| Title |
Foreign affairs: general |
| Reference |
KNNK 10/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1983–1994 |
| Extent and Medium |
11.5 archive boxes |
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| Content and context |
Subjects include: Central America; relations with the Soviet Union, including NK's involvement in various human rights cases; the Middle East; sanctions against South Africa; meetings with African leaders; Eastern Europe. |
| Churchill/KNNK 10/1 contains: |
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1
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Grenada. Includes: statement by the Foreign Secretary [Geoffrey Howe] on the American invasion of Grenada, 25 Oct 1983; copies of Hansard covering the debates on the invasion; extract from a BBC interview with Howe; annotated briefing on the policy followed by Ronald Reagan, President of the United States.
1 file. |
Oct 1983 |
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2
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Central America. Includes: notes on a press conference on Nicaragua, chaired by NK, 1983; an invitation to sponsor the Nicaragua Emergency Committee, 1983; memorandum by George Foulkes on Argentina; correspondence on American policy towards Nicaragua; briefing for a meeting with Ricardo Lagos, President of the Chilean Party for Democracy, November 1988; post-visit briefing for visit [? in Jan 1985] to Mexico and Nicaragua, Jan 1989; note on the Guatemalan peace process.
1 file. |
Nov 1983-Aug 1991 |
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3
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Nicaragua: correspondence. Correspondents on American policy towards Nicaragua, include: Francisco d'Escoto, Nicaraguan Ambassador to Britain; Julian Filochowski, Director of the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development; Frank Judd, Director of Oxfam; George Galloway, General Secretary of War on Want. Also includes: copy of a letter from NK, and also a joint letter from NK, David Steel and David Owen [leaders of the Social Democrats] to Thomas 'Tip' O'Neill, Speaker of the American House of Representatives, protesting at President Ronald Reagan's decision to grant aid to the contra insurgent forces in Nicaragua; copies of letters from NK to Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua; text of speech by NK at the 1986 Party Conference, on subjects including Nicaragua.
1 file. |
Jan 1986-Sep 1986 |
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4
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Central America. Includes: briefing for visit by Argentinean Parliamentarians; note by Stuart Holland on the situation in Chile; note on Panama; briefing for a dinner with Francisco d'Escoto, Nicaraguan Ambassador to Britain; copies of letters from NK to Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua.
1 file. |
Feb 1986-May 1988 |
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5
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Visits from South American ministers. Briefings for meetings with: Reinaldo Figueredo, Venezuelan Foreign Minister; Guillermo Ungo, a politician from El Salvador; and Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua.
1 file. |
May 1989-Jul 1990 |
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6
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Cyprus. Includes: message from NK to Cyprus on the thirtieth anniversary of independence; briefing on intercommunal talks between George Vassiliou, President of Cyprus, and Rauf Denktash, Turkish Cypriot leader; notes of meeting with Dimitris Christophias [General Secretary of the Progressive Party of Working People], Dec 1989; correspondence with Cypriot politicians; Labour statements on Cyprus.
1 file. |
Nov 1983-Aug 1990 |
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7
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Soviet Union. Includes: correspondence between Mikhail Gorbachev and NK on subjects including the famine in Ethiopia; note of meeting with Vadim Medvedev, 1990; note on the consequences to defence policy from the changes in Eastern Europe; notes by Ben Pimlott on the International Scientific Seminar in Moscow, 1989; notes from and programme for visit to Britain by Gorbachev, Apr 1989 and notes of his meeting with NK, particularly on nuclear disarmament; text of Gorbachev's address to the UN, Dec 1988; brief for meeting with the Soviet Ambassador, Leonid Zamyatin, and Vadim Zagladin, 1987, on subjects including Margaret Thatcher's visit to Moscow, Mar-Apr 1987; brief for meeting with Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Foreign Minister, mainly on arms control; notes of meetings between Zagladin and Denis Healey and NK on arms control; note of and briefings for meeting between Gorbachev and NK, Dec 1984; notes of meeting between Konstantin Chernenko, President of the Soviet Union, and NK, Nov 1984, on arms control and East-West relations.
