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1979 May 10 - 1983 Nov 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/963
China (Sino/British relations; defence sales) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 341
Any docs withheld? 1

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79 May 15 Tu Major China: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Sino-British relations”) [declassified 2013]
79 Jun 8 Fr Major China: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Defence sales to China: future policy”) [reactions of COCOM partners] [declassified 2013]
79 Jul 6 Fr Major China: MT letter to Lord Rhodes (Parliamentary delegation to China) [declassified 2013]
79 Jul 6 Fr Major China: MT letter to William A. de Vigier (Parliamentary delegation to China) [declassified 2013]
79 Jul 16 Mo Major China: Lord Carrington minute to MT (“Defence sales”) [reactions of COCOM partners] [declassified 2013]
79 Sep 19 We Major China: UKE Beijing telegram to FCO (“Defence sales”) [conversation between Ted Heath and Deng Xiaoping] [declassified 2013]
79 Oct 31 We Major China: Nott PS briefing to No.10 (“Visit of Premier Hua: trade talks, Tuesday 30 October”) [declassified 2013]
79 Dec 3 Mo Major China: Carrington PS letter to Pym PS (“Defence sales to China: Cymbeline radar”) [notification to COCOM] [declassified 2013]
80 Jan 29 Tu Major China: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Afghanistan: forward planning: China”) [declassified 2013]
80 Feb 15 Fr Major China: Lord Carrington letter to No.10 (“Proposed Naval visit to China”) [“in keeping with our improved relations”] [declassified 2013]
80 Feb 28 Th Major China: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Defence sales to China”) [declassified 2013]
80 Mar 31 Mo Major China: Pym minute to MT (“Visit to China, 23rd to 28th March”) [Soviet Union, Afghanistan, defence sales] [declassified 2013]
80 Apr 18 Fr Major China: Gilmour letter to Pym (“Defence sales to China and COCOM”) [US interests] [declassified 2013]
80 May 1 Th Major China: Pym minute to Carrington (“China: Rolls Royce tank engines”) [discussion of political sensitivity] [declassified 2013]
80 May 6 Tu Major China: Fowler PS letter to No.10 (China orders for British railway industry firms) [MT keen for orders] [declassified 2013]
80 Jun 18 We Major China: Carrington PS letter to Pym APS (“Defence sales to China”) [COCOM] [declassified 2013]
80 Jul 1 Tu Major China: Pym minute to MT (“Defence sales to China”) [declassified 2013]
80 Jul 8 Tu Major China: Carrington minute to Pym (“COCOM: defence sales to China”) [UK willing to resume bypassing COCOM in future deals] [declassified 2013]
80 Jul 23 We Major China: Pym APS letter to Carrington PS (“China: British Aerospace’s PR4 air-to-air missile project”) [declassified 2013]
80 Aug 1 Fr Major China: Gilmour minute to Pym (“COCOM: defence sales to China”) [declassified 2013]