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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/979
Defence (Modernisation of Theatre Nuclear Forces (TNF) in Europe; proposed basing of United States Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM) in the UK; Geneva talks on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 353
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83 Jan 25 Tu Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Basing of Cruise Missiles") [timing of deployment of GLCMs to Greenham Common] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 25 Tu Major Defence: Pym minute to MT ("INF Negotiations") [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 26 We Major Defence: Armstrong briefing for MT ("MISC 7: Basing of United States Cruise Missiles") [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 26 We Major Defence: Pym minute to MT ("Control Arrangements for UK-Based Cruise Missiles") [relevance to INF negotiations] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 28 Fr Major Defence: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Meeting at Chequers on 30 January: Arms Control Issues") [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 30 Su Major Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation (MT-Pym-Heseltine-Officials) ["Nuclear Defence Policy - Arms Control"] [declassified 2013]
83 Feb 17 Th Major Defence: MOD letter to No.10 ("INF: President Reagan's Message of 16th February") [draft reply] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 4 Fr Major Defence: UKE San Francisco to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Shultz at Paolo Alto on 3 March: INF") [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 5 Sa Major Defence: UKE San Francisco to FCO ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Secretary Weinberger 4 March") [INF negotiations] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 10 Th Major Defence: UKMIS Geneva telegram 19 to FCO (1730Z) ("INF") [Hurd meeting with Nitze] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 15 Tu Major Defence: UKE Bonn to FCO ("German Views on INF") [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 17 Th Major Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("INF") [draft reply to Reagan's message on INF negotiations] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 21 Mo Major Defence: MOD record of conversation (Heseltine-US Defense Secretary, Weinberger) [INF deployment, Greenham Common, INF negotiations, Belize] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 23 We Major Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("INF") [draft reply to Reagan on INF negotiations] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 30 We Major Defence: UKE Washington telegram 805 to FCO (2130Z) ("INF: New US Proposal") ["The President certainly put on the dog this morning to enable him to make his statement on INF with the maximum symbolic and visual demonstration of Allied unity"] [declassified 2013]
83 May 5 Th Major Defence: USSR Ambassador to the UK, Popov letter to MT (text of Andropov speech on nuclear weapons and arms control) [declassified 2013]
83 Jun 16 Th Major Defence: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Supreme Soviet: Call for Nuclear Freeze by All Nuclear Powers") [declassified 2013]
83 Jun 24 Fr Major Defence: FCO letter to No.10 ("German Position on INF") ["The Prime Minister will wish to be aware before seeing Herr Kohl that the German position over INF appears to be becoming distinctly shaky"] [declassified 2013]
83 Jun 24 Fr Major Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor Kohl-Vice President Bush) ["German Position on INF"] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 1 Fr Major Defence: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Messages from Andropov") ["The letter threatens counter-moves if the deployment of American missiles takes place"] [declassified 2013]