1979 May 23 - 1980 Nov 6
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/143
Canada (UK/Canadian relations: patriation of the Canadian constitution) (Part 1)
Document type: | File list item |
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Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
Release date: | 2010 Dec 30 |
Classification: | Confidential |
Page count: | 248 |
Any docs withheld? | 1 |
PREM19/143 - download whole file (PDF, 76.53 MB)
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Showing items 41 - 57 of 57
Date | Value | Title |
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80 Feb 20 We | Major | Canada: MT letter to Prime Minister-Designate Trudeau of Canada (message of congratulations on election victory) [declassified 2010] |
79 May 24 Th | Major | Canada: MT message to Prime Minister-designate Clark of Canada (message of congratulations on election victory) [declassified 2010] |
80 Oct 6 Mo | Major | Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Canadian Ministers MacGuigan and Roberts) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010] |
80 Nov 3 Mo | Major | Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Ministers) [patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010] |
80 Jun 25 We | Key | Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada) [extract] [patriation of Canadian Constitution, Anglo-Canadian air talks, G7 summit in Venice] [declassified 2010] |
79 Jul 6 Fr | Major | Canada: No.11 record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchequer-Canadian High Commissioner) [economic affairs] [declassified 2010] |
80 Mar 14 Fr | Major | Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada letter to MT (thanks for MT's message of congratulations) [declassified 2010] |
80 Aug 18 Mo | Major | Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada letter to MT (thanks for talk about the constitution) [“extremely useful … gratified to receive your assurances of support”] [released 2011] |
81 Feb 3 Tu | Major | Canada: Robert Fowler briefing for Trudeau (“Patriation, the UK: Notes for Question Period (update)”) [MT assuring Trudeau HMG would apply the whip to patriation legislation] [declassified 2013] |
81 Feb 10 Tu | Minor | Canada: Russell Anthony to Michael Kirby (“The Canadian Constitution”) [opinion in the west, especially BC] [declassified 2013] |
80 Feb 4 Mo | Minor | Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (“Canadian Election”) [return of Clark would “be in our and the US best interests as well as Canada’s”] [declassified 2010] |
79 May 23 We | Minor | Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (“Canadian General Election”) [“Despite the closeness of the outcome, Mr Clark’s position looks strong”] [declassified 2010] |
80 Mar 27 Th | Major | Canada: UK High Commissioner despatch to FCO (“Quebec: the approach to the referendum”) [“If Quebec does secede that need not be a disaster for Quebec or our interests”] [declassified 2010] |
80 Oct 27 Mo | Major | Canada: UKHC Ottawa to FCO ("Constitution") [report on process of repatriation of the Canadian Constitution in the Canadian parliament] [declassified 2010] |
80 Oct 2 Th | Major | Canada: Whitelaw minute to MT ("British North America Acts 1867-1964") [parliamentary arrangements for the patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010] |
79 May 23 We | Major | Transition to Power: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Prime Minister-designate Clark of Canada) [congratulations on his election victory & MT's thoughts on cabinet-making: "I had to balance it out"] [declassified 2010] |
80 Oct 28 Tu | Major | Canada: Privy Council Office letter to No.10 ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [note of a discussion between Stevas and the Leader of the Canadian Lower House, Yvon Pinard] [declassified 2010] |