1986 Nov 3 - 1987 Nov 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2172
Foreign Policy (East/West relations) (Part 7)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Jul 21 |
| Classification: | Secret and Personal |
| Page count: | 300 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 41 - 59 of 59
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 87 Jul 1 We | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1394 to FCO (0010Z) ("US/Soviet Relations") [next Shultz/Shevardnadze meeting in Washington likely to immediately precede MT visit] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Jul 7 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 968 to FCO (1350Z) ("US/Soviet Relations") [Shultz/Shevardnadze proposed July meeting; US confusion over Soviet stance on US defence forces in FRG; UNGA in September & possible US/Soviet summit to coincide] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Aug 27 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1821 to FCO (0010Z) ("Presidential Address to Town Hall of California Meeting: 26 August") ["INF and calls for greater openness in military affairs"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 10 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO telegram 284 to FCO (1753Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze: General Prospects") [discussion of agenda] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 11 Fr | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 1923 to FCO (2325Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze") [analysis of probable content & likely outcome of talks, including prospective US/Soviet summit] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Oct 2 Fr | Major | Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation ("Quadripartite Meeting of Political Directors: Bonn: 2 October") [John Fretwell, Noiville, Richthofen, Ridgway: Geneva NST/INF; START/ABM; Reagan-Gorbachev Summit; chemical weapons; West/West relations; CSCE; Eastern Europe; Afghanistan; Iran/Iraq; Cambodia/Southern Africa ] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Oct 15 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2205 to FCO (2315Z) ("Summitry") ["Americans... now... thinking in terms of a post-Summit meeting at Heads of Government level"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Oct 27 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: Cradock minute to MT ("East/West Relations: Summit and INF Treaty") [speculation on motives behind "Gorbachev's latest maneouvre in resurrecting the SDI precondition for a Summit"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Oct 30 Fr | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2344 to FCO (2240Z) ("US/Soviet Relations") ["joint statement [on next steps]... released following Shevardnadze's talks with President Reagan at the White House on 30 October"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Nov 3 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1583 to FCO (1500Z) ("Shevardnadze's Visit to Washington") [analysis, based on US account of the visit] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Nov 4 We | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2381 to FCO (2350Z) ("US/Soviet Summit in Washington") [assessment of US mood and expectations & summary of preparatory meetings in run-up to the Summit] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Nov 5 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation ("Quadripartite Meeting of Political Directors, London, 5 November") [John Fretwell, Ridgway, Noiville, Von Richthofen: arms control; Alliance consultations; East/West relations; regional issues; WEU; US/Spain] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Nov 12 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to Percy Cradock ("US/Soviet Summit") [Powell dismisses Christopher Mallaby proposal, and accompanying advice, for MT letter to issue to Reagan in advance of Summit] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Nov 17 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("United States/Soviet Summit") [cover note only, referring to circular letter from Reagan to NATO Heads of Government in advance of Summit] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Nov 19 Th | Major | Cold War: Charles Powell record of conversation (CDP-Soviet diplomat Kossov) [possible Gorbachev stopover in Britain en route to Washington Summit; merits of RAF Brize Norton as venue] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Nov 27 Fr | Major | Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT ("United States/Soviet Summit") [possible MT message to Reagan in advance; fear of a replay of Reykjavik; message to Gorbachev rejected] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 87 Nov 27 Fr | Major | Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("US/Soviet Summit") [proposed amendments to draft MT message to Reagan] [released July 2016] |
| 88 Feb 26 Fr | Major | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 492 to FCO (1790Z) ("Possible Visit to the US by the PM") [Acland counsels Powell; "a visit may not be essential"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 88 Apr 28 Th | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Possible Visit to London by former President Giscard d'Estaing") [wishes to discuss EMU with MT, but his diary is filling up; MT - "Let it fill right up"] [declassified Jul 2016] |