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Cold War: Heseltine PS minute to Howe PS ("Ministerial Contacts with the Soviet Union") [invitation to Defence Secretary from Soviet Ambassador, asks for views] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1647 f195
Editorial comments:

Charles Powell notes that this letter reached him only on 4 October. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.

Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 2pp
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Defence (Falklands)