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PDF 89 Feb 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 185 to FCO (1355Z) ("Meeting with Alexander Yakovlev") [Ambassador Braithwaite introductory call on Yakovlev: agenda for forthcoming Gorbachev visit to UK] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 7 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Cradock minute to MT ("Soviet Internal Situation") ["indications of internal opposition to perestroika and increasing gloom among Soviet leaders... in general the economy is in such a mess that whatever course of action is taken, matters are only likely to get worse before they can get better"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: President Gorbachev letter to MT (earthquake in Armenia) [thanks for UK assistance; UK/Soviet relations] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Soviet Internal Situation") [recent article in Soviet journal "the most outspoken yet in its attack on the Soviet Communist Party and to some extent on Gorbachev himself"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Lord Young minute to MT ("Our Relations with the Russians") [brings to MT's attention an attached minute from Alan Clark, reporting on his meetings with three senior East European government figures, each of which, Clark notes, "expressed their anxieties... recklessly"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Rodney Leach of Matheson & Co. Ltd. letter to William Waldegrave (HMG advice to Soviet Union on economic reform) [thoughts on reform of the Soviet system; Charles Powell to MT: "A fascinating letter"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 17 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Cabinet Office Telecommunications Secretariat minute to John Weston ("'Hot Line' Communications") [article in Soviet magazine, about US/USSR system, similar to new UK/USSR system due to be implemented] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 338 to FCO (1349Z) ("Visit of Korotich") [editor of "most adventurous and talked-about magazine" in Russia; character analysis & background in advance of MT interview] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT (Prime Minister's interview by Korotich, Editor of 'Ogonyok' magazine) [Charles Powell advises against proposed FCO agenda focused on UK/Soviet relations: "talk much more about your own philosophy and how you are implementing it in this country"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to Stefan Terlezki MP (Glasnost, Perestroika and the legacy of Lenin) [response to Terlezki's critique of the Gorbachev regime] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Feb 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Chairman of the Committee for a Free Britain letter to Howe ('Making Sense of Gorbachev') [invitation to CFB media briefing in advance of Gorbachev's visit to UK] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("British Week in Kiev, 1990: Royal Involvement") [case for Royal participation, and a June date to accommodate English National Opera Company; proposal that MT should attend, and meet with Gorbachev] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 6 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Vavilov, Charles Powell) [introductory chat] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe minute to MT ("Our Relations with the Russians") [assessment of scope for UK advice & assistance, in advance of Gorbachev's visit to the UK] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe minute to John MacGregor ("Possible Sale of UK Grain to the USSR") [welcomes proposal in principle, but sounds two notes of caution] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 420 to FCO (0930Z) ("Unusual Activity in Moscow") ["I am reporting these events... not (in themselves) a reason for alarm... but I think it worth keeping our ears close to the ground"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe minute to Younger ("Defence Contacts with the Soviet Union") [progress on resumption] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 18 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 476 to FCO (0946Z) ("Soviet Union: CC Plenum on Agriculture: Concluding Remarks") [Gorbachev speech] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's interview by Korotich, Editor of 'Ogonyok' magazine) [copy of published interview] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 527 to FCO (1156Z) ("Preliminary Soviet Election Results: First Thoughts") [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Soviet Election Results") [initial analysis] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Mar 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Soviet Embassy letter to No.10 (Tajikstan earthquake: UK relief assistance) [letter of thanks enclosed from Tajikstan government] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 559 to FCO (0514Z) ("Gorbachev's Speech to the Media: Elections and Agriculture: Comment") ["first leadership comment on the elections": summary & analysis] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Interview with Izvestia") [letter of thanks from Editor in Chief, and copy of article] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Soviet Elections") ["a brief look at the overall results and their implications... Mr Gorbachev is now riding his own tiger"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 7 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT (Soviet nuclear submarine accident in vicinity of Bear Island, North Sea) [first report] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: President Gorbachev message to MT (Soviet nuclear submarine accident in vicinity of Bear Island, North Sea) [details; Charles Powell advice on handling] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 8 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: MT letter to President Gorbachev (Soviet nuclear submarine accident in vicinity of Bear Island, North Sea) [thanks for being informed, and congratulations on success of recent visit to UK] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to MT ("Visit to Moscow") [Ambassador Braithwaite proposal that Cradock visit USSR 'open some doors', in his capacity as MT's Foreign Affairs Advisor] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 625 to FCO (0748Z) ("Soviet Submarine Accident") [details of Soviet Defence Minister Yazov interview by 'Izvestia'] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 11 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 84 to FCO (1055Z) ("Soviet Submarine") [report on Norwegian investigation into nuclear submarine accident] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister") [anticipated details of oral message from Gorbachev to MT] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to MT ("Soviet Criticism of Lenin") [recent articles in Soviet media; "no longer sacrosanct"] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 655 to FCO (1537Z) ("Georgia: Dismissal of Republican Leaders") [details of Shevardnadze speech to Georgian plenum, covered by Soviet media] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Petrovsky) [Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister: 'British week' in Kiev; Gorbachev visit to UK; conventional forces reduction negotiations; Soviet elections; Georgia; MT invitation to USSR; Hillsborough] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Director-General of the Security Service) ["Expulsion of Members of the Soviet and Czech Embassies": handling; publicity; timing] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: The Great Britain-USSR Association letter to No.10 ('British Week' in Kiev) [background note] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Cecil Parkinson minute to MT ("Visit to the USSR") [report on trade promotion visit] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Soviet Central Committee Plenum") [clear-out of the old order] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 710 to FCO (1300Z) ("Soviet Internal: CPSU Central Committee Plenum, 25 April") [clear-out of old order] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 Apr 29 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 736 to FCO (0616Z) ("Soviet Internal: Georgia") [briefing for Soviet journalists on 9 April gas attack on citizens] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 5 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Expulsion of Members of the Soviet Czech Embassies") [handling; publicity; timing; message from MT to Gorbachev; effect on W. German thinking over SNF] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Expulsion of members of the Soviet and Czech Embassies") [handling; publicity; timing] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Expulsion of members of the Soviet and Czech Embassies": handling; publicity; timing] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversations ("Soviet Union") [Charles Powell, Kossov: SNF negotiations; Soviet chemical agent stockpiles] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Soviet Expulsions") [handling; timing; publicity] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Gordievsky") [Soviet request to meet Gordievsky] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 809 to FCO (1058Z) ("Soviet Internal: 14 May Re-Run Elections") [results of re-run, following allegations of corruption] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Soviet Expulsions") [revised press line, in accordance with MT concern that release of any names or details would be a betrayal of her undertaking to Gorbachev] [released Jul 2018]
PDF 89 May 18 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Czech Expulsions") [speaking note to be used for Czech ambassador] [released Jul 2018]

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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