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Monetary Policy: Blunden minute for Governor of the Bank of England (Prime Minister & Europe) [MT to speak in Bruges, urging EC to become "a loose confederacy"; asking questions about UK moving to "associated membership"] [released 2021]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: 13A/231/6 f21
Editorial comments:

In his authorised history of the Bank of England, Making A Modern Central Bank (Cambridge 2020) Harold James quotes from another copy of this document annotated by Leigh-Pemberton with the single word: "Terrifying!" - see p259. Other documents on meetings between Chancellor and Governor can be seen here.

Importance ranking: Key
Word count: 1p
Themes: Conservatism, Leadership, British Constitution (general discussions), European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, Monetary policy

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