Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1542 to FCO (1207Z) ("Gorbachev's Speech to the Military, 17 August: Internal Aspects") [report: perestroika; market economy; ownership; political freedoms; new Union Treaty; calls for secession] [released Jul 2018]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | PREM19/3183 f34 |
| Editorial comments: | Read other documents selected from this file. The full file itself may be read here. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 4pp |
| Themes: | Civil liberties, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Privatized & state industries, Economic policy - theory and process |
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