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1985 Jan 3 - 1985 Oct 25
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1647
Soviet Union (UK/Soviet relations) (Part 4)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 341
Any docs withheld? 26

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85 Apr 15 Mon Cold War: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("UK/Soviet Parliamentary Contacts: IPU Return Visit") [timing of visit, proposed delegation lead] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Aug 27 Tue Cold War: Mark Addison minute to MT (letter from Gorbachev) [content is said to be urgent, timing for receipt] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Sep 16 Mon Cold War: FCO briefing ("Gordievsky: Second Wave Expulsions") [Howe TV interviews to discuss expulsions of Soviet officials] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 18 Fri Cold War: MT message to Mikhail Gorbachev (thanks for birthday message) [hopes "understanding can be enlarged" and talks with Reagan are fruitful] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 12 Sat Cold War: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (birthday message) [hopes their understanding on priority problems will remain, needs political wisdom and goodwill] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Aug 26 Mon Cold War: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (nuclear weapons tests) [announcement of moratorium, seeks a decision on a universal ban] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Sep 7 Sat Cold War: MT message to Oleg Gordievsky (decision on Gordievsky's family) ["we had to face up to the reality of the kind of people with whom we are dealing"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Sep 15 Sun Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Brittan) [options for reaction to retaliatory expulsions by Soviets] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 18 Thu Cold War: No.10 note ("Prime Minister's Questions: 18 April. Soviet Expulsions. Line to Take") [want to improve bilateral relations, but this does not mean relaxation of policy on kinds of activity which led to expulsions] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 16 Sun Cold War: Powell speaking notes for meeting & lunchtime speech (MT-Gorbachev) [includes some MT notes] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Sep 14 Sat Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1173 to FCO (1500Z) ("Expulsion from Moscow") [list of British diplomats and press expelled] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 4 Fri Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 12 to FCO (1245Z) ("Message for Chernenko") [delivery of MT's message] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 21 Thu Cold War: UKHC New Delhi telegram 394 to FCO (1115Z) ("Shooting of Soviet Diplomat") [killing in the diplomatic quarter] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Aug 30 Fri Cold War: Heseltine PS minute to Howe PS ("Ministerial Contacts with the Soviet Union") [invitation to Defence Secretary from Soviet Ambassador, asks for views] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 16 Tue Cold War: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("UK/Soviet Parliamentary Contacts: IPU Return Visit") [timing of visit, Gorbachev preferred to lead delegation] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 Wed Cold War: Victor Popov letter to MT (visit by Gorbachev) [willingness to have "serious political dialogue ... broader mutual understanding and co-operation"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jul 19 Fri Cold War: Mrs Gorbachev letter to Michael Jopling (visit to UK) [hopes this will "promote mutual understanding, confidence and co-operation"] [declassified Dec 2014]