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Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/978
Defence (Future UK defence policy; the health of the NATO Alliance; review of NATO) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 80 Oct 29 We | Major | Defence: Antony Acland letter to No.10 (“Health of the Alliance”) [“Fairer shares in NATO”: UK/ Germany] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 Nov 29 Th | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Future United Kingdom Defence policy”) [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Nov 6 Th | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Health of the Alliance”) [proposed review of NATO to reduce UK contribution to budget] [declassified 2013] |
| 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] |
| 80 Jul 7 Mo | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“The Defence Programme”) [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Mar 19 We | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“United Kingdom Defence policy”) [declassified 2013] |
| 80 May 8 Th | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT (Communist policies in sub-Saharan Africa) [Joint Intelligence Committee report] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 May 20 Tu | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (OD meetings on Foreign & Defence policy) [rescheduling] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Mar 31 Mo | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Discussion on future United Kingdom Defence policy”) [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Jan 11 Fr | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Future Defence policy”) [MT unhappy with pace of review work] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Feb 27 We | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Future United Kingdom Defence policy”) [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Nov 12 We | Major | Defence: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Health of the Alliance”) [proposed review of NATO to reduce UK contribution to budget] [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 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] |
| 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] |
| 81 Jun 11 Th | Major | Defence: Lord Trenchard minute to Nott (trade mission to US) [record of conversations with senior US officials] [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] |
| 80 Apr 18 Fr | Major | Defence: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (OD meetings on Foreign Policy and Defence) [MT “firmly of the view that Foreign Policy and Defence must be discussed together”] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Nov 16 Su | Major | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor Schmidt) [“The Health of the Alliance”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 May 5 Tu | Key | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nott) [“Future Defence Policy”] [declassified 2013] |