1979 May 10 - 1983 Mar 10
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1031
European policy (Enlargement of European Community (EC): accession of Greece; pre-accession aid to Portugal; Spanish accession; EC attitude to Turkey) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 168 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 32 of 32
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 80 Sep 30 Tu | Major | European Policy: Prime Minister Sa Carneiro letter to MT (pre-EC accession aid to Portugal) ["appreciate that you share my concern"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Oct 5 Su | Major | European Policy: UKE Athens telegram to FCO ("Visit of Secretary of State for Trade: Community questions") [Nott visit to Athens: record of conversation with Kontogeorgis] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Oct 23 Th | Major | European Policy: Gilmour PS letter to No.10 ("European Community: Greek attendance at the European Council") ["grateful for the Prime Minister's opinion so that we can give our view without hesitation. There is no clear precedent"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 80 Dec 29 Mo | Major | European Policy: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Greek accession to the EC") [MT statement for Greek television, to mark the occasion: "I believe that Greek membership will contribute to freedom and peace, European unity and social and econnomic progress to the advantage of all"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Jan 7 Th | Major | European Policy: UKrep Brussels telegram to FCO (Perez Llorca talks with Tindemans) [Spanish accession to EC; Algeria/Morocco] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Aug 5 Th | Major | European Policy: MT letter to Gaston Thorn (enlargement of the EC: problems posed for the UK) [subsidiary issues relating to Spanish & Portugese accession; MT requests redraft to emphasise UK concerns] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 17 Su | Major | European Policy: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Talk with Spanish Foreign Minister on 16 October") [Parsons/Llorca record of conversation: accession to EC] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 22 Fr | Major | European Policy: Pym minute to MT ("Enlargement of the Community and EC/Spain 1970 Agreement") ["allows much higher tariffs on imports by Spain from the Community than on Community imports from Spain... implications for British industry of the lengthening delays in [enlargement negotiations]"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Major | European Policy: Lord Cockfield minute to MT ("Spain") ["Completion of Spain's post-Accession transitional arrangements is some ten years away, but real problems of inequity face us now"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Nov 13 Sa | Major | European Policy: Gaston Thorn letter to MT ("Enlargement of the Community") [MT at odds with Thorn on what he views as underlying fundamental problems relating to EC Budget funds and decision-making process] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 23 Th | Major | European Policy: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("EC/Spain") [Parsons/Marin record of conversation: "I drew attention to British support for early Spanish accession"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 9 We | Major | European Policy: Pym minute to MT ("Reform of Community institutions") [MT supports proposal for reduction of Commission membership from 17 to 12, in context of EC enlargement] [declassified Aug 2013] |