1982 Jan 25 - 1991 Mar 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
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 |
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Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
Classification: | Top Secret - UK Eyes A |
Page count: | 340 |
Any docs withheld? | 7 |
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Selections from this file
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89 Feb 6 Mo | Major | Environment: Ruud Lubbers message to MT (French environmental initiative) [Hague declaration, necessity of institutional measures, requests UK support] [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] |
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] |
85 Oct 11 Fr | Major | France: MT message to Francois Mitterrand (fighter aircraft) [proposal for European study and programming group] [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] |
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] |
89 Feb 8 We | Major | France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Rocard) [French environmental initiative, EC taxation proposals, export of Nissan cars] [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 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] |
85 Nov 15 Fr | Major | France: MT message to Francois Mitterrand (fighter aircraft) [disappointed it did not prove possible to establish a five nation collabroative project] [declassified Jul 2017] |
86 Apr 25 Fr | Major | France: FCO briefing ("Hermes/HOTOL") [potential UK/France clash on funding for projects] [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] |
83 Dec 2 Fr | Major | France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [Athens Summit, French domestic politics, attitudes to EC taxation and enlargement, trade] [declassified Jul 2017] |
89 Feb 3 Fr | Major | France: UKE Paris telegram 153 to FCO (1612Z) ("French Prime Minister's Visit to the UK: 8 February 1989") [Rocard's domestic position, EC issues, environmental initiative] [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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
82 Mar 3 We | Major | France: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chirac) [French domestic politics, French economy, French elections, foreign policy, 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] |