Archive

1987 Jan 5 - 1987 Mar 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2529
Soviet Union (Prime Minister's visit to Soviet Union, March-April 1987) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 603
Any docs withheld? 4

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Date Value Title
87 Jan 5 Mo Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to Percy Cradock ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: Eastern Europe") [MT requests fresh assessment in advance of visit] [released Jul 2017]
87 Jan 6 Tu Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") [objectives; programme] [released Jul 2017]
87 Jan 14 We Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [meeting with Howe to discuss desired objectives/outcomes & Cultural Exchange Programme] [released Jul 2017]
87 Jan 30 Fr Major Soviet Union: Geoffrey Pattie minute to MT (Visit to the Soviet Union: agreement on Space co-operation) [case for signing the agreement] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 3 Tu Major Soviet Union: Howe minute to MT ("Your Visit to the Soviet Union: Arms Control") ["some thoughts on how... your discussions with Gorbachev might be handled"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 6 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow") [Charles Powell, Kossov] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 9 Mo Major Soviet Union: MT letter to John Browne MP (Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow) [thanks for papers on Gorbachev] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 12 Th Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS (Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow) [possibility of a joint statement] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 16 Mo Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union: Agreements") [Space co-operation; upgrading of hotline; Memorandum of Understanding on information & culture] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 18 We Major Soviet Union: Chairman of P&O note to No.10 (Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union) [details of proposed construction project involving Bovis International Ltd, a P&O company] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 20 Fr Minor Soviet Union: Geoffrey Pattie MP letter to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union) ["would... be most helpful if mention of Accreditation could be made in your talks"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 23 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Kenneth Warren, MP") [advance briefing for British/Soviet Parliamentary Group on MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 26 Th Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") ["a note of various [relevant] meetings and engagements in your diary"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 6 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to Moscow") [Charles Powell: "Percy Cradock and I would like to talk through with you the objectives and main themes for your meetings with Mr. Gorbachev"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 6 Fr Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to Cabinet Office (meeting with President Mitterrand to discuss Mr. Gorbachev's latest arms control proposals) [MT reluctant, due to scheduling difficulties] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 6 Fr Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell note to MT ("Moscow Visit") [Conservative Foreign Affairs Committee record of conversation; paper by Alfred Sherman] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 9 Mo Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Secretary of State for Energy") [meeting with Walker to discuss his paper on Gorbachev] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 10 Tu Major Soviet Union: Robert Conquest to MT (Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union) [follow-up to meeting; notes for possible use in conversations] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 11 We Major Soviet Union: Lord Cockfield letter of MT ("Your Forthcoming Visit to Moscow") [record of conversation: Cockfield, Professor Ivanov, Ambassador Zamyatin] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 11 We Major Soviet Union: UKDel NATO letter of Howe PS ("The Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: Consultations") ["I suspect that there will be very genuine disappointment here and in capitals if the Council receives no more than a routine briefing... from me or from another senior official"] [released Jul 2017]