Foreign and Commonwealth Office files
EMS: Treasury off-the-record press briefing on EMS (“not the greatest thing since sliced bread”) [declassified 2008]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Venue: | HM Treasury |
| Source: | FCO 30/3865 |
| Editorial comments: | Ken Couzens was the official most closely connected to the technical aspect of the EMS negotiations. Mary Hedley-Miller was another middle-ranking Treasury official. A write-up of the briefing in The Times the following day caused the government embarrassment. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 19pp |
| Themes: | Monetary policy, Economic, monetary & political union, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU) |
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