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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 3 Th Key Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, General Jaruzelski) [MT visit to Gdansk, Polish internal situation, Solidarity] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 4 Fr Key Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Solidarity leaders, Father Jankowski, Cardinal Józef Glemp) [ninety seven minute meeting] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 4 Fr Key Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, General Jaruzelski) [East-West relations, UK-Polish bilateral relations, economy and trade, arms control, trade union reforms] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 11 Fr Major Poland: UKE Holy See telegram to FCO (“Prime Minister’s Message to the Pope”) [MT visit to Poland; Vatican "deeply grateful" for consulting them prior to visit] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 2 We Major Poland: Solidarity Gdansk shipyard workers letter to MT (visit to the Lenin Yard) [welcome; "We require cancellation of the Yalta Agreement"] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 7 Mo Major Poland: No.10 minute to Howe PS (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland”) [encloses document explaining Solidarity’s aims from Janush Onyskiewicz] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 3 Th Major Poland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, The Consultative Council) [nature and function of the Council explained to MT] [declassified 2016]
88 Dec 16 Fr Major Poland: General Jaruzelski letter to MT (Prime Minister's visit to Poland) ["I highly value your invitation to continue the talks which we so promisingly opened in Warsaw"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Nov 10 Th Major Poland: No.10 minute to FCO (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland”) [draft MT written answer] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 9 We Major Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland: message to the Pope”) [FCO draft] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 9 We Major Poland: Chairman of the British Council letter to MT (Prime Minister's visit to Poland) ["Your visit has raised morale enormously"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Nov 11 Fr Major Poland: MT letter to General Jaruzelski (visit to Poland) [aim to strengthen relations further; invitation to visit London] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 10 Th Major Poland: MT letter to Pope John Paul II (Prime Minister's visit to Poland) ["I returned from Poland convinced that Solidarity is a force that cannot be denied"] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Dec 5 Mo Major Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Prime Minister’s visit to Poland: Remains of General Sikorski”) [if pressed confirm no change in our position] [declassified 2016]
88 Nov 11 Fr Major Poland: MT letter to General Jaruzelski (visit to Poland) [encloses copy of statement to Parliament on outcome of the visit] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Dec 16 Fr Major Poland: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland: commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War") [proposals] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Nov 7 Mo Major Poland: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's visit to Poland") [Solidarity memo on its aims] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Nov 7 Mo Major Poland: UKE Warsaw telegram to FCO ("Prime Minister's visit: general impressions") [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Nov 2 We Major Poland: Thorpe minute to Ambassador (“Prime Minister’s visit: meeting with Walesa”) [contigency plans for meeting in the event of shipyard strike] [declassified 2016]
88 Dec 6 Tu Major Poland: Younger PS letter to No.10 ("Poland") ["figures for total British killed in World War II": inaccurate statistics cited by MT during dinner speech in Warsaw] [declassified Jul 2016]