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EC: FCO record of conversation (“informal record” of Dublin European Council, 3/4 Dec) [second day - famine in Africa; wine; IMPs; Presidency Conclusions; Foreign Affairs Council] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: FCO30/5964
Editorial comments:

The two day Council is recorded in a single document, which for convenience of readers is presented in full in this item.

No formal minutes are supposed to be kept by the Council itself, although an informal “proces-verbal” may exist in the archive of the European Council in Brussels. Read other documents selected from this file.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 24pp
Themes: MT's meetings as PM, Foreign Secretary’s meetings, British relations with France, British relations with Italy, British relations with Netherlands, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, European Union Single Market, Agriculture, Public spending & borrowing, Environment, MT contacts with François Mitterrand, MT contacts with Helmut Kohl