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1989 Sep 1 - 1990 Nov 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

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

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2018 Jul 24
Classification: Secret
Page count: 434
Any docs withheld? No

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89 Oct 22 Sun European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Sunday press on Lawson and Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 21 Sat European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 20 Fri European Policy: Paul Gray letter to Sir Alan Walters (his article for the American Economist) ["causing major problems here"; date of article could not be as distant as he told No.10] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 20 Fri European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Lawson, Howe in Commons; Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 19 Thu European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("CDU Economic Council") ["Poehl's arguments for not going too fast on monetary union have gained ground in CDU"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 19 Thu European Policy: Turnbull minute for MT ("Sir Alan Walters's views on EMS") [Financial Times article based on earlier interview in which Walters describes EMS as "half-baked"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 19 Thu European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 17 Tue European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("EMU: Chancellor's paper for ECOFIN") [as circulated to other colleagues] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 16 Mon European Policy: Powell telegram to No.10 (airborne) [ensure answers to any PMQs on EMS tomorrow stick strictly to Madrid conditions] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 13 Fri European Policy: Treasury letter to No.10 ("EMU: Chancellor's paper for ECOFIN") [seeks MT's view on latest draft] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 13 Fri European Policy: Powell briefing for MT ("Economic and Monetary Union") [Lawson paper for ECOFIN on Market Approach to EMU; issues arising; "I don't think you will want to give the Chancellor a clear green light at this meeting"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 11 Wed European Policy: Governor Bank of England letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (comments on draft paper for November ECOFIN) [suggests arguing that Stage 1 must be completed before attention addressed to Stages 2 and 3, which will appeal to Pohl] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 11 Wed European Policy: Wicks minute for Chancellor ("EMU: Paper for ECOFIN") [latest draft, plus letters to No.10 and Bank; timetabling] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 3 Tue European Policy: Powell minute for Walters ('EMU') [gave your note to MT; she says she has no time now, consider at end of October on return from CHOGM] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 2 Mon European Policy: Walters minute ("A Strategy and Tactics for European Monetary Union") [approach based on proposal of commodity currency for Europe] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Sep 13 Wed European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for MT ("Informal ECOFIN Council at Antibes") [Lawson proposing to circulate paper on competing currencies in time for 13 Nov meeting] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Sep 9 Sat European Policy: Turnbull minute for MT ("Models of Economic and Monetary Union") [your discussion of this paper with Lawson was at cross purposes; drawbacks of a gold or commodity standard] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Sep 6 Wed European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("Economic and Monetary Union") [conversation with Delors - support for Poland; would stick to Madrid conditions; would not circulate papers before ECOFIN at Antibes] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Sep 6 Wed European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson) ["Economic and Monetary Union" - line for Lawson to take at informal ECOFIN; discussion of competing currencies, MT sceptical] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Sep 5 Tue European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for MT ("Economic and Monetary Union") [line Lawson proposes to take at informal ECOFIN] [declassified Jul 2018]