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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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80 Aug 29 Fr Major Cold War: FCO statement ("Human Rights Trials in the Soviet Union") [need for a searching examination of Soviet implementation of Helsinki Final Act at CSCE Madrid meeting; MT annotates - 'Excellent'] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 May 19 Th Minor Cold War: FCO telegram 129 to UK Delegation Madrid (1110Z) ("CSCE: Madrid Meeting") [draft concluding document prepared by neutral and non-aligned states] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Jun 20 Fr Major Cold War: FCO telegram 58 to Missions (1633Z) ("Madrid CSCE Review Meeting") [meeting cannot be isolated from tension caused by Soviet intervention in Afghanistan] [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]
83 May 17 Tu Major Cold War: Francis Pym minute to MT ("Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe") [main advances on modest commitments on human rights, conference on disarmament, American resistance to text] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jun 23 Th Major Cold War: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe") [Helsinki monitors, human rights, radio jamming, possible Russian response] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Dec 12 Fr Minor Cold War: Georgi Vins letter to MT (CSCE Conference) [treatment of Christians in Soviet Union] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Apr 18 Mo Major Cold War: Heads of Government of non-aligned and neutral states message to MT (Madrid CSCE review meeting) [continued protracted negotiations will lead to erosion of aims of CSCE, proposed concluding document] [declassified Feb 2016]
84 Dec 28 Fr Minor Cold War: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("CSCE: Budapest Cultural Forum") [appointment head of UK delegation] [declassified Feb 2016]
84 Oct 18 Th Minor Cold War: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("CSCE: Budapest Cultural Forum") [appointment head of UK delegation] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Mar 25 Mo Minor Cold War: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("CSCE: Budapest Cultural Forum: October/November 1985") [appointment head of UK delegation] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Aug 25 Tu Minor Cold War: International Representation for the Council of Evangelical Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union news release ("Five Years in Labor Camp for Preaching the Gospel") [trial of Minyakov] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 May 13 We Minor Cold War: International Representation for the Council of Evangelical Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union news release ("KGB Rushes Trial of Baptist Pastor Dmitri Minyakov") [illegal investigation, further arrests] [declassified Feb 2016]
82 Oct 6 We Minor Cold War: John Coles letter to John Eades (Yuri Orlov) [will keep up pressure on Soviet government over human rights record] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Nov 7 Mo Major Cold War: John Coles letter to Michael Bourdeaux (repression in Soviet Union) [MT likely to continue on a selective basis to help give publicity to a small number of special cases] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jun 24 Fr Minor Cold War: John Coles minute to Howe PS ("Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe") [proposal tabled in Spain represents final position and can be no further concessions] [declassified Feb 2016]
82 Aug 30 Mo Minor Cold War: John Eades letter to MT (Yuri Orlov) [deterioration of Orlov's health, agreement on CERN-Soviet collaboration] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 May 25 Mo Minor Cold War: John Eades letter to MT (Yuri Orlov) [health of dissident mathematician Shcharansky, request to intervene] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Nov 6 Th Minor Cold War: John Eades letter to MT (Yuri Orlov) [hopes Madrid CESC conference will discuss Orlov's case] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Jan 26 Mo Minor Cold War: John Eades letter to MT (Yuri Orlov) [request for a discussion at next CERN meeting] [declassified Feb 2016]