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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2921
China (Sino-Soviet relations; visits by Edward Heath MP)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 36
Any docs withheld? 1
Themes: British policy towards Hong Kong, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Asia)

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Date Value Title
79 May 15 Tu Major China: UKE Beijing telegram 450 to FCO (0845Z) ("Sino/Soviet Relations") [report on Chinese memo to Soviets, proposing negotiations] [released Jul 2017]
79 May 22 Tu Major China: UKE Moscow telegram 299 to FCO (1445Z) ("Sino-Soviet Relations") [report on Soviet reaction to Chinese memo, proposing negotiations] [released Jul 2017]
79 Sep 10 Mo Major China: UKE Beijing telegram 788 to FCO (0746Z) ("Sino-Soviet Relations") [record of conversation on 7th September: Heath, Hua Guofeng: Soviet/Chinese negotiations on size & deployment of forces] [released Jul 2017]
79 Oct 31 We Major China: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Schmidt) ["Premier Hua's Visit to Western Europe"] [released Jul 2017]
79 Dec 17 Mo Major China: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Dr. Harold Brown) [Sino/Soviet relations] [released Jul 2017]
83 Oct 18 Tu Major China: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("China") [Heath, Deng Xiaoping records of conversations on 6th and 10th September 1983] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jan 13 We Major China: Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Sino-Soviet Relations: Gorbachev's Call for a Summit") [analysis of the impact of a recent Gorbachev interview granted to Chinese journal] [released Jul 2017]
88 Oct 21 Fr Major China: Cradock minute to MT ("Sino-Soviet Relations") [Sino-Soviet summit; Chinese relations with US; Chinese arms sales] [released Jul 2017]
89 Feb 4 Sa Major China: UKE Beijing telegram 171 to FCO (0900Z) ("Shevardnadze's Visit to China: First Impressions") [report] [released Jul 2017]
89 May 12 Fr Major China: UKE Moscow telegram 794 to FCO (1327Z) ("Gorbachev's Visit to China") [analysis] [released Jul 2017]
90 Jan 15 Mo Major China: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Sino-Soviet Relations") [Premier Li Peng to visit Moscow, according to Soviets; analysis] [released Jul 2017]