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Germany: Powell briefing for MT (“Telephone call with President Bush”) [topics - unification, pace less frenetic; your consultations with other European leaders; Aug 1990 visit to Aspen] [declassified Dec 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2999 ff51-62
Editorial comments:

Several copies of the briefing exist in the file - a fax marked by MT, a photocopy of the fax (to guard against further fading) and the original. All three are included here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 12pp
Themes: MT contacts with George Bush Sr, Charles Powell minutes, British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union, 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), Defence (arms control)

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