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PREM19/1034
France (Franco-British Council; visit of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy in May 1982; meeting with Prime Minister)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 226
Themes: Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), European Union (general), British relations with France

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Date Value Title
81 Mar 3 Tu Major France: MT letter to Chairman of the Franco-British Council (Franco-British Council Conference, Edinburgh, May 1982) [acceptance of invitation] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Jul 27 Mo Major France: MT letter to Chairman of the Franco-British Council (Franco-British Council Conference, Edinburgh, May 1982) [response to his emphasis on the importance of securing President Mitterrand's commitment to attend] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Aug 6 Th Major France: MT letter to Chairman of the Franco-British Council (Franco-British Council Conference, Edinburgh, 14-16 May) [MT speech] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Oct 26 Mo Major France: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 (Franco-British Council Conference, Edinburgh, 14-16 May: Prime Minister Mauroy) [attendance; possibility of talks with MT in London; MT speech] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Dec 21 Mo Major France: No.10 minute to MT ("Visit of French Prime Minister and Franco-British Council Conference") [dinner; MT speech; talks with Mauroy] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jan 14 Th Major France: FCO briefing to No.10 (Franco-British Council) [Coles meeting with Chairman in advance of conference in Edinburgh on 15th May] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jan 29 Fr Major France: No.10 (internal) minute to Whitmore ("Franco/British Council and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland") [arrangements; question of MT's attendance at Assembly] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Feb 4 Th Major France: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Franco-British Council") [Mauroy proposed schedule; draft MT invitation to dinner] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Feb 8 Mo Major France: No.10 record of conversation ("Conference of the Franco-British Council") [John Coles, Sir Philip de Zulueta] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Feb 9 Tu Major France: MT letter to Prime Minister Mauroy (visit to UK) [invite to London for talks following Franco-British Council conference in Edinburgh] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Feb 17 We Major France: Lord Carrington PS letter to No.10 ("Visit of M Mauroy") [Mauroy schedule; MT speech for Franco-British Council dinner in Edinburgh, 15 May] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Mar 5 Fr Major France: No.10 minute to MT ("Weekend of 15/16 May: Scotland") [Franco-British Council: accommodation for Prime Minister Mauroy; arrangements for MT; Church of Scotland General Assembly] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Mar 15 Mo Minor France: No.10 letter to Colonel Sir John Gilmour (Franco-British Council, 15 May) [MT politely rejects offer of hospitality at Holyrood] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Mar 16 Tu Major France: Franco-British Council letter to No.10 (National Library of Scotland exhibition) [Franco-British Conference, 14 - 16 May 1982] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Apr 28 We Major France: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (President Mitterrand's visit to London: preparations for Versaille Summit) [overlap with Prime Minister Mauroy's visit to Edinburgh for Franco-British Council meeting] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 May 10 Mo Major France: No.10 briefing for MT ("Visits of President Mitterrand and M Mauroy") [arrangements; agendas; Mauroy declines to join MT meeting with Mitterrand] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 May 10 Mo Major France: No.10 minute to MT ("Visit of M. Mauroy") [arrangements; declines to join MT meeting with Mitterrand] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 May 13 Th Major France: No.10 briefing for MT ("Franco/British Council Edinburgh, Saturday 15 May") [arrangements; steering brief] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 May 13 Th Major France: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Visits of M Mauroy and President Mitterrand") [inclusion of Channel Fixed Link on agendas] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 May 15 Sa Major France: No.10 record of conversation (1800Z) (MT, Mauroy, Hurd, Sir John Fretwell & others) [Franco-British Council meeting: EU Budget "crisis"; Channel link; Falklands] [declassified Aug 2013]