1984 Jul 7 - 1984 Jul 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1230
European policy (European Community budget; future of Europe) (Part 26)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 238 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 84 Jul 18 We | Major | European Policy: MT message to Gaston Thorn ("1984 and 1985 Budgets") ["If the Budget Council concludes that, when the full scope for savings has been exhausted, there is still a potential problem, then we are willing to consider [it]"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 18 We | Major | European Policy: Howe minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Community Expenditure on R and D") ["It is important that our attitude... should be consistent with... commitments [made]... Budgetary discipline must remain the principal objective... [whilst ensuring] that there is a shift of resources away from agriculture and towards policies... likely to benefit the [UK]"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 18 We | Major | European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [next President of EC Commission; appointment of Fabius as French PM; supplementary budget for 1984/draft budget for 1985; EC Commission Secretary General post; Jopling report on Agriculture Council; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 19 Th | Major | European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Community Cash Position 1984: 1983 Refunds") ["Commission will not have sufficient cash available to pay the refunds"; request for advance & overdraft facility from EC member states: "a necessary step towards securing payment of our refunds"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 20 Fr | Major | European Policy: MT message to Taoiseach FitzGerald ("European Community: Ad Hoc Committees on Institutional Questions and on a People's Europe") [composition & terms of reference; MT opposes FitzGerald proposal for terms of reference to include consideration of extending the competence of the Community] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 20 Fr | Major | European Policy: Ian Stewart letter to Howe ("Budget Council, 18, 19 & 20 July") ["Foreign Affairs Council will be discussing the 1984 Supplementary Budget and the 1985 Preliminary Draft Budget... following the deadlock today... a quick report on how the Budget Council went"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 20 Fr | Major | European Policy: Taoiseach FitzGerald letter to EEC Prime Ministers (European Community: Ad Hoc Committees on Institutional Questions and on a People's Europe) ["I am asking the Minister for Foreign Affairs to have discussions with his colleagues"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 23 Mo | Major | European Policy: Howe minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Community Cash Position 1984: 1983 Refunds") ["I agree with the course of action you propose... while payment of our refunds is not in doubt, there is still scope for the Parliament, the Commission and Member States to drag their feet"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 24 Tu | Major | European Policy: UKDel Strasbourg telegram to FCO ("1984 Budget and 1983 Refunds") [report on meeting of European Parliament's interim Budget committee] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 24 Tu | Major | European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("European Community: 1984/85 Overrun") [Howe report on General Affairs Council meeting; next steps] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 25 We | Major | European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Dublin ("Community Budget: 1984/85 overruns") ["We are concerned at the way in which the Irish Government is approaching the problem"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 25 We | Major | European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [EC 1984 supplementary budget/1985 preliminary draft budget; EC enlargement; disposals of surplus products by export; UK's 1983 EC refunds] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 26 Th | Major | European Policy: No.10 record of conversation ("European Parliament: 1983 Refunds") [Charles Powell, Jurgen Ruhfus: "move... afoot to block payment... led by the German Christian Democrats... [MT] wanted... Kohl to know personally that... [she] would regard this as a breach of the agreement reached at Fontainebleau"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 27 Fr | Major | European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("1983 Refunds") [Lawson "considers that... [in light of decision] to block our 1983 refunds... it would be a mistake to announce our intention [to provide an advance of own resources]"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 27 Fr | Major | European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("1983 Refunds") [legal advice, in advance of MT interview on 'Newsnight', regarding European Parliament blockage of refunds] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 30 Mo | Major | European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("Community Expenditure on R and D and Euro-Pes Arrangements") ["grateful for your recognition of the importance of the PESC(EC) arrangements... therefore concerned to read your proposals for amending [them]... More generally, I am very concerned about where we are going on R and D"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 31 Tu | Major | European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("1983 Refunds: German press reactions") ["critical of our refusal to make more funds available in 1984 to finance the EC budget overrun, but regards the Parliament's action in blocking our refund as regrettably provocative"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 31 Tu | Major | European Policy: Chairman of the European Democratic Group letter to MT (European Parliament's block on UK and German Refunds for 1983) ["most unlikely to agree to release... rebates for 1983 unless a supplementary budget for 1984 is agreed beforehand"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 31 Tu | Major | European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (EC Budget negotiations: request from the Taoiseach for a meeting with MT) [timing] [declassified Jan 2014] |