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PREM19/2172
Foreign Policy (East/West relations) (Part 7)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Secret and Personal
Page count: 300
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, British policy towards Hong Kong, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Asia), Foreign policy (Middle East), Defence (general), Defence (arms control)

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Date Value Title
87 Mar 5 Th Major Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("American and UK Visitors to Moscow") [summary for March/April] [released July 2016]
87 Mar 5 Th Major Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 497 to FCO (2300Z) ("Shultz's Moscow Visit") [sequence of US/UK visits to Moscow in March/April; MT meeting with Armacost in London] [released July 2016]
87 Mar 17 Tu Major Foreign Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr. Armacost") [key issues, with FCO briefing & contemporary items relating to US policy attached] [released July 2016]
87 Mar 18 We Major Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Armacost, Charles Price) [Armacost's account of his talks in Moscow] [released July 2016]
87 Mar 18 We Major Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 395 to FCO (0815Z) ("Armacost's Talks in Moscow") [Afghanistan; Cambodia; Middle East; Iran/Iraq; Pakistan; North Korea; arms control; US/Soviet relations; human rights] [released July 2016]
87 Mar 23 Mo Major Foreign Policy: Department of Education letter to Tim Renton ("Soviet and East European Studies") [proposed package of measures, following MT visit to Moscow] [released July 2016]
87 Mar 24 Tu Major Foreign Policy: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("The Berlin Four") [MT keen for UK, France & W. Germany to work more closely together at Head of Government level] [released July 2016]
87 Mar 25 We Major Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation ("Quadripartite Meeting of Political Directors: London, 25 March") [Derek Thomas, Rozanne Ridgway, Noiville, Von Richthofen] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 3 Fr Major Foreign Policy: Richard Nixon letter to Julian Amery MP (East/West relations) [US/Soviet arms negotiations; Afghanistan; MT's visit to Moscow] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 6 Mo Major Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Quadripartite Meetings"; MT pushing for meetings to be conducted on occasion at Heads of Government level] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 10 Fr Major Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Quadripartite Coordination") [FCO advice deemed "Much too cautious" by MT, who continues to push for meetings at Heads of Government level] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 15 We Major Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 613 to FCO (1130Z) ("Shultz Visit to Soviet Union, 13-15 April: Meeting with Gorbachev") [report] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 16 Th Major Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO telegram 177 to FCO (1314Z) ("Shultz's Visit to Moscow: NAC Briefing") [report] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 21 Tu Major Foreign Policy: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Quadripartite and Tripartite Western Coordination") [MT determined that FCO pursue possibility of meetings at Heads of Government level, despite Howe's reluctance to do so] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 23 Th Major Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 646 to FCO (0530Z) ("Shultz's Visit to Moscow") [proposed Weinberger/Sokolov meeting to discuss ABMT compliance] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 23 Th Major Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 880 to FCO (0830Z) ("Quadripartite Meetings") [scheduling issues & handling Italian sensitivities] [released July 2016]
87 Apr 24 Fr Major Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 686 to FCO (2154Z) ("Quadripartite Meetings") [Reagan rejects MT's idea for such a meeting while he is Europe in June] [released July 2016]
87 May 5 Tu Major Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation ("Meeting of Quadri-Partite Political Directors, La Celle St Cloud, 5 May") [Derek Thomas, Noiville, Ridgway, Von Richthofen: LR/SRINF; conventional weapons; chemical weapons; East/West - recent & forthcoming high-level visits; CSCE; Venice summit - Japanese proposal for public statement on East/West relations; South Africa - Canadian proposal; thoughts on the value of the Quadripartite Group; US reaction to proposal of a quad meeting at Heads of Government level ] [released July 2016]
87 May 13 We Major Foreign Policy: UKE Paris telegram 482 to FCO (1634Z) ("Chirac's Visit to Moscow") [analysis of motives & prospects; assessment of reactions in Russia] [released July 2016]
87 Jun 11 Th Major Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 841 to FCO (0430Z) ("Soviet Comments on a Summit") [prospect of a summit in 1987 & a Shultz/Shevardnadze meeting in near future] [released July 2016]