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1984 Feb 13 - 1985 Mar 15
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1646
Soviet Union (Prime Minister's visits to Moscow for the funerals of Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko in February 1984 and March 1985 respectively)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 295
Any docs withheld?

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Date Valuesort descending Title
84 Feb 11 Sat Cold War: FCO briefing ("Meeting with Mrs Gandhi, Prime Minister of India") [security situation, Indo-Pakistan relations, IDA 7, aid programme] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 13 Mon Cold War: FCO briefing ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: Middle East") [situation in Lebanon, Arab/Israel dispute, Iran/Iraq conflict] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 14 Tue Cold War: MT interview with BBC Radio (Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow) [meeting with Chernenko: arms situation, MT's attitude as "Iron Lady", US-Soviet relations] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 14 Tue Cold War: MT opening statement at press conference (meeting with Chernenko) [east-west dialogue, arms build up, need for recognition of common interest in peace and security] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 11 Mon Cold War: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("President Chernenko") [death and funeral plans, delay to arms talks] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 12 Tue Cold War: UKE Moscow briefing for FCO (background on Gorbachev) [Gorbachev's election speech, visiting delegations, Dumas talks] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 13 Wed Cold War: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Mr. Gorbachev: Speaking Note") [Gorbachev's election, economic management, strategic defence initiative, US-Soviet relations] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 11 Mon Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (Gorbachev's election) [aim of building confidence between east and west] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 11 Mon Cold War: MT message to Andrey Tikhonov (Chernenko's death) [has deprived Soviet Union of an "experienced leader"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 13 Wed Cold War: UKE Peking telegram 310 to FCO (0324Z) ("Chernenko's Death") [Chinese attendance at funeral] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 13 Wed Cold War: FCO telegram 272 to UKE Moscow (1515Z) (update for MT's press conference) [exchange markets, interception bill, strategic defence initiative, crime] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 21 Tue Cold War: No.10 note for file (background on Chernenko) [press cuttings, speeches] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 14 Thu Cold War: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr Gorbachev: Briefing of the Ten") [MT never keen to divulge too much on these occasions] [declassified Dec 2014]