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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2539
Soviet Union (UK/Soviet relations; internal situation) (Part 7)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 162
Any docs withheld? 12
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Higher & further education

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Date Value Title
87 Feb 4 We Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 143 to FCO (1130Z) ("Anglo-Soviet Relations: Statement by Soviet Foreign Ministry Spokesman") [criticism of UK Government in run-up to General Election] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 9 Mo Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of the Supreme Soviet Delegation") [summary] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 9 Mo Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Reforming the Soviet Economy") ["lecture delivered to a Soviet audience by the Economic Editor of a well-known Soviet weekly"; Charles Powell: "A fascinating admission of failure"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 10 Tu Minor Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Director of the Imperial War Museum (Soviet Central Armed Forces Museum proposal to exchange historic tanks) [No.10 declines MT's association with the proposal during her visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 11 We Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [academic papers] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 17 Tu Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [excerpts from seminar invitee Bialer's book on Gorbachev] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 19 Th Major Soviet Union: Cabinet Office letter to Ministry of Defence (""Whither the Soviet Union? A Personal View"") [Malcolm Mackintosh paper, read by MT in advance of seminar on Soviet Union] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 20 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 23 Mo Major Soviet Union: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Chequers Seminar on the Soviet Union: 27 February") [request for Cabinet Office to be represented] [released Jul 2017]
87 Feb 26 Th Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Seminar on the Soviet Union") [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 1 Su Key Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversations (MT, Howe, academics, officials) ["Seminar on the Soviet Union"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 9 Mo Minor Soviet Union: Department of Employment letter to No.10 (Capital Radio concert in London for Soviet pop groups) [staging to coincide with MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 15 Su Major Soviet Union: Archie Brown letter to MT (Gorbachev and reform of the Soviet System) [academic paper, in advance of MT visit to Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 16 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Robert Conquest (Soviet Union) [correspondence & proposed meeting with MT, following seminar] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 20 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 423 to FCO (1330Z) ("Mr Healey's Visit to Moscow") [Soviet response to proposed visit] [released Jul 2017]
87 Apr 7 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 582 to FCO (0445Z) ("Gorbachev's Visit to Prague") [reactions to postponement] [released Jul 2017]
87 Apr 11 Sa Major Soviet Union: UKE Prague telegram 101 to FCO (0920Z) ("Gorbachev Visit: Second Day: Speech to the Czechoslovak-Soviet Friendship Society") [summary] [released Jul 2017]
87 Apr 14 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Prague telegram 104 to FCO (1000Z) ("Gorbachev Visit to Czechoslovakia: Conclusions") [analysis] [released Jul 2017]