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Europe/Bruges speech: Whittingdale minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's speech on Europe") [Conservative MEPs likely to react badly to the speech; Robin Harris thoughts on the draft] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 5/1/5/568 f4
Editorial comments:

A few members of the EDG did indeed publicly attack the speech, although not its leader, Christopher Prout.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, European Union Single Market