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1980 May 14 - 1985 May 3
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1973
Soviet Union (Human rights and the position of dissidents in the Soviet Union: policy towards the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 324
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Date Value Title
81 Oct 19 Mo Minor Cold War: Michael Alexander letter to Arthur Goldberg (Madrid CSCE review meeting) [implementation of Helsinki Final Act] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Oct 26 Mo Minor Cold War: Michael Alexander minute to Carrington PS (repression in the Soviet Union) [will keep up pressure when CSCE meeting reconvenes] [declassified Feb 2016]
81 Dec 4 Fr Major Cold War: FCO telegram 64 to UK Delegation Madrid (1425Z) ("CSCE: Possible Outcomes in Madrid") [likelihood of adjournment, shape of final document, Russian position] [declassified Feb 2016]
82 Aug 30 Mo Minor Cold War: John Eades letter to MT (Yuri Orlov) [deterioration of Orlov's health, agreement on CERN-Soviet collaboration] [declassified Feb 2016]
82 Oct 6 We Minor Cold War: Pym PS minute to John Coles ("Professor Yuri Orlov") [insufficient support for British draft resolution at CERN meeting] [declassified Feb 2016]
82 Oct 6 We Minor Cold War: John Coles letter to John Eades (Yuri Orlov) [will keep up pressure on Soviet government over human rights record] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jan 16 Su Major Cold War: UK Delegation Madrid telegram 184 to FCO (1030Z) ("CSCE End Game") ["the East-West part is over and the 'political handshake' has taken place"] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Apr 18 Mo Major Cold War: Heads of Government of non-aligned and neutral states message to MT (Madrid CSCE review meeting) [continued protracted negotiations will lead to erosion of aims of CSCE, proposed concluding document] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Apr 18 Mo Major Cold War: MT message to Heads of Government of non-aligned and neutral states (Madrid CSCE review meeting) [proposed concluding document requires improvements as put forward by western governments] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Apr 20 We Major Cold War: Pym PS minute to John Coles ("CSCE Madrid Meeting: Appeal by Certain Neutral and Non-Aligned Heads of State/Government") [majority think draft should be used as basis for an intensive end-game] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 May 6 Fr Major Cold War: Pym PS minute to John Coles ("CSCE Conference/Conference on Disarmament in Europe") [provisional mandate for a conference, could bring pressure to bear on the east] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 May 16 Mo Major Cold War: Pym PS minute to John Coles ("CSCE Madrid Meeting: Appeal by Certain Neutral and Non-Aligned (NNA) Heads of Government") [continuation of CSCE process, improvements to draft text] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 May 17 Tu Major Cold War: Francis Pym minute to MT ("Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe") [main advances on modest commitments on human rights, conference on disarmament, American resistance to text] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 May 17 Tu Major Cold War: Pym PS minute to John Coles ("CSCE") [issues concerning proposed Madrid text on human rights, armaments] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 May 19 Th Minor Cold War: FCO telegram 129 to UK Delegation Madrid (1110Z) ("CSCE: Madrid Meeting") [draft concluding document prepared by neutral and non-aligned states] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 May 19 Th Major Cold War: MT message to Heads of Government of non-aligned and neutral states (Madrid CSCE review meeting) [proposed concluding document requires improvements as put forward by western governments] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jun 23 Th Major Cold War: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe") [Helsinki monitors, human rights, radio jamming, possible Russian response] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jun 24 Fr Minor Cold War: John Coles minute to Howe PS ("Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe") [proposal tabled in Spain represents final position and can be no further concessions] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jul 2 Sa Major Cold War: Ronald Reagan message to MT (human rights in Soviet Union) [treatment of Jews, intensified atmosphere of repression, how to deal with the Soviets] [declassified Feb 2016]
83 Jul 12 Tu Major Cold War: FCO record of conversation (Howe-Stoessel) [Soviet human rights record, coordination of Western efforts] [declassified Feb 2016]