1988 Apr 6 - 1994 Jun 15
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/4561
Afghanistan (Soviet invasion; UK/Afghanistan relations: internal situation) (Part 8)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2018 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 285 |
| Any docs withheld? | 18 |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 40 of 54
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 88 Jul 4 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 858 to FCO (0613Z) ("Afghanistan") [record of conversation: Barrington, Cordovez: implementation of Geneva agreements; interim government; public statements] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jul 18 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Kabul telegram 361 to FCO (0730Z) ("Afghanistan: Soviet Prisoners of War") [record of conversation: UK ambassador, Soviet ambassador: proposed talks with ICRC and Mujaheddin/Soviet exchange of prisoners: "very little we can do"; human rights abuses] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Aug 11 Th | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Moscow telegram 1348 to FCO (0822Z) ("Soviet Union/Afghanistan") ["Forceful assertion by Vorontsov that President Zia is bent on a military takeover in Afghanistan... threatens a "proper reaction" by the Soviet Union"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Oct 21 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: FCO telegram 874 to UKE Islamabad (1750Z) ("Afghanistan: Call by Sayed Gaelani on Lord Glenarthur") [record of conversation] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Oct 31 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Kabul telegram 611 to FCO (0600Z) ("Afghanistan: The End Game") [situation report & analysis] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Nov 1 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 1346 to FCO (1059Z) ("Afghanistan: Meeting with Rabbani") [record of conversation: Barrington, Gillmore, Rabbani: "time for a new initiative for broad-based government"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Nov 16 We | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Kabul telegram 653 to FCO (1030Z) ("Afghanistan: Soviet Ambassador's Views") [record of conversation: Ian Mackley, Vorontsov] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Nov 28 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 1463 to FCO (0546Z) ("Afghanistan: Direct Talks Between the Mujahideen and Russia") [details] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Dec 6 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Riyadh telegram 706 to FCO (1100Z) ("Afghanistan: Soviet/Mujahideen Talks") [details of Saudi Press Agency report on King Fahd's meeting with Soviet First Deputy Foreign Minister following conclusion of latter's talks with Mujahideen leaders] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 4 We | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Afghanistan: Threat to the British Embassy and the British Community in Kabul") [MT "has commented that we should co-ordinate very closely with other Western missions on... possible evacuation"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 4 We | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 10 to FCO (0041Z) ("Afghanistan: Contingency Planning") ["main points in current US thinking"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 6 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: Lord Glenarthur letter to Archie Hamilton (Afghanistan: security arrangements for British Embassy staff following Soviet withdrawal) [MT keen on proposal to deploy small team of soldiers as armed protection; Hamilton rejects idea as unworkable] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 10 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 42 to FCO (0932Z) ("Afghanistan: Vorontsov's Visit to Pakistan") [report] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 12 Th | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Afghanistan: armed protection for UK Embassy staff) [MT "tends to the view that, if the staff of other major embassies... have armed protection, then our staff should have it too"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 19 Th | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Afghanistan": UK embassy, post-Soviet withdrawal] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 22 Su | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Kabul telegram 51 to FCO (0400Z) ("Kabul: Contingency Planning: Probably Closure of French Embassy") [details] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 26 Th | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Kabul telegram 74 to FCO (1400Z) ("Kabul Contingency Planning: the Americans") [report on imminent closure of US Embassy; Charles Powell: "a bit of a blow. I fear we shall probably have to follow suit"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Jan 27 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Kabul Embassy") [MT decides to withdraw Embassy staff] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Mar 23 Th | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 834 to FCO (0320Z) ("Afghanistan Interim Government") ["US Administration close to appointing a special envoy to the Mujahideen"; details] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 May 19 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Islamabad telegram 646 to FCO (0630Z) ("Afghanistan") [record of conversation: Ambassador Barrington, Benazir Bhutto: the interim government] [released Jul 2018] |