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Soviet Union: Cradock minute to MT ("Gorbachev's Guildhall Speech") ["In an uninspired speech, one passage struck me, the sharp warning to NATO to drop the idea of modernising tactical nuclear weapons"; full text of speech attached] [released Dec 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2869 f74
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 26pp
Themes: Media, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Environment