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PDF 90 May 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Sir Michael Butler letter to Powell ("Maintaining Parities against Speculative Attack under the European Committee's Stage 2 Proposal") [CDP: "Yet another letter from Sir Michael Butler"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 2 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 ("Committee for the Monetary Union of Europe: Letter to the Prime Minister from M. Giscard d'Estaing") [draft reply for MT] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Possible Dates for Joining the ERM") [possible dates between now and end September; further consideration being given to exchange rate] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute for MT ("Covert Exchange Controls") [Keith Joseph arguing German controls mean Madrid conditions not satisfied, but No.10 doubtful such controls exist] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 4 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: MT letter to Giscard d'Estaing (Economic and Monetary Union) [thanks for keeping her up to date with his thinking] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)") [Pohl hints that "EMU could precede with less [sic] than twelve members"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("Speech by the President of Bundesbank to the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs") [Pohl in private session "admitted a certain scepticism for the prospects for EMU"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 17 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("German Restrictions on the Issue of Foreign Currency Bonds") [served no purpose for monetary control and were abolished in Jan 1990] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("ERM Entry: For and Against") [economic arguments unchanged; sceptical that entry would reduce UK interest rates; "real case for entry is political"; "On balance ... I believe that the UK should enter the ERM"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 23 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("EMU: Institutional Aspects") [COREPER discussion on 23 May] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("How the ERM Works") [note setting out the mechanism "in a detailed, but we hope simple, way"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ('EMU') ["the Chancellor's latest thinking .... You will find it unpalatable"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 25 Fr Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: Major minute for MT ('EMU') [risk of "the beginning of a path to a two-tier Europe"; MT: "What's wrong with that if the other tier is going in the wrong direction?"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 30 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor: EMU") [MT sceptical others would go ahead without us, and even if they did, does not believe UK should follow "a fundamentally wrong direction"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 30 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 (draft for MT reply to latest Sir Michael Butler letter on EMU) [no substantive reply needed] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 May 31 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, John Major; Middleton, Wicks) [EMU - MT rejects Major suggestion that UK should accept Treaty committing to EMU "leaving to individual states ... whether and when to join"; instead, campaign to instill doubts about EMU and in favour of alternative concepts] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Economic and Monetary Union") [follow-up work commissioned after MT-Major meeting - North Atlantic Free Trade Area, buidling up NATO's political side, objective reference standard for world currencies] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Powell letter to FCO ("Economic and Monetary Union") [MT's comments on Chancellor's minute, and further work needed; the danger of protectionist blocs] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 8 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: John Major minute for MT ('ERM') [sterling's rate on entry; width of the bands; sterling's central rate] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Sir Michael Butler letter to Powell ("Second Stage of EMU") [case for tabling his ideas; MT asks for ministerial meeting] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 11 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("Economic and Monetary Union") [ECOFIN discussion in Luxembourg] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [entry into ERM - Walters and Greenspan advise it is "a political necessity ... properly timed and managed, it can give economic benefits"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 13 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Major) [ERM - MT "said she no longer had reservations about the UK joining .... The issue was when was the right time to join"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 14 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) European Policy: Nick Ridley minute to MT ("Economic and Monetary Union") [promote regional groupings or currency arrangements; for trade "it is the Single Market which matters"; "To be alone in the 12 is not the end of the world, nor would we be alone if other candidates were allowed to join the EC"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 14 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Major minute to MT ("An Objective Standard and EMU") ["a very mixed blessing"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Economic and Monetary Union: Objective Reference Standard: North Atlantic Free Trade Area") [Ridley paper; Treasury paper on objective reference standard] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 15 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Graham Bishop letter to to No.10 ("The Creation of a European Community 'Hard Money' Union") [Salomon economist's paper for French Treasury seminar] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 17 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Hurd minute for MT ("Economic and Monetary Union") [problems with Ridley paper] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Butler minute for Turnbull ("EMU: Press Stories") [articles appearing with inside knowledge; MT agrees to warn colleagues] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and Trade and Industry Secretary") [EMU: a line to take at the European Council; "play for a goal-less draw tomorrow"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: John Major minute for MT (the forthcoming conference on EMU: British position) [response to Nick Ridley minute; UK cannot stand aside and be indifferent to EMU] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 18 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO ("Foreign Affairs Council: Preparation for European Council - EMU") [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter for Powell ("Chancellor's Speech to German Industry Forum - Economic and Monetary Union: Beyond Stage 1") [latest draft; MT reservations about sentence on potential for hard ecu to evolve into a single currency] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 19 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Major, Hurd, Ridley) ["European Monetary Union": UK line at forthcoming Dublin European Council] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Powell note for MT (Chancellor's Speech: British proposals on EMU) [seems fine, following amendments suggested by No.10] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: Treasury letter to FCO ("Chancellor's Speech to German Industry Forum - Economic and Monetary Union: Beyond Stage 1") [copy of speech, press briefing, plus Q&A] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 20 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 minute for MT ("Objective Standards") [problems with, whether as an alternative to EMU, a basis for operating EMU or a new monetary order] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 25 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Chancellor's Speech on EMU") [deputy president of Bundesbank doubts that UK proposals can achieve their stated aims] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: John Major minute for MT ("The Timing of Sterling's Entry into the ERM") ["windows for entry"; higher exchange rate "would suit us well"] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 26 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [ERM entry date - Treasury background papers disappointing] [declassified Jun 2018]
PDF 90 Jun 27 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, John Major) [date of entry into the ERM - July, September or later in the year] [declassified Jun 2018]
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