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Foreign Policy: Howe press conference transcript ("Press Conference Given by the Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, in Helsinki, on Thursday, August 1, 1985") [Meeting of Foreign Ministers: 10th anniversary of Helsinki Final Act: human rights & East/West relations; Howe's account of his meetings with Shultz and Shevarnadze] [released Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1495 f403
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 17pp
Themes: Foreign Secretary’s meetings, Foreign Secretary’s minutes, Media, Civil liberties, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (International organizations), Commonwealth (South Africa), European Union (general), Defence (general), Defence (arms control)