Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Germany: No.10 record of conversation (1150Z) (MT, Hurd) ("German reunification") ["We should not simply regard this as inevitable and wait for events to overtake us": need for "specific proposals to put to President Mitterrand on 20 January"; Hurd warned "What we could NOT produce was a blue print for stopping German reunification. The Prime Minister accepted this", but repeated that it should not be regarded as inevitable] [declassified Jul 2017]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | PREM19/2998 f282 |
| Editorial comments: | |
| Importance ranking: | Key |
| Word count: | 1p |
| Themes: | MT's meetings as PM, Foreign Secretary’s meetings, Charles Powell minutes, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with France, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), German unification, 1989-90 |
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