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)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 249 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
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Date |
Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Jun 14 Th | Major | Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD (request for advisory papers on anti-satellite systems and chemical weapons) [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jun 14 Th | Major | Cold War: Howe minute to Heseltine ("Military Developments in Outer Space") [Strategic Defense Initiative: European attitudes towards SDI and ASATs] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Feb 24 Fr | Major | Cold War: No.10 letter to FCO ("Controls on Anti-Satellite Systems") [MT requests more information on ASATs and arms control] [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] |
| 83 Sep 27 Tu | Major | Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2792 to FCO (2355Z) ("US Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems") [Strategic Defense Initiative: "there is a good deal of momentum in favour of a substantially expanded research and development programme"] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Mar 29 Tu | Major | Cold War: MOD letter to No.10 ("President Reagan's Speech on Defensive Technology") [Strategic Defense Initiative: detailed assessment of Reagan's SDI speech] [declassified 2014] |
| 81 Jan 14 We | Major | Cold War: MOD letter to No.10 (US development of directed energy weapons) [Strategic Defense Initiative] [declassified 2014] |
| 80 Jan 28 Mo | Major | Cold War: MOD letter to No.10 ("Military Uses of Laser Technology in Space") [assessment of Soviet space laser development] [declassified 2014] |
| 79 Dec 28 Fr | Major | Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Military uses of laser technology in space") [request for further information on Soviet space laser development] [declassified 2014] |
| 79 Dec 24 Mo | Major | Cold War: Pages from Transnational Security with MT annotations ("Soviet Pressures: 2. Lasers in space") [MT asks for further advice on Soviet space laser development] [declassified 2014] |