3 files. |
Feb 1984-Mar 1990 |
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8
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Soviet Jews. Correspondence on human rights cases.
1 file. |
Apr 1984-Oct 1988 |
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9
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Soviet Jews: Raoul Wallenberg Case. Correspondence on human rights cases.
1 file. |
Nov 1984-Jan 1985 |
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10
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Human rights cases: correspondence on cases involving the Soviet Union.
1 file. |
Jan 1984-Feb 1987 |
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11
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Human rights cases. Correspondence on human rights cases, particularly involving the Soviet Union.
1 file. |
May 1984-Jul 1986 |
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12
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Soviet Jews: general background. Correspondence on human rights cases.
1 file. |
Sep 1984-Apr 1988 |
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13
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Soviet family reunification cases: Soviet Jews.
1 file. |
Nov 1984-Jan 1987 |
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14
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Soviet family reunification cases: Sasha Blonsky.
1 file. |
Nov 1984-Sep 1987 |
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15
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Soviet family reunification cases: Nikolai Baranov.
1 file. |
Nov 1983-Jan 1987 |
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16
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Soviet family reunification cases. Correspondence on cases involving the Soviet Union.
1 file. |
May 1985-May 1987 |
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17
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Soviet Family Reunification Cases and Soviet Jewry. Correspondence on cases involving the Soviet Union.
1 file. |
Feb 1987-Dec 1987 |
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18
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Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Includes: notes on a postponed visit to Moscow, 1989; note of visit to Poland by Sir Sigmund Sternberg and Professor Antony Polonsky, Nov 1989; correspondence on the rebirth of a social-democratic movement in Estonia; briefing for and notes of a meeting with Kazimiera Prunskiene, Prime Minister of Lithuania, May 1990.
1 file. |
Jan 1989-May 1990 |
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19
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Middle East. Includes: correspondence with Prince Hassan of Jordan and Zaid Al-Rifai, Prime Minister of Jordan, with a paper by Prince Hassan on the situation in the Middle East; briefing for and notes of meeting with Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt; briefings for meetings with Walid Jumblatt [leader of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party], Amine Gemayel, President of Lebanon, Farouk Al-Shara, Syrian Foreign Minister, and Farouk Khadoumi of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO); correspondence on Syria's human rights record and British hostages in Lebanon.
1 file. |
Nov 1983-May 1990 |
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20
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Middle East. Papers and correspondence on Palestine and Israel, including comments on NK's visit to the Middle East in February 1988, and briefings for and notes of meetings with: Yitzak Shamir, Prime Minister of Israel; Shimon Peres, the Israeli Foreign Minister; Lionel Kopelowitz, of the Board of Deputies of British Jews; Yosef Beilin, Political Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry; Chaim Herzog, Prime Minister of Israel; Haim Bar-Lev, General Secretary of the Israeli Labour Party.
2 files. |
Dec 1986-Sep 1989 |
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21
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South Africa related press cuttings. Cuttings from the South African and British press on NK's support for the African National Congress following his meeting with Oliver Tambo, President of the ANC.
1 file. |
Mar 1984-Apr 1984 |
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22
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Rough notes. Notes from pocketbooks, mainly on sanctions against South Africa and apartheid.
1 file. |
c 1985-c 1986 |
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23
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Africa: meeting with Kenneth Kaunda. Briefing for a meeting with Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia. Also includes: correspondence with Kaunda and Peter Zuze, Zambian High Commissioner, mainly on the situation in South Africa; press cuttings on meetings of Commonwealth heads of government, Southern Africa and sanctions; speeches, statements and press releases by NK and Roy Hattersley, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party; press cuttings on NK's visit to East Africa, July 1985; remarks by NK on the launch of the Manley Report on third world development.
2 files. |
Jun 1986 |
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24
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Africa: meeting with Quett Masire. Briefing for a meeting with the President of Botswana, with later correspondence.
1 file. |
Jul 1986-Apr 1987 |
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25
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Africa: meeting with Robert Mugabe. Briefing for meeting with Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
1 file. |
Aug 1986 |
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26
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Africa: state banquet for King Hassan II of Morocco.
