment") [extradition; terrorism; East/West relations; Tokyo economic summit; nuclear defence; EEC; Middle East] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Mar 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Anglo-Italian Summit in Florence) [Younger, Spandolini, officials] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Mar 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 680 to FCO (2355Z) (“Shultz meeting with Ryzhkov: 15 March”) [timing of a further US-Soviet summit] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Koenigswinter Conference 1986") [MT message of support for annual UK-German conference] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Mar 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1600Z) ("RSVP Options") (NSPG 0130) [Arms control - Responding to Soviet Violations Policy] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: summit prospects”) [US ambassador’s “disappointment with the current Soviet approach to East/West relations”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 884 to FCO (0445Z) (“US-Soviet relations”) [“No date yet for summit, but summer not yet ruled out”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: UKE Washington telegram 947 to FCO (2340Z) ("Nuclear Testing: New US/Soviet Dialogue?") [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Apr 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1600Z) ("Options in Responding to Soviet Violations") (NSPG 0131) [Arms control - Responding to Soviet Violations Policy] [declassified Dec 2005]
PDF 86 Apr 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Cold War: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (arms control) ​​​​​​​["the Soviet Union has no intention to slacken the efforts to achieve a breakthrough"] [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Cradock minute to No.10 (“Public opinion and Defence”) [“worrying ignorance of the basic facts on Soviet armaments”] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 May 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet high level consultations”) [Shevardnadze-Hartman talks: Shevardnadze “said that the Soviet Union favoured dialogue but that circumstances were not yet right for a meeting between himself and Shultz”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 May 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 593 to FCO (1310Z) (“Gorbachev meeting with Hammer and Gale on 15 May”) [Gorbachev “accused official Washington of exploiting the accident to discredit the Soviet Union”] [released Dec 2015]

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