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PREM19/3184
Soviet Union (Visits to the UK by Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Foreign Minister, July 1986 and December 1989)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 87
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (Asia), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Defence (Falklands), Trade unions

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Date Value Title
86 Jun 2 Mo Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell note to MT (Shevardnadze visit to London) [proposed dates] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jun 13 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 737 to FCO (1630Z) ("Shevardnadze's visit to London") [Cartledge, Shevardnadze: record of conversation: proposed dates] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 7 Mo Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Soviet Foreign Minister: Call on Prime Minister on 14 July (1500-1630)") [draft programme; attendees] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 10 Th Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Arms Control: Prime Minister's Talks with Shevardnadze, 14 July") [Soviet proposals; US proposals; tolerable results from UK perspective] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 10 Th Key Soviet Union: Gorbachev message to MT (visit of Soviet Minister for Foreign Affairs to London: arms control) [message delivered personally to MT by Shevardnadze] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 10 Th Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 840 to FCO (0600Z) ("Soviet Foreign Minister's Visit to London: Background") [briefing for Howe: "assessments of the man, the priorities of the Soviet leadership and Soviet objectives for the visit"] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 11 Fr Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Shevardnadze Visit: Call on the Prime Minister") [additional briefing on Gorbachev proposal for conference on Middle East, and on Soviet bilateral fisheries agreement with Argentina/Falkland Islands encroachment] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 11 Fr Major Soviet Union: UKE Washington telegram 1835 to FCO (2126Z) ("Soviet Foreign Minister's Visit to London, 14-15 July") [US/Soviet relations; key points to raise wiht Shevardnadze] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 14 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Shevardnadze") [main issues] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 14 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Shevardnadze, Cartledge) [message from Gorbachev ; East/West relations & arms control; human rights; terrorism; Afghanistan; Chernobyl] [released Dec 2016]
86 Jul 15 Tu Major Soviet Union: MT letter to Shevardnadze (UK/Soviet relations) [follow-up to meeting, and acceptance of Gorbachev's invitation to visit USSR] [released Dec 2016]
89 Dec 15 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation ("Visit of the Soviet Foreign Minister") [Charles Powell, Ambassador Zamyatin: arrangements] [released Dec 2016]
89 Dec 15 Fr Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Shevardnadze") [scheduling of meeting] [released Dec 2016]
89 Dec 18 Mo Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr. Shevardnadze: 19 December") [released Dec 2016]
89 Dec 18 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Soviet Foreign Minister") [analysis, key issues & lines to take] [released Dec 2016]
89 Dec 19 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd, Shevardnadze) [NATO; Eastern Europe; Germany; situation in the Soviet Union] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 19 Tu Major Soviet Union: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Mr Shevardnadze") [Four Power discussions; possible Hurd visit to East Berlin; Western conditions for aid to GDR] [released Dec 2016]
89 Dec 19 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 2118 to FCO (1244Z) ("Shevardnadze's Visit to UK: interview in Izvestiya") [outlines his reasons for adding UK to his itinerary] [released Dec 2016]
89 Dec 19 Tu Major Soviet Union: UKE Brussels telegram 4160 to FCO (0200Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council: 18 December: EC Dinner with Shevardnadze") [discussion of possible CSCE 35 summit in 1990; situation in Soviet Union & Eastern Europe] [released Dec 2016]
89 Dec 22 Fr Major Soviet Union: MT letter to Shevardnadze (Soviet Foreign Minister's visit to London) [thank you for gift] [released Dec 2016]