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Personal and party papers, Cambridge

Europe/Bruges speech: Whittingdale record of conversation (MT-Hugh Thomas preparatory discussion on speech) ["must be positive in order to knock down federalist ideas ... United Europe but not European Union"] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 2/11/3/6 part 2 f16
Editorial comments:

Hugh Thomas's agenda for the meeting follows the Powell note with its handwritten record of the conversation (in the handwriting of John Whittingdale, MT's Political Secretary.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 28pp
Themes: European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, European Union Single Market, Conservatism, MT's meetings as PM