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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/761
France (Internal situation) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 335
Any docs withheld? 2

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Date Value Title
81 Apr 6 Mo Major France: UK Ambassador to Paris despatch to Carrington ("Likely Political Consequences of the French Presidential Election") [election of Mitterrand] [declassified 2012]
81 May 8 Fr Major France: UKE Paris to FCO ("French Presidential Election: M. Mitterrand's Policies") [election of Mitterrand] [declassified 2012]
81 May 10 Su Major France: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Carrington) [election of Mitterrand] [declassified 2012]
81 May 11 Mo Major France: UKE Paris to FCO ("French Presidential Election") [consequences of election of Mitterrand] [declassified 2012]
81 May 11 Mo Major France: UKREP Brussels to FCO ("Cheysson") [consequences of election of Mitterrand: assessment of Cheysson as possible minister] [declassified 2012]
81 May 11 Mo Major France: UKE Paris to FCO ("Presidential Election: The French Socialist Party") [election of Mitterrand] [declassified 2012]
81 May 12 Tu Major France: UKE Paris to FCO ("French Presidential Election") [election of Mitterrand: reaction of defeated parties] [declassified 2012]
81 May 15 Fr Major France: FCO letter to No.10 ("New French President") [election of Mitterrand: background information] [declassified 2012]
81 May 21 Th Major France: MT messages to Prime Minister Mauroy of France and Foreign Minister Cheysson (congratulations on appointment) [election of Mitterrand] [declassified 2012]
81 Jun 22 Mo Major France: UKE Paris to FCO ("M Mitterrand and his Government") [election of Mitterrand: general assessment of situation in France] [declassified 2012]
81 Jun 22 Mo Major France: MT message to Prime Minister Mauroy of France (congratulations on appointment) [election of Mitterrand] [declassified 2012]
81 Sep 2 We Major France: UK Ambassador to Paris despatch to Carrington ("M Mitterrand's Debut as President") [election of Mitterrand] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 11 Mo Major France: FCO letter to No.10 (rumours about Mitterrand's health) [asks for MT's impressions from recent meetings with the President] [declassified 2012]
82 Jan 25 Mo Major France: No.10 letter to FCO ("President Mitterrand's Health") [MT describes "tentative indications of ill health"] [declassified 2012]