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Conservative Party: Lennox-Boyd conversation record (MT-Walters-Turnbull-Gray-Powell) [reformulating her position on ERM entry] [released Mar 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 2/6/4/13 part 2 f32
Editorial comments:

This would appear to be the only survivng record of the meeting at which MT was persuaded to accept Alan Walters's reformulation of conditions for British entry to the ERM. MT's briefing for the meeting, including Walters's minute on the topic, can be read here. Read all documents from the 1989 release of MT's party and personal papers.

Importance ranking: Key
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Monetary policy, Economic, monetary & political union, European Union Single Market, Executive, MT's meetings as PM