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1983 Sep 23 - 1989 Jul 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2867
Soviet Union (Visits to the UK by Soviet Deputy Prime Ministers: Leonid Konstandov, Vladimir Kamentsev and Aleksandra Biryukova)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 65
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Date Value Title
83 Sep 23 Fr Major Soviet Union: Howe minute to Cecil Parkinson ("Visit of Deputy Prime Minister Kostandov") ["in the light of the Korean airline disaster, how we should deal with the impending visit"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 6 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr. Kamentsev") [Soviet Deputy: Gorbachev visit; aid for Armenia; perestroika/Soviet economy; management training for Soviets; credit offer by British banks; trade issues] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 6 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Visit of Mr. Kamentsev") [Charles Powell, Kossov: offer of credit by British banks] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 7 Tu Major Soviet Union: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Mr Kamentsev") [report on the ongoing visit] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 7 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kamentsev, Kossov, Braithwaite, Uspensky) [Deputy Chair of USSR Council of Ministers: trade relations; programme for Gorbachev visit; aid for Armenia; perestroika] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 8 We Major Soviet Union: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Mr Kamentsev - Banking Protocol") ["the main British banks have acceded to the Soviet request that a general banking protocal should be concluded"; details & comments] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 25 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mrs. Aleksandra Biryukova") ["a Soviet Deputy Prime Minister... the top woman in the Soviet Union... She is here to discuss proposals for British-soviet cooperation through joint ventures and joint production"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 26 We Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Deputy Prime Minister Biryukova) [perestroika; British-soviet cooperation through joint ventures and joint production; UK management training for Soviets; women in Soviet politics] [released Dec 2016]