1986 May 8 - 1988 Mar 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2013
Afghanistan (Soviet invasion) (Part 7)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2018 Jul 24 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 217 |
| Any docs withheld? | 10 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 88 Feb 22 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Afghanistan") [Howe's Soviet withdrawal & interim government and Western aid; note by David Hart] [released Jul 2018] |
| 86 Jul 28 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Afghanistan: Gorbachev's Speech in Vladivostok") [Soviet withdrawal: "In practical terms the move is of even less consequence than this low figure might suggest... essentially a propaganda move"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Feb 16 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: Cradock minute to MT ("Afghanistan") ["whether we should support the Pakistanis in their insistence on agreement on an interim Government... before they sign a withdrawal agreement"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 87 Mar 21 Sa | Major | Afghanistan: Dr. Armand Hammer letter to MT (Afghanistan) [Hammer asks MT to present his peace proposal to Gorbachev] [released Jul 2018] |
| 86 Nov 4 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: FCO record of conversation ("Afghanistan") [Janet Young, Lord Cranborne] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jan 8 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: FCO record of conversation (1030Z) (Howe, Armacost) ["Afghanistan: Armacost's Visit to London": sitrep; Geneva talks; impressions from visit to Islamabad] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Feb 25 Th | Major | Afghanistan: FCO telegram 181 to UKE Islamabad (1430Z) ("Afghanistan: Advice to Pakistan") [lines to take] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Mar 1 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan: Message from President Zia") ["President Zia's response to our advice"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 87 Mar 26 Th | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan: Neutrality") [1980 FCO paper, and present thinking on the issue] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Feb 8 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan: Visit of Abdul Haq") [MT advised not to meet with Afghan resistance leader; "The Western objective at this stage is to get the Russians to deal directly [with] the Resistance"; MT notes she will meet with President of the Afghan Resistance Alliance, Khales] [released Jul 2018] |
| 87 Apr 2 Th | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("France-Afghanistan: Visit to London of M. Jean Francois Deniau") [FCO advises against need for MT to meet with Chirac's recently appointed special envoy] [released Jul 2018] |
| 86 Dec 9 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Seventh Anniversary of Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan") [MT agrees to Sandy Gall ITV news interview] [released Jul 2018] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: MT letter to Lord Cranborne (Afghanistan) [Western solidarity; humanitarian aid] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Feb 16 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 briefing for MT ("Afghanistan") [Pakistani insistence on agreement on an interim Government before they sign a withdrawal agreement] [released Jul 2018] |
| 86 Dec 15 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Lord Cranborne: Afghanistan") [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Feb 9 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Afghanistan": latest Soviet statement] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Feb 18 Th | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Afghanistan": Pakistani insistence on agreement on an interim Government before they sign a withdrawal agreement] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Mar 18 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan") [Soviets threatening to pull out without UN agreement on post-Soviet government - "angered by what they characterise as Pakistan's delaying tactics"; Powell assures MT that British views have been conveyed to Pakistan] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Feb 8 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Soviet Embassy letter to No.10 (General Secretary Gorbachev's Statement on Afghanistan) [timeframe for Soviet withdrawal; Charles Powell: "a characteristically skilful piece of work by Gorbachev. It says nothing new... It is designed to put pressure on Pakistan & the Resistance"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 87 Jan 18 Su | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 034 to FCO (1015Z) ("Afghan Party Leaders: Statement on Ceasefire") [analysis] [released Jul 2018] |