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

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 241
Any docs withheld? 2
Themes: Conservative Party (organization), Media, Religion & morality, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Women

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Date Value Title
83 Apr 13 We Major Defence: Ingham minute to Gow (“Candidates Conference”) [MT speech on nuclear policy] [declassified 2016]
83 Apr 19 Tu Major Defence: Heseltine PS letter to Younger PS (“Nuclear issues”) [note of Nuclear Policy and Public Opinion: Ministerial Group meeting] [declassified 2016]
83 May 20 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office letter to Ministry of Defence (Lord Zuckerman request to participate in television discussion on nuclear debate) [concerns about potential embarrassment to Government during Election campaign] [declassified 2016]
83 Dec 2 Fr Major Defence: Heseltine letter to General Secretary of the British Council of Churches (“On Making Peace in a Nuclear World”) [meeting to discuss policy statement] [declassified 2016]
83 Dec 5 Mo Major Defence: Heseltine letter to Chairman of Independent Broadcasting Authority (“The Day After”) [request for interview in response to television drama about nuclear war] [declassified 2016]
83 Dec 9 Fr Major Defence: Howe minute to MT (“European public opinion and nuclear weapons”) [differing attitudes in northern and southern spheres] [declassified 2016]
84 Jan 12 Th Major Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (UK-US joint decision-making on use of nuclear weapons) [Prime Minister accused by media of misleading Parliament] [declassified 2016]
86 May 9 Fr Major Defence: Cradock minute to No.10 (“Public opinion and Defence”) [“worrying ignorance of the basic facts on Soviet armaments”] [declassified 2016]