1988 Mar 29 - 1988 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
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 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 52 of 52
| Date |
Value |
Title |
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| 88 Aug 24 We | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO ("Poland: implications of unrest for Prime Minister's visit") ["Latest troubles... could call in question the basis for the visit"] [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 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 Aug 10 We | Minor | Poland: Nicholas Bethell letter to MT (Prime Minister’s visit to Poland) [suggestions for Gdansk itinerary] [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Oct 28 Fr | Minor | Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland: quotation from Shakespeare”) [“There is a tide in the affairs of men…”] [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Oct 20 Th | Minor | Poland: Chairman of the British Council letter to MT (British Council aims & activities in Poland) [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Oct 4 Tu | Minor | Poland: Fowler PS briefing to Howe PS (small firms) [MT visit to Poland] [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Sep 21 We | Minor | Poland: Polish Ambassador letter to No.10 (meeting with the Prime Minister) [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Sep 20 Tu | Minor | Poland: FCO Eastern European Department minute to Howe PS (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland”) [No.10 confused by Polish Ambassador request for meeting already confirmed, and FCO notes that he appears to distrust his own staff] [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Sep 14 We | Minor | Poland: Fowler PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister’s visit to Poland) [benefits of a small firms sector] [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Aug 12 Fr | Minor | Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland”) [opening of the British Council new cinema and exhibition hall] [declassified 2016] |
| 88 Apr 14 Th | Minor | Poland: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Powell (Prime Minister's visit to Poland) [copy of 1982 McCallum lecture on postwar Polish history] [declassified Jul 2016] |