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1979 May 23 - 1982 Apr 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/926
Soviet Union (Relations between the UK and Soviet Union) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 214
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79 May 23 We Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade, Soviet Ambassador) [MT sends “a message of the greatest goodwill”; SALT negotiations; reaffirms invitations to Brehznev and Kosygin] [declassified 2012]
79 May 23 We Major Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Invitations to Soviet leaders”) [declassified 2012]
79 Jun 7 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Political consultations”) [development of UK-Soviet relations] [declassified 2012]
79 Aug 9 Th Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT (“Call on the Prime Minister by HM Ambassador, Moscow”) [Soviet economy, dissidents, leadership, energy] [declassified 2012]
79 Aug 10 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, UK Ambassador to Moscow) [briefing on Soviet economy, dissidents, leadership, energy] [declassified 2012]
79 Sep 26 We Major Soviet Union: UKMIS New York telegram 1126 to FCO (1345Z) (“Secretary of State’s meeting with Mr Gromyko”) [Lord Carrington conversation with Gromyko] [declassified 2012]
79 Oct 25 Th Major Soviet Union: No.10 minute to MT (“Relations with the Soviet Union”) [FCO internal paper: ‘Managing Russia’] [declassified 2012]
79 Nov 5 Mo Major Soviet Union: Nott minute to MT (British-Soviet Joint Commission) [Cecil Parkinson report on trade visit] [declassified 2012]
80 Jan 7 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow letter to Lord Carrington (“Soviet Union annual review for 1979”) [“the miracle is not that the economy creaks but that it functions at all”] [declassified 2012]
80 Jan 14 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Brezhnev’s statement”) [condemnation of US foreign policy] [declassified 2012]
80 Apr 22 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Ponomariev”) [speech expressing hostility to US & UK] [declassified 2012]
80 May 17 Sa Major Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation (“Secretary of State’s meeting with Gromyko”) [arms control, Afghanistan, oil interests] [declassified 2012]
80 Aug 21 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Soviet troop movements”) [declassified 2012]
80 Oct 27 Mo Major Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Message to mark the retirement of Mr Kosygin”) [declassified 2012]
81 Jan 30 Fr Major Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Relations with the Soviet Union”) [MT critical of re-negotiating Cultural Agreement] [declassified 2012]
81 Feb 24 Tu Major Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“26th Congress of the CPSU: Brezhnev’s speech”) [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 3 Tu Major Soviet Union: Lord Trefgarne letter to Peter Rees (“Anglo Soviet Joint Maritime Commission”) [UK share of cargo market] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 9 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Soviet Ambassador, Julian Bullard) [“Message from President Brezhnev”] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 16 Mo Major Soviet Union: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Anglo-Soviet contacts”) [MT unhappy with Carrington proposal to renew contact without US consultation] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 19 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Call on Gromyko”) [Gromyko conversation with Curtis Keeble] [declassified 2012]