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1979 Oct 5 - 1983 Oct 3
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/978
Defence (Future UK defence policy; the health of the NATO Alliance; review of NATO) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 246
Any docs withheld? 1

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Date Value Title
81 Mar 4 We Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Statement on the Defence Estimates 1981”) [“fundamental review to match defence commitments”] [declassified 2013]
81 Mar 17 Tu Major Defence: Nott minute to MT (“Visit to Washington”) [conversations between Nott, Weinberger and Haig] [declassified 2013]
81 May 5 Tu Key Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nott) [“Future Defence Policy”] [declassified 2013]
81 Jun 11 Th Major Defence: Lord Trenchard minute to Nott (trade mission to US) [record of conversations with senior US officials] [declassified 2013]
81 Jul 7 Tu Major Defence: Lord Carrington minute to Nott (“World Disarmament Campaign”) [line to take and strategy for counter-briefing the public] [declassified 2013]
82 Jan 12 Tu Major Defence: Sir Frank Cooper letter to No.10 (European Security Study) [reducing NATO reliance on early use of nuclear weapons] [declassified 2013]
82 Feb 10 We Major Defence: Geoffrey Pattie PS letter to No.10 (Arms control: public opinion and security) [Pattie paper for annual Wehrkunde Conference] [declassified 2013]
82 Mar 24 We Major Defence: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Monsieur Cheysson and European Defence”) [Western European Union and NATO] [declassified 2013]
82 Jun 9 We Major Defence: Nott PPS letter to No.10 (First Sea Lord speech to the Royal United Services Institute) [criticism of Government policy] [declassified 2013]
82 Jul 26 Mo Major Defence: Nott PS letter to No.10 (“Article for the Times”) [Defence strategies & capabilities] [declassified 2013]
83 Oct 3 Mo Major Defence: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (hostile aircraft) [MT request for advice following Korean airliner incident] [declassified 2013]