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1990 May 1 - 1990 Jun 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2983
European Policy (European Monetary System (EMS): economic and monetary union) (Part 7)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2018 Jun 5
Classification: Secret
Page count: 382
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90 Jun 15 Fr Major European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Economic and Monetary Union: Objective Reference Standard: North Atlantic Free Trade Area") [Ridley paper; Treasury paper on objective reference standard] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 17 Su Major European Policy: Hurd minute for MT ("Economic and Monetary Union") [problems with Ridley paper] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 18 Mo Major European Policy: Butler minute for Turnbull ("EMU: Press Stories") [articles appearing with inside knowledge; MT agrees to warn colleagues] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 18 Mo Major European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and Trade and Industry Secretary") [EMU: a line to take at the European Council; "play for a goal-less draw tomorrow"] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 18 Mo Major European Policy: John Major minute for MT (the forthcoming conference on EMU: British position) [response to Nick Ridley minute; UK cannot stand aside and be indifferent to EMU] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 19 Tu Major European Policy: Treasury letter for Powell ("Chancellor's Speech to German Industry Forum - Economic and Monetary Union: Beyond Stage 1") [latest draft; MT reservations about sentence on potential for hard ecu to evolve into a single currency] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 20 We Major European Policy: Powell note for MT (Chancellor's Speech: British proposals on EMU) [seems fine, following amendments suggested by No.10] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 20 We Major European Policy: Treasury letter to FCO ("Chancellor's Speech to German Industry Forum - Economic and Monetary Union: Beyond Stage 1") [copy of speech, press briefing, plus Q&A] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 20 We Major European Policy: No.10 minute for MT ("Objective Standards") [problems with, whether as an alternative to EMU, a basis for operating EMU or a new monetary order] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 26 Tu Major European Policy: John Major minute for MT ("The Timing of Sterling's Entry into the ERM") ["windows for entry"; higher exchange rate "would suit us well"] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 26 Tu Major European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Chancellor") [ERM entry date - Treasury background papers disappointing] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 27 We Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, John Major) [date of entry into the ERM - July, September or later in the year] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 19 Tu Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Major, Hurd, Ridley) ["European Monetary Union": UK line at forthcoming Dublin European Council] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 15 Fr Major European Policy: Graham Bishop letter to to No.10 ("The Creation of a European Community 'Hard Money' Union") [Salomon economist's paper for French Treasury seminar] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 18 Mo Major European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO ("Foreign Affairs Council: Preparation for European Council - EMU") [declassified Jun 2018]
90 Jun 14 Th Major European Policy: Major minute to MT ("An Objective Standard and EMU") ["a very mixed blessing"] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 May 2 We Minor European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 ("Committee for the Monetary Union of Europe: Letter to the Prime Minister from M. Giscard d'Estaing") [draft reply for MT] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 May 17 Th Minor European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("German Restrictions on the Issue of Foreign Currency Bonds") [served no purpose for monetary control and were abolished in Jan 1990] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 May 23 We Minor European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("EMU: Institutional Aspects") [COREPER discussion on 23 May] [declassified Jun 2018]
90 May 30 We Minor European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 (draft for MT reply to latest Sir Michael Butler letter on EMU) [no substantive reply needed] [declassified Jun 2018]