1981 Sep 22 - 1985 Oct 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1672
Afghanistan (Soviet invasion) (Part 6)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2018 Jul 24 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 323 |
| Any docs withheld? | 11 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Nov 8 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: Anthony Parsons minute to John Coles ("Soviet Prisoners in Afghanistan") [proposal to grant UK asylum to some of the prisoners: potential snags] [released Jul 2018] |
| 84 Jun 14 Th | Major | Afghanistan: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Soviet Prisoners from Afghanistan") [applications for political asylum: arrival in UK; possibility of meeting with MT] [released Jul 2018] |
| 82 Mar 17 We | Minor | Afghanistan: FCO briefing for MT ("Call at No.10 by the Afghanistan Support Committee: 6pm on Thursday 18 March") [Committee representation; fundraising efforts; talking points] [released Jul 2018] |
| 83 Jan 19 We | Major | Afghanistan: FCO briefing for MT ("Call by a Group of Afghans") [witnesses to Soviet atrocities] [released Jul 2018] |
| 86 Jan 21 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: FCO PUS letter to Charles Powell ("Afghanistan and Austrian Neutrality") [Austrian Ambassador's concern about comparison drawn by MT in recent TV interview] [released Jul 2018] |
| 82 Nov 19 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: FCO telegram 213 to Certain Missions and Dependent Territories (1300Z) ("Afghanistan: The Interview with Kuzichkin") [Soviet defector: "The Russians are now bogged down in a war which they cannot win and cannot abandon"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 82 Mar 16 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: FCO telegram 43 to UKE Abidjan & Certain Other Posts (1713Z) incorporating MT message to Afghanistan Support Committee ("Afghanistan Day") [2nd anniversary of Soviet invasion: message of support & renewal of call on Soviets to withdraw; details of Afghan delegation to be received by MT; HMG measures to mark Afghanistan Day] [released Jul 2018] |
| 83 Nov 25 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: FCO telegram 447 to UKE Islamabad (1253Z) ("Soviet Defectors from Afghanistan: Daily Mail") ["a vivid account of conditions facing Soviet troops... low morale, corruption, war weariness, and disease"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 84 Nov 19 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Howe minute to Leon Brittan ("Soviet Prisoners of the Afghan Resistance") [applications for political asylum: "we should think very carefully indeed before accepting any further applications"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 84 Jul 16 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Howe minute to Leon Brittan ("Soviet prisoners of the Afghan resistance") [MT agrees to futher FCO discussions with EC/US to coordinate resettlement, on condition that asylum applicants are not returned to the Soviet Union] [released Jul 2018] |
| 84 Sep 17 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Howe minute to Leon Brittan ("Soviet Prisoners of the Afghan Resistance") [resettlement for asylum applicants: "an account of the further discussions with our EC partners and allies"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 83 Nov 17 Th | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan") [draft No.10 reply to People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan request for meeting with MT] [released Jul 2018] |
| 83 Mar 18 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan") [further ODA contribution to relief work for Afghan refugees in Pakistan] [released Jul 2018] |
| 84 Mar 26 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan: Resettlement of Soviet Prisoners") [applications for political asylum: liaison with US & European governments] [released Jul 2018] |
| 84 Jun 4 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan: Soviet Prisoners") [applications for political asylum: "we shall need to be very careful generally in answering questions about the extent of the Government's involvement and the political implications"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 84 Jun 4 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan: Soviet Prisoners") [applications for political asylum: flight & sponsorship arrangements; media coverage; line to take with Soviet authorities] [released Jul 2018] |
| 83 Jan 28 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit by Witness of Soviet Atrocities in Afghnistan") [further measures to publicise the massacre] [released Jul 2018] |
| 83 Mar 15 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 (meetings with members of Peshawar resistance groups) [MT advised against meeting Mohammed Yahya, brother of an Afghan resistance leader, during his visit to UK] [released Jul 2018] |
| 83 Nov 21 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: John Coles minute to Anthony Parsons ("Soviet Prisoners in Afghanistan") [calls for UK govt to intervene: draft No.10 reply to Committee: MT deems draft "much too negative"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 84 Jun 25 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Leon Brittan letter to Howe ("Soviet Prisoners of the Afghan Resistance") [applications for political asylum: arguments against admission point "to the desirability of making a further attempt to involve our Western allies in a joint approach"] [released Jul 2018] |