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1980 Mar 10 - 1986 Feb 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1976
Spain (Internal situation; UK/Spain relations) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 279
Any docs withheld? 3

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83 Feb 16 We Major Spain: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Ceuta and Melilla") [Arab Parliamentary Union calling for Morroccan sovereignty over Spanish territories] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 Oct 28 Th Major Spain: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Spain") [preliminary comments on likely policies of a Socialist government, on eve of General Election results: NATO; Gibraltar; EC] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Dec 19 Th Minor Spain: Spanish Ambassador letter to MT (Prime Minister González letter to Mrs Thatcher) [cover note only] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jan 16 Th Minor Spain: Spanish Ambassador letter to MT (Spain's accession to the European Community) [thanks MT for attending Embassy Reception to mark the occasion] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Feb 18 Tu Minor Spain: Spanish Ambassador letter to No.10 (Mrs Thatcher's television interview) [praises her performance] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jun 12 We Major Spain: Speaker of the House of Commons letter to No.10 (Prime Minister's meeting with President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain) [scheduling] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 Oct 29 Fr Major Spain: UKDEL NATO telegram to FCO ("Spain and NATO") [message from newly elected Socialist government to "halt all negotiations"] [declassified Jul 2016]
83 May 19 Th Major Spain: UKE Brasilia telegram to FCO ("Gibraltar/Falklands") [Spanish Foreign Minister Moran: "We do not lay claims by force"] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 Oct 15 Fr Major Spain: UKE Madrid record of conversation ("Conversation with the King of Spain") [HM Ambassador Parsons, Juan Carlos I: defence equipment sales] [declassified Jul 2016]
81 Jan 8 Th Major Spain: UKE Madrid record of conversation ("Spain/NATO") [Ian Gilmour, Pérez-Llorca] [declassified Jul 2016]
83 Jan 24 Mo Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Anglo-Spanish relations") [trade imbalance; Gibraltar; EC enlargement] [declassified Jul 2016]
81 Feb 2 Mo Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Change of Spanish Prime Minister") ["at least a week's delay... Suárez' removal, even if it proves temporary, has undoubtedly precipitated a major crisis... in the stability of Spain's still fragile institutions"] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 Oct 4 Mo Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Coup plot: Gibraltar") ["we cannot exclude the possibility at any time of unauthorised military action"] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 Oct 29 Fr Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Implications for the UK of Spanish elections") [EC; NATO; Gibraltar; Falklands; trade; banking; defence sales] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Sep 10 We Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("New Spanish Government") [analysis] [declassified Jul 2016]
81 Feb 26 Th Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Prospects for new Spanish government: foreign policy aspects") ["dramatic events of this week have demonstrated that the return to democracy... is a continuing process in which Spain urgently needs the support of her foreign friends"; EC; NATO; Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
84 Jan 30 Mo Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain and NATO") [Spain to hold referendum onn membership; Gonzalez to call election "in the event of an adverse result"; Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 Dec 1 We Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain: new Government") [report on González' opening speech, notably position on Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2016]
82 Jan 29 Fr Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain: position of the Government") [three deputies transfer allegiance from ruling UCD party to right wing Alianza Popular; "disincentives for early elections, which neither of the major parties want, are... strong"] [declassified Jul 2016]
80 Mar 10 Mo Major Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spain: the Basque elections") ["this is an important victory for Basque nationalism"] [declassified Jul 2016]