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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/159
Defence (UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Jun 21
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 199
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Date Value Title
79 Dec 4 Tu Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Future of the strategic deterrent”) [“key decision… will affect our… defence over the next 40 years”] [declassified 2012]
79 Dec 4 Tu Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Replacement of the Polaris”) [US Deputy National Security Adviser visit to UK] [declassified 2012]
79 Dec 4 Tu Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Future of the strategic deterrent”) [declassified 2012]
79 Dec 13 Th Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Visit to Washington - 17th December 1979 future of the United Kingdom nuclear deterrent”) [declassified 2012]
79 Dec 17 Mo Key Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (MT, Carter, Vance, Brzezinski, Lord Carrington) [“The successor to Polaris”] [declassified 2012]
80 Jan 9 We Major Defence: No.10 minute to MT (“British nuclear test programme”) [declassified 2012]
80 Jan 15 Tu Major Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (“Polaris successor”) [Robert Armstrong, Zbgniew Brzezinski] [declassified 2012]
80 Feb 29 Fr Major Defence: Pym minute to MT (“Polaris successor”) [UK/US co-operation] [declassified 2012]
80 Mar 28 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (“Polaris replacement”) [Wade-Gery, David Aaron] [declassified 2012]
80 Apr 3 Th Major Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Polaris replacement”) [negotiations with US] [declassified 2012]
80 Apr 14 Mo Major Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Carrington, Pym) [successor to Polaris] [declassified 2012]
80 Apr 17 Th Major Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (“Polaris replacement: Komer negotiations”) [Robert Wade-Gery, Frank Cooper, Robert Komer] [declassified 2012]
80 Apr 28 Mo Major Defence: Pym minute to MT (“British underground nuclear test”) [declassified 2012]
80 May 7 We Major Defence: Pym minute to MT (Chevaline flight trial) [Polaris] [declassified 2012]
80 May 12 Mo Major Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Polaris successor system”) [proposed talks with US National Security Adviser] [declassified 2012]
80 May 30 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“MISC 7”) [Polaris replacement] [declassified 2012]
80 May 30 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing to No.10 (“MISC 7: future of the United Kingdom strategic deterrent: present position”) [declassified 2012]
80 Jun 2 Mo Major Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, US Defense Secretary Brown, Pym) [Top Secret annex on Polaris replacement] [declassified 2012]
80 Aug 2 Sa Major Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (“Polaris replacement”) [Robert Wade-Gery, David Aaron] [declassified 2012]