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1980 May 14 - 1985 May 3
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1973
Soviet Union (Human rights and the position of dissidents in the Soviet Union: policy towards the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 324
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81 Feb 11 We Minor Cold War: Ann Bergson-Romyn letter to MT (Raoul Wallenberg) [circumstances of Wallenberg's disappearance] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Mar 9 Mo Minor Cold War: Ann Bergson-Romyn letter to MT (Raoul Wallenberg) [circumstances of Wallenberg's disappearance] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Oct 3 Sa Minor Cold War: Arthur Goldberg letter to MT (Madrid CSCE review meeting) [implementation of Helsinki Final Act] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 May 1 Fr Minor Cold War: Bryan Forbes letter to MT (human rights in Soviet Union) [worsening treatment of Jewish dissidents] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Nov 3 Mo Minor Cold War: Carrington PS minute to Michael Alexander ("CSCE Review Meeting") [representation at ministerial level to add political weight to statement] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Jun 18 We Major Cold War: Carrington PS minute to Michael Alexander ("CSCE") [Madrid meeting an occasion to remind Eastern European countries of failure to fulfil Helsinki commitments] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Jul 8 Tu Major Cold War: Carrington PS minute to Michael Alexander ("CSCE") [should show clearly at Madrid meeting UK's disapproval of Soviet action in Afghanistan] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Oct 30 Th Major Cold War: Carrington PS minute to Michael Alexander ("Human Rights in the Soviet Union and CSCE") ["a campaign of repression worse than any since Stalin's day"] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Dec 17 We Major Cold War: Carrington PS minute to Michael Alexander ("Repression in the Soviet Union") [use of officially-controlled media, attempts to induce dissidents to plead guilty] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Jan 19 Mo Major Cold War: Carrington PS minute to Michael Alexander (repression in the Soviet Union) [treatment of Jews, maintenance of pressure on Moscow] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Oct 21 Tu Minor Cold War: Carrington PS minute to Michael Alexander (victimisation of scientists) [Hailsham should not have name associated with advert condemning treatment] [declassified Feb 2016]
84 Jun 29 Fr Minor Cold War: Exodus letter to MT (Soviet Union) [list of "refuseniks", Soviet treatment of Jews] [declassified Feb 2016]
84 Jul 11 We Minor Cold War: Exodus letter to MT (Soviet Union) [list of "refuseniks"] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Apr 24 Fr Major Cold War: FCO briefing ("Mr Blaker's meeting with Mrs Avital Shcharansky: Monday, 27 April 1981: 1500 hours") [Shcharansky's condition, attitude of UK and Soviet governments] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Aug 5 We Minor Cold War: FCO letter to John Eades ("Professor Yuri Orlov") [insufficient support for a CERN Council resolution] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Jun 12 Fr Minor Cold War: FCO letter to John Eades (Yuri Orlov) [British members of CERN Council will take soundings on possible resolution] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Oct 6 Th Minor Cold War: FCO minute to Tim Flesher ("CSCE - Madrid") [publication of non-treaty command papers] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Jun 1 Mo Major Cold War: FCO notes ("CSCE Madrid Meeting") [wording of final document in areas of human rights, military security, human contacts and information] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jul 12 Tu Major Cold War: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Stoessel) [Soviet human rights record, coordination of Western efforts] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Sep 19 Fr Major Cold War: FCO record of conversation (MT-Giscard) [problems at CSCE Madrid meeting, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, attitude of German government] [declassified Feb 2016]