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Defence: No.10 Press Office briefing (“Soviet Union and INF talks”) [“Press Line”] [declassified 2013]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/973 f14
Editorial comments: Guessed to be a No.10 document but possibly originated in the Ministry of Defence and then telephoned through to No.10 (‘Janice’ possibly refers to a Garden Room secretary of that name.) Relevant supporting documents follow the main item. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here. Read other documents selected from this file.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 11pp
Themes: Parliament, Conservative Party (organization), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), European Union (general), Foreign policy (International organizations), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Labour Party & socialism, Liberal & Social Democratic Parties, Media, British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union