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PREM19/3347
France (Visits to the UK by Jacques Chirac (Mayor of Paris / Prime Minister) and Michel Rocard (Prime Minister)) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret - UK Eyes A
Page count: 340
Any docs withheld? 7

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87 Mar 3 Tu Major France: George Younger letter to Andre Giraud (dialogue on nuclear matters) [need to agree on suitable topics and initiating detailed discussions] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Apr 1 We Major Cold War: Ronald Reagan message to MT (visit to Soviet Union) [Gorbachev's internal reforms, Soviet initiatives on arms control, Geneva talks] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Apr 13 Mo Minor France: Charles Powell minute to Bernard Ingham ("Visit of M. Chirac") [announcement of Chequers talks] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Apr 22 We Major France: UKE Paris telegram 401 to FCO (1520Z) ("Chirac's Visit to London: 26 April") [Chirac's domestic position, French economy, defence, Channel link, east-west relations] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Apr 22 We Major France: UKE Paris telegram 435 to FCO (1442Z) ("Chirac's Meeting with the Prime Minister, 26 April") [majority of time spent discussing east-west relations, defence, MT's visit to Moscow, bilateral cooperation] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Apr 23 Th Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Visit of M Chirac: 26 April") [Chirac's domestic position, east-west issues, EC issues, Venice Summit, Middle East, bilateral issues] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Apr 24 Fr Minor France: Channon PS minute to Charles Powell (Meeting with Chirac) [Channel Tunnel construction and legislation] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Apr 26 Su Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [Soviet proposals on short-range nuclear weapons, Soviet strategy on western Europe, France and NATO] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 3 Fr Major France: UKE Paris telegram 153 to FCO (1612Z) ("French Prime Minister's Visit to the UK: 8 February 1989") [Rocard's domestic position, EC issues, environmental initiative] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 6 Mo Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with M Rocard: 8 February") [French politics and economy, Anglo-French Summit, environment, EC issues, east-west relations, defence] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 6 Mo Major Environment: Ruud Lubbers message to MT (French environmental initiative) [Hague declaration, necessity of institutional measures, requests UK support] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 7 Tu Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("French Prime Minister's Environmental Initiative") [doubts about proposed new authority and concept of economic sanctions, representation at Hague meeting] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 7 Tu Major France: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("French Prime Minister's Environmental Initiative") [concerns about proposed new authority and economic sanctions, representation at Hague meeting] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 8 We Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Rocard) [French environmental initiative, EC taxation proposals, export of Nissan cars] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Feb 7 We Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with M. Rocard") [Rocard's environmental initiative, EC economy, Middle East, defence] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Feb 20 Tu Major France: UKE Paris telegram 217 to FCO (1848Z) ("Visit by the French Prime Minister") [Rocard wants to discuss EC issues, Germany, defence] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 14 We Minor France: Charles Powell minute to Hurd PS ("Visit by the French Prime Minister") [programme and attendees] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 22 Th Major France: UKE Paris telegram 345 to FCO (1725Z) ("French Socialist Party Congress: Final Outcome") [Rocard seen as Socialists' only hope of winning 1993 legislative elections] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 23 Fr Minor France: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("Visit by French Prime Minister: Administrative Arrangements") [attendees, timings] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major France: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("Visit by the French Prime Minister") [German unification, Germany's role in EC, relations with eastern Europe, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Soviet Union, GATT] [declassified Jul 2017]