Prime Ministerial Private Office files
France: No.10 letter to FCO ("President Mitterrand's Health") [MT describes "tentative indications of ill health"] [declassified 2012]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | PREM19/761 f4 |
| Editorial comments: | The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here. A note by Armstrong follows the No.10 letter. According to Philip Short's Mitterrand: A Study in Ambiguity (2013), pp358-61, the President was diagnosed with metastasised prostatic cancer in Nov 1981. The news was given to him on 16 Nov. Read other documents speculating on President Mitterrand's health, 1981-82. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 1p |
| Themes: | British relations with France, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), European Union (general) |
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