1985 May 30 - 1985 Nov 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1445
Defence (Ballistic missile defence: United States Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI); UK participation in research programme) (Part 3)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 285 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 38 of 38
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Sep 28 Sa | Major | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT-McFarlane) [Strategic Defence Initiative going well, though McFarlane regretted it seemed likely to rely on a nuclear component] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Oct 23 We | Major | Defence: FCO telegram 529 to UKMIS New York (1440Z) (“British Participation in SDI Research: Mr. Weinberger’s letter”) [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Oct 25 Fr | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Strategic Defence Initiative Research: United Kingdom Participation”) [OD meeting, 28 Oct 1985] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Oct 28 Mo | Major | Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2958 to FCO (1830Z) (“SDI Participation”) [extracts from a Washington Post article] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Oct 29 Tu | Major | Defence: Howe minute to Heseltine (“SDI Participation: Legal and European Angles”) [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Oct 30 We | Major | Defence: Heseltine letter to Caspar Weinberger (terms of British participation in SDI research programme) [recording their discussion the previous day] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Oct 31 Th | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“Strategic Defence Initiative Research: United Kingdom Participation”) [meeting with Weinberger: recommendations] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 1 Fr | Major | Defence: Powell minute to Policy Unit (“SDI: Architecture Study”) [our SDI policy - sceptical it will work, avoid belief there is alternative to nuclear weapons, secure technology and business] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 4 Mo | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“UK Participation in Strategic Defence Initiative Research”) [CDP: he fears officials unpicking his agreement with Weinberger] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 4 Mo | Major | Defence: Brittan minute to MT (“UK Participation in the SDI”) [anxieties about terms][declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 4 Mo | Major | Defence: Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary minute to MT (“Strategic Defence Initiative Research: United Kingdom Participation”) [timing of announcement - MT wants to consider in relation to Ptarmigan] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 5 Tu | Major | Defence: Lawson minute to MT (“UK Participation in SDI”) [agrees with Brittan that MISC117 should consider draft agreement with US in detail] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 6 We | Major | Defence: Whitelaw minute to MT (“SDI Research: UK Participation”) [work of cabinet committees addressing concerns] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 6 We | Major | Defence: No.10 letter to MOD (“SDI Research: UK Participation”) [MT's views on official group report and reactions from colleagues] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 13 We | Major | Defence: Powell minute to MT (“SDI Participation”) [next steps in UK participation] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 13 We | Major | Defence: Powell minute to MT (“SDI Participation”) [draft agreement with US] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 19 Tu | Major | Defence: Robert Armstrong minute to No.10 (message from McFarlane) [McFarlane proposes to give classified briefings to UK figures] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Nov 29 Fr | Major | Defence: Powell minute to MT (“SDI”) [McFarlane told Carrington SDI "was not going to last"; has sometimes hinted at "private scepticism about the SDI" before] [declassified 2014] |