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 |
PREM19/4561 - download whole file (PDF, 81.19 MB)
Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 54 of 54
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 89 Aug 28 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: President Najibullah letter to MT ("Afghanistan") ["the Republic of Afghanistan appeals to your Excellency... [to] encourage Pakistan... [to] cease intervention and aggression"; Charles Powell advises FCO that the unsigned letter will be ignored] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Nov 2 Th | Major | Afghanistan: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Visit by President of the Afghan Interim Government, 8-11 November") [Hurd to meet with Mojaddedi; MT decides not to] [released Jul 2018] |
| 89 Dec 22 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan") [correspondence with Sandy Gall: arms supplies to resistance] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 Feb 15 Th | Major | Afghanistan: President Najibullah letter to MT (Government in post-Soviet Afghanistan) [protest at ongoing Pakistan aggression; proposal for inter-Afghan negotiations followed by national peace conference, 6 month ceasefire & Parliamentary elections; proposal for international conference] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 Feb 20 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: Ambassador Zamyatin letter to MT (Afghan Settlement) [latest Soviet proposals] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 Mar 7 We | Major | Afghanistan: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan") [case for ignoring letter from President Najibullah to MT] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 Mar 9 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: No.10 record of conversation ("Afghanistan") [Charles Powell, Yahya Massoud, Sandy Gall: Pakistan & the Afghan resistance] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 May 14 Mo | Major | Afghanistan: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Afghanistan") [FCO stocktake, 14 months after Soviet withdrawal, and next steps] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 May 16 We | Major | Afghanistan: Percy Cradock minute to MT ("Afghanistan") ["I share your unease about the Foreign Office letter of 14 May... they are coming close to advocating cutting our losses"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 May 22 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 1187 to FCO (2312Z) ("Afghanistan: Baker/Shevardnadze Discussion") [report: "US suggested list of principles for a settlement"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 Jul 27 Fr | Major | Afghanistan: UKE Washington telegram 1768 to FCO (2210Z) ("US/Soviet Union: Afghanistan") [US denies agreement imminent; hopes for progress at Irkutsk meeting; Senate votes to cut covert aid to resistance] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 Jul 31 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: UKHC Islamabad telegram 939 to FCO (1036Z) ("Afghanistan: US/Soviet Union Talks") [indications of US being set to withdraw] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 Aug 28 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan") [report on recent developments] [released Jul 2018] |
| 90 Oct 16 Tu | Major | Afghanistan: Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Afghanistan: Mujahedin Attacks on Kabul") [report] [released Jul 2018] |