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PREM19/2868
Soviet Union (Visit to the UK by President Mikhail Gorbachev, April 1989) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 492
Any docs withheld? 8
Themes: Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (Asia), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Science & technology

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Date Value Title
89 Jan 3 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [Charles Powell, Kossov: "the problem lies in untying the knot between his visit here and his visit to Cuba"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 3 Tu Major Soviet Union: Soros Foundation letter to No.10 (Open Sector Initiative) [Charles Powell impressed by Soros/Pembroke College proposal for scheme to aid restructuring of Soviet economy; brings to the attention of MT] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 5 Th Major Soviet Union: Soros Foundation letter to No.10 (Gorbachev's Vision) [Soros article: "Its conclusions are alarming in their naivety" - MT] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 9 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Hanson Industries: Soviet Union") [management training for Soviet industrialists] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 10 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Visit of President Gorbachev") [Charles Powell, Kossov: "no firm news of Mr Gorbachev's plans"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 13 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Sir Gordon White") [Charles Powell, Gordon White: management training for Soviet industrialists] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 18 We Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT (Mr Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) [proposed dates: 5-7 April] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 20 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 91 to FCO (1655Z) ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [programme; timing of announcement] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 20 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 92 to FCO (1723Z) ("Preparations for Gorbachev's Visit") [agenda] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 25 We Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Mr. Gorbachev's Visit": programme/agenda] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 28 Sa Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [Charles Powell, Kossov: announcements] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jan 30 Mo Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit: the Queen") [invitation to visit USSR] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 3 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [Charles Powell, Kossov: offer of credit from British banks; trade; invitation to Queen to visit USSR; media interviews] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 6 Mo Major Soviet Union: President of the CBI letter to Lord Young (Mr Gorbachev's Visit to UK) [offer of CBI facilities for meeting with businessmen] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 7 Tu Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit by Mr Gorbachev: Address to both Houses of Parliament") [FCO advice on proposal] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 8 We Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ambassador Braithwaite) ["Programme for Mr. Gorbachev's Visit"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 9 Th Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Mr Gorbachev") [Howe's advice on University of Sussex proposal to award Gorbachev an honorary degree] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 13 Mo Minor Soviet Union: Charles Powell to FCO ("Mr. Gorbachev's visit") [Soviet diplomat worried that Gorbachev would be meeting HMQ at Windsor Castle rather than Buckingham Palace; Powell "really urged him not to make an issue out of this"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Feb 13 Mo Major Soviet Union: Denis Thatcher letter to Charles Powell ("Re: Gorbachev Dinner") [nomination for guest list] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 17 Fr Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Programme for Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [Soviet comments on draft programme; draft telegram of instructions to UKE Moscow; Soviet concerns about venue for lunch with Queen] [released Dec 2016]