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PDF 85 Dec 1 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet Summit”) [MT on proposed draft to Gorbachev: “not enough new to say of substance at present to warrant a message”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute for MT (“Draft Declaration on East-West Relations”) [“The text is better with the passages in square brackets included, but we could live without them”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 4 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Call on Shevardnadze”) [family reunification cases, visit to London] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: FCO minute to No.10 (“Mr McFarlane’s Briefing to the Prime Minister 23 November: SDI”) [McFarlane cited “the threat from Soviet mobile mirved systems as a prime justification for the SDI”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Post Geneva summit US/Soviet Activity”) [appointment of US ambassador, Reagan message on human rights] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“Message to Mr. Gorbachev”) [Howe still wants to send message] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO (“ US/Soviet Arms Control Talks”) [“Cautious assessment of prospects for INF in next round at Geneva”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“United States position on nuclear arms control and SDI”) [MT “suspects that the United States might not ultimately insist on a 50 percent cut in throw weight, a ban on the upgrading of the SS-18 or a ban on Soviet GCLMs”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO (1985 NATO communique) [“Our strategy of deterrence has proved its worth in preserving peace, and remains fully valid”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jan 2 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 3 to FCO (2300Z) (“Future US/Soviet meetings”) [conflicting reports of proposals for additional summits] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jan 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 117 to FCO (1710Z) (“US/Soviet nuclear and arms control negotiations: US approach to Geneva Round IV”) [“There are no significant new elements in the President’s instructions”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jan 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 153 to FCO (0135Z) (“Gorbachev proposals on arms control”) [“Initial reactions within the administration differ widely”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 538 to FCO (2100Z) (“Timing of US/Soviet summit”) [“Press reports of US impatience at Soviet delay in agreeing a summit date are exaggerated”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 680 to FCO (2355Z) (“Shultz meeting with Ryzhkov: 15 March”) [timing of a further US-Soviet summit] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: summit prospects”) [US ambassador’s “disappointment with the current Soviet approach to East/West relations”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 884 to FCO (0445Z) (“US-Soviet relations”) [“No date yet for summit, but summer not yet ruled out”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1120 to FCO (2110Z) (“US/Soviet working level contacts”) [“Technical exchanges continue in a number of fields despite the hiatus in political contacts”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 May 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet high level consultations”) [Shevardnadze-Hartman talks: Shevardnadze “said that the Soviet Union favoured dialogue but that circumstances were not yet right for a meeting between himself and Shultz”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 May 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram 593 to FCO (1310Z) (“Gorbachev meeting with Hammer and Gale on 15 May”) [Gorbachev “accused official Washington of exploiting the accident to discredit the Soviet Union”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 May 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1347 to FCO (2305Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“State believe Gorbachev in bitter mood over Western handling of Chernobyl issue”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 May 28 We Press Major Commentary (The Times) Cold War: “US scraps subs for Salt treaty” [Reagan “warned Moscow he will no longer abide by the limit of the Salt 2 treaty if the Russians continue to violate it”]
PDF 86 May 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: President Reagan’s message to Gorbachev”) [Reagan calls for a second summit] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 May 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1461 to FCO (2130Z) (“Invitation to Soviet defence minister to visit the US”) [“to discuss quote the wide gulf on issues related to each other’s military forces, doctrine and intentions unquote”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1516 to FCO (1630Z) (“Geneva negotiations: new Soviet proposals”) [“for a ban on ASATS and a ban on the offensive use of defensive systems … such linkage would be bad news”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Call on Zagladin: East/West relations”) [proposals for second summit, SALT II] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 12 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKDEL Vienna telegram to FCO (“ Warsaw pact summit”) [“It is unrealistic to try to make agreement in MBFR a pre-condition for movement to the larger forum”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1672 to FCO (2200Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“apparently no progress on summit dates”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 1759 to FCO (2240Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“there is no progress on fixing a Shultz/Shevardnadze meeting”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US/Soviet summit”) [Ambassador expects summit to be held in November] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Aug 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Shultz/Shevardnadze meeting”) [agreement on date for meeting] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“Daniloff: comment”) [“The Russians may well have miscalculated”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 9 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2296 to FCO (1700Z) (“Daniloff”) [Reagan described the detention “as an outrage and as a ‘violation of the standards of civilised international behaviour’”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Cradock minute to No.10 (“Daniloff”) [“A Summit is now in jeopardy”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2313 to FCO (1530Z) (“Visit of Secretary of State: East/West relations”) [discussions with Acland “focussed on Daniloff, which was clearly at the top of Shultz’s mind”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 10 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2314 to FCO (1545Z) (“Secretary of State’s meeting with Weinberger: 9 September”) [“A disturbing insight into right-wing attitudes on arms control”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Reagan message to MT (proposed summit with Soviets) [“A constructive outcome … will depend heavily on intensive consultations and the maintenance of allied unity”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2411 to FCO (2250Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [Soviet position on Daniloff] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 23 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKMIS New York telegram 890 to FCO (1620Z) (“President Reagan’s briefing of NATO ministers”) [discussions with Soviets on Daniloff and arms control] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKMIS New York telegram 908 to FCO (1640Z) (“Secretary of State’s bilateral with Shevardnadze, 23 September”) [“A businessmanlike discussion which covered a lot of ground in one hour”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet Relations: Gorbachev’s approach march to a summit”) [“the indications are that he sees the potential gains as outweighing the risks”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell note to FCO (“US/Soviet pre-summit”) [advice to Reagan] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Gorbachev message to MT (proposed US-USSR summit) [“the whole process of Soviet-American dialogue was in need of a serious impulse”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Reagan message to MT (US-USSR to hold summit in Reykjavik) [“symbolically important that Mr. Gorbachve suggested holding the meeting on the soil of a member of the NATO alliance”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Shultz message to Howe (announcement of US-USSR summit in Reykjavik) [“we believe that progress in U.S.-Soviet relations is possible, and we remain committed to achieving it”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Sep 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2487 to FCO (2242Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [US, Soviet aims for Reykjavik] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO (“US/Soviet relations: prepatory summit”) [“External and internal developments since the Geneva summit have increased the risks inherent in a visit by Gorbachev to the USA”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Washington telegram 2439 to FCO (2200Z) (“US/Soviet relations”) [“Initial press verdict on latest developments reasonably positive, with spotlight shifting from Daniloff to Reykjavik”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: Charles Powell minute (“US/Soviet meeting in Reykjavik: message to President Reagan”) [“I think the President’s eyes may glaze a bit”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: MT message to Gorbachev (proposed US-USSR summit) [“it should be possible to reach agreements … on reductions in arms”] [released Dec 2015]
PDF 86 Oct 3 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cold War: UKE Paris telegram 981 to FCO (1541Z) (“Reykjavik summit: French reactions”) [“The government continues to be nervous of US concessions on INF”] [released Dec 2015]

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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