1984 Feb 9 - 1985 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1656
USA (UK/USA relations) (Part 3)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 333 |
| Any docs withheld? | 6 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Jan 4 Fr | Major | Cold War: MT letter to Professor Brzezinski (“The Future of Yalta”) [“it is only with unambiguous American military backing that Western Europe will be able successfully to resist Soviet pressure”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Nov 19 Mo | Major | Cold War: Professor Brezezinski letter to MT (“The Future of Yalta”) [“Yalta is unfinished business”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 8 Mo | Key | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Announcement by Gorbachev of moratorium on deployment of medium range weapons”) [“each of the systems will prove by strength of example and not by strength of arms which of them is better”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 24 We | Major | Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Gorbachev’s speech at the Central Committee plenum of 23 April: International Affairs”) [“disappointing… no new perspectives”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jun 8 Fr | Major | US: Attorney General’s Chambers record of conversation (extraterritoriality) [Michael Havers, Fred Fielding] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Feb 9 Th | Major | US: British Information Services letter to Robert Barzilay (Irish Northern Aid Committee) [“How can there be excuses for terrorism, in Northern Ireland or elsewhere”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 29 Fr | Major | US: Brittan letter to Howe (“UK/US extradition”) [US seeks removal of Article IV on refusal to extradite where offence is punishable by death] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 9 Tu | Major | US: Brittan letter to US Attorney General (UK/US extradition treaty) [would be “very difficult” to agree to US request for removal of Article IV on refusal to extradite where offence is punishable by death] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 1 Mo | Minor | US: Charles Price telegram to Bob Dole (visit to London by Republican leadership) [request to reschedule] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 24 We | Major | US: FCO briefing for MT (“Call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro: 29 April”) [Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Oct 26 Fr | Major | US: Geoffrey Pattie minute to MT (“Anti-misting kerosene”) [“a fuel additive which will prevent aircraft crash fires”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 28 Th | Major | US: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Contributions from United States to Irish causes”) [Howe says “it needs to be related to the idea of setting up a fund for economic reconstruction and development in Ireland”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 29 Fr | Major | US: Howe APS letter to No.10 (“Request for a call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro: 29 or 30 April”) [MT agrees to short meeting with Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 2 Tu | Major | US: Howe minute to Brittan (“UK/US extradition”) [“There is no way of discovering to what extent the Americans want to press their demand without being frank with them about the difficulties it would cause us”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 26 Fr | Major | US: Howe PS briefing for MT (“Call on the Prime Minister by Mrs Geraldine Ferraro”) [Vice-Presidential candidate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Dec 17 Mo | Major | US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Lloyd’s of London presentation ceremony in honour of US astronauts) [“a brilliant stroke of public relations genius”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jul 31 Tu | Minor | US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Request for a call on Prime Minister by Mr James Roosevelt”) [declined] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jul 12 Th | Minor | US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Visit of Governor Wallace of Alabama: 27-28 July”) [“to promote inward investment” - request to meet with MT declined] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 May 28 Tu | Minor | US: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Visit to London by Senator Baker”) [MT declines meeting, Howe agrees to meet] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Mar 2 Fr | Major | US: Hugh Thomas note to MT (“Dr Kissinger’s recent Article”) [Europe’s role in the Atlantic Alliance] [declassified Dec 2014] |