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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2668
European Policy (European Council meeting, Strasbourg, December 1989) (Part 35)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 364
Themes: British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with France, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, German unification, 1989-90, British relations with Italy, British relations with Netherlands, British relations with Spain, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, European Union Single Market, Foreign policy - theory and process, Trade

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89 Dec 6 We Major European policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Cabinet: European Council, Strasbourg") [Eastern Europe; Single Market; Social Charter; EMU] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 6 We Major European policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Strasbourg European Council: Kohl's preoccupations") [Eastern Europe; Single Market; Social Charter; EMU] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 7 Th Major European Policy: Powell briefing for MT (“Bilateral with the Taoiseach”) [probably best to devote time mostly to EC matters; Irish may raise Birmingham Six case; FCO briefing included] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 7 Th Major European Policy: Powell briefing for MT (“Bilateral with Mr Lubbers”) [Single Market, EMU, development bank for Eastern Europe; FCO briefing included] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 7 Th Major European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 (“European Council: Political Texts”) [on unification, Germans want language from last NATO summit, but context very different now; French "also have serious doubts about it"] declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 8 Fr Major European Policy: No.10 conversation record (0900Z-1000Z) (MT, Hurd, Lubbers, Van den Broek) ("Situation in Germany", "European Community subjects") ["A good deal of common ground emerged" on Germany - Dutch favoured a Four Power plus Germany meeting soon, with Germany asking for it; Dutch rejecting German proposal for sentence on unification in draft communique] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 8 Fr Major European Policy: No.10 conversation record (0900Z-1000Z) (MT, Andreotti) ("Situation in Germany") [MT secured Andreotti's conditional support for proposal to summon a Four Power meeting plus Germany] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 8 Fr Major European Policy: No.10 conversation record (1930Z) (“European Council, Strasbourg: Heads of Government Dinner”) [EFTA, Lome, Yugoslavia, Latin America, Middle East, East/West Relations - Lubbers warned against talking of self-determination; Kohl said Germany had paid for the last war by losing 1/3 of its territory; present frontiers must be respected but "A German must be able to speak of reunification"; Eastern European Development Bank] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 9 Sa Major European policy: Ingham minute to MT ("Your press conference") [European Council, Strasbourg] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 9 Sa Major European Policy: No.10 conversation record (1245Z-1305Z) (MT, Haughey) [Strasbourg Council; Birmingham Six; security cooperation; AIA; Germany - Haughey "a bit alarmed" by Kohl's "two long diatribes at dinner", "a touch of the bulldozer"; Irish Presidency] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 9 Sa Major European Policy: UKDEL Strasbourg telegram 86 to FCO (2300Z) (“European Council: Strasbourg: 8-9 December: Evaluation”) ["Banquo's ghost" was FRG handling of GDR situation and unification; "Kohl did little to reassure his partners either as to his clarity of thought or as to his willingness to take their interests into account"] [declassified Dec 2016]