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PREM19/2945
Economic Policy (G7 Summit - Houston, July 1990) (Part 30)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 414
Any docs withheld? 6
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Monetary policy, Trade, Foreign policy - theory and process, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), Foreign policy (International organizations), British relations with France, British relations with Italy, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US

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Date Value Title
90 Jul 9 Mo Minor G7: Treasury record of conversation (Major-Delors) [monetary policy, ERM, agriculture, Soviet Union] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 9 Mo Major G7: Nigel Wicks record of conversation (MT-Bush-Delors-Kohl-Mitterrand-Kaifu-Andreotti-Mulroney) [plenary sessions of summit, 9-11 July] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 10 Tu Major G7: G7 draft statements (Houston Economic Summit) [Transnational Issues; Political Declaration; USSR] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 10 Tu Minor G7: MT letter to Lord Tombs (Rolls-Royce) [no opportunity to raise your specific point with Kaifu, but will continue to watch aerospace market "very closely"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 11 We Major G7: Nigel Wicks minute to MT ("Houston Summit: Economic Declaration") [draft as at 4am - outstanding issues on world economy, Uruguay Round, Soviet Union, developing countries, environment] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 11 We Minor G7: Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney note to MT (Houston Summit) ["The UK suggested language is most helpful"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 11 We Major G7: G7 statement (Houston Summit final communiqué) ["We are mindful that freedom and economic prosperity are closely linked and mutually reinforcing"]
90 Jul 12 Th Major G7: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Cabinet: Economic Summit") ["the G7 are providing leadership on sound finance, market economy, freer trade"; negative impact of French and German tactics on President Bush] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 12 Th Minor G7: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Houston Summit: French Press Reaction") ["Muted satisfaction at compromise results achieved thanks to concessions by all parties"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 12 Th Minor G7: UKHC Canada telegram to FCO ("Houston Economic Summit: Canadian Media Reactions") ["concentrated on the differences over the difficult issues"; mixed reactions to compromises, Mulroney credited with constructive but not outstanding role] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 13 Fr Minor G7: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("The Houston Summit: Italian Press Reaction") ["full, but low key and factual"; third world debt, agriculture, USSR] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 13 Fr Minor G7: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Houston Summit: FRG Press Reaction") ["emphasis on the need to convert the Houston conclusions into concrete policies"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 20 Fr Major G7: President Bush message to President Gorbachev (Houston Summit) [economic relations between the West and the USSR; aid] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 27 Fr Minor G7: MT message to Egyptian President Mubarak (Houston Summit) ["the policies pursued by African countries themselves hold the key to their recovery"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 28 Sa Major G7: Australian Prime Minister Hawke letter to MT (Houston Summit) [importance of "the contribution the Houston Summit can make in bringing the Uruguay Round to a successful conclusion"] [released July 2017]
90 Jul 29 Su Major G7: MT message to Prime Minister Hawke (Houston Summit) ["the economic communique recognises the pivotal role of agriculture in the Uruguay Round"] [released July 2017]
90 Aug 20 Mo Minor G7: MT message to UN Secretary-General (Houston Summit) [policy towards developing countries] [released July 2017]