1981 Oct 26 - 1982 Feb 9
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/669
Canada (UK/Canadian relations: patriation of the Canadian constitution) (Part 4)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Jul 25 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 285 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Nov 27 Fr | Major | Canada: Lord Carrington to Canadian Secretary for External Affairs MacGuigan (accepts invitation to visit) [“Your breakthrough on the Constitution is … very good news for us all … statesmanship”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 3 Th | Major | Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (“Constitution”) [lunch conversation with Trudeau] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 3 Th | Major | Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (“Constitution”) [Trudeau “the reverse of jubilant”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 3 Th | Major | Canada: Privy Council Office to Lord Privy Seal (advice to Moran) [line to take at lunch with Trudeau] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 3 Th | Major | Canada: FCO letter to No.10 letter (“Canada”) [line to take in PM’s phone call with Trudeau] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 4 Fr | Major | Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Trudeau phone call) [timing of UK patriation legislation] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 3 Th | Major | Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (Trudeau to call MT) [Trudeau wants speedy passage of bill “to deprive Mr Levesque of a weapon in the all-out battle for the future of Quebec”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 3 Th | Major | Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (impressions of Trudeau) [no early retirement - “envisages a fight to the death with Mr Lévesque”; scepticism about US & nuclear weapons] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 8 Tu | Major | Canada: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Pym) [Canadian constitution - parliamentary handling] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 9 We | Major | Canada: Privy Council Office record of conversation (Pym-Chrétien) [Canadian constitution - parliamentary handling] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 9 We | Major | Canada: Pattison briefing for MT at cabinet (“Parliamentary Affairs”) [“Repatriation [sic] issues now seem much easier”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 9 We | Major | Canada: Whitmore letter for Lord President (“Canadian Constitution”) [MT advises the Palace to abandon idea of HMQ visiting Canada for 15 Feb] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 17 Th | Major | Canada: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Armstrong-Pitfield) [“Canadian Constitution” - Royal Visit] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 17 Th | Major | Canada: Premier of Quebec René Lévesque to MT (patriation of constitution) [“notre opposition … une offensive sans précédent”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 23 We | Major | Canada: FCO letter to No.10 (“ Letter from Mr Lévesque”) [draft reply] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Dec 23 We | Major | Canada: FCO telegram to UKHC Ottawa (MT reply to Lévesque letter) [press handling] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jan 6 We | Major | Canada: Armstrong minute for Coles (“Canadian Constitution”) [Pitfield call expressing serious concern at HMG delay 2R bill till Indian case decided] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jan 7 Th | Major | Canada: FCO letter to No.10 (“Premier of Quebec”) [new draft reply] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jan 8 Fr | Major | Canada: UK High Commission to FCO (“Canada Bill”) [Labour & Indian issue] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jan 12 Tu | Major | Canada: Privy Council Office record of conversation (Pym-Wadds) [Canadian patriation bill - delay of 2R till Indian case decided] [declassified 2013] |