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PREM19/3347
France (Visits to the UK by Jacques Chirac (Mayor of Paris / Prime Minister) and Michel Rocard (Prime Minister)) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret - UK Eyes A
Page count: 340
Any docs withheld? 7
Themes: British relations with France, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), European Union (general), Defence (general)

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Date Value Title
90 Mar 23 Fr Major France: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("Visit by the French Prime Minister: European Defence Cooperation") [Two plus Four talks provide framework for considering external aspects of German unification] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with M. Rocard") [message government wants to come out of the meeting is that Britain and France "have taken a distinct step towards each other in recent months"] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hurd) [use meeting with Rocard toward closer cooperation in European defence] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 23 Fr Major France: UKE Paris telegram 351 to FCO (0837Z) ("Prime Minister Rocard's Visit to London: 26 March") [French anxiety that German developments will reduce French power in Europe] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 26 Mo Major France: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("Call by Monsieur Rocard: Seat of the European Parliament") [support for Strasbourg as definitive and sole seat of the European Parliament] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 26 Mo Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Rocard) [German unification, European defence, exchange rate mechanism, future shape of Europe] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Mar 29 Th Major France: Treasury record of conversation (Major-Rocard) [German economic and monetary union, exchange rate mechanism] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jun 20 We Major France: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("France: Call by M. Jacques Chirac") [Chirac's position in France, immigration, German unification, defence policy] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jun 20 We Minor France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with M. Chirac") [Chirac's political role, Europe, Germany, defence, Gorbachev] [declassified Jul 2017]
90 Jun 21 Th Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [German unification, EC single currency, east-west, defence, French political situation] [declassified Jul 2017]