1980 Jun 10 - 1981 Nov 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/417
Defence (UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent) (Part 3)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 276 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 80 Jul 15 Tu | Minor | Cold War: Armstrong PS minute to Private Secretaries ("British Strategic Nuclear Force") [acquiring Trident: leak to New York Times] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 15 Tu | Major | Cold War: MT letter to Prime Minister Cossiga of Italy (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [UK approaching US to request supply of Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 16 We | Major | Cold War: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Parliamentary Affairs") [acquiring Trident: announcement of decision to acquire Trident from US; Cabinet discussion] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 16 We | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Whitmore (acquisition of Polaris: account of Macmillan's negotiations with Kennedy and reference of decision to Cabinet) [acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 17 Th | Major | Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Plutonium Loan Arrangements") [acquiring Trident: MT happy with proposed loan of "a quantity of plutonium" from US] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 21 Mo | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to MT (Henderson obtains copy of White House briefing for Congressional Leaders on Trident) [acquiring Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 23 We | Major | Cold War: Chancellor Schmidt letter to MT (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) ["I welcome the decision taken by the United Kingdom"] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 24 Th | Major | Cold War: Prime Minister Cossiga of Italy letter to MT (replacement of Polaris: acquisition of Trident) [supports UK decision] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Sep 9 Tu | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to MT ("British Nuclear Tests") [designing warheads for Trident missiles] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Sep 9 Tu | Major | Cold War: Gilmour minute to MT ("British Underground Nuclear Test Programme") [testing Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Oct 14 Tu | Major | Cold War: MOD letter to No.10 ("Chevaline Flight Trials") [Polaris: final series of Chevaline trials] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 15 We | Major | Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("Trident") [need to take decisions about aspects of the Trident force, including submarine design] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 24 Fr | Major | Cold War: Armstrong minute to Whitmore ("Trident") [Armstrong speaks to Ed Meese about Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 21 Fr | Major | Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("US Strategic Nuclear Decision") [Nott meets with US Defense Secretary Weinberger; Reagan to announce decisions on nuclear weapons] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 24 Mo | Major | Cold War: US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger letter to MT (US makes D-5 missile available to UK) [Trident] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 1 Tu | Major | Cold War: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Trident") [need to decide whether to accept US offer of D-5 missiles] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo | Major | Cold War: MT letter to US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger (US makes D-5 missile available to UK) [UK to consider offer] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 14 Mo | Major | Cold War: Nott minute to MT ("UK Strategic Nuclear Force") [Trident: choice between C-4 and D-5 missiles] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 17 Th | Major | Cold War: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("UK Strategic Nuclear Force") [Trident: choice between C-4 and D-5 missiles] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 29 Tu | Major | Cold War: No.10 letter to MOD ("Trident Negotiations") [Lord Trenchard's visit to the US] [declassified 2011] |