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Soviet Union: Martin Nicholson minute to Percy Cradock ("Gorbachev's Visit and the "Glorious" Revolution") [reference by Gorbachev in his recent book, 'Perestroika', "could be used... as a peg on which to hang our appreciation of Gorbachev's efforts at constitutional reform"] [released Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2546 f340
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Media, British Constitution (general discussions), Monarchy, Parliament, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states)