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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)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Top Secret - UK Eyes A
Page count: 340
Any docs withheld? 7

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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 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 23 Fr Major France: Hurd PS minute to Charles Powell ("Visit by the French Prime Minister") [German unification, Germany's role in EC, relations with eastern Europe, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Soviet Union, GATT] [declassified Jul 2017]
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 Feb 7 We Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with M. Rocard") [Rocard's environmental initiative, EC economy, Middle East, defence] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 7 Tu Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("French Prime Minister's Environmental Initiative") [doubts about proposed new authority and concept of economic sanctions, representation at Hague meeting] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 6 Mo Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with M Rocard: 8 February") [French politics and economy, Anglo-French Summit, environment, EC issues, east-west relations, defence] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Apr 23 Th Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Visit of M Chirac: 26 April") [Chirac's domestic position, east-west issues, EC issues, Venice Summit, Middle East, bilateral issues] [declassified Jul 2017]
86 Apr 25 Fr Major France: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Meeting with M Jacques Chirac: 26 April") [French domestic politics, Chirac's policies, Libya, east-west issues and arms control, bilateral issues] [declassified Jul 2017]
83 Dec 1 Th Major France: Howe PS minute to John Coles ("Visit of M. Chirac") [visit is "a good opportunity to influence M. Chirac's thinking"] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Feb 22 Su Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Meeting with M. Chirac: Chequers, Sunday 26 April") [purpose is to "continue our delicate balancing act between Mitterrand and Chirac"] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Feb 24 Tu Major France: Cabinet Office minute to Charles Powell ("Prime Minister's Lunch with M. Chirac: 26 April") [agricultural price package, future financing, public spending control] [declassified Jul 2017]
82 Mar 2 Tu Major France: Carrington PS minute to John Coles ("The Prime Minister's Talks with with M Jacques Chirac, President of the Rassemblement Pour la Republique (RDR): 3 March 1982") [Chirac's attitude to European defence, Soviet Union, British policy on EC, economic policy] [declassified Jul 2017]
86 Apr 25 Fr Major France: Geoffrey Howe minute to MT ("Your Meeting with M. Chirac: European Community") [will see how far it is possible to continue "developing a common approach to Community problems"] [declassified Jul 2017]
87 Mar 3 Tu Major France: George Younger letter to Andre Giraud (dialogue on nuclear matters) [need to agree on suitable topics and initiating detailed discussions] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Feb 7 Tu Major France: Nicholas Ridley minute to MT ("French Prime Minister's Environmental Initiative") [concerns about proposed new authority and economic sanctions, representation at Hague meeting] [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]
87 Apr 26 Su Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [Soviet proposals on short-range nuclear weapons, Soviet strategy on western Europe, France and NATO] [declassified Jul 2017]
86 Apr 26 Sa Major France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [France's relations with New Zealand, defence cooperation, relations with US, EC issues, CAP, Middle East, arms control] [declassified Jul 2017]