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PREM19/3174
Soviet Union (Human rights and the position of dissidents in the Soviet Union: policy towards the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 277
Any docs withheld? 7
Themes: Civil liberties, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (arms control)

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Date Value Title
89 Mar 3 Fr Major Soviet Union: Bernard Ingham minute to MT ("London Information Forum") [MT, Ingham & Charles Powell unimpressed by left-wing bias of FCO-approved proposed British delegation membership] [released Jul 2017]
89 Mar 6 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKDEL CSCE Vienna telegram 14 to FCO (2345Z) ("CFE/CSBM Ministerial, 6 March: Speech by Secretary of State Baker") [summary] [released Jul 2017]
89 Apr 5 We Major Soviet Union: David Hart letter to No.10 (Alexandr Shaginyan: claim for political asylum) [reference] [released Jul 2017]
89 Apr 14 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Lord Rees-Mogg (London Information Forum) [MT agrees to meeting, to discuss broadcasting ban on Sinn Fein] [released Jul 2017]
89 Apr 17 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("CSCE Information Forum") [schedule & background] [released Jul 2017]
89 Aug 25 Fr Major Soviet Union: John Major PS letter to No.10 ("Soviet Union: Monitoring Human Rights") [remit of impact-assessment team being sent to Soviet Union] [released Jul 2017]
90 May 26 Sa Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Hurd PS (future European structures and the institutionalisation of the CSCE) [asks for comment on Shevardnadze vision for a "common European home... [with] a security system, based on pan-European cooperation"] [released Jul 2017]