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Gulf War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Gorbachev's speech, 17 August: foreign and defence aspects") ["Robust defence of Soviet external policy in the face of criticism and old thinking from some of the military"] [declassified Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3077 f244
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (Middle East), Defence (general), British relations with the Soviet Union, Defence (Gulf War, 1990-91)