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PREM19/3554
Soviet Union (Soviet and Cuban intervention in Central America and Third World: Soviet foreign policy) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Dec 29
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 206
Any docs withheld? 7

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88 Nov 1 Tu Major Cold War: Cradock minute for Powell ("Soviet-Japanese relations") [Gorbachev might attend Hirohito's funeral] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
81 Mar 6 Fr Major Cold War: FCO letter to No.10 ("El Salvador") [Carrington radio interview apparently raising issue of EC mediation] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
81 Feb 19 Th Major Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 ("Central America") [background briefing] ​​​​​​​[released Dec 2017]
88 Jul 21 Th Major Cold War: FCO Policy & Planning Staff paper ("Soviet Policy towards the Asia/Pacific Region") [assessing impact of Gorbachev's "new thinking" on the ground] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
83 Jul 14 Th Major Cold War: FCO record of conversation (0130Z) (MT-George Shultz) [US policy in Central America; British presence in Belize] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jun 15 Th Major Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (Kohl-MT) [Kohl call briefing on Gorbachev visit to FRG] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
83 Jul 28 Th Major Cold War: Robin Butler minute for MT (Opposition seeking Commons statement on Central America) [FCS decides against] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jun 13 Tu Major Cold War: Soviet-German statement ("Joint Declaration") [CDP: "strikes me as rather flatulent, and worth a good deal less than is claimed for it"] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
88 Jul 21 Th Major Cold War: UKA United Nations letter to FCO ("The U.N. and Petrovsky") [Tickell lunch with Soviet Deputy FM; CDP - "A useful example of new-style Soviet diplomacy"]​ [declassified Dec 2017]
88 Jul 22 Fr Major Cold War: UKE Bangkok telegram to FCO ("Briefing for Prime Minister's Visit") [Thai/Soviet relations] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jun 9 Fr Major Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's visit to FRG 12-15 June") [advance briefing of UK, US, France by Teltschik; draft joint declaration referring to "common European house"] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jun 9 Fr Major Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's visit to the FRG 12-15 June") [briefing given to NATO Ambassadors] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jun 16 Fr Major Cold War: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's visit to the FRG: assessment") [CDP: "A profoundly depressing account"; Gorbachev tour de force, ecstatic welcome] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Mar 29 We Minor Cold War: UKE Dublin telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev/Haughey meeting") [2 Apr stop at Shannon en route to Cuba] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Apr 5 We Major Cold War: UKE Havana telegram to FCO ("Cuba/Soviet Union: Gorbachev visit") ["a highly successful visit"] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Mar 30 Th Major Cold War: UKE Havana telegram to FCO ("Cuba/Soviet Union: Gorbachev visit") [primary purpose to demonstrate solidarity with its Caribbean ally] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
88 Nov 22 Tu Major Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's visit to Delhi") ["blanket coverage in the Soviet press ... presented as a great success ... without any startling new initiatives"] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jul 7 Fr Major Cold War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's visit to France: comment") ["Gorbachev confident and impressive in private, less assured in his public appearances"] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jul 5 We Major Cold War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's visit to France: Day One") ["Atmosphere warm, but the French are not going overboard"] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]
89 Jul 6 Th Major Cold War: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's visit to France: Day Two") ["Gorbachev tackles the French intelligentzia and does not wholly convince ... A summit without Gorbimania"] ​​​​​​​[declassified Dec 2017]