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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/3741
European Policy (European Monetary System (EMS): economic and monetary union) (Part 5) [filed out of sequence]

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2018 Jul 24
Classification: Secret
Page count: 434
Themes: Monetary policy, European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, Executive, Executive (appointments)

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Date Value Title
89 Oct 23 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (Paul Gray-Alan Walters) [problems caused by publicity given to his American Economist interview; "I have to say he was a little unrepentant"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 23 Mo Major European Policy: Turnbull minute for MT ("Alan Walters and EMS/EMU") [difficulty devising a line of reply to Opposition attacks] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 23 Mo Key European Policy: Turnbull note for MT (Alan Walters article/interview) [MT: "advisers ADVISE, Ministers DECIDE policy"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 24 Tu Major European Policy: Gray minute for MT ("Meeting on EMU: 25 October") [suggests she look again at Chancellor's draft ECOFIN paper; MT - "I am quite happy with the paper"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 24 Tu Major European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Federal German views on economic and monetary union (EMU)") [Kohl keeping his options open on conditions to be met before Germany will support an IGC] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 24 Tu Major European Policy: Turnbull fax for Gray ("Sir Alan Walters and EMS/EMU") [MT interview raised the question] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 25 We Minor European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("European Parliament plenary, Strasbourg, 25 Oct 1989: debate on Economic and Monetary Union") [speeches by Bérégovoy and Delors] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 25 We Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Hurd-Ridley) ['EMU' - Lawson paper for ECOFIN; purpose "primarily tactical", to slow down discussion of EMU and delay IGC] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 26 Th Major European Policy: Nick Ridley PS letter to Treasury ('EMU') [Ridley comments on Chancellor's draft paper] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 26 Th Minor European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 (EMU paper) [Chancellor's paper for ECOFIN; proposes now to publish it on 2 Nov rather than 31 Oct] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 27 Fr Major European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("EMU High Level Group: 26-27 October") [British position rejected, but six countries opposed presidency attempts to isolate UK; once again sharp differences between German Foreign Affairs and Finance Ministries] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 29 Su Minor European Policy: Gray note for Powell (FRG report on EMU) [Board of Academic Advisers to the Federal Minister of Economic Affairs] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 30 Mo Major European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Economic and Monetary Union") [Chancellor's paper for ECOFIN, in final form] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 31 Tu Major European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Economic and Monetary Union") [Chancellor's draft Commons speech; MT - 'excellent'] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 1 We Major European Policy: Nick Ridley PS letter to Treasury (Chancellor's speech on EMU) [Ridley thinks an "evolutionary approach" on Lawson's lines would lead to more business being conducted in DM] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 1 We Major European Policy: Sir Geoffrey Howe PS letter to Treasury ("Economic and Monetary Union") [Chancellor's draft Commons speech; could be construed as extending "into the distant future" our entry into ERM] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 1 We Minor European Policy: Powell letter to Treasury (Chancellor's paper on EMU) [asks for draft PMQ and answer on this topic for tomorrow] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 2 Th Major European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("EMU debate: 2 November") [latest draft of Chancellor's Commons speech; CDP - "very good"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 2 Th Major European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("EMU: UK paper") [Chancellor's message and paper delivered; conversations with Waigel, Tietmeyer and Kuehn] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 2 Th Minor European Policy: Turnbull note for Chancellor's PS ("Mr Gieve/HMT") ["still one unexploded Walters bomb .... issue is probably now dead but you should be aware"] [declassified Jul 2018]