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South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Foreign Affairs Council: 15/16 September: South Africa") ["you expected... [MT] to wish to be consulted... EC Foreign Ministers have] argued... we should implement at least those measures agreed in the Hague Communiqué... [Howe] intends to make clear... the UK's willingness to drop coal [imports ban, only] if others agree"] [declassified Feb 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1970 f74
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 13pp
Themes: Industry, Trade, Foreign policy (USA), Commonwealth (South Africa), European Union (general), Conservative Party (organization), British policy towards South Africa, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, British relations with the US, Charles Powell minutes