1982 Feb 5 - 1986 Sep 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1761
France (Internal situation) (Part 2)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 290 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 41 - 60 of 92
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 May 10 Fr | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Mitterrand press briefing") [GATT; economic summits] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 5 We | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for May 1985") ["...a trend of slight deterioration in the economy since the beginning of 1985 is becoming evident."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Jun 23 Su | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("The French political scene") ["In addition to the stubborn problem of personal unpopularity, Mitterrand is also faced with a Socialist party in serious disarray."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Aug 13 Tu | Major | France: No.10 minute to MT (train crash in France) [message of thanks from Prime Minister Fabius for MT letter offering condolences] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Aug 27 Tu | Major | France: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Kohl/Mitterrand meeting on 24 August: German impressions") ["...convergence of views on long term objectives, but agreement on few if any concrete points."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 6 Fr | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for August 1985") ["...large external trade deficit for July... annual rate of inflation down... industrial production fell... unemployment increased slightly..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Oct 9 We | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for September 1985") ["...industrial production is increasing... inflation is down... surplus on trade... unemployment continues to rise..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Nov 5 Tu | Major | France: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Robert Armstrong conversation with Monsieur Attali) [French political scene: forthcoming elections] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Nov 13 We | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for October 1985") ["inflation is at its lowest level for 13 years, but the overshooting of the money supply target is causing concern."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Nov 25 Mo | Major | France: No.10 letter to the Earl of Cromer (meeting with Giscard d'Estaing) [MT "fascinated" by account of meeting] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 12 Th | Major | France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The French political scene: anxieties and ambitions") ["[The Right] are uncertain of holding on to their apparent [election campaign] lead, and torn by differences of personalities and policies."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 12 Th | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for November 1985") ["The improvement of the economy, evident since the beginning of the autumn, continues..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 18 We | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Kohl/Mitterrand meeting") ["...the press again underlines the 'emptiness' of present Franco-German relations..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 7 Tu | Major | France: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("French industrial policy") ["The essential fact is that the thirty years from 1945 to 1975... brought France's first full industrial revolution"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 9 Th | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("France: economic report for December 1985") ["...the improvement visible since the beginning of the autumn has continued."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 23 Th | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("RPR/UDF election platform: contents") ["A key document, on which the right-wing government likely to emerge from the elections next March will initially base its policies"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 24 Fr | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Internal French politics") ["The [election] campaign is slowly warming up."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 6 Th | Major | France: MT letter to President Mitterrand (terrorist bombings in Paris) [message of support & solidarity to French government] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 7 Fr | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Internal French politics") ["The Right need to close ranks and turn their fire on the PS rather than themselves if they are to be sure of a clear-cut [election] victory"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 10 Mo | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("CFL ceremony at Canterbury: President Mitterrand's current preoccupations") ["...the elections increasingly dominate [his] thinking... But polls still show the RPR/UDF likely to win a clear majority. Terrorism has become an election issue in the last week."] [declassified Dec 2014] |