1979 Oct 5 - 1983 Oct 3
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/978
Defence (Future UK defence policy; the health of the NATO Alliance; review of NATO) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 246 |
| Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 31 of 31
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Mar 4 We | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Statement on the Defence Estimates 1981”) [“fundamental review to match defence commitments”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Mar 17 Tu | Major | Defence: Nott minute to MT (“Visit to Washington”) [conversations between Nott, Weinberger and Haig] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 May 5 Tu | Key | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Nott) [“Future Defence Policy”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jun 11 Th | Major | Defence: Lord Trenchard minute to Nott (trade mission to US) [record of conversations with senior US officials] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jul 7 Tu | Major | Defence: Lord Carrington minute to Nott (“World Disarmament Campaign”) [line to take and strategy for counter-briefing the public] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jan 12 Tu | Major | Defence: Sir Frank Cooper letter to No.10 (European Security Study) [reducing NATO reliance on early use of nuclear weapons] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Feb 10 We | Major | Defence: Geoffrey Pattie PS letter to No.10 (Arms control: public opinion and security) [Pattie paper for annual Wehrkunde Conference] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Mar 24 We | Major | Defence: Carrington PS letter to No.10 (“Monsieur Cheysson and European Defence”) [Western European Union and NATO] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jun 9 We | Major | Defence: Nott PPS letter to No.10 (First Sea Lord speech to the Royal United Services Institute) [criticism of Government policy] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jul 26 Mo | Major | Defence: Nott PS letter to No.10 (“Article for the Times”) [Defence strategies & capabilities] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 3 Mo | Major | Defence: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (hostile aircraft) [MT request for advice following Korean airliner incident] [declassified 2013] |