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PREM19/3178
Soviet Union (Soviet leadership: major political speeches) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 258
Any docs withheld? 2

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87 Nov 2 Mo Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT (Gorbachev's Speech on the 70th Anniversary of the Revolution: analyses and reports) ["dull & disappointing"; Soviet Dept reports] [released Dec 2016]
87 Nov 2 Mo Major Soviet Union: GDG Murrell to Llewellyn Smith, Soviet Department ("Eltsin") [Soviet press conference confirms resignation; analysis of background & likely consequences] [released Dec 2016]
87 Nov 2 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1574 to FCO (1700Z) ("Gorbachev's 70th Anniversary Speech, 2 November") [perestroika; foreign policy; New Economic Policy] [released Dec 2016]
88 Feb 18 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 335 to FCO (1130Z) ("Central Committee Plenum") [summary of Ligachev speech critiquing 1984 reforms of Soviet education system] [released Dec 2016]
88 Feb 19 Fr Major Soviet Union: Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Central Committee Plenum") [forwards Assessments Staff analysis of Soviet leadership changes] [released Dec 2016]
88 Feb 19 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 349 to FCO (1445Z) ("Central Committee Plenum: Comment") [Gorbachev speech: glasnost/perestroika, political & economic reform, arms control; Ligachev speech; leadership changes] [released Dec 2016]
88 Apr 15 Fr Major Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to MT ("Soviet Union: Leadership Divisions") [Ligachev suspected to be behind publication of prominent letter in 'Sovietskaya Rossiya' criticising perestroika] [released Dec 2016]
88 Apr 15 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 668 to FCO (1220Z) ("Sovietskaya Rossiya and Pravda: Role of the Leadership") [Gorbachev's reaction to article criticising perestroika] [released Dec 2016]
88 May 19 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 858 to FCO (0530Z) ("CPSU Conference: Call on Dobrynin") ["procedures envisaged for elections prior to the Party Conference and for the conduct of the Conference... at pains to dismiss speculation... [of] threat to Gorbachev's position"] [released Dec 2016]
88 Jun 6 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 965 to FCO (1320Z) ("Ligachev and Perestroika") [report on Ligachev address to car plant workers: "a noticeable hard line speech"] [released Dec 2016]
88 Jun 6 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 964 to FCO (1300Z) ("Party Conference: Selection of Moscow Delegation") [report on Moscow City Party Committee meeting, to elect its delegation, attended by Gorbachev] [released Dec 2016]
88 Oct 1 Sa Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1620 to FCO (1646Z) ("Leadership Changes in Moscow") ["A remarkable two days in Soviet politics... Gorbachev consolidated his position"; report/analysis] [released Dec 2016]
88 Oct 7 Fr Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The Implications of the Leadership Changes in Moscow") [FCO analysis] [released Dec 2016]
89 Apr 28 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 722 to FCO (0627Z) ("Gorbachev's Closing Speech to the Plenum") [report] [released Dec 2016]
89 Jul 10 Mo Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Gorbachev's Speech at the Council of Europe, 6 July") [detail & analysis; summary of Gorbachev's visit to Paris & talks with Mitterrand] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 11 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 838 to FCO (0759Z) ("Soviet Union: 9 May Anniversary: Speeches by Gorbachev and Yazov") [reflections on WWII & aftermath for Soviet Union; need for reform of Soviet military; detail & anlaysis] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 14 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1105 to FCO (1035Z) ("Gorbachev Address to Party First Secretaries") [transition to market economy] [released Dec 2016]