Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Germany: No.10 conversation record (Powell, Soviet Ambassador) [Gorbachev clear USSR did not object to unification step by step, but no 'anschluss'; Gorbachev "crystal clear" united Germany should not be a member of NATO; Powell replied not much we could do about the pace of unification, aim was to discuss and resolve consequences] [declassified Dec 2016]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | PREM19/3000 ff238-239 |
| Editorial comments: | |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 2pp |
| Themes: | Charles Powell minutes, British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with France, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, German unification, 1989-90, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Defence (general) |
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