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88 Mar 29 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: David Hannay to John Kerr (invitation for MT to address College of Europe in Bruges) [“opportunity to spell out her own vision”]
88 Apr 22 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Stephen Wall minute to John Kerr (invitation for MT to address College of Europe in Bruges) [“I do not think we should try to sell the idea too hard”]
88 Apr 27 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: FCO letter to Charles Powell (recommends MT address College of Europe in Bruges) [opportunity to make a major speech setting seal on our reforms in the EC]
88 Apr 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Charles Powell letter to FCO (MT agrees to address College of Europe in Bruges) [need draft by second half of July]
88 Jun 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: FCO Policy Planning Staff notes for Wall (MT speech to College of Europe in Bruges) [“Possible Themes”]
88 Jun 17 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: FCO Security Policy Department notes for Wall (MT Bruges speech) [“Security/Defence Themes”]
88 Jun 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Stephen Wall to John Kerr (sketch for MT Bruges speech) [“first outline”]
88 Jul 6 We	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Jacques Delors told European Parliament that in ten years 80 per cent of economic and social legislation would be made there rather than at national level
88 Jul 6 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Delors (Jacques)	Speech to the the European Parliament ["Ten years hence, 80 per cent of our economic legislation ... will be of community origin"]
88 Jul 28 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: John Kerr to Patrick Wright (must now submit sketch for MT Bruges speech) [“No.10 market for constructive language on the Community may still be poor”]
88 Jul 29 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: FCO to Charles Powell (submits draft for MT Bruges speech) [“outline sketch”]
88 Aug 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Charles Powell to Stephen Wall (background needed for MT Bruges speech) [venue & institution]
88 Aug 31 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Charles Powell to Stephen Wall (encloses No.10 draft of MT Bruges speech) [first draft]
88 Sep 1 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: John Kerr notes (annotations on No.10 draft of MT Bruges speech) [first draft]
88 Sep 1 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Stephen Wall minute (Geoffrey Howe’s criticisms of No.10 draft of MT Bruges speech) [“plain & fundamental errors”]
88 Sep 2 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Charles Powell to Stephen Wall (MT Bruges speech) [need material on CAP]
88 Sep 5 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Lavelle (Cabinet Office) to John Kerr (MT Bruges speech) [new material on CAP]
88 Sep 5 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Carden (MAFF) to Lavelle (Cabinet Office) (MT Bruges speech) [new material on CAP]
88 Sep 6 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Stow (DTI) to John Kerr (MT Bruges speech) [“pretty dim view” of draft sections]
88 Sep 6 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Webb (FCO) to John Kerr (MT Bruges speech) [venue]
88 Sep 6 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (FCO)	Europe: John Kerr to Patrick Wright (state of play on MT Bruges speech) [CDP “reasonably responsive” to view that too controversial a speech would meet rebuttals]
88 Sep 6 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Parker (FCO) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [venue]
88 Sep 6 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Elliman (for Peter Brooke) note (MT Bruges speech)
88 Sep 7 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Hawtin (MoD) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [comments on draft]
88 Sep 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Stephen Wall (FCO) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [Howe comments on No.10 draft & FCO counterdraft]
88 Sep 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Europe: Stephen Wall (FCO) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [Howe comments on No.10 draft & "FCO redraft"] [declassified 2009]
88 Sep 8 Th	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Jacques Delors addressed TUC Conference & invited them to join "the architects of Europe"
88 Sep 8 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Delors (Jacques)	Speech to the TUC ("1992 - The Social Dimension")
88 Sep 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Parker (FCO) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [Delors expresses “great regret” but cannot attend Bruges speech]
88 Sep 8 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Allen (Treasury) to John Kerr (MT Bruges speech) [your draft “a great improvement on the original”]
88 Sep 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Thornton (DTI) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [Young endorses FCO draft for fear of “unproductive debate”]
88 Sep 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Hudson (HMT) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [FCO draft “generally very good”]
88 Sep 14 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Charles Powell to FCO (MT Bruges speech) [final draft - “PM now broadly content with it”]
88 Sep 15 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Cabinet Office internal minutes (MT Bruges speech) [warm welcome for reference to “We Europeans”]
88 Sep 16 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe/Bruges speech: Chancellor of the Exchequer's PS to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Bruges speech: 20 September") [further comments; HMT copy with bcc to Fretwell and Kerr] [declassified 2009]
88 Sep 16 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (FCO)	Europe: John Kerr (FCO) note for Patrick Wright (MT Bruges speech) [“looks as if our damage limitation exercise is headed for success”]
88 Sep 16 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (FCO)	Europe: Hawtin (MoD) to Charles Powell (MT Bruges speech) [comments on draft]
88 Sep 19 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (FCO)	Europe: FCO to Embassies (MT Bruges speech) [gloss on speech]
88 Sep 20 Tu	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	MT addressed the College of Europe (the "Bruges Speech")
88 Sep 20 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the College of Europe ("The Bruges Speech")
88 Sep 20 Tu	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Speech to the College of Europe ("The Bruges Speech") [film]
88 Sep 21 We	Press	Major	Commentary (Daily Telegraph)	Europe: “Thatcher signals fight to stop EEC superstate” (Bruges speech)
88 Sep 21 We	Press	Major	Commentary (Daily Telegraph)	Europe/Bruges speech: “Riding roughshod over Continental hypocrisy” (Bruce Anderson on Bruges speech)
88 Sep 21 We	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Europe/Bruges speech: “Thatcher hits at 'Identikit' European union” (Delors' dream of a superstate scorned)
88 Sep 22 Th	Press	Major	Commentary (Daily Telegraph)	Europe/Bruges speech: “Untimely offensive” (leading article on Bruges speech)
88 Sep 22 Th	Press	Major	Commentary (Daily Telegraph)	Europe/Bruges speech: “Furore ignored as 'roughing-up' of EEC goes on” (Comparison with de Gaulle not an insult, says Thatcher)
88 Sep 22 Th	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Europe/Bruges speech: “Europe fears battle ahead with Thatcher” ('Nightmare' of central control under attack)
88 Sep 25 Su	Press	Major	Commentary (Sunday Times)	Europe/Bruges speech: “Non! to the 'nightmare'” (news in focus)
07 Sep 12 We	Press	Major	Powell (Lord) Charles	MT: Interview with Charles Powell (MT’s policy on Europe, East & West)

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