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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
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89 Nov 10 Fri European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Mr Maude's visit to Bonn") [Maude explained thinking behind Lawson EMU paper; "some hint of movement in German thinking on EMU"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 10 Fri European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("EMU: UK paper") [conversation with Pohl, who likes UK paper and will use to advance his views; resigned to IGC being agreed next month, but hopes it will last several years; "fears a bad treaty"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 17 Fri European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("EMU: German aims at the Strasbourg European Council") [source suggests Germans attempting to put off a decision on calling IGC; "Kohl playing a careful game domestically"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 25 Sat European Policy: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("Economic and Monetary Union: views of the Bundesbank") ["Stage One needs to be assessed before moving on"] [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 Oct 27 Fri 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 Nov 3 Fri European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("EMU and Social Charter") [conversation with Delors - preliminary response to Lawson's paper; failings of the French presidency; Social Charter; thoughts on handling of Strasbourg European Council] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 13 Mon European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("ECOFIN Council: 13 November 1989 - EMU: Subsequent Stages") [account of Antibes ECOFIN meeting] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 21 Tue European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("European Parliament plenary, Strasbourg, 21 Nov 1989: EMU and institutional change") [Delors speech "floating lots of ideas on an IGC (or two) and the longer term shape of the Community"] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 29 Wed European Policy: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO ("European Development Bank: EC High Level Group: 29 November") [Attali determined to force 'yes/no' answer as to location of EBRD in Strasbourg] [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 Oct 25 Wed 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 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 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 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 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 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 23 Mon 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 Mon 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 24 Tue European Policy: Turnbull fax for Gray ("Sir Alan Walters and EMS/EMU") [MT interview raised the question] [declassified Jul 2018]