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1989 Nov 16 - 1990 Apr 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2982
European Policy (European Monetary System (EMS): economic and monetary union) (Part 6) [part 5 is PREM19/3741]

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 393
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89 Dec 1 Fr Major European Policy: Charles Powell minute for MT ("ERM and EMU") [attaches Nick Ridley paper written as you requested, "useful summary but does not ... have any new insights"] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 1 Fr Major European Policy: Charles Powell minute for MT (Howe tv interviews on ERM) ["offensive passages ... bound to be taken up and exploited by the press"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Feb 2 Fr Major European Policy: FCO letter to Powell ("EMU") [procedural discussion of formalities consequent on Strasbourg IGC decision; Powell: "no point in raising objections"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 2 Fr Major European Policy: FCO letter to Treasury ("British Membership of the ERM: Spanish Views") [Hurd reports President of Central Bank of Spain making "fervent appeal" to UK to join ERM] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 11 Mo Major European Policy: FCO minute to No.10 ("Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)") [useful quote supportive of our approach from Governor of the Swiss National Bank] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 9 Fr Major European Policy: Gray minute for Powell ("Financial Counsellor at the French Embassy") [Gray asks should he grant request to see the Counsellor? Powell suggests he direct the man to the Treasury] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 9 Mo Major European Policy: John Major minute for MT ("Economic and Monetary Union") ["very startled at the attitude of our European partners...all of them were determined to agree a Treaty for full EMU"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 30 Mo Major European Policy: Keith Joseph letter to MT (covert exchange controls) [encloses papers on the topic by Graham Bishop] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 7 Th Minor European Policy: Lady Serota letter to MT (House of Lords EC Select Committee's report on Delors proposals) [sends report on Social Charter] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major European Policy: Major minute for MT ("ECOFIN") [two main agenda items: German economic and monetary unification, the progress of EMU in the Community] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 12 Mo Major European Policy: Michael Butler memorandum for No.10 ("Stage 2 of Economic and Monetary Union") [asks Powell's comments on enclosed draft paper] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Dec 5 Tu Minor European Policy: MT letter to Lady Serota (House of Lords EC Select Committee's report on the Delors proposals for EMU) [thanks for advance copy] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 11 We Major European Policy: MT letter to Michael Butler (thanking for his paper on economic and monetary union) [happy to discuss in person] [declassified Dec 2016]
89 Nov 27 Mo Major European Policy: Nick Ridley minute for MT ("ERM and EMU") [EC proposals, their consequences, best UK response - help chart European integration, find alternative to EMU; joining the ERM "a relatively minor question" depending on conditions being met] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 25 We Major European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Obstacles to a Free Market in Financial Services in the EC") [Michael Scholar sees German measures as prudential rather covert exchange controls] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 23 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 letter to Treasury ("EMU") [MT requesting a note on the Spanish experience following the entry into the Exchange Rate Mechanism] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Jan 5 Fr Major European Policy: No.10 minute for MT ("ERM Realignment") [Italians moving to narrow bands at bottom of existing range, effectively a minor devaluation; no German revaluation considered; minor impact on UK] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Apr 4 We Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation ("European Monetary Issues") [MT bilateral with Major; MT - "if other member states decide to take such steps that is their concern, but the UK should make clear that it is not prepared to participate in the process"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 29 Th Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation ("Exchange Rate Mechanism") [MT, Major bilateral - timetable for membership of ERM; interest rates expected to rise; MT: "we cannot contemplate joining the mechanism in these circumstances"; JM: agrees but "important to consider carefully in the near future the options for the date of joining"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Mar 29 Th Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, John Major) [agreed that conditions for joining EMS not yet met; Major wanted consideration in "near future", issue closely related to preparations for IGC; sterling in the markets] [declassified Dec 2016]