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PREM19/488
India (UK/Indian relations; Indo/Soviet arms deal) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 165
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Date Value Title
80 May 28 We Major India: UK High Commission Delhi to FCO ("Indo-Soviet Arms Deal") [MT: "Why should we give them aid when they spend money like this?"] [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 1 Tu Major India: FCO letter to No.10 ("Indo/Soviet Arms Deal") [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 28 Mo Major India: UK High Commission Delhi to FCO ("Indo-British Relations: Coastal Steel Plant") [declassified 2011]
80 Jul 29 Tu Major India: UK High Commission Delhi to FCO ("Indo-British Relations") ["It is becoming clear that Mrs Gandhi is under considerable strain"] [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 7 Th Major India: Stevas minute to MT ("The Festival of India") [request for MT to serve as joint patron of the festival with Prime Minister Gandhi of India] [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 12 Tu Major India: Carrington minute to MT ("Relations with India") [suggests sending personal emissary to Prime Minister Gandhi of India] [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 22 Fr Major India: FCO letter to No.10 ("Emissary to Mrs Gandhi") [Lord Greenhill to serve as emissary] [declassified 2011]
80 Aug 26 Tu Major India: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lord Greenhill-Thomson) [Lord Greenhill to visit Prime Minister Gandhi of India] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 1 Mo Major India: Lord Greenhill message to MT ("Meeting with Mrs Gandhi on 1 September") [UK-Indian relations, Middle East, situation in Afghanistan, communist ideology, Iran] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 10 Mo Major India: Lord Greenhill message to MT (further meeting with Prime Minister Gandhi of India) [visit to India of Prince Charles, Festival of India] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 23 Fr Major India: Sir John Buckley of Davy Corporation letter to MT (update on steel project) [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 27 Tu Major India: Biffen minute to MT ("India") [account of Biffen's visit to New Delhi] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 27 Tu Major India: Prime Minister Gandhi of India letter to MT (global economic situation) [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 28 Tu Major India: UK High Commission Delhi to FCO ("Indo-British Relations") [Prime Minister Gandhi concerned at British press suggestions that she is adopting "hawkish" policies] [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 16 Mo Major India: MT message to Prime Minister Gandhi of India (congratulations on Republic Day) [declassified 2011]