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Europe/Bruges speech: Charles Powell first draft for MT ("Version 1") [42pp, not annotated by MT] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 5/1/5/569 f208
Editorial comments:

Undated; listed by estimate (Version 2 was sent to MT on 30 Aug). The Version 2 draft can be read here: Bruges speech first draft as sent by Powell to FCO on 31 Aug.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 42pp
Themes: European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, European Union Single Market, Conservatism, Famous statements by MT, Charles Powell minutes