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Personal and party papers, Cambridge

Cold War: MT to Richard Branson (hot air balloon flight plans) [inviting a Russian cosmonaut to participate would "not only symbolise the new possibilities opening up, but possibly encourage others on both sides to come forward with their own... ideas"] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 3/2/246 f42
Editorial comments:
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Science & technology