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1989 Jan 3 - 1989 Mar 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2868
Soviet Union (Visit to the UK by President Mikhail Gorbachev, April 1989) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 492
Any docs withheld? 8

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89 Mar 19 Su Major Soviet Union: Powell briefing for MT ("Mr. Gorbachev's visit") [issues to be covered; his third visit to Britain, "we are seen as favoured"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Mar 19 Su Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [key issues; desired outcomes; toasts/speeches; practical aspects of the visit] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 19 Su Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to FCO ("Mr. Gorbachev and the Times") [MT to go ahead with 'Izvestia' interview, despite Gorbachev cancelling his 'Times' interview] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 20 Mo Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Mr. Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) [joint document signing ceremony] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 20 Mo Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS letter ("Mr. Gorbachev's Visit") [key concerns; lines to take; MT Guildhall dinner speech] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 21 Tu Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Interview with Izvestia") [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 21 Tu Major Soviet Union: MT letter to Kenneth Warren MP (Mr Gorbachev's visit to the UK) [thanks Warren for his information on Soviet attitudes] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 23 Th Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit") [programme] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 23 Th Major Soviet Union: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Mr Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) ["programme note on the Prime Minister for... Gorbachev's Guildhall speech"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 24 Fr Major Soviet Union: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Soviet Military Policy") [papers by Chris Donnelly and Ken Bower; MT: "Both fascinating papers"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 29 We Minor Soviet Union: David Hart letter to Charles Powell ("Making Sense of Gorbachev") ["I enclose... five papers presented at our briefing"; cover letter only] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 29 We Major Soviet Union: BBC letter to No.10 (foreign journalists in the Soviet Union) [paper on impact of glasnost & perestroika on foreign journalists] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 30 Th Minor Soviet Union: Kenneth Warren MP letter to No.10 (Mr Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) ["two visits being planned to the Soviet Union by the British aerospace industry": request for Gorbachev to be made aware of problems] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 30 Th Major Soviet Union: East European Trade Council letter to No.10 (Mr Gorbachev's Visit to the UK) [briefing note] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 31 Fr Minor Soviet Union: Ponsonby minute to MT ("Gorbachev visit") [whether hats would be worn at Guildhall] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Mar 31 Fr Major Soviet Union: Cradock minute to Margaret Thatcher ("Gorbachev visit") [Soviet internal situation; East/West relations and arms control; regional issues; bilateral questions] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Mar 31 Fr Major Soviet Union: Cradock minute to MT ("Gorbachev Visit: Public Presentation") ["we need to strike a delicate balance between our approval... and our concern"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 31 Fr Major Soviet Union: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of Mr Gorbachev") [final draft of agreed programme; first draft of administrative arrangements] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 31 Fr Major Soviet Union: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 ("Mr Gorbachev's Visit: Trade Matters") ["non-creditworthiness of the Ministries and enterprises now entitled to borrow overseas"] [released Dec 2016]
89 Mar 31 Fr Major Soviet Union: No.10 briefing for MT ("Gorbachev Visit") [released Dec 2016]