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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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86 Feb 20 Thu Spain: MT message to Manuel Fraga ("Spain/NATO: possible Prime Ministerial message to Fraga") [effort to avert conservative Opposition's abstention from referendum, which might lead to "the unfortunate precedent that Spanish withdrawal from NATO would establish"] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Feb 18 Tue Spain: Spanish Ambassador letter to No.10 (Mrs Thatcher's television interview) [praises her performance] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jan 16 Thu 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]
85 Dec 23 Mon Spain: MT letter to Marquess of Douro (King Carlos I's State visit to UK: invitation to address Parliament) [MT agrees to Marquess' suggestion] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Dec 19 Thu Spain: Spanish Ambassador letter to MT (Prime Minister González letter to Mrs Thatcher) [cover note only] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Aug 31 Sat Spain: MT message to Prime Minister González ("French rail crash") [condolences] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Aug 5 Mon Spain: MT letter to Prime Minister González (Contadora Health Plan: international conference) [British participation] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jul 4 Thu Spain: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Manuel Fraga, James Spicer MP, Michael Alison MP, Stephen Sherbourne, Marques de Perinet, Señor Navarro) [co-operation between non-socialist parties in the European Assembly; European Council; NATO; terrorism] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jul 3 Wed Spain: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with Senor Fraga") [co-operation between non-socialist parties in the European Assembly; European Council; NATO; terrorism; Gibraltar; Alianza Popular election prospects] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jun 12 Wed 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]
85 Jun 6 Thu Spain: MT letter to Sir Henry Plumb (Prime Minister's meeting with Manuel Fraga, leader of Alianza Popular) [MT agrees to meeting, following A.P. "signing of an agreement in principle" with European Democratic Group signifying alliance of non-socialist parties in the European Assembly] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jun 4 Tue Spain: Prime Minister González letter to MT (Contadora Health Plan: international conference) [invites UK to participate] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 May 27 Mon Spain: MT message to Prime Minister González (explosion at Puente Mayorga) [condolences] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 May 14 Tue Spain: No.10 letter to Gowrie PS ("400th anniversary of the Spanish Armada") [MT concerned about diplomatic sensitivities of plans to mark occasion] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Mar 13 Wed Spain: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Prime Minister González, Carlos Westendorp) [MT visit to Spain; Gibraltar; NATO & EU membership; Gorbachev/Soviet Union] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Mar 12 Tue Spain: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Spain: High Level Visits") [scheduling/prioritising of respective visits by King Carlos, President Chadli & King Hassan II; Howe meetings with Moran re Gibraltar; MT visit to Madrid] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Feb 15 Fri Spain: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Mottram, HM Ambassador Madrid, Spanish Minister of Defence Narcís Serra, Ambassador Bellacasa) [Gibraltar; NATO/European Community membership; Portugal] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Feb 13 Wed Spain: Department of Defence briefing for MT (meeting with the Spanish Minister of Defence) [Gibraltar; NATO/European Community membership] [declassified Jul 2016]
84 Jul 23 Mon Spain: UKE Madrid telegram to FCO ("Spanish foreign policy") ["prospects for Ministerial changes"; relations with France; Gibraltar; NATO; EC accession] [declassified Jul 2016]
84 Jul 18 Wed Spain: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo-Spanish relations: greetings from King of Spain") [cover note reporting HM Ambassador meeting with King] [declassified Jul 2016]