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 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 21 - 40 of 53
| Date | Value | Title |
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| 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 Apr 13 Fr | Major | European Policy: Ian Stewart PS letter to No.10 ("Visit by MEPs") ["to see how our 1982 budget refunds are being spent"; MT unhappy about timing of visit] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Apr 13 Fr | Major | European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("European Community") ["Following our talk, I have been reflecting overnight about how best to take the negotiations forward"] [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 25 We | Major | European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposed amendments to Presidency texts on budgetary discipline, budget imbalances and own resources") [Howe comments on the amendments] [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 26 Th | Major | European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Community Budget negotiations: 1984 Budget shortfall") [briefing note for question time in Commons] [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 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 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 4 Fr | Major | European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Kohl) ["EC Budget"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 May 8 Tu | Minor | European Policy: David Trippier letter to Howe ("European Community Document recommended for debate") [timetable; location; form of Motion; proposed line in debate] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 May 8 Tu | Major | European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("1983 Refunds: Legal Case") [Howe "thinks that we should not rule out the option [of a legal challenge]; proposed policy lines pending advice from Law Officers] [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 May 10 Th | Major | European Policy: Howe minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Community Budget 1984: Commission proposals for additional financing in excess of 1% VAT ceiling") [comments on Treasury paper] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 May 11 Fr | Major | European Policy: No.10 letter to Cabinet Office ("European Community") [MT "concerned that... we should be ready to put forward... specific initiatives of potential benefit to the [UK]": proposals] [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 May 16 We | Major | European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Community Credit Rating on New York Markets") [risk of Standard & Poor downgrading: MT opposes Treasury's proposed amendments to EC Commission reply to S&P] [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 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] |