ABSTRACT
This volume examines British policy towards the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979.
The documents in this volume, many released into the public realm for the first time, describe the development of British policy towards the Soviet Union during the eventful years 1979-1982. The new Conservative government, under Margaret Thatcher, was determined to strengthen British defences against the perceived Soviet threat and advocated a strong response to the Soviet intervention. East-West relations further deteriorated following the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981. The dilemma facing the British government was how to express strong disapproval of Soviet actions while still attempting to maintain a constructive bilateral relationship, and at the same time keep British policy in line with the Western Alliance. The death of President Brezhnev in November 1982, after 18 years in office, brought uncertainty but also new opportunities for relations with the Soviets.
This book will be of much interest to students of British politics and foreign policy, Russian history, US foreign policy, Central Asian politics, and IR in general.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |292 pages
7 December 1979 – 1 December 1981
chapter |5 pages
Lord Carrington (FCO) to Sir C. Keeble (Moscow), 7 December 19791
chapter |1 pages
Minute from Mr Mallaby to Mr Braithwaite (Planning Staff), 21 December 1979
chapter |1 pages
Mr Hillier-Fry (Kabul) to Lord Carrington, 27 December 1979, 5.13 a.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Sir N. Henderson (Washington) to Lord Carrington, 29 December 1979, 12.55 a.m.1
chapter |3 pages
Sir N. Henderson (Washington) to Lord Carrington, 29 December 1979, 12.56 a.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Lord Carrington to Sir C. Keeble (Moscow), 29 December 1979, 1.29 a.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Sir N. Henderson (Washington) to Lord Carrington, 29 December 1979, 5.31 p.m.1
chapter |2 pages
FCO Briefing Paper on Afghanistan, 29 December 19791
chapter |2 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 30 December 1979, 9.30 a.m.1
chapter |9 pages
Record of a meeting held in the FCO, 31 December 1979, 10 a.m.1
chapter |2 pages
Record of a meeting between Mr Blaker1 and Mr Brement2 in the FCO, 31 December 1979, 11 a.m.
chapter |1 pages
Minute from Mr Hurd to Lord Carrington, 31 December 1979
chapter |2 pages
Sir C. Rose (UKDEL NATO) to Lord Carrington, 1 January 1980, 5.15 p.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Minute from Lord Carrington to Mrs Thatcher, 2 January 1980
chapter |1 pages
Record of a meeting between Mr Hurd and the US Ambassador (Mr Brewster), 3 January 1980, 10.30 a.m.
chapter |4 pages
Record of a meeting between Mrs Thatcher and the Soviet Ambassador (Mr Lunkov) at No. 10 Downing Street, 3 January 1980, 3 p.m.
chapter |2 pages
Lord Carrington to HM Representatives Overseas, 3 January 1980, 7 p.m.1
chapter |3 pages
Lord Carrington to Sir N. Henderson (Washington), 3 January 1980, 7.40 p.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Mr Hillier-Fry (Kabul) to Lord Carrington, 5 January 1980, 11.40 a.m.1
chapter |4 pages
Mr Hillier-Fry (Kabul) to Lord Carrington, 5 January 1980
chapter |2 pages
Sir C. Rose (UKDEL NATO) to Lord Carrington, 7 January 1980, 4.40 p.m.1
chapter |2 pages
Minute from Mr Mallaby to Mr White, 7 January 1980
chapter |5 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 7 January 1980
chapter |1 pages
Submission from Mr Mallaby to Mr Fergusson, 7 January 1980
chapter |1 pages
Letter from Mr Alexander (No. 10) to Mr Lyne, 8 January 1980
chapter |1 pages
Minute from Lord Carrington to Mrs Thatcher, 8 January 1980
chapter |3 pages
Letter from Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Mr Fergusson, 9 January 1980
chapter |2 pages
Sir C. Rose (UKDEL NATO) to Lord Carrington, 9 January 1980, 3.15 p.m.1
chapter |3 pages
Letter from Mr Weston (Washington) to Mr Mallaby, 10 January 1980
chapter |2 pages
FCO to Mr Lucas (Muscat), 11 January 1980, 7.34 p.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to FCO, 11 January 1980, 11.31 a.m.1
