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PREM19/2873
Soviet Union (UK/Soviet relations: internal situation) (Part 12)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2018 Jul 24
Classification: Top Secret - Cab One
Page count: 361
Themes: Media, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Defence (general), Security services & intelligence, Energy, Industry, Trade

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Date Value Title
89 May 20 Sa Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 834 to FCO (2321Z) ("Expulsions: comments and further action") [Soviet counter-expulsions; media handling strategy] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 20 Sa Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 832 to FCO (2138Z) ("Meeting with Kovalev") [UK expulsion of Soviets: official Soviet response] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 20 Sa Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 829 to FCO (0738Z) ("Expulsions") [UK expulsion of Soviets: official Soviet response] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 21 Su Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell note to MT (Soviet Expulsions") [collation of recent relevant telegrams] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 21 Su Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 835 to FCO (0655Z) ("Expulsions") ["we need to keep our basic objectives and tactics firmly in mind"; Soviet retaliatory expulsion of British journalists] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 22 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 842 to FCO (1417Z) ("Application of Ceiling to British Organisations in Moscow") [Soviet retaliatory measure for UK expulsion of Soviets] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 23 Tu Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Application of a Ceiling to British Organisations in Moscow") [Soviet retaliatory measure for UK expulsion of Soviets] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 23 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Expulsion of Members of the Czech Embassy"] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 24 We Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 873 to FCO (1800Z) ("Ceilings: Comments") [analysis of fallout from mutual expulsions, and policy strategy advice] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 26 Fr Major Soviet Union: Kinnock letter to Howe (expulsion of Soviet diplomats: allegations against Labour MPs) [BBC news reporting allegations of blackmail: Kinnock concerned not to have been informed in advance of BBC being briefed] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 27 Sa Major Soviet Union: MT message to President Gorbachev (Soviet Congress of People's Deputies) [congratulations on election as Chairman; "I have been following [the Congress proceedings] with close attention... a vital landmark in your programme of perestroika and democratisation"] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 27 Sa Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 909 to FCO (0545Z) ("Expulsions/Bilateral Relations") [report on reception of Howe message to Shevardnadze] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 28 Su Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 913 to FCO (1207Z) ("Expulsions: Soviet Attitudes And Our Next Steps") ["they want to play this affair as coolly as possible... increases our room for manoeuvre"] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 31 We Major Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("The Soviet Congress of People's Deputies") [report on proceedings] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 31 We Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 935 to FCO (1055Z) ("Soviet Union: Congress of People's Deputies: Day 5: Gorbachev's Speech: Foreign Policy") [summary] [released Jul 2018]
89 May 31 We Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 934 to FCO (1148Z) ("Congress of People's Deputies: Day 5: Gorbachev's Report: the Economy") [summary] [released Jul 2018]