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1985 Jan 4 - 1985 Feb 15
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1443
Defence (Arms control) (Part 6B)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 218
Any docs withheld? 2

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85 Jan 3 Thu Defence: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("Briefing for the Prime Minister on Arms Control") [No.10, Cabinet Office, FCO, MoD: meeting of officials: preliminary discussion of briefing requirements for MT visit to Washington] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 4 Fri Defence: UKE Washington telegram 24 to FCO (1518Z) ("Arms Control: Shultz/Gromyko meeting, Geneva, 7-8 January") [analysis of objectives; Reagan draft message to Allied leaders] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 4 Fri Defence: UKE Moscow telegram 14 to FCO (1510Z) ("Prospects for Geneva: Soviet attitudes") [Shultz/Gromyko meeting: analysis of Soviet press articles] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 4 Fri Defence: Charles Powell note to MT ("Arms Control") [historical US/Soviet treaties] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 4 Fri Defence: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("US/Soviet Talks on Arms Control: Geneva, 7-8 January") [arrangements for MT meeting with McFarlane to be briefed on outcomes from Geneva] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 5 Sat Defence: President Reagan letter to MT (Shultz/Gromyko Meeting on Arms Control, Geneva, 7/8 January) [outline of objectives] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 7 Mon Defence: UKE Washington telegram 46 to FCO (2216Z) ("Shultz/Gromyko meeting") [insight into Reagan's current thinking on negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 7 Mon Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("The Shultz/Gromyko Meeting in Geneva, 7/8 January: Briefing for the Prime Minister") [for MT meeting with McFarlane on 9 January to inform her of the outcome of Shultz/Gromyko talks] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 8 Tue Defence: Poindexter telegram to Cabinet Office (Prime Minister's meeting with Robert McFarlane) [notice of possible delay] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 8 Tue Defence: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Public Statement on Shultz/Gromyko Meeting") [suggested key points for statement, to be issued following MT meeting with McFarlane] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 Wed Defence: Charles Powell note to MT ("Geneva talks") [copies attached of UKDIS Geneva telegrams reporting on Shultz/Gromyko talks] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 Wed Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert McFarlane, Rifkind, John Stanley, Antony Acland, Percy Cradock) ["US/Soviet Talks on Arms Control"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 Wed Defence: FCO telegram 028 to UKE Moscow (1345Z) ("Shultz/Gromyko Talks: initial Soviet reaction") ["A success for both sides"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 Wed Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("The Geneva Talks: Mr McFarlane's Briefing") [proposed questions for MT to put to McFarlane] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 10 Thu Defence: UKE Moscow telegram 041 to FCO (1115Z) ("Shultz/Gromyko talks: Soviet press reaction") ["Generally welcoming in tone"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 11 Fri Defence: UKE Washington telegram 101 to FCO (2250Z) ("Geneva meeting: US reactions") [US media; Congress; Shultz' political reputation; Reagan press conference] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 11 Fri Defence: UKE Moscow telegram 046 to FCO (1445Z) ("Shultz/Gromyko talks: Soviet reaction") [Politburo; Pravda] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 14 Mon Defence: UKE Moscow telegram 57 to FCO (1535Z) ("Gromyko interview on Geneva results") ["the most detailed Soviet account to date"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 14 Mon Defence: MT letter to President Reagan (arms control) [MT optimistic, post-US/Soviet talks in Geneva & in advance of her visit to Washington] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 15 Tue Defence: FCO record of conversation ("Outcome of Geneva Talks: Soviet View") [Rifkind, Ambassador Popov: Soviet objectives] [declassified Dec 2014]