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1984 Mar 2 - 1984 May 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1207
Economic policy (G7 Summit - London) (Part 15)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 368
Any docs withheld? 2

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84 Apr 9 Mon G7: Robert Armstrong letter to Howe (“London Economic Summit: German Request for Additional Minister”) [Japanese objections] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 11 Wed G7: John Coles minute to Howe PS (“Economic Summit: Australian Participation”) [action unlikely to “mollify” Hawke, but MT wonders whether Hawke should be invited to visit later in the year] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 13 Fri G7: John Coles minute to Robert Armstrong (“London Economic Summit: Media Handbook”) [MT’s message on the merit of Summits held since 1975] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 17 Tue G7: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO (“Quadripartite Consultations: London Economic Summit”) [obstacles to reaching agreement on a declaration on democratic values] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 18 Wed G7: Lawson minute to MT (“London Economic Summit”) [focus for British interests: world economic recovery; US policies; supply side policies; Japanese capital markets; protectionism; international debt] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 18 Wed G7: FCO telegram to UKE Paris (“London Economic Summit: Bilateral Meetings”) [proposed times and dates for meetings with fellow leaders] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 26 Thu G7: Robert Armstrong minute to MT (“London Economic Summit: Possible British Initiatives”) [liberalisation of capital markets and trade in services; social services; air transport; international standards; export subsidies] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 26 Thu G7: Robert Armstrong minute to MT (“London Economic Summit 1984”) [Thematic Paper draft: personal representatives “it was comprehensive and very much on the right lines”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 27 Fri G7: Howe PS minute to John Coles (London Economic Summit) [can MT agree to a brief meeting with Bill Hayden in Howe’s absence] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 27 Fri G7: Nicholas Owen minute to Andrew Turnbull (“London Economic Summit 1984: Possible British Initiatives”) [treatment of export subsidies and spending on social services] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 30 Mon G7: Andrew Turnbull minute to Robert Armstrong (“London Economic Summit”) [MT “dissatisfied with the language of the Thematic Paper which contained too much economists’ jargon”] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 3 Thu G7: Howe PS minute to John Coles (“Australia”) [agreement that Hawke should be invited to visit later in the year; possible dates to fit in with Australian election] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 4 Fri G7: Howe PS minute to Armstrong PS (“London Economic Summit: Trade Union Delegation”) [FCO representation at meeting, proposed attendance of other ministers] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 4 Fri G7: Lawson PS minute to Armstrong PS (“London Economic Summit: Thematic Paper”) [two alternative redrafts] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 4 Fri G7: Caroline Ryder minute to MT (“Economic Summit”) [time is now short; suggests weekly pre-Summit meetings] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 8 Tue G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Thematic Paper”) [revised draft, based on Lawson’s recommendations] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 8 Tue G7: John Coles minute to Robert Armstrong (“Economic Summit”) [MT “wishes to maximise use of the month which remains before the Summit to ensure that it is a success”] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 8 Tue G7: Caroline Ryder minute to MT (“Economic Summit Statement”) [suggests a delay in statement to parliament, to accommodate pre-planned meetings with other leaders] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 9 Wed G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: Thematic Paper”) [issue of references to US budget deficit and interest rates] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 9 Wed G7: Robert Armstrong minute to John Coles (“London Economic Summit: German Third Minister”) [potential compromise, need for decisions to be made as soon as possible] [released Dec 2014]