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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
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80 Jun 11 We Major Cold War: Whitelaw minute to Pym ("Polaris Successor") [acquiring Trident: "I...have the feeling that in this field it is wise to give as little information as possible" to public] [declassified 2011]
80 Jun 13 Fr Major Cold War: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Polaris Successor: Memorandum") [acquiring Trident; MT: "Do we really need to give as much detail in our speeches and documents?"] [declassified 2011]
80 Jun 13 Fr Major Cold War: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Anglo-American Negotiations on Polaris Replacement (MISC 7(80) 2)") [acquiring Trident: state of negotiations] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 14 Mo Major Cold War: US Secretary of Defense Harold Brown letter to Pym (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [unpublished side-agreement] [declassified 2011]
81 Aug 24 Mo Major Cold War: US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger letter to MT (US makes D-5 missile available to UK) [Trident] [declassified 2011]
81 Oct 1 Th Major Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (US decisions on modernisation of strategic nuclear forces) [declassified 2011]
80 Jun 10 Tu Major Cold War: Pym minute to MT ("Polaris Successor: Memorandum") [acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 24 Th Major Cold War: Prime Minister Cossiga of Italy letter to MT (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [supports UK decision] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 14 Mo Major Cold War: President Carter letter to MT (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [US willing to supply "special nuclear materials"] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 14 Mo Major Cold War: President Carter letter to MT (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [formal response, for publication] [declassified 2011]
81 Aug 21 Fr Major Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("US Strategic Nuclear Decision") [Nott meets with US Defense Secretary Weinberger; Reagan to announce decisions on nuclear weapons] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 14 Mo Major Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("UK Strategic Nuclear Force") [Trident: choice between C-4 and D-5 missiles] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 15 We Major Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("Trident") [need to take decisions about aspects of the Trident force, including submarine design] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 29 Tu Major Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Trident Negotiations") [Lord Trenchard's visit to the US] [declassified 2011]
80 Jun 17 Tu Major Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Polaris Successor: Memorandum") [acquiring Trident: MT's comments on Pym's memorandum] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 17 Th Major Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Plutonium Loan Arrangements") [acquiring Trident: MT happy with proposed loan of "a quantity of plutonium" from US] [declassified 2011]
81 Sep 14 Mo Major Cold War: MT letter to US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger (US makes D-5 missile available to UK) [UK to consider offer] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 15 Tu Major Cold War: MT letter to Prime Minister Cossiga of Italy (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [UK approaching US to request supply of Trident] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 10 Th Major Cold War: MT letter to President Giscard (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [UK approaching US to request supply of Trident] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 10 Th Major Cold War: MT letter to President Carter (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [formal request, for publication] [declassified 2011]