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France: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand, Guigou) [East/West relations: Mitterrand report on his meeting with Gorbachev; arms control/nuclear & chemical weapons proliferation; prospects for a human rights conference in Moscow; NATO summit; EC issues; Mitterrand feeling faint after heavy lunch when walking up the steep hill to the church] [declassified Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: Mere Poulard restaurant, Mont. St Michel
Source: PREM19/2692 f129
Editorial comments:

Powell's note of Mitterrand's faintness after lunch follows the main item. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-2692.

Read other British documents concerning President Mitterrand's health.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 6pp
Themes: MT's meetings as PM, Charles Powell minutes, Media, British relations with France, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Industry, Trade, Social security & welfare