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Searched for: fontainebleau. Date range: 1 Jan 1984 – 31 Dec 1984. Document type: Declassified documents.

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PDF 84 May 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT message to Chancellor Kohl ("European Negotiations") [budget imbalance: negotiations with the French; Fontainebleau European Council 25/26 June; MT meeting with Kohl in London on 9 June] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("The Budget Negotiations") ["not making much headway... [UK] ready to work for a solution at the Fontainebleau European Council on 25/26 June"; suggested points for Ministers to make in bilateral contacts with European partners over the coming weeks] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("EC Budget Negotiations") ["The central issue at Fontainebleau will be budget imbalances. But [also]... the 1984 overrun... the financing of our 1984 refunds and the 1985 budget... four broad options] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [development of EC; UK refunds; European Council, Fontainebleau 25-26 June; EC Heads of Mission Conference, 5 June; EC budget discipline; quotas for North Sea herring; working time regulation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("European Negotiations") ["Your meetings with... Kohl and... Mitterrand will be the last opportunity to discuss... [UK] contribution to... [EC] budget directly with them before Fontainebleau... I suggest that you should give Craxi and Thorn also copies of our paper on the future development of the [EC]" ] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute (internal): Powell to Ryder (European Council meeting, Fontainebleau (EC Budget); British Commissioners for next EC Commission) [arrangements for MT meetings with Ministers to discuss] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["what action might be taken to persuade Chancellor Kohl to take a more active and helpful part in obtaining a solution to the UK budget problem at Fontainebleau"; candidacy for EC Commission President; UK paper on future of EC] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC budget: Cabinet Office paper for MT (“Reform of the Community’s finances and UK refunds”) [overview of issues for decision at Fontainebleau] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jun 15 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jun 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("European Community") ["Lubbers... would like to speak to you on the telephone before Fontainebleau"; recommended key points to make on EC budget issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: President Mitterrand of France message to MT (budget) [discussions at Fontainebleau] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO ("European Council") [report on position to be taken by Netherlands on post-Stuttgart negotiations at Fontainebleau] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Preparation for the European Council") ["Meeting of Ministers... to agree the line for Fontainebleau on the UK Budget problem"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Athens ("Report of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee: Fontainebleau Summit") [request to circulate; summary of main points] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("1982 Risk Sharing Refund") [MT "regards the outstanding £42 million... as one of the issues on the table... at Fontainebleau"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("EC Council at Fontainebleau: the German approach") ["Pressures and incentives for Kohl to settle, but not at any price. Irritation over UK "intransigence" not a decisive factor"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 21 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Foreign Affairs Committee Report on the forthcoming Fontainebleau Summit") ["on the whole helpful... brings out very clearly... the question of budgetary imbalances"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("German approach to Fontainebleau") ["a fair and lasting solution to the problem of British net contributions"; successor to Gaston Thorn] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO record of conversation (Howe, Dumas) [EC Budget: European Council meeting, Fontainebleau, 25-26 June] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office letter to Imperial Chemical Industries PLC ("The Fontainebleau European Council") [UK "to press hard for measures which will genuinely ensure the operation of the internal market"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("European Council, Fontainebleau, 25-26 June") [MT speaking notes] [declassified Jan 2014]
Text 84 Jun 25 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jun 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram to UKDEL Fontainebleau ("Relations with Argentina") [constructive response by the Swiss regarding a new formula on sovereignty] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram to UKDEL Fontainebleau ("Relations with Argentina") [favourable Argentine reaction to the UK acceptance of the new formula on sovereignty] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 25 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: HMG paper ("Europe - the Future") [given by MT to EC heads of government at Fontainebleau European Council] [published Jun 1984]
PDF 84 Jun 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC budget: Armstrong minute to MT (“Budget Imbalances”) [lunch with Attali - Mitterrand upper limit is two thirds] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 25 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (FCO) EC budget: French Presidency dinner menu (“conseil européan Fontainebleau”) [dinner at the Bas-Breau in Barbizon; with MT jottings on conversation] [declassified 2014]
Text 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC budget: Presidency medal (keepsake given to leaders after Fontainebleau European Council) [released 2015]
Text 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (European Union) EC: Fontainebleau European Council (Presidency Conclusions)
PDF 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC budget: MT memoir (Fontaineableau European Council) [settlement of the British budget question] [released 2015]
PDF 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (FCO) EC budget: FCO record of conversation (“informal record” of Fontainebleau European Council) [settlement of British budget question] [declassified 2008]
Text 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (European Union) EC: Fontainebleau European Council (Presidency Conclusions)
PDF 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC budget: Ingham minute to MT (“Your press conference”) [“right to strike a reasonable deal”] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Hong Kong: FCO telegram to UKDEL Fontainebleau (constitutional development and general strategy for the talks) [UK/China negotiations] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [results of the European Council at Fontainebleau including agreement on EC financing system/UK refunds] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Fontainebleau: French press coverage") [summary] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Fontainebleau Summit: German media coverage") ["Outcome of Budget debate generally seen to be fair: a successful Summit"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 27 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: Sir Percy Cradock letter to MT (congratulations on Fontainebleau budget settlement) [“It takes courage to fight; it also takes courage to settle …a very defensible deal … an incubus removed”] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 27 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC budget: UKREP Brussels to FCO (“Discussion of budgetary imbalances at Fontainebleau”) [Mitterrand presenting outcome as “one in which there were neither victors nor vanquished”; Tietmeyer reaction] [declassified 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: MT letter to Chancellor Kohl of FRG (UK budget contribution) [grateful for help at Fontainebleau] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: MT letter to Prime Minister Lubbers of the Netherlands (thanks for help at European Council) [search for solution to budget problem at Fontainebleau] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 28 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) EC: MT to President Mitterrand (Fontainebleau European Council) [thanks for "hospitality … and excellent arramgents", congratulations on a "successful outcome"] [released 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Fontainebleau: French reactions") ["Increasing recognition that British demands were reasonable"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Fontainebleau - German government statement and further press reaction") ["Federal Government... upbeat... Press comment by comparison less euphoric"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jun 28 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("Outcome of Fontainebleau") ["Colleagues may find it useful to have the attached note explaining the main features of the agreement"] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 2 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Post-Fontainebleau issues and Enlargement") [Timms, Legras: record of conversation] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Outcome of Fontainebleau: Public Expenditure Implications") [lines to take] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("European Council meeting at Fontainebleau: Conclusions of the Presidency") [response to query from Treasury regarding the form and status of the Conclusions as placed in the library of the House of Commons] [declassified Jan 2014]
PDF 84 Jul 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Implementation of Fontainebleau Agreement: Revised Own Resources Decision") ["In all important respects it matches what... [MT] said in presenting the agreement"] [declassified Jan 2014]

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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