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Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Statement on the Defence Estimates, 1985") ["The statement has good points - willingness to discuss Trident, NATO and arms' control - but it misses a trick on Trident and competition, and goes over the top on European collaboration"] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1845 f12
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Media, Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Parliament, British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union