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PREM19/3183
Soviet Union (UK/Soviet relations) (Part 17)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2018 Jul 24
Classification: Top Secret - Cab One
Page count: 312
Any docs withheld? 25
Themes: Civil liberties, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), Industry, Trade

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Date Value Title
90 Jun 20 We Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to UKE Moscow (requests from UK journalists to interview Gorbachev) [Dimbleby, BBC; Bruce Anderson, Sunday Telegraph] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 20 We Major Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("More Soviet Military Complaints") ["We can no longer assume that Gorbachev will automatically secure re-election"] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 22 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Soviet Union") [Kossov, Charles Powell: Gorbachev's personal assessment of his meeting with MT; oral message from MT to Gorbachev via Soviet ambassador; NATO summit; arms control: non-circumvention] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 22 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE East Berlin record of conversation (1255Z) (Hurd, Shevardnadze) ["Secretary of State's Bilateral with Shevardnadze": 2+4 negotiations/Germany; NATO/Warsaw Pact Declaration; START/non-circumvention] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 22 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE East Berlin record of conversation (1800Z) (Hurd, James Baker) ["Economic Help for the Soviet Union"] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 22 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1152 to FCO (1800Z) ("Russian Party Conference: Speech by General Makashov") ["A bitter attack on the effects of perestroika... by one of the younger serving Generals"] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 25 Mo Major Soviet Union: MT letter to Prime Minister Prunskiene (Lithuanian independence) ["I did indeed raise the question of the Baltic States with President Gorbachev... I hope that it will be possible now for talks to begin with the Soviet leadership"] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 25 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1164 to FCO (1234Z) ("Soviet Internal: Ukrainian Party Congress") [report: new leadership; approval to proceed with plan for sovereignty declaration] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 26 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1174 to FCO (1330Z) ("USSR: Possible Postponement of the CPSU Congress") ["Reports that [Gorbachev] is trying to... avoid an attempt to unseat him as Party leader"] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 27 We Major Soviet Union: MT letter to President Gorbachev (Europe and the future of the Soviet Union) [MT's recent visit to USSR; NATO summit/German reunification; financial aid for USSR] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 27 We Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1182 to FCO (0925Z) ("Possible Postponement of the CPSU Congress") [Russian media coverage; Yeltsin's reaction] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 27 We Major Soviet Union: UKE Washington telegram 1535 to FCO (2300Z) ("Aid to the Soviet Union") ["Americans greatly appreciated... [MT's role] in stopping what had seemed to be an unstoppable move towards an unconditional... aid package"; IMF membership for USSR] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 28 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1193 to FCO (1152Z) ("Soviet Internal: Party Congress: New Draft Party Programme") ["claimed as a compromise... a considerable achievement if Gorbachev can get this endorsed"; details & analysis] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 28 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1190 to FCO (0852Z) ("Lithuania: Gorbachev meetings with Landsbergis") [report & analysis] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 28 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Washington telegram 1554 to FCO (2330Z) ("Assistance to the Soviet Union") [James Baker press conference: US conditions for concerted Western approach] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 29 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Washington telegram 1557 to FCO (0005Z) ("Aid to the Soviet Union") [US conditions for concerted Western approach] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jun 30 Sa Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1205 to FCO (0734Z) ("Lithuania agrees to suspend independence declaration") [report] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 2 Mo Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1211 to FCO (1114Z) ("28th CPSU Congress") [report & analysis] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 3 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1222 to FCO (1324Z) ("Lithuania") ["Ryzhkov confirms end of economic blockade... [and] readiness to begin negotiations"; details & analysis] [released Jul 2018]
90 Jul 3 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1221 to FCO (1226Z) ("USSR: Party Congress: Comment on Proceedings So Far") [report & analysis] [released Jul 2018]