Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Germany: Powell letter to Wall ("Germany and NATO") ["To put it bluntly, we have to bear in mind - although not say - that we might one day need the Soviet Union as a counter-balance to a united Germany"] [declassified Jul 2017]
Document type: | Declassified documents |
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Source: | PREM19/2998 f100 |
Editorial comments: | Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-2998. |
Importance ranking: | Key |
Word count: | 2pp |
Themes: | Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union |
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