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1988 Nov 1 - 1988 Dec 17
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2386
Poland (Prime Minister's visit to Poland, November 1988) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 163
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88 Nov 2 We Minor Poland: FCO briefing for MT (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland: Musicians and Writers”) [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 2 We Minor Poland: MT letter to Julian Amery MP (Prime Minister’s visit to Poland) ["looks likely to be an exciting visit"] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 2 We Major Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Cardinal Józef Glemp) [political developments in Poland & the role of Polish Church] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 2 We Major Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, PM Rakowski) [political developments in Poland, economic reform] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Major Poland: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s visit: closure of Lenin Shipyard”) [announcement timed to put PM on the spot; MT drafts response] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Major Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland: possible trouble in Gdansk”) [contingency thinking] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Minor Poland: Leaders of democratic opposition in Poland letter to MT (Prime Minister’s visit to Poland) [Conference of Independence-Seeking Parties and Organisations] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Minor Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (proposal for a British-Polish seminar on human rights) [Bernard Braine proposal, possibly worthy of support] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Minor Poland: Department for Education & Science briefing for MT (“Exchange Arrangements with Poland”) [teacher & pupil exchanges, ministerial meeting record] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Minor Poland: Home Office briefing for MT (“Prime Minister’s Visit to Poland: Visas”) [delays] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Major Poland: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO (“Lenin Shipyard, Gdansk”) [not the weakest yard economically, implying closure decision was political] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 1 Tu Major Poland: No.10 minute to MT (Prime Minister’s visit to Poland) [assistance given to redundant mineworkers, steelworkers and shipbuilders in UK - bull points & detail] [declassified 2016]