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1982 Oct 18 - 1986 May 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1690
Defence (Public opinion and public debate on nuclear weapons issues)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 241
Any docs withheld? 2

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82 Dec 17 Fri Defence: No.10 internal minute: Ingham to Coles (Nuclear deterrence and disarmament) [case for MT to give major speech] [declassified 2016]
82 Dec 21 Tue Defence: Blaker letter to MT (“Nuclear public relations”) [information campaign] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 7 Fri Defence: Pym minute to MT (“Nuclear weapons and public opinion”) [“1983 will be a crucial year in this debate”] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 7 Fri Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym) [“Arms control and disarmament”] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 12 Wed Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“Nuclear weapons and public opinion”) [proposed special unit to communicate Government policy effectively to public] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 12 Wed Defence: Biffen PS letter to Private Secretaries (Nuclear deterrence and disarmament) [briefing notes] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 13 Thu Defence: Pym minute to MT (“Nuclear weapons and public opinion”) [setting up of special unit to communicate Government policy effectively to public] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 13 Thu Defence: No.10 internal minute: Parsons to Coles (“Nuclear weapons and public opinion”) [“We now have in the White House a President of lower intellectual calibre… than any incumbent since the Second World War”] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 17 Mon Defence: No.10 letter to Pym PS (“Nuclear weapons and public opinion”) [“campaign to sell Government policy”] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 28 Fri Defence: Ingham briefing for No.10 (“Nuclear weapons and public opinion”) [“campaign to sell Government policy”] [declassified 2016]
83 Jan 31 Mon Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Pym, Heseltine, Parkinson) [“Nuclear weapons and public opinion”] [declassified 2016]
83 Feb 2 Wed Defence: MT letter to Lord Chalfont (nuclear arms control and disarmament) [policy formulation and presentation] [declassified 2016]
83 Feb 11 Fri Defence: Ingham letter to Ministry of Defence (“Nuclear weapons and public opinion”) [nomination of Roger Jackling to represent No.10 on Committee; transcript of BBC interview with Paul Warnke] [declassified 2016]
83 Feb 15 Tue Defence: Ingham letter to Moray Stewart (Healey article in ‘The Observer’: ‘The Case Against Cruise’) [managing disclosure of information about joint decision arrangements] [declassified 2016]
83 Feb 18 Fri Defence: No.10 internal minute: Coles to RT Jackling (“Nuclear weapons and public information”) [MT public engagements relevant to discussion of NATO strategy] [declassified 2016]
83 Feb 24 Thu Defence: Pym PS letter to General Synod of the Church of England (General Synod debate on ‘The Church and the Bomb’) [“has done much to promote greater public understanding”] [declassified 2016]
83 Mar 1 Tue Defence: No.10 internal minute: RT Jackling to Anthony Parsons (“The Truth Game”) [Pilger documentary on nuclear defence] [declassified 2016]
83 Mar 23 Wed Defence: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (nuclear issues, US protectionism, NATO air defence, equipment collaboration, defence sales) [Heseltine, FRG Minister of Defence, NATO representatives] [declassified 2016]
83 Mar 31 Thu Defence: Pym PS letter to No.10 (“Letters from the public on nuclear disarmament”) [declassified 2016]
83 Apr 6 Wed Defence: No.10 letter to Pym PS (“Disarmament Debate”) [MT draft opening speech] [declassified 2016]