Foreign and Commonwealth Office files, Western European Department
France: UK Ambassador Paris letter to PUS FCO (President Mitterrand's health) [cancer rumours] [declassified Dcr 2011]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | FCO33/4750 |
| Editorial comments: | Supporting documents follow, among them a reference to Palliser having asked the intelligence services whether they had any information on the President's health (12 Nov, Burns to Gladstone). 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: | 14pp |
| Themes: | British relations with France, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), European Union (general), Security services & intelligence |
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