Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Germany: FCO conversation record (Hurd, Kohl) [Powell comment: "Not at all satisfactory or reassuring. We are just told to leave it all to the Germans, even whether there should be a peace treaty. I do not think you can accept that the Foreign Secretary can be an alternative political contact for Kohl in place of you"; Churchill's Zurich speech] [declassified Dec 2016]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | PREM19/2997 ff206-208 |
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| Importance ranking: | Key |
| Word count: | 3pp |
| Themes: | MT contacts with Helmut Kohl, Foreign Secretary’s meetings, Charles Powell minutes, Leadership, Executive, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, German unification, 1989-90, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), European Union (general), Foreign policy - theory and process |
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