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Searched for: Chernobyl. Date range: 1 Apr 198630 Jun 1987. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 86 May 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (MT aiming for election hat-trick, Kinnock, Gorbachev on Chernobyl) [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Chernobyl nuclear accident: Gorbachev's speech") ["little new information and no real reassurance to the Soviet population on health hazards ... no real hint of apology or admission of possible failure or delay in handling the accident"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Policy Unit minute for MT ("The Chernobyl Incident - Contingency Planning") ["some pretty maladroit footwork - especially in the initial stages"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights (Perth speech, tax and spending, Chernobyl, prisons) [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Tories slump to third in polls, unemployment, education, tourism, Chernobyl) [released 2017]
PDF 86 May 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1347 to FCO (2305Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“State believe Gorbachev in bitter mood over Western handling of Chernobyl issue”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 May 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Cabinet Office minute for No.10 ("Call by Japanese Charge") [account of Japanese exchanges with Soviets on Chernobyl as mandated at Tokyo G7] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 May 31 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Energy: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (post-Chernobyl) ["the first thing that is needed is an early warning system in case of accidents"] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Jun 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Cabinet Office minute for Home Secretary ("The Lessons of Chernobyl") [Civil Contingencies Unit to consider lessons and "prepare appropriate new plans for the future"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Jun 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Energy: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (post-Chernobyl) ["the main task is to ensure that there should be no more nuclear accidents"] [released 2017]
PDF 86 Jun 19 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO briefing for MT (“Briefing for European Council, The Hague 26-27 June 1986”) [Internal market; Citizen's Europe; Post-Chernobyl; Drugs; Research and Development; Mediterranean Policy; EC/Turkey; Acid Rain/Large Combustion Plants Directive; PM's closing words on the Dutch Presidency; East/West] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jun 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Powell minute for Cabinet Office ("Chernobyl: Soviet Management of the Crisis") [MT has read JIC report on topic "with considerable interest"; asks what contingency plans we are making?] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Jun 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa sanctions, arms control, post-Chernobyl, strategy team) [released 2017]
PDF 86 Jun 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO (“Preparation for European Council: 26-27 June”) [aftermath of Chernobyl, international agriculture, South Africa] [declassified 2014]
PDF 86 Jun 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“European Council: Delors Press Conference, 24 June”) [South Africa, Chernobyl, the budget, internal market, air fares, Greece-Turkey, EC-US and agriculture] [declassified 2014]
Text 86 Jun 27 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (European Union) EC: The Hague European Council (Presidency Conclusions)
PDF 86 Jul 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: HM Ambassador to Moscow despatch ('Chernobyl') [course of events, Soviet handling, implications] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Jul 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Shevardnadze, Cartledge) [message from Gorbachev ; East/West relations & arms control; human rights; terrorism; Afghanistan; Chernobyl] [released Dec 2016]
PDF 86 Aug 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: UKMIS Vienna telegram 12 to FCO (1555Z) (International Atomic Energy Authority briefing) [Chernobyl: post-accident review meeting, "serious and well-prepared presentations by the Soviet experts"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
PDF 86 Nov 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chernobyl: Norgrove minute for MT ("Lessons of Chernobyl") [interim CCU report; "bureaucratic and would not ... carry much reassurance for the world outside"] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]

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