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Conservative Party/ERM: Note on ministerial views (joining ERM) [Waddington, Gummer, Rifkind, Clarke, MacGregor, Wakeham, Fowler] [released Mar 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS, Churchill Archive Centre: THCR 1/9/19A f3
Editorial comments:

Undayed, author unclear, possibly Lennox-Boyd or someone from the Whips Office. Listed by conjecture as written after shortly the Madrid European Council, but it could easily date from later in the year. Waddington was Chief Whip until November and his name perhaps would have figured more naturally after he had become Home Secretary. Read all documents from the 1989 release of MT's party and personal papers.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Monetary policy, European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, Executive, Executive (appointments), Conservatism, Conservative Party (organization), Leadership, MT's meetings as PM