1 file. |
Jul 1987 |
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27
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Africa: meetings. Briefings for meetings with Frank Chikane, Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches, and Salim Salim, Deputy Prime Minister of Tanzania.
1 file. |
Nov 1987 |
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28
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Africa: interview with Stanley Uys. Interview for the South African magazine Leadership on sanctions.
1 file. |
Feb 1988 |
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29
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Africa: briefing for meeting with anti-apartheid South African delegation.
1 file. |
Apr 1988 |
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30
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Africa: Ethiopia and Eritrea. Includes: draft speech notes for launch of Voices for One World book; briefing for meeting with Victor Vasev, head of Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs Africa Department, on Ethiopia.
1 file. |
Apr 1988-Oct 1988 |
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31
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Africa: meeting with Ali Hassan Mwinyi. Briefing for and notes on NK's meeting with the President of Tanzania.
1 file. |
Jun 1988 |
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32
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Africa: dinner in honour of Archbishop Huddleston. Dinner hosted by Shridath Ramphal for Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Also includes: itinerary for visit to Southern Africa, July 1988; brief for Huddleston's birthday celebrations and for a concert in tribute to Nelson Mandela.
1 file. |
Jun 1988 |
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33
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Africa: meeting with Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo. Brief for meeting with the Secretary-General of SWAPO [The South West Africa People's Organization].
1 file. |
Jul 1988 |
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34
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African correspondence. Includes: correspondence with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, on critics of the South African Government taking refuge in the British consulate; correspondence with Desmond Tutu, on subjects including whether Tutu would invite the British Ambassador to his installation as Archbishop of Cape Town, given British policy on South Africa; press release on NK's meeting with Allan Boesak;. letter from NK to Samuel Nujoma, President of Namibia, on his decision to join the Commonwealth; NEC statement supporting the peace process in South Africa; a letter from Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, to NK on human rights in Uganda, including a list of soldiers executed for murder; letters from NK to Frederick Chiluba, President of Zambia, and Kenneth Kaunda, former President, on the results of the Zambian elections.
1 file. |
Sep 1984-Nov 1991 |
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35
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Freedom of Islwyn. Text of NK's speech on receiving the freedom of Islwyn [Wales], and also accepting freedom on behalf of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Mandela. Also includes a photograph of the ceremony and a message from Winnie Mandela.
1 file. |
Feb 1986-May 1986 |
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36
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South Africa and the European Community. Letters from NK to H van den Broek, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, on an upcoming meeting of European Foreign Ministers to discuss South Africa, also including a letter from Charles Haughey, Irish Taoiseach, to NK.
1 file. |
Mar 1988-Feb 1990 |
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37
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Meetings with African leaders. Rough notes of meetings with individuals including: Isaias Afewerki [leader of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front]; Ibrahim Babangida [President of Nigeria]; Frank Chikane [General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches]; Yoweri Museveni [President of Uganda]; Nelson Mandela [President of the African National Congress] and F W De Klerk [President of South Africa]; Eduardo dos Santos [President of Angola]; John Morris and Paul Boateng; Quett Masire [President of Botswana]. Also includes notebooks on general subjects, including Africa.
2 files. |
Oct 1988-Dec 1991 |
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38
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Visit to Sweden. Briefings, correspondence etc on NK's visit to Stockholm, particularly for his meeting with Oliver Tambo, President of the African National Congress (ANC) and Deputy President Nelson Mandela.
1 file. |
Mar 1990 |
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39
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Meetings with South African delegations. Briefings for meetings with: Albertina Sisulu, co-President of the South African United Democratic Front; a South African human rights delegation; the South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu; Oliver Tambo, President of the African National Congress (ANC).
1 file. |
Jul 1989-Apr 1991 |
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40
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Southern Africa. Papers and correspondence on subjects including: the easing of European Community sanctions against South Africa; the political situation in Lesotho, with correspondence between NK and King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho; briefing for a meeting with Sir Shridath Ramphal on his departure as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and correspondence with Ramphal; declaration from the European Council Dublin Summit on Southern Africa, with statement by NK; election results for Namibia; protests at the arrest of Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions leader; letter from Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, on visa restrictions; briefing for a meeting with Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, including a photograph of the meeting and a letter from Lynda Chalker, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; briefing for a meeting with Sam Nujoma [President of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO)]; record of NK's press conference held during his visit to Zambia, July 1988.
