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1989 Jun 23 - 1989 Jun 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2666
European Policy (European Council meeting, Madrid, June 1989) (Part 33)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 348

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Date Value Title
89 Jun 24 Sa Major European Policy: Howe PS minute to No.10 ("Madrid European Council: social dimension") [EC comparative study on working conditions: "rather helpful to our case on the social charter"] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 24 Sa Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("The European Council and Poland") [financial aid] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 26 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Debt") [European Council Madrid: Spanish proposal for a European Guarantee Fund; Latin America; aid to Bangladesh] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 26 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Haughey) [bilateral at European Council in Madrid: Haughey warned against health reform too close to an election; MT thought "on the whole, things were going better" between UK and Ireland; successful review of Anglo-Irish Agreement; business done in 5-6 minutes, so they chatted for 24 minutes to fill the time] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 26 Mo Major European Policy: Powell record of conversation ("European Council, Madrid: Heads of Government Dinner") [world economy/debt; rainforest protection; middle-income debt; China; fraud] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 26 Mo Minor European Policy: FCO minute: Deputy Under-Secretary to Howe PS ("Synthesis: Paper on relations with Eastern Europe") [European Council Madrid] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 27 Tu Major European Policy: UKE Madrid telegram 645 to FCO (1805Z) ("European Council: Madrid: 26/27 June") [summary of discussions] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 27 Tu Key European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Madrid summit") [post mortem - "judgment of [Howe & Lawson]... was faulty" - no pressure to set date for entry; setting a date would not have forestalled future work on Stages 2 & 3] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 27 Tu Major European Policy: Ingham minute to MT ("Your press conference") [outcomes of the Madrid European Council & UK reaction to the Delors Report: press arrangements; briefing; lines to take] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 27 Tu Major European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("EPC texts") [European Council Madrid: European Presidency Conclusions: papers for discussion at Foreign Ministers' Dinner] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 27 Tu Major European Policy: Turnbull minute for MT ("Madrid Summit") ["Seen from London, it seems that the judgment of the Chancellor and the Foreign Secretary was faulty"] [declassified Jul 2017]