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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1231
European policy (European Community budget; future of Europe) (Part 27)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 392
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84 Aug 1 We Major European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("1983 Budget Refunds: Vote by European Parliament") [reaction of French Government] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [UK's 1983 refunds: decision by European Parliament to link payment to 1984 Supplementary Budget; outstanding Budgetary issues for Budget Council, 6-7 September] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 3 Fr Major European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Charles Powell ("European Community: Standards") ["log-jam on product harmonisation, which has impeded the development of a genuine Common Market"; MT taking personal interest in the subject] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 3 Fr Major European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("Community Budget Negotiations") [MT unconvinced by proposed strategy following European Parliament vote to block the transfer of UK's 1983 refunds] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 6 Mo Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("European Parliament: 1983 Refund") [draft reply to Sir Henry Plumb: advice] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 7 Tu Major European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("1983 Refunds") [Petrie, Brichambaut: record of conversation] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 7 Tu Major European Policy: Treasury briefing for MT ("European Community: 1984 Budget Overrun: meeting with Dr FitzGerald") [budgetary discipline] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 7 Tu Major European Policy: MT letter to Sir Henry Plumb MEP (European Parliament vote on UK's 1983 Refund) ["We want a constructive relationship with the European Parliament and hope that this issue can be resolved... We will, of course, continue to rely very much on your help"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 20 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 note to MT (Basil de Ferranti MEP: 'Europe - "We and Them"' article) [controlling agricultural expenditure; forming alliances with other EC member state conservative parties] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 23 Th Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Chairmanship of Ad Hoc Select Committee on EEC Institutional Affairs") [MT "reacted favourably when... [Kohl] suggested... Carstens... [MT] seems to have overlooked... [FitzGerald proposal] that... Dooge should chair the Committee and that she... [welcomed] this suggestion"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 29 We Major European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Chairmanship of Ad Hoc Select Committee on EEC Institutional Affairs") [Mallaby, Teltschik: record of conversation: "Kohl evidently wants to get a prominent position for a top German in order to restore his reputation domestically in matters conerning appointments"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 30 Th Major European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Budgetary Positions of Spain and Portugal After Accession") ["if the assessment is confirmed and becomes public... there is a risk that other member states will try to force us to contribute normally to alleviation of Spain's budget problems"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 31 Fr Major European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("FitzGerald/Kohl meeting") [record of conversation: chairmanship of Spaak Committee; 1984 Budget overrun] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 31 Fr Major European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("E.C. Budget") ["to get the Fontainebleau agreement signed... in a form acceptable to Parliament... there must be something adequate on budget discipline. And... an absolute assurance that our 1983 refunds will finally be released"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 31 Fr Major European Policy: Howe minute to MT ("Standards and Industrial Collaboration") ["you expressed disappointment... [at lack of] UK initiative... Further work is in hand... Meanwhile, Paul Channon has suggested... seeking prior Community agreement to a proposal aiming at greater acceptance by each member state of others' standards in their own market"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 3 Mo Major European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Foreign Affairs Council: 3 September") [summary of proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 3 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Jopling, Wakeham, Ian Stewart, Robert Armstrong, Michael Butler, David Williamson) ["European Community Budget": MT "said that it was desirable that the main outstanding budgetary questions... should now be quickly resolved together"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 4 Tu Major European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("E.C Budget Negotiations") [Michael Butler, Christopher Tugendhat, Paul Lever: record of conversation] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 4 Tu Major European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Mr. Rifkind's talks with Ruhfus, 4 September: EC Budgetary Issues") [record of conversation: budgetary discipline] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 4 Tu Major European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Bonn ("EC Budget Negotiations") [MT "has agreed that it should be our aim to get the outstanding budget issues settled as soon as possible": key points for Rikind meeting with Ruhfus] [declassified Jan 2014]