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PREM19/3175
Soviet Union (Prime Minister's visits to the Soviet Union, September 1989 and June 1990: policy) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 188
Any docs withheld? 5
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Security services & intelligence, Industry, Trade

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Date Value Title
89 Apr 23 Su Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [Soviet invites to working meeting with Gorbachev in Kiev, to coincide with British Month, and to pay official visit in late 1990/early 1991] [released Jul 2017]
89 Apr 27 Th Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [meeting with Gorbachev in Kiev, to coincide with British Month; MT agrees to Charles Powell requesting assurances from FCO as to the quality of the exhibition] [released Jul 2017]
89 May 17 We Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union") [further details of exhibition in Kiev, to coincide with British Month, prompt MT to delay her decision on inviting Gorbachev to attend, until sufficient funds are in place to make it a worthwhile event] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 13 We Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Ambassador Braithwaite) ["Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Ceilings": restrictions on the numbers of Embassy staff in UK and Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 15 Fr Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Stopover in Moscow: 23 September") [meeting with Gorbachev, en route to Tokyo] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 15 Fr Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr Gorbachev: Ceilings") [restrictions on the numbers of Embassy staff in UK and Moscow] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 15 Fr Major Soviet Union: John Major PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Gorbachev") [Biryukova report referring to Gorbachev's lack of control] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 15 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Soviet Deputy Prime Minister") [MT stopover meeting in Moscow, en route to Tokyo: Soviet economy] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 17 Su Major Soviet Union: Powell minute to MT ("Stopover in Moscow") [subjects for discussion with Laverov - the Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for Science & Technology] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Sep 17 Su Major Soviet Union: Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr. Gorbachev") [UK expulsion of KGB agents; key points to raise] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Sep 18 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow record of conversation ("HM Ambassador's Call on Mr Chernyaev, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Gorbachev, 18 September 1989") [Braithwaite, Chernyaev: Soviet preparations for MT stopver on 23 September; revised draft programme] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 18 Mo Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell message to John Major PS (1945Z) (Prime Minister's stopover meeting with Gorbachev) [request for additional FCO briefing on arms control] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 18 Mo Major Soviet Union: John Major PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Stopover in Moscow today") [background information on Soviet interlocutor scheduled to meet MT at Moscow airport; possible topics of discussion] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 18 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Primakov, Braithwaite) [MT stopover supper in Moscow en route to Tokyo] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 19 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1610 to FCO (1416Z) ("Visit of Supreme Soviet Delegation") [proposal that MT put forward UK's preferred Soviet candidate to head delegation to UK, during her meeting with Gorbachev] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 20 We Major Soviet Union: MT letter to Seymour Reich (Raoul Wallenberg and the Soviet suppression of human rights) [MT pledges to raise general issue of human rights with Gorbachev in Moscow, but not individual cases] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 20 We Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1614 to FCO (1235Z) ("Soviet Internal: Nationalities Plenum") [analysis of Gorbachev's report to Central Committee, regarding nationalities, as published in Pravda] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 21 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("PM's visit: Gorbachev's objectives") [significance of Western support for perestroika; UK expulsion of Soviet intelligence officers; international issues/Eastern Europe] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Sep 21 Th Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Gorbachev: Defence Issues") [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 21 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 265 to UKE Tokyo (1455Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit: Gorbachev's Domestic Position") [analysis] [released Jul 2017]