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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Showing items 41 - 60 of 77
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Oct 12 Sa | Major | 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 Mo | Major | Cold War: Mikhail Gorbachev message to MT (nuclear weapons tests) [announcement of moratorium, seeks a decision on a universal ban] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jul 19 Fr | Minor | Cold War: Mrs Gorbachev letter to Michael Jopling (visit to UK) [hopes this will "promote mutual understanding, confidence and co-operation"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Oct 18 Fr | Major | 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 Sep 7 Sa | Major | 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 Apr 18 Th | Major | 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 Su | Key | Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Gorbachev) [Soviet economic system, standard of living, arms control, government of republics, UK miners' strike] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 17 We | Major | Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe) ["Proposed Expulsion of Soviet Intelligence Officers" - agreement on action] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 4 We | Key | Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Armstrong-'C'-Duff) [decision not to pursue release for HETMAN's family and to expel 25 Soviet GRU agents; line to take for the press; message to Reagan] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 15 Su | Major | Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe-Brittan) [options for reaction to retaliatory expulsions by Soviets] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 16 Mo | Major | Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hurd-Howe and others) ["Retaliation for Expulsions from Moscow" - should go ahead with further expulsions, but choose carefully to avoid further Soviet retaliation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 16 Su | Major | Cold War: Powell speaking notes for meeting & lunchtime speech (MT-Gorbachev) [includes some MT notes] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 11 We | Major | Cold War: Robert Armstrong briefing for MT ('HETMAN') [speaking note for cabinet - timetable for expulsion of Soviet agents; announcement of Gordievsky's defection] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 9 Mo | Major | Cold War: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell ("HETMAN") [agreed texts on expulsions; press briefing] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 15 Su | Major | Cold War: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("HETMAN") [Soviet response harsh but carefully planned to match UK's original action, suggests further expulsions/restricted travel area with a view to signifying "an end to the matter"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 18 Th | Major | Cold War: Robert Armstrong minute to MT ("Proposed Expulsion of Soviet Intelligence Officers") [concern at need for decision at short notice and apparent leak to BBC] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 26 Th | Major | Cold War: Secret Intelligence Service letter to Charles Powell ("Gordiyevskiy") [CIA director Casey calling on MT, 27 Spt; Gordievsky's information on US-Soviet relations, renewed arms talks] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 6 Fr | Major | Cold War: Secret Intelligence Service letter to Charles Powell ("HETMAN") [digest of HETMAN's most significant reporting to be passed to the French Government] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 6 Fr | Major | Cold War: Secret Intelligence Service letter to Charles Powell ("HETMAN") [HETMAN told of MT's decision not to pursue further attempt to release his family] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 12 Th | Major | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1163 to FCO (1340Z) ("Expulsion of Soviet Personnel from UK") [British Ambassador spoke with Suslov; read speaking note then said PM and Foreign Secretary wished recent improvement in Anglo-Soviet relations to be "improved and developed further"] [declassified Dec 2014] |