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Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 201 to FCO (1300Z) ("Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko") [background on Chernenko: "essentially a man of the party apparatus ... a far less impressive figure"] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1646 f243
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Defence (arms control)