Archive

1982 Oct 20 - 1983 Sep 21
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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82 Nov 3 Wed Defence: Pym minute to MT ("Nuclear Issues") [US Cruise missile deployments to UK: any evidence of HMG having second thoughts "would seriously prejudice relations with Washington"] [declassified 2013]
82 Dec 15 Wed Defence: Nott minute to MT ("Basing of Cruise Missiles and Arms Control") [US Cruise missile deployments to UK: "We will be very vulnerable politically to the charge of hazarding the UK for an American system"] [declassified 2013]
82 Oct 20 Wed Defence: Nott minute to MT ("Nuclear Issues") [Trident and US Cruise missile deployments to UK: "in our original decisions we under-estimated the problem of possible public opposition"] [declassified 2013]
83 Feb 16 Wed Defence: Reagan message to MT (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
83 Feb 18 Fri Defence: MT message to Reagan (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 14 Mon Defence: Reagan message to MT (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 21 Mon Defence: MT message to Reagan (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 23 Wed Defence: Reagan letter to MT (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 24 Thu Defence: MT message to Reagan (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 29 Tue Defence: Reagan message to MT (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
83 Jun 24 Fri Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Vice President Bush) [intermediate range nuclear forces negotiations; Greenham Common protests; deployment of US Cruise missiles to UK; Lebanon; Andropov] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 10 Sat Defence: Reagan message to MT (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [Soviets "yet to offer a serious response" to US proposals; downing of KAL 007] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 14 Wed Defence: MT message to Reagan (intermediate range nuclear forces: negotiations with the USSR) [declassified 2013]
82 Oct 25 Mon Defence: Pym minute to MT (nuclear defence issues: UK basing of US cruise missiles) ["Any hint at this stage that we were having second thoughts about the 1979 decision on GLCM deployments could put at risk the whole enterprise"] [declassified 2013]
82 Nov 11 Thu Defence: Armstrong briefing for MT ("MISC 7: Nuclear Defence Issues") [UK basing of US cruise missiles] [declassified 2013]
82 Nov 30 Tue Defence: MOD record of conversation (Nott-German Secretary of State for Defence, Woerner) [nuclear weapons] [declassified 2013]
82 Nov 30 Tue Defence: MOD record of conversation (Nott-US Defense Secretary, Weinberger) [UK basing of US cruise missiles] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 13 Thu Defence: Pym minute to MT ("Alliance and Nuclear Matters") [INF negotiations] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 21 Fri Defence: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Soviet Views on I.N.F.") [INF negotiations] [declassified 2013]
83 Jan 25 Tue Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Control Arrangements for UK Based Cruise Missiles") [declassified 2013]