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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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Datesort ascending Value Title
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]
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]
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 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 Apr 27 Mo Minor Cold War: Peter Blaker note (meeting with Avital Shcharansky) [government will continue to draw attention to Mr Shcharansky plight] [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 Mar 10 Tu Minor Cold War: Nina Lagergren letter to MT (Raoul Wallenberg) [re-investigation of 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 Feb 26 Th Minor Cold War: Tom Lantos letter to MT (Raoul Wallenberg) [re-investigation of circumstances of Wallenberg's disappearance] [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]
81 Feb 12 Th Minor Cold War: MT letter to John Eades (Yuri Orlov) [British members of CERN Council will raise Orlov's case] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Feb 11 We Minor Cold War: Ann Bergson-Romyn letter to MT (Raoul Wallenberg) [circumstances of Wallenberg's disappearance] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Jan 28 We Minor Cold War: Norris McWhirter letter to Ian Gow ("Re. Raoul Wallenberg") [nomination for Nobel Peace Prize] [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]
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]
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]
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]
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 Dec 12 Fr Minor Cold War: Georgi Vins letter to MT (CSCE Conference) [treatment of Christians in Soviet Union] [declassified Feb 2016]
80 Nov 8 Sa Minor Cold War: No.10 note to press officers ("Call on Mr Blaker by Stephen Roth and others from the Board of Deputies of British Jews") [shortcomings in implementation of Helsinki Act] [declassified Feb 2016]