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1986 Nov 3 - 1988 Nov 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2181
France (Anglo-French relations: French disruption of UK lamb trade; Anglo-French nuclear defence cooperation; Prime Minister Michel Rocard's environmental initiative) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jan 30
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 339
Any docs withheld? 3

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86 Nov 3 Mo Minor France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("M. Gisgard d'Estaing") [last encounter was distinctly irritating] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 4 Tu Major France: UKE Paris telegram 1117 to FCO (1403Z) ("Lamb Exports to France") [French assurances that special controls have been lifted] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 4 Tu Major France: Michael Jopling minute to Geoffrey Howe ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [contracts cancelled, imposition of special customs checks, targetting of French apples imports] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 5 We Major France: Patrick Mayhew minute to Michael Jopling ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [regards Jopling's proposal as dangerous, could request EC Commission proceedings] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 18 Tu Major France: Michael Jopling minute to Patrick Mayhew ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [possibility of stepping up inspections of apples imports, prospect of EC Court action] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 18 Tu Minor France: Charles Powell minute to John Fretwell (request to meet Leotard) [falls below level at which MT normally willing to receive foreign visitors] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 20 Th Major France: Patrick Mayhew minute to Michael Jopling ("French Actions Disrupting UK Lamb Trade") [prospect of retaliation and possibility of action in French courts] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 21 Fr Major France: Ministry of Agriculture record of conversation (Jopling-Guillaume) [EC agri-monetary package, sheepmeat, scoio-structrual proposals, beef, milk] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 24 Mo Major France: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (Younger-Giraud) [UK commitment to Trident, French SSBNs, Giraud's proposals for cooperation, warship visits, AEW] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 25 Tu Minor France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("M Giscard D'Estaing") [Giscard's political position, EMS, defence cooperation, east-west issues] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 26 We Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Giscard) [French political situation, future of the EMS, nuclear cooperation] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 26 We Major France: Treasury record of conversation (Lawson-Nanteuil) [arms control, EC budget and agricultural spending, Airbus aid, Nimrod] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Nov 28 Fr Minor France: Charles Powell minute to Younger PS ("Anglo-French Nuclear Co-Operation: Discussion with M. Giraud") [some of Giraud's proposals go beyond agreed limits of discussion] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Dec 2 Tu Major France: Francois Mitterrand message to MT (conference of African heads of state) [in French] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Dec 2 Tu Major France: Francois Mitterrand message to MT (conference of African heads of state) [in French] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Dec 5 Fr Minor France: Howe PS minute to Lawson PS ("Courtesy Call by French Ambassador, 24 November") [French, German positions on Airbus launch aid] [declassified Jan 2017]
86 Dec 19 Fr Major France: MT message to Francois Mitterrand (North/South dialogue) [international community can agree on a range of development issues] [declassified Jan 2017]
87 Jan 15 Th Minor France: Charles Powell minute to Lawson PS ("M. Balladur") [proposed meeting, EC funding] [declassified Jan 2017]
87 Mar 12 Th Major France: UKE Paris saving telegram 7 to FCO ("Mitterrand's Press Conference on Foreign Policy: 10 March") [welcomes progress toward INF agreement, tough line on Middle East terrorism, EC issues, third world debt] [declassified Jan 2017]
87 Mar 17 Tu Major France: George Younger minute to MT ("Visit to France, 9th-10th March 1987") [defence cooperation within Alliance framework, nuclear issues] [declassified Jan 2017]