Archive

1984 Mar 14 - 1984 Dec 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1220
European policy (Presidency of European Commission; UK Commissioners; official posts in Commission) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 380
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84 Aug 2 Th Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["European Community: British Commissioners"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 15 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The New European Commission: Portfolios for British Commissioners") [priorities] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 22 We Major European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to Howe PS ("New European Commission") [preferred portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 28 Tu Major European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("British EC Commissioners") ["You have frequently proposed Lord Cockfield... may be helpful to try to interpret... [the] misgivings [of those who you have consulted]"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 31 Fr Major European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("European Community: British Commissioners") [candidates] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 3 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["European Commission: British Commissioners"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 7 Fr Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["British EC Commissioners"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 7 Fr Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("New European Commission") [Commissioner "portfolios of interest to Britain"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 8 Sa Major European Policy: Cabinet Office telegram to UKE Budapest (European Commission) [MT acknowledgement of Lord Cockfield's acceptance of the role of Commissioner] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 11 Tu Major European Policy: MT letter to President of the Confederation of British Industry (European Commission) ["I was grateful to have the CBI's views, and agree in general with the points you have made"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 17 Mo Major European Policy: MT letter to Stanley Clinton Davis MP (European Commission) [appointment as UK Commissioner] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 21 Fr Major European Policy: Howe PS message to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS ("European Commission") [portfolios; "I think we could be reasonably satisfied with the distribution of the top posts"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 26 We Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to Lawson PS ("Visit of M. Delors") ["as President-Elect of the European Commission"; Howe request for Lawson to meet Delors & host lunch for him on 16th, following meeting & dinner with MT on 15th; Howe "considers it most important that this visit should go well"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 4 Th Major European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("New EC Commission") [West German Commissioners] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 11 Th Major European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Lord Cockfield Monday 15 October") [European Commissioners: portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 11 Th Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Monsier Delors, 15 October") [EC Presidency; European Commissioners: portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 12 Fr Major European Policy: FCO minute (internal): Crispin Tickell to Robin Renwick ("Italian Commissoners") [Communist Party candidate] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Cockfield) ["EC: new Commission": portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Delors, Pascal Lamy) ["President-Designate of the [EC] Commission": internal market; Dooge Committee; allocation of Commissioner portfolios; Budget/agricultural spending; EMS/European currency; Third World aid] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 16 Tu Major European Policy: No.11 record of conversation (Lawson, Delors, Pascal Lamy) [EC: international finance; Budget; agricultural prices; development of internal market; Commissioner portfolios] [declassified Jan 2014]