1980 Jun 10 - 1981 Nov 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/417
Defence (UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent) (Part 3)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 276 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 80 Jul 16 We | Major | Cold War: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Parliamentary Affairs") [acquiring Trident: announcement of decision to acquire Trident from US; Cabinet discussion] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 14 Mo | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Alexander (report of conversation with Chancellor Schmidt) [acquiring Trident: Armstrong delivers MT's personal message; Schmidt recounts visit to Moscow] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 15 Tu | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Alexander (report of conversation with Secretaire general de l'Elysee, Jacques Wahl) [acquiring Trident: Armstrong delivers MT's personal message to President Giscard; EC issues] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Sep 9 Tu | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to MT ("British Nuclear Tests") [designing warheads for Trident missiles] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 21 Mo | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to MT (Henderson obtains copy of White House briefing for Congressional Leaders on Trident) [acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 24 Fr | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Whitmore ("Trident") [Armstrong speaks to Ed Meese about Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 16 We | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Whitmore (acquisition of Polaris: account of Macmillan's negotiations with Kennedy and reference of decision to Cabinet) [acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jun 24 Tu | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Whitmore (problem with timetable for informing Giscard and Schmidt of decision about replacement of Polaris) [acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 15 Tu | Minor | Cold War: Armstrong PS minute to Private Secretaries ("British Strategic Nuclear Force") [acquiring Trident: leak to New York Times] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jun 20 Fr | Major | Cold War: Cabinet Office brief ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Carter - June 1980") [Polaris replacement/acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jun 12 Th | Major | Cold War: Carrington minute to MT ("Polaris Successor: Memorandum") [acquiring Trident: comments on Pym's memorandum] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jun 16 Mo | Major | Cold War: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Polaris Successor: Memorandum") [acquiring Trident; comments on Pym's memorandum] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 1 Tu | Major | Cold War: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Trident") [need to decide whether to accept US offer of D-5 missiles] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 17 Th | Major | Cold War: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("UK Strategic Nuclear Force") [Trident: choice between C-4 and D-5 missiles] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 23 We | Major | Cold War: Chancellor Schmidt letter to MT (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) ["I welcome the decision taken by the United Kingdom"] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 15 Tu | Major | Cold War: Defence Open Government Document 80/23 ("The Future UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Force") [acquiring Trident] |
| 80 Sep 9 Tu | Major | Cold War: Gilmour minute to MT ("British Underground Nuclear Test Programme") [testing Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 2 We | Major | Cold War: Ingham minute to MT ("Polaris Successor - Announcement") [acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Oct 14 Tu | Major | Cold War: MOD letter to No.10 ("Chevaline Flight Trials") [Polaris: final series of Chevaline trials] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 7 Mo | Major | Cold War: MOD letter to No.10 (acquiring Trident: suggests MT thank mid-rank Pentagon officials) [declassified 2011] |