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PREM19/1972
South Korea (Prime Minister's visit to South Korea, May 1986)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 162
Any docs withheld? 1

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82 Mar 30 Tue South Korea: Biffen minute to MT (Prime Minister's tour of the Far East) [proposed inclusion of S. Korea to boost trade links] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 May 11 Tue South Korea: MT message to President Chun Doo Hwan (Far East tour) [expression of regret that visit to S. Korea will not be possible and invitation to President to visit UK for centenary of UK/S.Korean diplomatic relations in 1983] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Oct 29 Tue South Korea: President Chun Doo Hwan letter to MT (visit to South Korea) [invitation] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Dec 24 Tue South Korea: MT letter to President Chun Doo Hwan (visit to South Korea) [formal acceptance of invitation] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 8 Tue South Korea: Crown Agents letter to No.10 ("The Prime Minister's visit to Korea") [Crown Agents' activities in Korea] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 8 Tue South Korea: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Korea: High Level visits") [announcement of MT visit] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 9 Wed South Korea: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, President Chun Doo Hwan, Ambassador Spreckley, Ambassador Young Choo Kim) [strategic value of Korean peninsula in the Cold War; North Korea; Gorbachev; trade; sale to Korea of the Ferranti/Marconi naval fire system; Olympics] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 14 Mon South Korea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to the Republic of Korea: possible meetings with Opposition leaders") [suggested candidates] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 25 Fri South Korea: MT letter to Dr. Charles Phelps (industrial & academic exchange programme) [MT commends the project in advance of her visit to S. Korea] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 25 Fri South Korea: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's visit to the Republic of Korea") [overview, key points & briefing pack] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 26 Sat South Korea: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Speeches in Korea") [MT visit] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 28 Mon South Korea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to Korea") [draft replies to Yonhap News Agency questions] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 29 Tue South Korea: UKE Seoul telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit to Korea") [internal political situation] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 29 Tue South Korea: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit to Korea: speeches") [amendments] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 30 Wed South Korea: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Korea") [key points for talks; lines to take for the press] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Apr 30 Wed South Korea: FCO telegram to UKE Seoul ("RoK/Antarctica") [South Korea's accession to Antarctic Treaty complicated by status of North Korea] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 May 3 Sat South Korea: No.10 record of conversation (MT, HM Ambassador, Committee of British Chamber of Commerce) [UK business making inroads against Japan and US; main barriers hindering British trade; Korean investment in UK; cultural exchanges] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 May 3 Sat South Korea: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prime Minister Lho Shin-yong, Foreign Minister Lee Won-gyeong, Minister of Trade & Industry Kum Jin Ho, HM Ambassador) [UK contracts for Korean defence equipment; Korean infringement of UK industrial copyrights; Double Taxation Agreement; protectionism; democracy] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 May 3 Sat South Korea: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Chun Doo-hwan, HM Ambassador, Ambassador Kim) [strengthening trade links; Marconi/Ferranti contract; constitutional reform; N. Korea; Western solidarity in face of Soviet threat] [declassified Jul 2016]