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G7/Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1630Z) (Versailles summit “Initial conversation between President Mitterrand and the Prime Minister”) [Mitterrand foresaw "ineluctable logical process" following invasion, ending with recapture of Port Stanley; he hoped after that "a new logic of events would be launched"] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: Grand Trianon, Versailles
Source: PREM19/725 f125
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Copied on FCO7/4544 f38

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: MT's meetings as PM, British relations with France, Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy - theory and process, Defence (Falklands), Trade, Economic policy - theory and process, MT contacts with François Mitterrand