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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/14
Defence (UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Sep 24
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 177
Themes: Defence (general), Defence (arms control)

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Date Value Title
79 May 21 Mo Major Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (“Talk with Dr. Brzezinski”) [John Hunt: nuclear policy] [declassified 2013]
79 Jun 22 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Meeting with President Carter”) [Economic Summit, Tokyo] [declassified 2013]
79 Jul 6 Fr Major Defence: Pym minute to MT (“British nuclear test programme”) [implications of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations] [declassified 2013]
79 Sep 17 Mo Major Defence: Pym minute to MT (“Nuclear warhead programme”) [“major problems of resources”] [declassified 2013]
79 Sep 18 Tu Major Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“MISC 7: future of the United Kingdom strategic nuclear force”) [discussions with US] [declassified 2013]
79 Oct 5 Fr Major Defence: Pym minute to MT (“Amendment of the 1958 US/UK nuclear defence agreement”) [declassified 2013]
79 Oct 18 Th Major Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (“Polaris replacement: Dr. Aaron’s visit”) [Wade-Gery, David Aaron] [declassified 2013]
79 Oct 22 Mo Major Defence: MT letter to President Carter (modernisation of the UK nuclear strategic deterrent) [replacement of Polaris] [declassified 2013]
79 Oct 29 Mo Major Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Future of the strategic deterrent”) [replacement of Polaris] [declassified 2013]
79 Nov 1 Th Major Defence: Pym minute to MT (“Chevaline”) [production delays] [declassified 2013]
79 Nov 2 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Future of the strategic deterrent”) [“key meeting… decisions will affect… defence over the next 40 years”] [declassified 2013]
79 Nov 2 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT (‘Guardian’ article on replacement of Polaris) [proposed inquiry into press leak] [declassified 2013]
79 Dec 3 Mo Major Defence: Pym minute to MT (“The strategic deterrent”) [Polaris successor: “Trident is clearly the best buy”] [declassified 2013]