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Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (UK-US joint decision-making on use of nuclear weapons) [Prime Minister accused by media of misleading Parliament] [declassified 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1690 f35
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 10pp
Themes: Parliament, Conservative Party (organization), Defence (general), Foreign policy (International organizations), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Media, British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union