1 file. |
Jul 1988-May 1991 |
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41
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Visits abroad by the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary. List of bilateral visits by Foreign Secretaries and the Minister for Overseas Development from May 1979, and visits by the Prime Minister in 1986, with note on Margaret Thatcher's record in foreign affairs.
1 file. |
Jul 1986-Aug 1986 |
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42
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Butcher/Chadwick case. Papers and correspondence on an attempt by the United States to extradite Brian Butcher and Clifford Chadwick from Italy, for selling technological information to the Soviet Union. Correspondents include Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary and Antonio La Pergola, Italian Minister for coordinating Community policies. Also includes programme for visit to Italy.
1 file. |
May 1988-Jul 1988 |
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43
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Australia. Includes: briefings for meetings with Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia and Douglas McClelland, Australian High Commissioner; cuttings on the Australian elections, 1990; published material on Australian industrial reform.
1 file. |
Oct 1988-Apr 1990 |
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44
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Antarctica. Correspondence with individuals including Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia, and research notes on the ratification of the Antarctic Minerals Convention.
1 file. |
Jun 1989-Jul 1989 |
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45
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Cambodia. Includes: a briefing on Labour policy towards Cambodia by Ann Clwyd, Shadow Minister for Overseas Development and Co-operation; press releases and cuttings; copies of correspondence between NK and Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, on allegations about British support for the Khmer Rouge.
1 file. |
Oct 1989-Nov 1990 |
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46
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Political Aid. Papers and correspondence relating to assistance to emerging democratic parties in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly using the Know-How Fund. Correspondents include: William Waldegrave, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2); Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; Jean Pierre Cot, Chairman of the European Parliament Socialist Group; George Robertson [principal spokesman on European affairs] (2); Kenneth Baker [Conservative Party chairman]; George Foulkes [foreign affairs spokesman].
1 file. |
Dec 1989-Mar 1990 |
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47
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Lithuania. Includes: briefing for visit by President Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania, Nov 1990, including notes on the situation in the Baltic States; Socialist International reports on missions to Moscow and Baltic Republics, Sept 1990 and Feb 1991; Policy Directorate statements on action taken against protestors in Lithuania and Latvia, Jan 1991; notes of meetings with Landsbergis and the Soviet Ambassador, Leonid Zamyatin.
1 file. |
Apr 1990-Mar 1991 |
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48
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Iraqi Kurds. Correspondence on human rights and the humanitarian relief effort for the Kurdish refugees. Includes: briefings for and notes of meetings with Jalal Talabani, Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and with a delegation from the Iraqi Kurdistan Front; correspondence between NK and John Major, Prime Minister; text of NK's speech to the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
1 file. |
Nov 1990-Jul 1991 |
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49
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Briefing on sanctions against South Africa.
1 file. |
Apr 1991 |
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50
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Briefing on Gibraltar.
1 file. |
Feb 1992 |
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51
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Report of front bench team visit to the Soviet Union. Report from Calum Macdonald on a visit to Moscow, Feb 1992, by Ann Clwyd [overseas development and co-operation spokesman], Dale Campbell-Savours [overseas development spokesman] and Rhodri Morgan [energy spokesman], organised by the Future of Europe Trust.
1 file. |
Mar 1992 |
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52
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South African elections. Visit where NK acted as an independent observer, chairing a joint Commonwealth Parliamentary Association/Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation to monitor the elections. Includes: election briefings; handbook and other papers for independent observers; notes for NK's reports and text of reports by 3rd Lord Astor of Hever, Robert Hughes, Lord Chitnis and Eileen Sudworth; papers from delegation meetings.
3 files. |
Jan 1994-May 1994 |
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53
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Commission on Global Governance. Draft report of the commission, sent to NK by Lord Judd.
2 files. |
Jul 1994 |
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