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1989 Sep 1 - 1991 Dec 6
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3348
France (Visits to UK by President Mitterrand) (Part 7)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret - UK Eyes A
Page count: 230
Any docs withheld? 14

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91 Dec 1 Su Major France: FCO briefing for John Major (meeting with President Mitterrand) [released Jul 2017]
90 May 7 Mo Major France: UKE Paris telegram 527 to FCO (1522Z) ("Anglo/French Summit: French Press Reactions") ["Agreement to strengthen Anglo/French defence cooperation is seen as the Summit's main achievement"] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 28 Th Major France: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Political Union IGC: Your Talks with the French, 29 November") [background note on areas for possible joint action] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 22 Fr Major France: FCO record of conversation ("Visit by President Mitterrand: 2 December") [Tristan Garel-Jones, Ambassador Dorin: agenda/participation for talks with PM] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 1 Fr Major France: No.10 record of conversations (MT, Mitterrand, with John Major, Dumas, Guigou) [private talks, lunch with Foreign Ministers, and plenary session: EC affairs; international political issues] [released Jul 2017]
90 May 2 We Major France: FCO briefing for MT ("Anglo-French Summit, 4 May") [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 28 Th Major France: UKE Paris telegram 1244 to FCO (1957Z) ("Call on Élysée Secretary-General: GATT") [Ambassador Fergusson, Védrine: record of conversation: talks in advance of John Major/Mitterrand meeting on 2 December] [released Jul 2017]
91 Dec 6 Fr Major France: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Soviet Nuclear Weapons") [latest proposals for dealing with Soviet arsenal & preventing dissemination of Soviet technology] [released Jul 2017]
91 Oct 15 Tu Major France: No.10 record of conversation ("Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand: 13 November") [JS Wall, Pierre Morel: pre-meeting talks] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 23 Sa Major France: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Visit of President Mitterrand: 2 December") [arrangements; agenda] [released Jul 2017]
89 Oct 20 Fr Major France: John Major PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo-French Summit: 1990") [dates, participants, venue] [released Jul 2017]
90 Feb 21 We Major France: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Anglo-French Summit") [choice of venue - Waddesdon more fun than Leeds Castle, "would certainly give pleasure to President Mitterrand"] [released Jul 2017]
90 Mar 21 We Major France: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo-French Summit: 4 May") [participation; agenda; programme] [released Jul 2017]
90 Apr 17 Tu Major France: MT letter to President Mitterrand (Anglo/French Summit, 4 May 1990) [invitation; agenda] [released Jul 2017]
90 Apr 24 Tu Major France: President Mitterrand letter to MT (Anglo/French Summit, 4 May 1990) [invitation; agenda] [released Jul 2017]
90 Apr 26 Th Major France: Hurd PS letter to No.10 ("Anglo/French Summit, 4 May") [draft joint statement on Defence relationship] [released Jul 2017]
90 May 4 Fr Major France: FCO record of conversation (MT, Mitterrand, Hurd, Tom King, Dumas, Chevènement) ["Anglo-French Summit, Waddesdon, 4 May Record of Plenary Session"] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 29 Fr Major France: Cabinet Office record of conversation (Prime Minister's Meeting with President Mitterrand, 2 December) [Butler, Védrine: record of conversation] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 29 Fr Major France: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("President Mitterrand's Visit: Control of Weapons in the Soviet Union and Nuclear Assistance") [possible France/UK/US trilateral] [released Jul 2017]
91 Nov 27 We Major France: UKE Paris telegram 1238 to FCO (1803Z) ("Prime Minister's Meeting with Mitterrand, 2 December: European Affairs: Detailed Dossiers") [EMU; social volet; European defence capacity; CFSP/QMV; support for industry; immigration; powers for European Parliament; EC Commission's remit; European cohesian/EC Budget; federalism] [released Jul 2017]