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1984 May 29 - 1984 Jun 1
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1209
Economic policy (G7 Summit - London) (Part 16B)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 122
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Date Value Title
84 May 24 Th Major G7: CBI submission (“CBI Submission on international economic policy”) [problem of high real interest rates, threat of protectionism, and indebtedness of developing nations] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 24 Th Major G7: Helmut Kohl letter to MT (participation of additional German financial and economic ministers) [joint roles of ministers require attendance by both] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 30 We Major G7: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“Meeting with International Trade Union delegation) [briefs and arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major G7: John Coles minute to MT (“Economic Summit: Briefing Meeting”) [“we need to agree our approach on the main questions of substance”] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major G7: Armstrong PS note to John Coles (MT interview on American television) [“from the American point of view, what she had said about the London Economic Summit had been ‘right on’”] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major G7: Howe PS minute to Armstrong PS (declaration on terrorism) [revised draft, demonstrating “more conciliatory attitude”] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major G7: No.10 record of conversation (meeting with international trade union delegation) [MT said “it would be wrong to expect sudden and miraculous solutions to the world’s economic problems to emerge from the Summit”] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major G7: Robin Nicholson minute to Armstrong PS (“London Economic Summit”) [speaking note on Environmental Initiative, defence of position on acid rain] [released Dec 2014]
84 May 31 Th Major G7: President Reagan message to MT (MT Perth speech) [“At a time when the Soviets are trying to drive a wedge between us, it is particularly gratifying that you have spoken out so forcefully”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 1 Fr Major G7: John Coles minute to Armstrong PS (“Economic Summit”) [keynote, declaration on democratic values, terrorism, north/south, final preparations] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 1 Fr Major G7: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (“Summit press conference”) [determination to bring inflation down; fiscal and monetary policy on track; UK policies “in a better balance than in the US”] [released Dec 2014]