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1989 Oct 6 - 1990 Jun 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3147
Prime Minister's Tours Abroad (Prime Minister's visit to the Soviet Union, June 1990: administrative arrangements)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 176
Any docs withheld? 6

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89 Oct 6 Fr Minor Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: ICI letter to MT (Farm Consultancy Projects in the USSR) ["In view of the specific interest which you have shown in the possibility of visiting such a project, provided that it was relatively close to Kiev"] [released Dec 2016]
90 Apr 23 Mo Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: English National Opera Gala Evening in Kiev") [MT endorses Rank Xerox co-hosting/co-funding reception, despite misgivings of Ambassador regarding association of commercial sponsors with the hospitality] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 1 Tu Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to Hurd PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Programme") [comments on the draft programme] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 4 Fr Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: No.10 letter to Ridley PS ("British Days in the USSR") [MT visit: message for Kiev trade exhibition catalogue] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 8 Tu Minor Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Waldegrave letter to Archie Hamilton ("British Days in the USSR (Kiev, June 1990)") [request for MoD to contribute to cost of funding Royal Scots Dragoon Guards band's appearance] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 9 We Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Soviet Military Representatives") [Hurd "thinks that there would be value in... [MT] meeting some of the Generals to try to convince them that the process of perestroika... is in their professional interest... The crucial question... is whether President Gorbachev would find such a meeting helpful"] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 14 Mo Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to Press Office ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union") [comments on draft programme] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 15 Tu Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: 7-10 June 1990") [support staff] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 15 Tu Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: 7-10 June 1990: Wreath Laying Ceremonies") [details] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 15 Tu Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to the Soviet Union") [Conservative Party Chairman's participation in the visit] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 15 Tu Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: UKE Moscow telegram 874 to FCO (1055Z) ("Possible Meeting Between the Prime Minister and Soviet Military Leaders") [views of Gorbachev and Yazov] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 15 Tu Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to Hurd PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union") [comments on draft programme] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 21 Mo Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit to Moscow") [bilateral agreements & initiatives; MT television interview] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 26 Sa Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: David Gilroy Bevan MP letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's Visit to USSR) [opening of distribution centre for pharmacies in Georgia] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 30 We Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Charles Powell minute to Hurd PS ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union: Programme") [comments on draft programme] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 30 We Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: UKE Moscow telegram 1011 to FCO (0829Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union") [Soviet review of planning for the visit] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 30 We Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: UKE Moscow telegram 1012 to FCO (0901Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit to Soviet Union: Programme in Kiev") [Soviet review of planning for the visit] [released Dec 2016]
90 May 31 Th Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: UKE Moscow telegram 1023 to FCO (0805Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit") [change of guest house in Kiev; Borispol Airport Kiev stopover time] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 1 Fr Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Prime Minister's Visit: Armenia: The Church") [Charles Powell agrees to programme being revised to accommodate visit to main cathedral in Leninakan] [released Dec 2016]
90 Jun 1 Fr Major Prime Minister's Tours Abroad: UKE Moscow telegram 1046 to FCO (1428Z) ("Prime Minister's Programme") [MT meeting with Soviet military - attendees; British Trade Centre presentation & possible alterations to programme timings] [released Dec 2016]