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Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 1209 to FCO (1630Z) (“Reykjavik meeting: Gorbachev’s television statement”) [“performance designed to show the extent of Soviet efforts to secure agreement”] [released Dec 2015]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1759 f43
Editorial comments:

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Media, Civil liberties, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy - theory and process, Defence (general), Defence (arms control)