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

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 492
Any docs withheld? 8

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89 Feb 17 Fr Major Soviet Union: Soviet Studies Research Centre letter to No.10 (Rescheduled Visit of Mr Gorbachev to the UK) [Chris Donnelly response to No.10 request for update on his thoughts ] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 20 Mo Major Soviet Union: MT letter to Editor-in-Chief of 'Izvestia' (request for interview) [MT agrees to be interviewed, based on her understanding that Gorbachev will do interview with 'The Times' newspaper] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 22 We Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 332 to FCO (1730Z) ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit to the UK") [Soviet comments on programme] [released Dec 2016]
89 Feb 24 Fr Minor Soviet Union: Powell minute for MT (interview for Ogonyok) [urges her to leave theme of UK-Soviet relations till later interview; make this "racy and daring ... focussing much more in our politics and you personally"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Mar 3 Fr Major Soviet Union: Kenneth Warren MP letter to No.10 ("President Gorbachev's Visit") [proposal that Gorbachev address both Houses of Parliament] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 3 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [Charles Powell, Ambassador Zamyatin: programme] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 3 Fr Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [Soviet-approved programme] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 3 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 407 to FCO (1513Z) ("Visit of Mr and Mrs Gorbachev") [Soviet draft of programme] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 6 Mo Major Soviet Union: Powell conversation record (CDP-Andrei Vavilov) ["He thought we underestimated Yeltsin, who was far from being a spent force"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Mar 6 Mo Major Soviet Union: Powell conversation record (MT-Director-General of the Security Service) [planned expulsion of Soviet and Czech spies - timing, tactics; MT favours "handling ... as discreetly as possible"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Mar 10 Fr Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev Visit: The Queen's Lunch") [guest list] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 13 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversations ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit: Interview") [Charles Powell, Kossov: Gorbachev pulling out of agreement to do 'Times' interview, and No.10 response] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 14 Tu Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to Lord Young PS ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [Celltech of Slough, and alternative industry candidates better-suited to Gorbachev's desire to meet with working class employees] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 15 We Major Soviet Union: Howe letter to Robert Maxwell (Exhibition of Contemporary Soviet Culture) [arranged to coincide with Gorbachev's visit to UK] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 15 We Major Soviet Union: Lord Thomas letter to MT (Stalin and Glasnost: A Talk by General Volkogonov) [Centre for Policy Studies: "to my knowledge this was the first time that such an attack [on Stalin] has been mounted by a Soviet spokesman"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 17 Fr Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mr Gorbachev's Interview with the Times") [background to Gorbachev's decision to pull out of interview; possibility of MT cancelling 'Izvestia' interview] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 17 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Mr Gorbachev's Interview with the Times") [Charles Powell, Kossov: ongoing uncertainty as to whether Gorbachev interview and MT 'Izvestia' interview to go ahead] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 18 Sa Major Soviet Union: FCO telegram 381 to UKE Moscow (0600Z) ("Gorbachev Interview with the Times") [Gorbachev no longer prepared to commit to substantial press interview; Soviets acknowledge MT may not wish to proceedw with 'Izvestia' interview] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 18 Sa Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Mr. Gorbachev's Interview with the Times") [Charles Powell, Kossov: Gorbachev no longer prepared to commit to substantial press interview; Soviets acknowledge MT may not wish to proceedw with 'Izvestia' interview] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 18 Sa Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit: Interviews") [Gorbachev no longer prepared to commit to substantial press interview; MT agrees to proceedw with 'Izvestia' interview] [released Dec 2016]