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PREM19/2034
Canada (Visits to UK by Prime Ministers, Pierre Trudeau, John Turner and Brian Mulroney) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 294
Any docs withheld? 1

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85 Apr 18 Th Major Canada: Bernard Ingham minute to MT ("Mr Mulroney's Visit - Media") ["the Canadians would have cameras in on virtually everything"] [declassified Dec 2016]
81 Jun 25 Th Major Canada: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Armstrong-Candian High Commissioner) [likely main themes at upcoming Ottawa economic summit; patriation] [declassified Dec 2016]
81 Jun 22 Mo Minor Canada: Carrington PS letter to Cabinet Office ("Visit by Mr Trudeau") [arrangements, possible discussion of Canadian constitution] [declassified Dec 2016]
80 Jun 24 Tu Major Canada: Carrington PS letter to Michael Alexander ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Mr Trudeau: 25 June") [patriation of Canadian constitution, air talks, defence, Zimbabwe] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Aug 6 Sa Major Canada: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Prime Minister's meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada") [MT thinks it unimaginative simply to invite Turner to the UK again as a means of improving relations] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Mar 28 Mo Minor Canada: Charles Powell letter to Howe PS ("Visit of the Canadian Prime Minister") [possible dates, arrangements] [declassified Dec 2016]
88 Apr 26 Tu Minor Canada: Charles Powell minute for MT ("Visit of the Canadian Prime Minister") [arrangements to ensure Mulroneys given due attention] [declassified Dec 2016]
85 Apr 20 Sa Minor Canada: Charles Powell note to MT (Visit of the Canadian Prime Minister) ["Mulroney is making the most he can in publicity terms from his visit"; MT agrees to visit Canada House, against Powell's advice] [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Jul 7 Sa Minor Canada: FCO briefing ("Prime Minister's meeting with Canadian Prime Minister, Saturday 7 July, 1984") [British pensioners in Canada] [declassified Dec 2016]
81 Jun 25 Th Major Canada: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of Mr Trudeau: Meeting with the Prime Minister and Working Lunch: 26 June 1981") [Canadian constitution, commercial interests in Canada] [declassified Dec 2016]
85 Apr 28 Su Major Canada: FCO briefing for MT ("Visit of the Canadian Prime Minister") [objectives to consolidate relationship with Mulroney, discuss Bonn Summit] [declassified Dec 2016]
81 Jun 25 Th Major Canada: Foreign Office briefing ("Canadian Prime Minister's talk/lunch with Mrs Thatcher") [Supreme Court ruling on patriation of Candian constitution] [declassified Dec 2016]
83 Nov 10 Th Major Canada: Howe PS letter to John Coles ("Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Trudeau: 11 November: Future of Hong Kong") [will keep Canadians in picture on Sino-British talks] [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Jul 6 Fr Major Canada: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Call on the Prime Minister by the new Canadian Prime Minister: 7 July") [Turner's preoccupation is to decide on an election date] [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Aug 3 Fr Major Canada: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada") [British-Canadian relations, student fees] [declassified Dec 2016]
84 Aug 21 Tu Major Canada: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Relations with Canada") [ways to develop relations further] [declassified Dec 2016]
83 Nov 2 We Major Canada: Howe PS minute to John Coles ("Canadian Students") [higher fees for international students] [declassified Dec 2016]
83 Jul 12 Tu Minor Canada: John Turner message to MT (Chequers visit) ["I was encouraged by your directness and frankness"] [declassified Dec 2016]
83 Nov 1 Tu Major Canada: MT message to Pierre Trudeau (Hong Kong) ["We shall keep you in the picture as the talks proceed"] [declassified Dec 2016]
80 Jun 30 Mo Minor Canada: MT message to Pierre Trudeau (thanks for gift) ["I really look forward to the next economic summit"] [declassified Dec 2016]