chapter |3 pages
Minute from Mr Murrell (Research Department) to Mr Mallaby, 11 January 1980
chapter |2 pages
FCO to Sir A. Parsons (UKMIS New York), 11 January 1980, 7 p.m.1
chapter |2 pages
Letter from Mr Alexander (No. 10) to Mr Lyne, 14 January 1980
chapter |4 pages
Record of a meeting between Mr Hurd and Mr Christopher at the FCO, 14 January 1980, 10.30 a.m.1
chapter |4 pages
Draft Planning Staff Paper on lessons from Afghanistan, 15 January 19801
chapter |1 pages
Sir C. Rose (UKDEL NATO) to FCO, 16 January 1980, 10.10 a.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Letter from Mr Heseltine (DoE) to Lord Carrington, 16 January 1980
chapter |3 pages
Letter from Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Mr Mallaby, 16 January 1980
chapter |4 pages
Minute from Lord Carrington to Mrs Thatcher, 19 January 19801
chapter |2 pages
Extract from Conclusions of a meeting of the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee, 22 January 19801
chapter |2 pages
Note by the Planning Staff on Action on Afghanistan, 28 January 1980
chapter |2 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 30 January 1980, 6.01 a.m.
chapter |2 pages
Minutes by Mr Mallaby, Mr Fergusson and Mr Bullard on dissent in the Soviet Union, 30 January-5 February 1980
chapter |3 pages
Memorandum by East European and Soviet Department on Soviet Foreign Policy after Afghanistan, 31 January 19801
chapter |2 pages
Minute from Mr Mallaby to Mr Fergusson, 1 February 1980
chapter |2 pages
Minute from Lord Carrington to Mrs Thatcher, 1 February 1980
chapter |5 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 8 February 1980
chapter |1 pages
Sir N. Henderson (Washington) to Lord Carrington, 13 February 1980, 4.35 p.m.1
chapter |2 pages
Sir N. Henderson (Washington) to Lord Carrington, 16 February 1980, 8.45 p.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Record of a meeting between Mrs Thatcher and Mr Vance at 10 Downing Street, 22 February 1980, 7.45 p.m.
chapter |1 pages
Lord Carrington to HM Representatives Overseas, 22 February 1980, 6.30 p.m.
chapter |5 pages
Partial record of a meeting between Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Schmidt at 10 Downing Street, 25 February 19801
chapter |3 pages
Letter from Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Mr Fergusson, 27 February 1980
chapter |2 pages
Letter from Mrs Thatcher to President Carter, 3 March 1980
chapter |2 pages
Letter from President Carter to Mrs Thatcher, 17 March 1980
chapter |2 pages
Letter from Sir D. Maitland1 to Sir N. Henderson (Washington), 24 March 19802
chapter |4 pages
Letter from Sir N. Henderson (Washington) to Sir D. Maitland, 3 April 19801
chapter |2 pages
Minute from Mr Johnson to Mr Mallaby, 15 April 1980
chapter |4 pages
Record of a meeting between Lord Carrington and Mr Gromyko at the Soviet Embassy in Vienna, 17 May 1980, 9 a.m.1
chapter |7 pages
Memorandum by Lord Carrington for the Defence and Oversea Policy Committee on the Management of East-West Relations, 2 June 19801
chapter |2 pages
Lord Carrington to Sir C. Keeble (Moscow), 3 June 1980, 9.40 a.m.1
chapter |3 pages
Extract from minutes of the Cabinet Defence and Oversea Policy Committee, 5 June 1980
chapter |1 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 11 June 1980, 2.31 p.m.1
chapter |2 pages
Letter from Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Mr Bullard, 17 June 1980
chapter |2 pages
Letter from Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Mr Bullard, 25 June 19801
chapter |1 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 2 July 1980, 1.41 p.m.1
chapter |5 pages
Paper by East European and Soviet Department on UK Policy in East-West Relations, 15 July 19801
chapter |4 pages
Letter from Mr Fergusson to Mr Brooke Turner (Moscow), 21 July 19801
chapter |4 pages
Paper by East European and Soviet Department on Warnings, Actions and Threats to Deter Soviet Moves, 28 July 19801
chapter |1 pages
Letter from Mr Wood (Moscow) to Mr Johnson, 3 September 1980
chapter |3 pages
Lord Carrington to HM Representatives Overseas, 8 September 1980, 6 p.m.
