1982 Apr 21 - 1984 May 14
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1393
Soviet Union (UK/Soviet relations) (Part 2)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2018 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 275 |
| Any docs withheld? | 7 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Mar 5 Mo | Minor | Soviet Union: Conservative Research Department Brief ("Relations with the Soviet Union") [brief for Parliamentary Debate on 9 March] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Jan 17 Tu | Major | Soviet Union: David Steel MP letter to Edward du Cann MP (visit to Soviet Union) ["I propose to sound out the Russians on starting up a European contribution to the East/West dialogue at Parliamentary level"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Jan 19 Th | Major | Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation (1900Z) (Howe, Gromyko) [trade & economic relations; US negotiating behaviour; arms control; human rights] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 82 Nov 18 Th | Major | Soviet Union: FCO telegram 691 to UKE Moscow (1900Z) ("UK/Soviet Relations") [list of proposed meetings] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 May 11 Fr | Major | Soviet Union: FCO telegram to UKE Washington (1605Z) ("Soviet concern about a surprise NATO attack") [MT agrees paper to be passed to US on confidence-building measures relating to nuclear command post exercises] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 83 Apr 22 Fr | Major | Soviet Union: Heseltine minute to MT (contact between UK and Soviet officials) [proposed resumption of intelligence officials informal meetings] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Apr 9 Mo | Major | Soviet Union: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 ("Soviet Fears of a Preemptive Nuclear Attack") [MT request to see American studies on likely course of developments on the ground in the early stages of a nuclear war] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Apr 11 We | Major | Soviet Union: Howe minute to MT ("Proposed Visit to the Soviet Union by the Secretary of State for Energy") [suggestions regarding timing of visit; MT notes that dealing with coal strike must be top priority] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Jan 30 Mo | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("'Peace' letters from Soviet citizens") [handling of replies] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 83 Jul 7 Th | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo-Soviet Relations") [invitation to First Deputy Foreign Minister Kornienko to visit UK following Rifkind's visit to USSR] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 83 Nov 8 Tu | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo/Soviet Relations") [new date for postponed Rifkind/Kornienko talks] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 May 10 Th | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Contacts with the Soviet Union") [summary of scheduled & prospective meetings] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 83 Sep 23 Fr | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Expulsion of Soviet Intelligence Officer") [Ionov] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Feb 29 We | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Keston College: Mrs Alyona Kojevnikov") [feedback following distribution of report on visit to USSR: "lively, interesting and perceptive"] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Jan 13 Fr | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Meeting with the Soviet Foreign Minister") [pros & cons of meetings in London or Moscow respectively; MT's preference for London but leaves it to Howe's judgement] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Apr 16 Mo | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Ministerial Contacts with the Soviet Union") ["social and business contacts between Ministers and the Russians in London... modified guidelines"; Ministerial visits to USSR] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Mar 5 Mo | Minor | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mr Chernenko's Speech on 2 March") [copy sent to MT: advice on the need for a reply] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 83 Oct 13 Th | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Possible Call by Sir I Sutherland on the Prime Minister") [proposed date] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Jan 19 Th | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Sixtieth Anniversary of the Establishment of Anglo-Soviet Diplomatic Relations") [proposals for marking the anniversary] [declassified Dec 2018] |
| 84 Apr 9 Mo | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Soviet 'Peace' Letters") [advice regarding possible reply to Tereshkova letter published alongside MT's own in 'Komsomolskaya Pravda'] [declassified Dec 2018] |