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PREM19/3176
Soviet Union (Prime Minister's visit to the Soviet Union, June 1990: policy) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 208
Any docs withheld? 8

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90 Jun 1 Fr Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: 7-10 June: Biological Weapons") [background; lines to take] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 1 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT (Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: 7-10 June) [background on the Baltic States] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 1 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [cover note only] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 1 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union") [meeting with Soviet military leaders; Trade Centre; CFE] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 4 Mo Major Soviet Union: Health Department briefing for MT (Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union) [special access to Soviet hospitals for British manufacturers of healthcare products] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 4 Mo Major Soviet Union: Department of Eduction briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union") ["Holgate School in Nottingham, which is going to link with the Lord Byron School in Leninakan"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 4 Mo Minor Soviet Union: Lord Trefgarne letter to Director of Tambrands Ltd (Femtech joint venture: obstruction by Soviet Customs) [background document for MT visit to Soviet Union] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 4 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with President Gorbachev: List of Issues to Cover") [MT visit to Moscow] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 4 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Washington briefing for MT (1600Z) ("START: British Interests") [tension with USSR over US/UK cooperation: advice for MT on how to broach subject with Gorbachev during her visit to USSR] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 5 Tu Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: CFE: Pre-positioning of Treaty Limited Equipment") [lines to take; "they are deliberately trying to reduce the extent to which the CFE Treaty bites on Soviet conventional forces"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 5 Tu Major Soviet Union: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow: Yeltsin") [advice on advisability of meeting] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 5 Tu Major Soviet Union: Chairman of the National Council for Soviet Jewry letter to MT (Prime Minister's Forthcoming Visit to Moscow) [MT to meet with refuseniks & raise human rights with Gorbachev; "may I wish you every success"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 5 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [summary of various items of briefing on Defence issues] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 5 Tu Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell note to MT ("Economic Relations with the Soviet Union") [cover note only, referring to OD(AE) minutes containing pointers for MT visit to Moscow] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 5 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow briefing for MT (1404Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union, 7-10 June: The External and Bilateral Background") [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 5 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow briefing for MT (1526Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union, 7-10 June: The Internal Background") [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 6 We Major Soviet Union: Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with Gorbachev") [Soviet domestic issues; Lithuania; Germany; NATO/Warsaw Pact/US forces in Europe; CSCE; biological weapons; Western aid; the nuclear deterrent; arms control; MT visit to Kiev; US/Soviet summit; Oleg Gordievsky; UK Embassy residence; Royal visit; Middle East; Israel/Soviet Jews] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jun 6 We Major Soviet Union: Cabinet Office letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Leninakan") [security assessment & arrangements] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 6 We Major Soviet Union: Ministry of Defence briefing for MT ("START: UK Interests") [MT visit to Moscow: Tom King disagrees with FCO advice] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 6 We Major Soviet Union: Department of Trade & Industry briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Soviet Union: Commercial Engagements") [released Dec 2016]