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1985 Apr 25 - 1985 Sep 22
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1468
Economic policy (G7 Summit - Bonn) (Part 19)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 412
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85 May 3 Fri G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with Chancellor Kohl, on 18 May, 1985") [attaches paper on political cooperation; meeting "will be crucial in determining whether we succeed in channelling the debate on the future of the European Community over the next months towards sensible conclusions with which we can live"; need to convince Euro-enthusiasts Britain moving ahead, but "we don't want to succumb to the drivel about European Union"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 30 Tue G7/Central America: UKE Washington telegram 1441 to FCO (2322Z) ("US/Central America: Economic Sanctions Against Nicaragua") ["likely to include bans on US imports from and exports to Nicaragua and suspension of air landing rights and port access"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 1 Wed G7/Middle East: UKE Washington telegram 1446 to FCO (1935Z) ("Arab/Israel") ["Shultz was loath to accept that the US should take over the leading role in the peace process"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 1 Wed G7: UKE Washington telegram 1488 to FCO (2330Z) ("EC: US Agriculture: Congressional Reaction to Bonn Summit") [Dole claims the French have made it clear they won't negotiate on the CAP] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 7 Tue G7: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Bonn Economic Summit: German Press Reaction") ["finds some good in the summit conclusions but, without exception, finds the balance disappointing"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 7 Tue G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Bonn Summit: Further French Reactions Summary") ["the implications of what happened in Bonn for Europe and for Franco-German relations are attracting increasing attention"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 6 Mon G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Bonn Summit: French Reactions") ["the verdicts on Mitterrand's performance have been mixed"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 6 Mon G7: UKE Tokyo telegram to FCO ("Japanese Views on the Bonn Summit") [Japanese are glad protracted discussion on GATT "prevented much discussion of 'the Japan Problem'"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 2 Thu G7: No.10 briefing cards for MT ("Bilateral with President Reagan") [US budget deficit, new GATT round, unitary tax] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 30 Tue G7: Robin Nicholson letter to MT ("EUREKA") [proposal for a new European programme of coordinated research "is ill-thought out, in that whilst it identifies the right problem, the diagnosis is wrong"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 1 Wed G7: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("EUREKA - French proposal for a European Research Co-ordination Agency") ["there can be no need or justification for increased governmental spending on anything like the scale the French appear to have in mind"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 24 Wed G7: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("Economic Summit: Unitary Tax") ["when it comes to the crunch, I think a push from the President himself may be necessary"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 2 Thu G7: DTI brief ("Bonn Economic Summit: 2-4 May 1985. GATT Work Programme") [major items on the programme include safeguards, agriculture, services, tropical products, tariff escalation] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 4 Sat G7: No.10 briefing cards for MT ("Bilateral with Mr. Nakasone") [trade imbalance, liberalisation of financial markets] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 1 Wed G7: MT draft opening statement (press conference after Bonn Summit) ["All of us are seeking to build on the progress already made"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 1 Wed G7: MT draft speaking note ("Bonn Economic Summit: Speaking Note on Economic Issues") [further revisions, annotated] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 6 Mon G7: MT draft Commons statement ("Bonn Economic Summit: Parliamentary Statement") [MT deciding to include more material from economic declaration] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 4 Sat G7: G7 communiqué draft ("The Bonn Economic Declaration: Towards Sustained Growth and Higher Employment") ["Latest draft"; 4 May, version 7] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 3 Fri G7: G7 draft declaration ("Political Declaration on the 40th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War") ["we dedicate ourselves and our countries anew to the creation of a world in which all peoples enjoy the blessings of peace, of justice, and of freedom"] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 4 Sat Media: Bernard Ingham briefing for MT ("BBC Radio Four 'World This Weekend'") [Chequers interview - "the present criticism of the Government is confused"; show that you have a clear direction, vigour] [released Dec 2014]