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 10 Th | Major | Cold War: MT letter to Chancellor Schmidt (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] |
| 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 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] |
| 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 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] |
| 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] |
| 81 Sep 29 Tu | Major | Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Trident Negotiations") [Lord Trenchard's visit to the US] [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 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 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] |
| 80 Jul 14 Mo | Major | Cold War: President Carter letter to MT (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [formal response, for publication] [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 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 Jun 10 Tu | Major | Cold War: Pym minute to MT ("Polaris Successor: Memorandum") [acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 1 Th | Major | Cold War: Reagan letter to MT (US decisions on modernisation of strategic nuclear forces) [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] |
| 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] |
| 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 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] |