chapter |1 pages
Sir A. Parsons (UKMIS New York) to FCO, 24 September 1980,1
chapter |4 pages
Minute from Mr Garside (Planning Staff) to Mr Mallaby,1 12 November 1980
chapter |3 pages
Memorandum by Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) on Soviet Policy towards the West, 13 November 19801
chapter |2 pages
Record of a meeting between Lord Carrington and participants in the East-West Ambassadorial Conference, 19 November 19801
chapter |2 pages
Record of an introductory call by the Soviet Ambassador (Mr Popov) on Lord Carrington, 21 January 1981, 10 a.m.
chapter |1 pages
Letter from Mr Walden to Mr Alexander (No. 10), 30 January 19811
chapter |2 pages
Lord Carrington to HM Representatives Overseas, 3 February 1981
chapter |3 pages
Minute from Sir John Graham to Mr Humfrey1, 12 February 1981
chapter |6 pages
Letter from Mr Alexander (No. 10) to Mr Walden, 9 March 1981
chapter |1 pages
Letter from Mr Walden to Mr Alexander (No. 10), 16 March 1981
chapter |5 pages
Record of a conversation at the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 18 March 1981, 4 p.m.
chapter |6 pages
Record of Mr Bullard's call on Mr Kornienko1 at the Soviet Foreign Ministry, 27 March 1981, 10 a.m.2
chapter |1 pages
Letter from Mrs Thatcher to President Brezhnev, 3 April 19811
chapter |2 pages
Record of meeting between Mr Bullard and the Soviet Ambassador (Mr Popov), 9 April 1981, 11 a.m.
chapter |3 pages
Text of a message delivered by the Soviet Ambassador (Mr Popov), 23 April 19811
chapter |2 pages
FCO to Sir J. Taylor (Bonn), 23 April 1981, 2 p.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Minute from Lord Carrington to Mrs Thatcher, 20 May 19811
chapter |1 pages
Minute from Mr Bishop (Research Department) to Mr Johnson, 8 June 1981
chapter |2 pages
Submission from Mr Broomfield to Mr Fergusson, 11 June 1981
chapter |2 pages
Lord Carrington to Sir C. Keeble (Moscow), 15 June 1981, 10.30 a.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Lord Carrington to HM Representatives Overseas, 24 June 1981, 4.30 p.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 25 June 1981, 2.10 p.m.
chapter |3 pages
Letter from Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 25 June 1981
chapter |2 pages
Note of a meeting between the Lord Chancellor1 and the Soviet Ambassador (Mr Popov), 30 June 1981
chapter |5 pages
Record of meeting between Lord Carrington and Mr Gromyko, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guest House, 6 July 1981, 10.30 a.m.1
chapter |6 pages
Record of a meeting between Lord Carrington and Mr Gromyko, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guest House, 6 July 1981, 3 p.m.1
chapter |2 pages
Letter from Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Mr Broomfield, 16 July 1981
chapter |2 pages
Lord Carrington to HM Representatives Overseas, 21 July 1981, 3.53 p.m.
chapter |1 pages
Sir A. Parsons (UKMIS New York) to FCO, 23 September 1981, 4.35 a.m.1
chapter |6 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 29 September 1981
chapter |5 pages
Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Lord Carrington, 27 October 1981, 6.45 a.m.1
chapter |1 pages
Letter from Sir C. Keeble (Moscow) to Mr Broomfield, 28 October 1981
chapter |2 pages
Mr Brooke Turner (Moscow) to Mr Broomfield, 12 November 1981
chapter |3 pages
Record of meeting between Lord Trefgarne and the Soviet Ambassador (Mr Popov), 23 November 1981
chapter |3 pages
Paper by Mr Gordon on British Cultural and Information Policy in the USSR, 1 December 19811
part |140 pages
17 December 1981 – 9 December 1982