1989 Mar 1 - 1989 Aug 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2676
European Policy (European Monetary System (EMS)) (Part 4)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 376 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| 89 Mar 2 Th | Major | European Policy: Charles Powell letter to Treasury ("Delors Committee") [Governor of the Bank of England's draft paper for Committee: MT "has commented that it takes very little account of what was agreed at her meeting on 15 February"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Mar 9 Th | Major | European Policy: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Visit of Italian Prime Minister") [De Mita visit to Madrid: "Spanish and Italian Prime Ministers declare support for EMU in principle"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Mar 10 Fr | Major | European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("EMS Monetary Union and fraud") [main points from Delors press conference; "reiterates wish for sterling's full membership of ERM"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Mar 10 Fr | Major | European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Delors Committee") [Report on economic & monetary union; MT meeting with Governor of Bank of England] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Mar 13 Mo | Major | European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Lord Young ("The ECU Treasury Bill Programme") [Tony Newton reply: "important to ensure that any public announcements [of inclusion of Japanese firms in the Programme] do not undermine the Prime Minister's warning to Mr Takeshita"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 13 Th | Major | European Policy: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting on Economic and Monetary Union") [Delors Report: "Obviously we do not like the Report... [but] it would be unwise to... [exclude] ourselves from further discussion"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 13 Th | Major | European Policy: Governor of the Bank of England letter to MT ("Economic and Monetary Union") [publication of Delors Report and outstanding issues still to be resolved by the Committee] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Howe) ["Delors Committee Report": agreement of proposed line to take: "economic and monetary union are not possible within the existing Treaty"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 14 Fr | Major | European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Delors Report: meeting at 4.30pm") [Economic and Monetary Union: key issues and line to take in response to the Report] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 17 Mo | Major | European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO ("Delors Committee Report on EMU: Chancellor's press conference, 17 April 1989") ["we cannot accept the transfer of sovereignty which is implied by the Delors Report"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 18 Tu | Major | European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Delors Committee Report: first French reactions") ["Beregovoy reportedly favourable... confirming France ready to discuss a new Treaty"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 21 Fr | Major | European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("French reactions to the Delors Report") [Prime Minister Rocard comments to the press] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 21 Fr | Major | European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Economic and monetary union: Delors Report") ["Bundesbank is generally satisfied... as yet there is no clear liaison between Frankfurt and Bonn on the way forward and it is not clear what role the Bundesbank will play"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 25 Tu | Major | European Policy: Treasury briefing for MT ("Meetings with Prime Minister Lubbers, Chancellor Kohl and President de Mita: the Delors Report") [proposed lines to take] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 27 Th | Major | European Policy: MT letter to David Eccles (European Monetary System) ["Technology has mindlessly created one world... We must all work for intercontinental arrangements"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 Apr 27 Th | Major | European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("The Delors Report and the EMS") [case against UK membership of the Exchange Rate Mechanism] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 May 3 We | Major | European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer) ["UK attitude towards the Delors Report and membership of the Exchange Rate Mechanism"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 May 5 Fr | Major | European Policy: UKE Bonn record of conversation ("European Monetary Cooperation: Delors Report") [HM Ambassador Mallaby, State Secretary Tietmeyer - FRG Finance Ministry] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 May 10 We | Key | European Policy: Walters minute to MT ("When 'The Time Will Be Ripe'") ["This note attempts to set out a positive response [to the EMS issue] which will, nevertheless, preserve our position" - copy annotated by MT] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 89 May 11 Th | Major | European Policy: Walters minute to MT ("The Dmark, the Dollar and Sterling") ["running down our reserves by buying sterling on a market that is falling because of a fundamental change in monetary conditions in Germany is simply a recipe for losing money"] [declassified Jul 2016] |