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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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83 May 16 Mo Major Cold War: Pym PS minute to John Coles ("CSCE Madrid Meeting: Appeal by Certain Neutral and Non-Aligned (NNA) Heads of Government") [continuation of CSCE process, improvements to draft text] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 May 6 Fr Major Cold War: Pym PS minute to John Coles ("CSCE Conference/Conference on Disarmament in Europe") [provisional mandate for a conference, could bring pressure to bear on the east] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Apr 20 We Major Cold War: Pym PS minute to John Coles ("CSCE Madrid Meeting: Appeal by Certain Neutral and Non-Aligned Heads of State/Government") [majority think draft should be used as basis for an intensive end-game] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 May 14 We Major Cold War: Leonard Schapiro letter to MT (human rights in Soviet Union) [request that UK government "speak out strongly" and denounce Kremlin on the issue] [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 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]
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 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 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]
81 Apr 28 Tu Major Cold War: Michael Alexander minute to Carrington PS (meeting with Avital Shcharansky) [expectation of campaign by Jewish pressure groups] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Jan 7 We Major Cold War: Peter Blaker letter to Robert Bradford (treatment of Moisei Tonkonogy) [Western delegations at CSCE pressing for evaluation of human rights and freedoms in Soviet Union] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 May 19 Tu Major Cold War: Lord Flowers letter to MT (Anatoly Shcharansky) [concern at persecution of Jewish scientists in Soviet Union] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 May 29 Fr Major Cold War: MT letter to Lord Flowers (Anatoly Shcharansky) [CSCE process forces Soviet authorities to defend policies before a critical audience] [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 Apr 29 We Major Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Avital Shcharansky) [MT doubted whether it would be helpful to pursue Shcharansky's case in public] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Feb 16 Mo Major Cold War: UK Delegation Madrid telegram 12 to FCO (1055Z) ("CSCE Review Meeting: State of Play") [security negotiation, human rights cases, arms control] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Dec 20 Sa Major Cold War: UK Delegation Madrid telegram 99 to FCO (1655Z) ("CSCE Review Meeting: General Assessment") [Russians "have not given an inch", arrests of dissidents, disarmament prospects] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jan 16 Su Major Cold War: UK Delegation Madrid telegram 184 to FCO (1030Z) ("CSCE End Game") ["the East-West part is over and the 'political handshake' has taken place"] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jul 12 Tu Major Cold War: UKE Madrid telegram 416 to FCO (1125Z) ("Ministerial Visit to Spain") [possible final CSCE meeting, Spanish position on Gibraltar and Lisbon Declaration] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Dec 4 Fr Major Cold War: FCO telegram 64 to UK Delegation Madrid (1425Z) ("CSCE: Possible Outcomes in Madrid") [likelihood of adjournment, shape of final document, Russian position] [declassified Feb 2016]