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Soviet Union: MT message to President Reagan (Soviet proposal for CSCE human rights meeting in Moscow) ["we should aim to agree clear, specific criteria... if the West was to consider attending... If the two of us can do this, we should be able to persuade our other Allies"] [released Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3174 f132 T160A/88
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 11pp
Themes: MT messages to and from world leaders, MT contacts with Ronald Reagan, Charles Powell minutes, Civil liberties, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states)