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G7: Bonn Summit (McMahon note of conversation with Karl Otto Pöhl - Giscard wants UK to join EMS) [declassified 2008]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: Bank of England
Source: FOI release 248745
Editorial comments: “CMW” refers to Kit McMahon, deputy governor of the Bank of England and its leading thinker on monetary matters. Karl Otto Pöhl was President of the Bundesbank from 1980-91; at this point he was a member of its Central Council.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Defence (general), Monetary policy, Energy, Trade, Economic, monetary & political union, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU)