1989 Dec 1 - 1990 Jan 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2992
Foreign Policy (East/West relations) (Part 10)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 460 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 40 of 53
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 89 Dec 19 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: Tom King PS letter to No.10 ("East/West Relations") [outline of contingency plans for UK forces in Berlin & FRG; possible longer-term implications] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Dec 21 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: UKE Bonn telegram 1265 to FCO (1102Z) ("Kohl's Visit to Dresden") [report & analysis] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 8 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: No.10 minute to Hurd PS ("Diplomatic and Defence Implications of Developments in East/West Relations") [meeting at Chequers: format; time; attendees; agenda; MT stresses need for confidentiality] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 9 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: Tom King minute to MT ("Defence Policy and Procurement Needs") [comment on "very personal" paper, commissioned to assess procurement issues, by Alan Clark, setting out "his ideas for a new defence policy and indeed foreign policy for the 1990s"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 10 We | Major | Foreign Policy: MT letter to President of the Action Committee for Europe (Aid for Eastern Europe) [Strasbourg Council resolutions, as agreed by UK; progress towards EC single market] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 12 Fr | Major | Foreign Policy: Hurd minute to Lamont ("Know-How Fund for Eastern Europe") [MT's attention drawn by Charles Powell to Hurd's detailing of the expansion of the fund beyond Poland to other Eastern European countries] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 12 Fr | Major | Foreign Policy: Hurd minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Assistance for Eastern Europe") [proposal for a "widely based response... through the G24 mechanism"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 15 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: Hurd minute to MT ("Western Security in the 1990s") ["You asked for advice, before your meeting with President Mitterrand on 20 January, about the implications... of the dramatic changes in Eastern Europe"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 15 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Future of Europe") [paper by FCO planning staff] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 17 We | Major | Foreign Policy: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Diplomatic and Defence Implications of Recent Developments") [paper to serve as introductory overview for Chequers meeting] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 17 We | Major | Foreign Policy: Lamont letter to Hurd ("Know-How Fund for Eastern Europe") [increase in funding; offsetting savings; conditions for release of funding; timing of announcement; uses of the funding] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 18 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Hurd ("Assistance to Eastern Europe") ["I share your view that the G24 group offers the best mechanism for considering Western help... I hope also that we shall not close the door to possible ad hoc contributions from creditor governments outside the G24"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 18 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: Tom King minute to MT ("Defence Implications of Developments in East/West Relations") [issues to be addressed at Chequers meeting on 27 January 1990] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 18 Th | Major | Foreign Policy: Tom King minute to MT ("CFE: Apportionment of Cuts") [progress report on review] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 19 Fr | Major | Foreign Policy: UKDEL NATO letter to No.10 ("The Future of the Alliance, etc") [Michael Alexander sends copy of his despatch on Allied reactions to events in Eastern Europe, to inform Chequers meeting on 27 January 1990] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 21 Su | Major | Foreign Policy: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Seminar on British Defence Policy") [Powell strategy paper: "Far from being the end of history... we shall find ourselves once again confronting nationalism... with local conflicts both in Eastern Europe and within the borders of the Soviet Union itself"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 21 Su | Major | Foreign Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram 141 to FCO (2015Z) ("Informal Meeting of EC Foreign Ministers in Dublin: 20 January") [record of conversation: "Largely harmonious discussion and agreement on guidelines for EC help for reform process in Eastern Europe"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 22 Mo | Major | Foreign Policy: Hurd minute to Lamont ("Know How Fund for Eastern Europe") [welcomes Lamont's agreement to establishment of the Fund; sets context for his announcement later that day; discusses scope of the Fund] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 23 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: Cradock note to MT (Defence Review Meeting at Chequers on 27 January 1990) [forwards copy of Deputy Cabinet Secretary's report on his visit to Washington, in advance of Hurd/Tom King visits: impressions of US stance on German reunification, arms control, and Alliance management] [released Dec 2016] |
| 90 Jan 23 Tu | Major | Foreign Policy: FCO record of conversation ("Quadripartite Meeting of Political Directors, Washington, 23 January") [Ministerial quad; German question; CSCE/CFE; USSR; regional issues] [released Dec 2016] |