1979 Dec 24 - 1984 Dec 22
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1188
Defence (Military uses of laser technology in space; anti-satellite systems and arms control; ballistic missile defence; the United States Strategic Defence Initiative) (Part 1)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 249 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 21 - 30 of 30
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Oct 11 Th | Major | Cold War: Heseltine and Howe minute to MT ("Ballistic Missile Defence: UK Policy Towards the US Strategic Initiative") [advocates sceptical stance towards SDI] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 19 Tu | Major | Cold War: Heseltine and Howe minute to MT ("Anti-Satellite Systems and Arms Control") [MOD/FCO paper on ASATs, SDI and arms control] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Dec 10 Mo | Major | Cold War: FCO letter to No.10 ("The US Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)") [Howe forwards Foreign Affairs article to MT; Powell: "This is very anti-SDI...Perhaps the FCO thinks it is 'educative'!"] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Feb 20 Mo | Major | Cold War: FCO letter to No.10 ("Controls on Anti-Satellite Systems (ASATs)") [Heseltine and Howe suggest that HMG encourages US Administration to support controls on ASATs] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 13 Fr | Major | Cold War: FCO letter to No.10 ("Anti-Satellite Systems (ASATs) and Arms Control: Meeting of Ministers") [ASATs and SDI: background for 16 July meeting with Howe and Heseltine] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 12 Th | Major | Cold War: Exchange of letters between Howe and George Shultz ("Arms Control in Outer Space") [prospects for US/Soviet arms control talks] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 13 Fr | Major | Cold War: Cradock minute to Powell ("Anti-Satellite Systems and Arms Control: Meeting of Ministers") [ASATs and SDI: response to MT's query] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 2 Mo | Major | Cold War: Cradock minute to Powell ("Anti-Satellite Systems and Arms Control") [Cradock's assessment of joint MOD/FCO paper on anti-satellite systems, SDI and military uses of space] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Nov 2 Fr | Major | Cold War: Cartledge briefing for MT ("Ballistic Missile Defence: UK Policy Towards the US Strategic Defence Initiative (Meeting of Ministers on 7 November at 4 p.m.)") [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 13 Fr | Major | Cold War: Cartledge briefing for MT ("Anti-Satellite Systems and Arms Control: Meeting of Ministers: 16 July at 5 p.m.") [ASATs and SDI] [declassified 2014] |