1988 Nov 10 - 1988 Dec 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2546
Soviet Union (Visits to UK by President Gorbachev) (Part 2)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 368 |
| Any docs withheld? | 3 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 88 Nov 30 We | Major | Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Gorbachev Visit: Call by HM Ambassador, Moscow") ["to discuss the programme and agenda... [MT] thinks it would be a mistake... We should keep our powder dry for some really important occasion"] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 1 Th | Major | Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kenneth Baker) ["President Gorbachev's Visit"] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 1 Th | Major | Soviet Union: No.10 airborne telegram to Cabinet Office (1742Z) (Dinner for the Gorbachevs on 13 December) [guest list] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 1 Th | Major | Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("President Gorbachev's Visit") [Charles Powell, Ambassador Zamyatin] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 1 Th | Major | Soviet Union: Ingham minute to MT ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit to No.10") [advice on reception arrangements] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 1 Th | Major | Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("President Gorbachev's Visit") [update on programme & preparations; main outstanding points] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 1 Th | Major | Soviet Union: Centre for Policy Studies letter to MT (President Gorbachev's visit to the UK) ["tentative recommendations you may wish to look at"] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 1 Th | Major | Soviet Union: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("President Gorbachev's Visit") [programme] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 2 Fr | Major | Soviet Union: FCO telegram 20 to UKDel Rhodes (1900Z) ("President Gorbachev's Visit: Change of Programme") [Gorbachev requests round of talks scheduled for 14 December to be dropped] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 2 Fr | Major | Soviet Union: Richard Branson letter to MT (President Gorbachev's Visit) [request for cosmonaut to join global circumnavigation hot air balloon team] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 4 Su | Major | Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Briefing for Gorbachev's Visit") [briefing meetings] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 4 Su | Major | Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Briefing for Gorbachev's Visit: Possible Invitation to the Queen") [line to take] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 4 Su | Major | Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation ("President Gorbachev's Visit: the working lunch on 13 December") [Simon Hemans, Ambassador Zamyatin] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 5 Mo | Major | Soviet Union: John MacGregor PS letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev Visit - Bilateral Relations") [response to MT's criticism of "disappointingly thin" briefing provided on agriculture] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 6 Tu | Major | Soviet Union: Younger PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Mr Gorbachev") ['Families for Defence'] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 6 Tu | Major | Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1949 to FCO (1337Z) ("Gorbachev Visit: His Personal Position and Objectives") [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 6 Tu | Major | Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1950 to FCO (1454Z) ("Gorbachev Visit: Policy Issues") ["detailed analysis of Gorbachev's likely attitude"] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 6 Tu | Major | Soviet Union: FCO Soviet Department letter to Howe PS ("Draft Toast for the Prime Minister at the No 10 Dinner on 13 December") [latest draft, pre-Gorbachev UN speech & discussions with Reagan/Bush] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 7 We | Major | Soviet Union: No.10 press release (Mr. Gorbachev's Address to the United Nations, 7 December 1988) [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Dec 7 We | Major | Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to Denis Thatcher ("President Gorbachev's Visit") [main events involving Mr. Thatcher] [released Jul 2017] |