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PREM19/2682
Foreign Policy (East/West relations) (Part 9)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 347
Any docs withheld? 8
Themes: British relations with France, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Security services & intelligence, Science & technology

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Date Value Title
89 Jul 8 Sa Major Foreign Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Message from President Bush to the Prime Minister") [advice regarding Bush proposals to support economic reform in Poland & Hungary] [released Jul 2017]
89 Jul 17 Mo Major Foreign Policy: Charles Powell note to MT (message from General Jaruzelski: Poland's requirements for economic help) [cover note only] [released Jul 2017]
89 Jul 17 Mo Major Foreign Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram 2367 to FCO (1920Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council: 17 July 1989") ["Aid for Poland and Hungary"] [released Jul 2017]
89 Jul 28 Fr Major Foreign Policy: UKE Paris telegram 1009 to FCO (1250Z) ("North-South Dialogue: French Views") [Mitterrand's proposal for Third World debt relief] [released Jul 2017]
89 Aug 2 We Major Foreign Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram 2522 to FCO (1050Z) ("MIPT: Assistance to Poland and Hungary: Doners Meeting: 1 August: Trade and Economic Cooperation") [released Jul 2017]
89 Aug 27 Su Major Foreign Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull (Speech by Sir James Goldsmith: the situation on Europe, as seen from Moscow) [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 28 Th Major Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 275 to FCO (0709Z) ("US/Soviet Summit") [MT anxious for dates not to clash with her own planned meeting with Gorbachev in June 1990] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 28 Th Major Foreign Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram 2824 to FCO (1840Z) ("Western Assistance to Poland and Hungary: G24 Coordinating Group, 26 September: Summary") [released Jul 2017]
89 Oct 11 We Major Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation (Eastern Europe) [Sir John Fretwell, FRG Chancellery official Hartmann] [released Jul 2017]
89 Oct 24 Tu Major Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2766 to FCO (2115Z) ("US/Soviet Relations: Baker Speech on Arms Control") [report & analysis] [released Jul 2017]
89 Oct 31 Tu Major Foreign Policy: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("US/Soviet Relations") [message from President Bush to MT: cover minute only] [released Jul 2017]
89 Oct 31 Tu Major Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2828 to FCO (1700Z) ("US/Soviet Summit") ["planned for December... to enable Bush and Gorbacheve to get better acquainted"; details] [released Jul 2017]
89 Nov 2 Th Key Foreign Policy: MT message to President Gorbachev (developments in East Germany) ["I agree with you that the speed with which these changes are taking places carries its own risk of instability"] [released Jul 2017]
89 Nov 4 Sa Major Foreign Policy: Stefan Terlezki MP letter to MT (the future for Europe and the USSR) [Charles Powell: "Absolutely fascinating"] [released Jul 2017]
89 Nov 6 Mo Major Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1865 to FCO (1454Z) ("Soviet Attitudes Towards Change in Germany and Europe") [details of a convresation between Yakovlev and Brzezinski] [released Jul 2017]
89 Nov 7 Tu Major Foreign Policy: FCO record of converstion ("Quadripartite Meeting of Political Directors, Bonn, 7 November") [John Fretwell, Dufourcq, Kastrup, Seitz: East/West relations; CSCE; GDR/FRG; Bush/Gorbachev meeting; Poland; arms control; S. Africa] [released Jul 2017]
89 Nov 11 Sa Major Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1883 to FCO (1322Z) ("Soviet Attitude to Change in East Germany and Eastern Europe") [analysis] [released Jul 2017]
89 Nov 11 Sa Major Foreign Policy: UKE Moscow telegram 1886 to FCO (1430Z) ("Quadripartite Meeting of Political Directors") ["alarmed... that the Americans are bent on pressing for Baltic self-determination"; CDP to MT: "Exactly your reaction"] [released Jul 2017]
89 Nov 13 Mo Major Foreign Policy: UKE Washington telegram 2939 to FCO (1420Z) ("US Policy on East/West and Eastern Europe") ["The Administration's attitudes summarised by Gates (Deputy National Security Advisor)"] [released Jul 2017]
89 Nov 14 Tu Key Foreign Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd) ["East/West Relations": "action required by the Government over the next week or so"] [released Jul 2017]