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PREM19/2869
Soviet Union (Visit to the UK by President Gorbachev, 5-7 April 1989) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Dec 29
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 404
Themes: Monarchy, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Defence (Falklands), Security services & intelligence, Industry, Trade

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Date Value Title
89 Apr 10 Mo Major Soviet Union: MT to Lord Mayor of London (Gorbachev Visit to UK) ["I should like to express formally the Government's great appreciation for... [the City of London's] generous help"] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 10 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Bonn telegram 380 to FCO (1634Z) ("Visit to London by President Gorbachev: German Press Reaction") [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 10 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Bonn telegram 377 to FCO (1445Z) ("Gorbachev's Visit to London: FRG Reactions: Arms Control") [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 11 Tu Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit: Message to President Bush") [cover note only, referring to Charles Powell's reworking of FCO draft] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 11 Tu Major Soviet Union: MT message to Chancellor Kohl ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [account of talks; conclusions] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 11 Tu Major Soviet Union: MT message to President Mitterrand ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [account of talks; conclusions] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 12 We Major Soviet Union: President Gorbachev message to MT (Visit to UK) ["As usual, negotiations and personal contacts with you gave food for new thoughts and in general - for optimism"; conclusions as to key outcomes] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 13 Th Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ambassador Zamyatin) [impressions of Gorbachev's visit to the UK] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 13 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Bonn telegram 388 to FCO (1042Z) ("Call on Teltschik: Gorbachev's Visit and SNF") [delivery of MT message to Kohl, giving her impressions of Gorbachev's visit to the UK; German/Soviet negotiations on self-determination in Europe; SNF modernisation] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 16 Su Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [Charles Powell, Kossov: Soviet criticism of UK interpreter for Howe/Shevardnadze meeting] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 25 Tu Major Soviet Union: MT letter to Kenneth Warren MP (British Aerospace Industry partnerships with Soviets) ["events since you wrote have turned out rather better than at one time seemed likely"] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 25 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 701 to FCO (0606Z) ("Soviet Assessment of Gorbachev's Visit and of Bilateral Relations") [Ambassador Braithwaite, Foreign Affairs Advisor Chernyayev: record of conversation] [released Dec 2017]
89 May 3 We Minor Soviet Union: MT letter to Kenneth Warren MP (President Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) [thanks for information on Soviet views on the visit's success] [released Dec 2017]