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EMS: Cabinet Committee meeting on EMS (GEN136(78) 5th) (decision not to join) [declassified 2008]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: No.10 Downing Street
Source: CAB 130/1047
Editorial comments: 1000. The committee was chaired ordinarily by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Prime Minister attended that day in light of the magnitude of the decision before it.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: Monetary policy, Trade, Economic, monetary & political union, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU)