1986 Nov 3 - 1987 Nov 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2172
Foreign Policy (East/West relations) (Part 7)
Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
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Release date: | 2016 Jul 21 |
Classification: | Secret and Personal |
Page count: | 300 |
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87 Jan 30 Fr | Key | Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Percy Cradock, Charles Powell) ["Foreign Policy": MT sceptical of Gorbachev's plans for reform; concern that US still apparently working for elimination of strategic nuclear weapons; Afghanistan; China; Lebanon - no deals for hostage release] [released July 2016] |
87 Jan 27 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: George Walden minute to Howe ("US/Soviet Relations: Congressional Opinion") [report on "second in the series of teach-ins for US Congressmen... sponsored by the Aspen Institute" & on private dinner with Kissinger] [released July 2016] |
87 Nov 5 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation ("Quadripartite Meeting of Political Directors, London, 5 November") [John Fretwell, Ridgway, Noiville, Von Richthofen: arms control; Alliance consultations; East/West relations; regional issues; WEU; US/Spain] [released July 2016] |
86 Nov 18 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT (the new generation of Leadership in the USSR and its impact on East/West relations) [copy of a speech by French Foreign Minister, in advance of MT's meeting with him] [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 Nov 19 Th | Major | Cold War: Charles Powell record of conversation (CDP-Soviet diplomat Kossov) [possible Gorbachev stopover in Britain en route to Washington Summit; merits of RAF Brize Norton as venue] [declassified Jul 2016] |
87 Jul 7 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 968 to FCO (1350Z) ("US/Soviet Relations") [Shultz/Shevardnadze proposed July meeting; US confusion over Soviet stance on US defence forces in FRG; UNGA in September & possible US/Soviet summit to coincide] [released July 2016] |
86 Nov 3 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 923 to FCO (1655Z) ("Kohl Interview with Die Welt") [disarmament issues] [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 Sep 10 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO telegram 284 to FCO (1753Z) ("Shultz/Shevardnadze: General Prospects") [discussion of agenda] [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 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 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 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 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] |
86 Nov 10 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: FCO telegram 213 to UKDEL NATO (1215Z) ("North Atlantic Council Ministerial, 11-12 December: Communique") [Reykjavik; arms control; CSCE; Afghanistan; international terrorism] [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] |
86 Nov 13 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: John Stanley PS letter to No.10 ("PQ by Mr Beith, 4th November") [apologies for failure to note Charles Powell's amendment to draft reply on arms control/Reykjavik] [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 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] |