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Hungary: Draft MT speech for Lázár dinner (first draft, further annotated) [“The chairs at Geneva have already stayed empty too long”] [declassified 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 5/1/5/239 Part 2 f38
Editorial comments: Listed by date of letter by John Coles. This draft embodies all of the changes made by MT on the first draft, with additional material. The handwriting is possibly that of Robin Butler, head of the Private Office at No.10, or Sir Antony Acland, Permanent Under-Secretarty of the FCO.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 8pp
Themes: Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Leadership