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

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Dec 29
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 404
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89 Apr 10 Mo Major Soviet Union: Chairman of ICI letter to MT (Gorbachev Visit to UK) [financing for joint industrial ventures] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 8 Sa Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell message to General Scowcroft (1215Z) (Gorbachev visit to UK) [report on talks with MT: assurance that topics of Nambia & Central America were discussed, as requested] [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 5 We Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit: Signing of Agreements") [speaking note on school for Armenia, Investment Promotion & Protection, and MoU on visa procedures] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 4 Tu Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell note to MT ("Meeting with Mr Gorbachev") [cover note only, for working papers] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 8 Sa Major Soviet Union: Conservative Research Department paper ("Why Mr Gorbachev Came to Britain") [Charles Powell's amendments to draft] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 10 Mo Major Soviet Union: Cradock minute to MT ("Gorbachev's Guildhall Speech") ["In an uninspired speech, one passage struck me, the sharp warning to NATO to drop the idea of modernising tactical nuclear weapons"; full text of speech attached] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 5 We Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit to UK") [main briefing] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 4 Tu Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [signing ceremony: details of the three agreements to be signed, and two postponed agreements] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 6 Th Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("President Gorbachev's Visit: Romania") [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 3 Mo Major Soviet Union: FCO Protocol Department letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev Visit: Arrangements for the Press Statement at Heathrow") [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 3 Mo Major Soviet Union: FCO Protocol Department letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev Visit: Demonstrations") [details of planned demonstrations & police measures] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 5 We Major Soviet Union: General Scowcroft message to Charles Powell (Gorbachev Visit to UK: Central America and Namibia) [conveyance of request by President Bush for points to be raised by MT in her talks with Gorbachev] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 4 Tu Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev Visit") [printed programme & final version of administrative plan] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 5 We Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev Visit: Bilateral Agreements") [Investment Protection; school for Armenia; visas] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 6 Th Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev's Visit: Arrival and Departure") [review of arrangements for departure, following MT criticism of inadequate arrival arrangements] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 5 We Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit: Lebanon") [key points to raise with Gorbachev, on current situation] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 3 Mo Major Soviet Union: Julian Amery MP letter to No.10 (Gorbachev Visit: briefing points) [Ethiopia; Aden; Mozambique] [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 5 We Major Soviet Union: Kenneth Baker PS letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev Visit: numbers of undergraduates studying Russian in UK universities") [released Dec 2017]
89 Apr 3 Mo Major Soviet Union: Lord Young PS letter to Howe PS (Gorbachev Visit: candidates for factory visit) [released Dec 2017]