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PREM19/3340
Foreign policy (Prime Minister's meetings with the Foreign Secretary) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2019 Jul 18
Classification: Secret
Page count: 208
Any docs withheld? 20
Themes: Foreign policy - theory and process, European Union (general), Defence (general), Executive, Charles Powell minutes

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Date Value Title
87 Oct 20 Tu Major Foreign policy: No.10 briefing for MT (Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary) [US action in Gulf; developments in Middle East; NATO summit] [declassified Jul 2019]
87 Oct 21 We Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Commonwealth Heads of Government; EC; Howe meeting with Shultz; NATO summit; US economy; aid budget] [declassified Jul 2019]
87 Oct 27 Tu Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [East/West relations; Hong Kong stock market; Arab/Israel; Franco-German defence co-operation] [declassified Jul 2019]
87 Nov 3 Tu Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Middle East; Syria; US budget deficit; resignation of Weinberger; Gorbachev's position; EC; China] [declassified Jul 2019]
87 Nov 9 Mo Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Libya; East/West relations; European Council; Irish ratification of European Convention on Suppression of Terrorism] [declassified Jul 2019]
87 Nov 17 Tu Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Arab/Israel; Falklands; British Council; Hong Kong; European Council] [declassified Jul 2019]
87 Nov 24 Tu Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [preparation for European Council; possible visit of Gorbachev; Duncan Campbell; BBC external television broadcasting; Gibraltar; visit to Nigeria] [declassified Jul 2019]
87 Dec 7 Mo Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Gorbachev visit; European Council; situation in the Gulf] [declassified Jul 2019]
87 Dec 15 Tu Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Franco-German defence co-operation; meetings with Secretary Shultz; France/Iran; Sir David Orr; visit to Nigeria] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Jan 13 We Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [MT visit to Africa; Howe visit to Japan; Defence matters; Middle East; Europe] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Jan 20 We Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Hong Kong debate; Crown Agents; Syria; Nigeria; Trident; NATO summit; European Council; Jordan/Tornado; European Commission] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Jan 22 Fr Major Foreign policy: Powell letter to Howe PS ("NATO Summit") [key issues] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Jan 26 Tu Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Crown Agents; EC; Middle East; Tornado for Jordan; meetings on Defence; foreign Decorations for Lord Carrington] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Feb 2 Tu Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [European Council; Angola; Middle East; external television broadcasting by the BBC] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Feb 8 Mo Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [European Council; Middle East; Angola; external television broadcasting by the BBC] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Feb 17 We Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Howe visit to USSR; Afghanistan; EC; NATO; Southern Africa] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Feb 22 Mo Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [Foreign Affairs Council; NATO summit; relations with USSR; Afghanistan; Waldheim; visit to Morocco] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Mar 8 Tu Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Foreign Secretary") [inward State visits; visit to Morocco; relations with Chancellor Kohl; Arab/Israel; Iran/Iraq; Panama; Iraq/Gibraltar; South Africa; Governor of Bermuda] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Mar 16 We Major Foreign policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Foreign Secretary") [contacts with ANC/UNITA; inward State visits; relations with Chancellor Kohl; IRA/Gibraltar] [declassified Jul 2019]
88 Mar 17 Th Major Foreign policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd) ["Prime Minister's bilateral with the Foreign Secretary": Arab/Israel; minesweeping operations in the Gulf; Anglo-German relations; Commission of the European Communities; Hong Kong defence costs; MT visit to Turkey] [declassified Jul 2019]