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1984 Apr 2 - 1984 May 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1228
European policy (European Community budget; future of Europe) (Part 24)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 334
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84 May 16 We Minor European Policy: Allan Stewart PS letter to Howe PS ("Visit to Brussels 30 May 1984") ["to dicuss further used of... [EC] funds in Scotland"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 12 Th Major European Policy: Attorney General's Chambers letter to No.10 ("Cabinet 29 March 1984: Item 3: Community Budget and United Kingdom Refunds") [revision to minutes: clarification of advice given during meeting regarding legal obligation] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 16 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet Office: Community Affairs") [Foreign Affairs Council 14/15 May: outcomes; reform of EC financing/UK refunds; Finance Ministers meeting 12/13 May: outcomes; Transport Council 10 May: outcomes; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 23 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [European Parliament elections; EC budget; UK refunds; EC draft budget for 1985; EC credit rating; Energy Council: coal; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 2 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [MT talks with Kohl; EC budgetary imbalance; MT working lunch with Mitterrand; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 9 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [MT talks with Mitterrand; Lome III Convention: Regional Development Fund, trade arrangements; New Zealand butter imports; Agricultural Structures Group; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 25 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [MT talks with Portugese PM; negotiations on reform of EC financing system; 1984 EC budget shortfall; MT upcoming meetings with Kohl & Mitterrand/UK refund] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 4 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [negotiations on reform of EC finance system/UK refund; Lawson report on Finance Council of 2 April; Jopling report on Agriculture Council; Foreign Affairs Council; joint European TORUS project] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 11 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [reform of EC financial system; EC budget shortfall for 1984; Council of Ministers: trade issues; meeting of Social Affairs Ministers; joint European Torus (JET) project] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 27 Fr Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meetings with Chancellor Kohl (2 May) and President Mitterrand (4 May)") [reform of EC finance: "imminent... European election campaign... [may] provide some leverage": proposed lines to take with Kohl & Mitterrand, and supporting arguments] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 5 Th Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Reform of the Community's Financing") ["attached telegrams from our Permanent Representatives in Brussels are very relevant to the meeting"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 4 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("The Community Budget: Estimates of United Kingdom Net Contributions and Refunds") [statistics & analysis] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 3 Tu Major European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The European Community's Budget: the reformed financing system") [review of objectives & their presentation at the European Council; UK refund & negotiating aims] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 19 Th Major European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (EC financial negotiations) [report of comments attributed to Mitterrand by French ambassador] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 11 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("Reform of the Community's Finances") [David Williamson, Etienne Davignon: negotiations with the French; MT meeting with Mitterrand] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 14 Mo Major European Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Howe, Dumas, Legras, David Williamson) ["European Community: reform of the financing system and United Kingdom refunds"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 2 Mo Major European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Tebbit ("Capital Allowances: transitional arrangements for certain regional projects") ["[EC] Commission's challenge... it is disappointing that this problem has arisen but I agree with your proposed approach although I would like to suggest a slightly different presentation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 1 Tu Major European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("Community Budget 1984: Commission proposals for additional finance in excess of the 1 per cent VAT ceiling") ["to bridge the gap between what they [EC Commission] argue is needed to finance CAP expenditure in 1984 and the 16.5 billion ecu available within the Community Budget and the 1 per cent VAT limit"; Treasury paper and proposed strategy] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 23 We Major European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("European Community Budget negotiations") [budgetary discipline; 1983 refunds; ecu loan from member states to cover 1984 budget overrun] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("PESC projection of net payments to EEC institutions") ["extremely difficult to make any meaningful projections... level of our net payments will depend crucially on whether we reach early agreement on the budget imbalances problem"] [declassified Jan 2014]