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Europe/Bruges speech: Hugh Thomas draft for MT ("The Future of Europe") ["We have not embarked on the business of throwing back the frontiers of the state at home only to have a super nation state getting ready to exercise a new dominance"] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 1/8/14 f38
Editorial comments:

The draft can be read here. Bruges speech first draft as sent by Powell to FCO on 31 Aug.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 15pp
Themes: European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, European Union Single Market, Conservatism