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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3325
European Policy (European Monetary System (EMS): economic and monetary union) (Part 9)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 424
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90 Nov 13 Tue European Policy: Treasury note to No.10 (Governor's statement on the ESCB Statutes) [Governor's press statement following EC Bankers' meeting] [declassified July 2017]
90 Nov 15 Thu European Policy: Griffiths minute for MT ("European Commission, ERM and Central Bank") [Minford says European Commission had sent paper to Treasury on UK economy which could provide ammunition against Howe] [declassified July 2017]
90 Nov 19 Mon European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Economic Policy Committee Report on the UK Economy") [attempt to identify Commission paper on this topic] [declassified July 2017]
90 Nov 19 Mon European Policy: UKE Luxembourg telegram to FCO ("Call on Luxembourg Finance Minister: EMU") [Juncker's views] [declassified July 2017]
90 Nov 22 Thu European Policy: Sir Michael Butler letter for Hurd ("EMU, Federalism and Sovereignty") [encloses paper] [declassified July 2017]
90 Nov 28 Wed European Policy: Sir Michael Butler letter for PM John Major (EMU: UK Proposals for Stage 2) [declassified July 2017]
90 Nov 29 Thu European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 (French Finance Minister's reaction to Major's election as Prime Minister) [Bérégovoy "beamed and adjusted his after-dinner speech"] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 6 Thu European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Poehl's Views on EMU, the Hard Ecu and the ERM") [Poehl says his view of British proposal not as negative as press suggests; it could play it a role] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 6 Thu European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("Official French Position on EMU") [important statement of French policy contains "encouraging nods in UK's direction"] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 10 Mon European Policy: Sir Leon Brittan letter for PM Major (EMU) [proposed modifications to the hard ecu plan] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 11 Tue European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for PM ('EMU') [options for UK approach to the EMU IGC] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 11 Tue European Policy: Treasury briefing for MT ("Meeting with Sir Michael Butler and Letter from Sir Leon Brittan") [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 14 Fri European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("EMU IGC: Tabling of British Treaty Texts") [Lamont wants to do so at tomorrow's IGC] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 17 Mon European Policy: Powell letter to Treasury ("EMU: British Draft Treaty Amendments") [Major wants to write to key leaders in advance of tabling UK treaty amendments] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 19 Wed European Policy: Turnbull minute for Sir Robin Butler ("Handling of EMU IGC") [route discussion through OPD; Lamont and Major do not want Governor to attend] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 20 Thu European Policy: UKE Paris telegram to FCO ("The Franc in the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)") [Franc near bottom of its band, interest rate increase may be inevitable, blame attached to Germany and US] [declassified July 2017]
90 Dec 27 Thu European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for Major ("EMU") [when to table draft UK treaty amendments] [declassified July 2017]
91 Jan 2 Wed European Policy: No.10 letter to Treasury ("EMU") [Major wants a "high profile" launch for UK draft treaty amendments on EMU] [declassified July 2017]
91 Jan 2 Wed European Policy: Turnbull note for Major (Alan Walters article for The Times: "Dare Major Devalue?") ["In case you didn't see"] [declassified July 2017]
91 Jan 3 Thu European Policy: No.10 minute for Major ("Options for 'Narrowing the Band'") [involving possible devaluation] [declassified July 2017]