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1987 Nov 13 - 1989 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2692
France (Prime Minister's visits to France) (Part 6)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 308
Any docs withheld? 1

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87 Nov 13 Fr Major France: UKE Paris letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's meeting with Chirac) [context & arrangements] [released Jul 2017]
87 Nov 19 Th Major France: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Meeting with M. Chirac: EC Future Financing") [areas of UK/French disagreement; speaking note] [released Jul 2017]
87 Nov 19 Th Major France: UKE Paris telegraph 1173 to FCO (1235Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Chirac, 22 November: French Political Background") [domestic scene; foreign policy issues; bilateral issues] [released Jul 2017]
87 Nov 20 Fr Major France: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Paris: 22 November") [internal political situation; French economy; terrorism; Iran/Iraq; French fishermen blockade; Channel Tunnel; space policy; defence cooperation; arms control] [released Jul 2017]
87 Nov 20 Fr Major France: No. briefing for MT ("Meeting with M. Chirac") [key issues; "The main purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the Copenhagen Summit"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Nov 22 Su Major France: UKE Paris telegram 1189 to FCO (2152Z) ("The Prime Minister's Meeting with the French Prime Minister, Paris, Sunday 22 November 1987: Press Conference") [summary of MT/Chirac's opening statements and of Q&A] [released Jul 2017]
87 Nov 23 Mo Major France: UKE Paris telegram 1194 to FCO (1650Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Chirac, 22 November: Press Comment") [released Jul 2017]
87 Dec 22 Tu Major France: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT-French PM Chirac) [EC; East/West; Middle East; youth exchanges; economic matters; terrorism] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 May 26 Th Major France: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand) ["issues in the financial or monetary area which might form the basis for an... [MT] initiative"] [released Jul 2017]
88 May 26 Th Major France: Lord Young PS letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand) ["suggestions for a possible agreement on increased Anglo-French cooperation"] [released Jul 2017]
88 May 26 Th Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with President Mitterrand") [MT against notion of mooting a UK initiative of any kind at summits unless there is an intrinsic need to do so] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jun 7 Tu Major France: UKE Paris telegram 572 to FCO (1700Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit: Main Points for Discussion") [meetings with Mitterrand & Rocard] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jun 7 Tu Major France: UKE Paris telegram 571 to FCO (1628Z) ("Prime Minister's Visit on 10 June: the French scene") [meetings with Mitterrand & Rocard: internal politics; foreign policy & defence; bilateral issues] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jun 8 We Major France: FCO briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Visit to Paris: 10 June") [meetings with Mitterrand & Rocard] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jun 8 We Major France: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visit to Paris") [meetings with Mitterrand & Rocard: programme; key issues] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jun 9 Th Major France: Treasury briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand") [Sub-Saharan Africa: Lawson's debt-cancellation initiative] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jun 10 Fr Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand, Attalli) [US Presidential elections; Toronto Economic Summit: debt, agriculture, terrorism; Presidency of the EC Commission; financial & monetary cooperation; Channel Tunnel; Economic Summit 1989] [declassified Jul 2017]
88 Jun 10 Fr Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Rocard) [debt relief; EC single market; agriculture; EC financial & monetary cooperation; New Caledonia] [released Jul 2017]
88 Sep 22 Th Minor France: UKE Paris telegram 936 to FCO (1753Z) ("Anglo-French Summit") [date confirmed for next Summit] [released Jul 2017]
88 Oct 4 Tu Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-French Summit") [arrangements for private weekend in Paris for MT/DT] [released Jul 2017]