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1979 May 4 - 1979 Jul 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/53
European policy (European Community budget) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2009 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 166
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79 May 4 Fr Major Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("European issues") [challenge & opportunity] [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr Major Incoming brief: Cabinet Secretary's incoming brief for new PM ("European issues") [as annotated by MT] [declassified 2009]
79 May 4 Fr Major EC: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Britain and the EC") [Taoiseach unsympathetic to British budget complaints] [declassified 2009]
79 May 8 Tu Major EC: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ian Gilmour-Foreign Secretary) [EC budget] [declassified 2009]
79 May 9 We Major EC: Hunt briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Foreign Affairs and Community Affairs") [procedures for EC business] [declassified 2009]
79 May 11 Fr Major EC: Vile minute to Cartledge ("European Issues") [Bonn, Barcelona Conventions] [declassified 2009]
79 May 29 Tu Major EC: Foreign Secretary minute to MT ("Community Budget") [speaking points on EC budget] [declassified 2009]
79 May 30 We Major EC: Hunt minute to MT ("Community Affairs") [Lom&eacute Convention] [declassified 2009]
79 May 31 Th Major EC: Cartledge note to FCO ("Community Budget") [speaking points] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 7 Th Major EC: FCO minute to No.10 ("Community Budget") [speaking points] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 7 Th Major EC: FCO briefing on European Council procedures [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 8 Fr Major EC: Foreign Secretary minute to MT (draft guidelines on EC Budget goals) [MT: "This is jabberwocky to me"] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 8 Fr Major EC: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Foreign Secretary ("The UK Net Contribution to the EEC Budget") ["all the emphasis on the injustice of our net budgetary contribution"] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 12 Tu Major EC: Foreign Secretary minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("The UK Net Contribution to the Community Budget") [cautions against overly agressive tactics] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 13 We Major EC: Hunt minute to MT ("Community Budget") ["more emphasis on the basic argument of equity"] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 14 Th Major EC: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (EC Budget argument, tactics) ["would prefer to see some specific reference to the inequity of our net contribution"] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 14 Th Major EC: No.10 to FCO ("Community Budget") [draft Council resolution on budget] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 14 Th Major EC: Peter Walker letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (EC Budget tactics) [broadly agrees with Chancellor's position] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 19 Tu Major EC: Hunt briefing for MT ("Community Affairs") [energy, EC Budget] [declassified 2009]
79 Jun 20 We Major EC: FCO record of conversation (Heads of Mission Conference) [EC Budget, CAP, CFP, EMS] [declassified 2009]