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1989 Jan 3 - 1989 Mar 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

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 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]
89 Mar 19 Su Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [key issues; desired outcomes; toasts/speeches; practical aspects of the visit] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 19 Su Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to FCO ("Mr. Gorbachev and the Times") [MT to go ahead with 'Izvestia' interview, despite Gorbachev cancelling his 'Times' interview] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 20 Mo Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Mr. Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) [joint document signing ceremony] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 20 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS letter ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [key concerns; lines to take; MT Guildhall dinner speech] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 21 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Interview with Izvestia") [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 21 Tu Major Soviet Union: MT letter to Kenneth Warren MP (Mr Gorbachev's visit to the UK) [thanks Warren for his information on Soviet attitudes] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 23 Th Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [programme] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 23 Th Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Mr Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) ["programme note on the Prime Minister for... Gorbachev's Guildhall speech"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 24 Fr Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Soviet Military Policy") [papers by Chris Donnelly and Ken Bower; MT: "Both fascinating papers"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 29 We Major Soviet Union: BBC letter to No.10 (foreign journalists in the Soviet Union) [paper on impact of glasnost & perestroika on foreign journalists] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 30 Th Major Soviet Union: East European Trade Council letter to No.10 (Mr Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) [briefing note] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 31 Fr Major Soviet Union: Cradock minute to MT ("Gorbachev Visit: Public Presentation") ["we need to strike a delicate balance between our approval... and our concern"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 31 Fr Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Mr Gorbachev") [final draft of agreed programme; first draft of administrative arrangements] [released Dec 2016]