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PREM19/2385
Poland (Prime Minister's visit to Poland, November 1988) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Secret - Cab One
Page count: 293
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88 Sep 1 Th Major Poland: Baroness Cox letter to MT (religious education in schools & visit to Poland) ["appalling shortages of medicines and medical equipment"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jun 26 Su Major Poland: Chairman of the British Overseas Trade Board letter to MT ("Poland") ["the Poles.. would like to see... trade progress during your visit"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Sep 30 Fr Major Poland: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland: UK economic and financial policy") ["any offer of financial support at this stage would be likely to weaken pressure on the Polish Government to strengthen its efforts at both political and economic reform"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 28 Fr Major Poland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Visit to Poland") ["a cynical and intellectually bankrupt regime which knows it has no popular support"; "Our aim is that, as was the case with your visit to the Soviet Union, Poland should never be quite the same place again... Your visit comes at a very difficult juncture in Poland's affairs"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Aug 10 We Major Poland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Poland") ["FCO's approach is unnecessarily defeatist (you will recall that they advised against trying to get to Gdansk at all). Now we have won Polish agreement that you should go there, we need to negotiate just as firmly for a satisfactory programme"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 10 Mo Major Poland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Poland") [articles on Poland] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Major Poland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Poland") [closure of Lenin shipyard] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Major Poland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Poland") [press coverage in advance of visit, including Jaruzelski interview] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 26 We Major Poland: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") [MT meeting with Ambassador Gertych in advance of visit] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 27 Th Major Poland: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland: 2-4 November 1988") [objectives; background] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Major Poland: Fighting Solidarity letter to MT (Prime Minister's visit to Poland) [petition for the release of political prisoners] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Sep 22 Th Major Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland: UK economic and financial policy”) [“present situation in Poland does not justify substantial… support”] [declassified 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Major Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") [management training assistance] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Major Poland: Julian Amery MP letter to MT (Prime Minister's visit to Poland) [relations between western Europe and East Europe] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 27 Th Major Poland: Lord Bethell PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's visit to Poland: 2-4 November 1988) [sensitivities regarding discussion of WWII; Poland to participate for first time in Remembrance Day parade] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jul 14 Th Key Poland: MT letter to General Jaruzelski (visit to Poland) ["I want my visit to mark a step forward... I am convinced that a brief visit to Gdansk would capture the imagination of literally millions of people"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 6 Th Major Poland: MT letter to Lord Jellicoe (UK industry ventures in Poland & economic aid) [MT: "Clearly my visit will be a chance to assess prospects for any improvement both in terms of economic performance and of political liberalisation, which I see as interlinked"; MT response to project proposals] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 18 Tu Major Poland: No.10 letter to FCO ("Prime Minister's interview with "Polityka"") [written answers] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Sep 5 Mo Major Poland: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") [negotiation of programme for the visit, including Westerplatte & Gdansk shipyard workers' memorial, meeting with Archbishop Dabrowski, and 'walkabouts' to engage with members of public] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Oct 31 Mo Major Poland: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Christian Samaritan Foundation) [request for advice on how to respond to Foundation's request for help] [declassified Jul 2016]