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PREM19/1762
France (Visits to UK by President Mitterrand) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2019 Feb 6
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 239
Any docs withheld? 7
Themes: British relations with France, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Middle East), European Union (general), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Terrorism, Trade, Transport

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Date Value Title
85 Oct 16 We Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: 18 November 1985") [French domestic situation, east/west relations, EC, bilateral relations, Channel link] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Oct 30 We Minor France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo/French Summit") [proposed revised date for meeting] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 4 Mo Minor France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Anglo-French Summit: 18 November") [arrangements, press conference, participants] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 5 Tu Major France: Robert Armstrong minute to Charles Powell (President Mitterrand's visit) [Rainbow Warrior affair, New Caledonia, UN Falklands resolution, east-west relations] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 8 Fr Major France: UKE Paris telegram 962 to FCO (1812Z) ("Prospects for the Anglo-French Summit: 18 November") [Anglo-French relations in "a rough patch"] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 11 Mo Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-French Summit") [French motives, Channel link, Falklands, Inter-Governmental conference, east-west relations] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 11 Mo Minor France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Anglo-French Summit") [participants, arrangements, press conference] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 13 We Minor France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: Participation: 18 November") [latest version of programme] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 14 Th Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: Participation") [revised list of plenary attendees] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 14 Th Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-French Summit") [want impression to go out of "a reasonably functioning Anglo-French cooperation"] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 14 Th Major France: UKE Paris telegram 993 to FCO (1701Z) ("The Anglo French Summit") [Mitterrand press conference prompted by French internal issues] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 14 Th Major France: UKREP Brussels telegram 3845 to FCO (1730Z) ("The Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC)") [possible treaty revision, confusion from plethora of proposals, tactic of constructive cooperation] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 15 Fr Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand") [Intergovernmental Conference discussions on: environment and technology, resource transfer, EC Parliament, Commission powers] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 15 Fr Minor France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: Brief for handling the plenary") [east/west, Falklands, Southern Africa, Middle East, bilateral relations, defence issues] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 15 Fr Minor France: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("Anglo-French Summit") [participants, arrangements] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 15 Fr Major France: Moore PS briefing for Charles Powell ("Anglo-French Summit: 18 November") [Channel link texts, EC shipping policy] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 16 Sa Major France: Howe minute for MT ("Anglo-French Summit") [points to discuss: arms control negotiations, Inter-Governmental conference, Eureka, Channel link, defence] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 17 Su Minor France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-French Summit: Press Conference") [possible opening remarks on: Channel link, arms control, EC issues, Eureka, defence] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 17 Su Major France: Howe minute for MT ("Your Meeting with President Mitterrand") [Intergovernmental Conference discussions on: environment and technology, resource transfer, EC Parliament, Commission powers] [declassified Feb 2019]
85 Nov 18 Mo Major France: Home Office record of conversation (Hurd-Joxe) [domestic terrorism and Irish situation, Anglo-Irish Agreement, New Caledonia] [declassified Feb 2019]