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1984 Aug 1 - 1984 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1231
European policy (European Community budget; future of Europe) (Part 27)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 392
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84 Sep 20 Th Major European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO ("EC Budgets and Release of British Refund") [Maud, Pfimlin: record of conversation: "once there was agreement on the 1984 supplementary budget... there would be no question of Parliament making further difficulties"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 20 Th Major European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("Community Budget Negotiations") [Foreign Affairs Council 17/18 September: record of proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 21 Fr Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("1983 Refunds: Possible Legal Action") ["chances of success... are very poor"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 21 Fr Major European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("Future Development of the Community: Ad Hoc Committees on Institutions and "A People's Europe"") [MT disagrees with OD(E) Committee's view that 'People's Europe' paper too negative on some points: MT notes concerns about implication for UK social welfare of opening up internal market/free movement of EC citizens ] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 25 Tu Major European Policy: MT message to Prime Minister Papandreou (Integrated Mediterranean Programmes) ["to enable the southern regions of the present Community to adjust their economies to cope with the accession of Spain and Portugal.. Budgetary problems facing the... [EC] are severe. Nonetheless it should be possible for a start to be made... in 1985"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 25 Tu Major European Policy: Tom King letter to MT (EC: impact on employment of government directives & regulation) [report of perceived shift in attitudes at recent Informal Council of Social Affairs Ministers] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 25 Tu Major European Policy: FCO record of conversation ("Community Budget Negotiations") [David Williamson, Robin Renwick, Ungerer, Thiele] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 26 We Major European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("European Community: Budget Discipline") ["does look as though the French Government... is wondering whether it really wants to take the consequential anger of farmers on the chin"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 26 We Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Action Committee for Europe") ["Heath chaired a meeting on 13 September... of a number of European personalities... considering setting up a Committee to promote European integration"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 29 Sa Major European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("ECOFIN Council: 1 October. Budget Discipline") ["salient features of the Presidency compromise"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 1 Mo Major European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Ad Hoc Committee on Institutions (Dooge Committee). First Meeting, Brussels, 28 September") [summary of proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 1 Mo Major European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO ("ECOFIN Council 1 October 1984") ["Budget Discipline": summary of proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 2 Tu Major European Policy: Howe record of conversation ("EC Budget Negotiations") [his report of Foreign Affairs Council meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 2 Tu Major European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO ("Foreign Affairs Council, 2 October") [record of conversation: Budget issues] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 2 Tu Major European Policy: No.10 minute to MT (EC Budget) [Lawson at ECOFIN; Howe at Foreign Affairs Council: latest position on negotiations] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 2 Tu Major European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer message to Howe ("Budgetary Discipline") ["agreement... reached at ECOFIN last night... resist any discussion or unpicking of it all by Foreign Affairs Council"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 2 Tu Major European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("European Community Negotiations: Budget Discipline") ["summary account of the discussions yesterday at the ECOFIN Council"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 3 We Major European Policy: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("Ad Hoc Committee on Institutions") [MT "surprised to see that we were giving such high priority to proposing a common approach in external affairs"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 3 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Community Budget") ["where we stand after the meetings of the ECOFIN Council on 1 October and the Foreign Affairs Council on 2 October"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 3 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [draft 1984 supplementary Budget; draft 1985 Budget; Budget discipline; EC enlargement negotiations; US protectionism; Committee on Institutions; wine surplus; upcoming meetings] [declassified Jan 2014]