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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)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 348
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89 Jun 23 Fr Major European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Capital, banking and financial services: remaining restrictions") [briefing in advance of European Council in Madrid: "The commentaries included with the analysis draw attention to areas where it would seem unhelpful to press for removal of restrictions"] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 23 Fr Major European Policy: Cradock minute to MT ("Madrid summit") ["it is of overriding strategic importance that we should not be marginalised in Europe"] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 23 Fr Major European Policy: FCO briefing for MT ("Madrid European Council: bilateral with Mr Lubbers") ["a key opportunity to try to maintain... the Anglo-Dutch alliance"] [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 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 21 We Major European Policy: Felipe González letter to MT (European Council Madrid) [key issues] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 23 Fr Key European Policy: Foreign Secretary & Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Madrid European Council: economic and monetary union") ["we would welcome the opportunity of another talk with you this week about what should be said there"] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 23 Fr Major European Policy: Francis Maude MP letter to No.10 Policy Unit (attitude of other politicians in the Community to the Prime Minister's approach) ["Increasingly, I think, some of these countries are coming out of the closet to support us"] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 23 Fr Major European Policy: Howe PS briefing for MT ("Madrid European Council: bilateral with Mr. Haughey") [Northern Ireland; Irish elections; Europe; Fair Employment Bill; UDR use of plastic baton rounds] [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 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 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 23 Fr Major European Policy: Julian Amery MP letter to MT (European Council Madrid) [arguments, strategies & tactics] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 23 Fr Major European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("British merchant shipping") [cabotage] [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 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 26 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Haughey) [bilateral at European Council: reform of Health services; Anglo-Irish Agreement] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 23 Fr Major European Policy: Peter Lilley PS letter to No.10 ("Fraud against the Community Budget") ["Excellent progress has been made since the Prime Minister first raised the possibility of discussing fraud at [the European Council in] Madrid in the House in February" ] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 24 Sa Major European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Mr. Haughey") [European Council Madrid: Anglo-Irish Agreement; border security; EC & Irish Presidency; UDR use of plastic baton rounds] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Jun 24 Sa Major European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Mr. Lubbers") [European Council Madrid: EMU; Social Charter] [declassified Jul 2017]