Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Germany: No.10 conversation record (c1700Z) (MT, Mitterrand) ["He was very worried about Germany", Gorbachev spoke to him very harshly on the subject; Mitterrand "very critical" of Kohl's Ten Point plan and speech; MT worried that "reunification would just come about"; discussion of a Four Power meeting; Mitterrand spoke of need for France to establish special relations with Britain in face of "momentous events"] [declassified Dec 2016]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Venue: | Strasbourg |
| Source: | PREM19/2696 ff49-51 |
| Editorial comments: | Late afternoon; precise timing unknown. Mitterrand asked to see MT immediately after the end of the second session of the Council, perhaps around 1700Z. She returned to the British Residence to change and left there at 1905Z for dinner at the Prefecture. |
| Importance ranking: | Key |
| Word count: | 3pp |
| Themes: | MT's meetings as PM, MT contacts with François Mitterrand, Charles Powell minutes, British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with France, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, German unification, 1989-90, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Defence (general) |
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