1982 Oct 18 - 1986 May 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1690
Defence (Public opinion and public debate on nuclear weapons issues)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 241 |
| Any docs withheld? | 2 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Apr 13 We | Major | Defence: Ingham minute to Gow (“Candidates Conference”) [MT speech on nuclear policy] [declassified 2016] |
| 83 Apr 19 Tu | Major | Defence: Heseltine PS letter to Younger PS (“Nuclear issues”) [note of Nuclear Policy and Public Opinion: Ministerial Group meeting] [declassified 2016] |
| 83 May 20 Fr | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office letter to Ministry of Defence (Lord Zuckerman request to participate in television discussion on nuclear debate) [concerns about potential embarrassment to Government during Election campaign] [declassified 2016] |
| 83 Dec 2 Fr | Major | Defence: Heseltine letter to General Secretary of the British Council of Churches (“On Making Peace in a Nuclear World”) [meeting to discuss policy statement] [declassified 2016] |
| 83 Dec 5 Mo | Major | Defence: Heseltine letter to Chairman of Independent Broadcasting Authority (“The Day After”) [request for interview in response to television drama about nuclear war] [declassified 2016] |
| 83 Dec 9 Fr | Major | Defence: Howe minute to MT (“European public opinion and nuclear weapons”) [differing attitudes in northern and southern spheres] [declassified 2016] |
| 84 Jan 12 Th | Major | Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (UK-US joint decision-making on use of nuclear weapons) [Prime Minister accused by media of misleading Parliament] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 May 9 Fr | Major | Defence: Cradock minute to No.10 (“Public opinion and Defence”) [“worrying ignorance of the basic facts on Soviet armaments”] [declassified 2016] |