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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 Sep 5 Tu Major European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute for MT ("Economic and Monetary Union") [line Lawson proposes to take at informal ECOFIN] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Sep 13 We Major 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 Nov 2 Th Minor European Policy: Conservative Research Department briefing ("Economic and Monetary Union") [briefing for Commons debate, 2 Nov 1989] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 3 Fr Minor European Policy: FCO telegram to UKE Paris and other EC posts ("EMU: Westminster views") [striking all party rejection of Delors Stages 2 and 3] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 11 We Major 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 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 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 Nov 27 Mo Major European Policy: Griffiths minute for Cradock ("E van Lennep: ERM and EMU") [Dutch Treasury favouring early British membership of ERM, and EMU IGC on conditions] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 30 Th Minor European Policy: Lady Serota letter to MT (House of Lords European Communities Committee Report) ["The Delors Committee Report" - sent to MT as she prepared for Strasbourg European Council] [declassified Jul 2018]
89 Nov 27 Mo Minor European Policy: Nick Ridley PS letter to No.10 ("ERM/EMU") [encloses two copies of Ridley's paper prepared "on a personal basis", not to be copied or circulated without further reference to him] [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 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 Oct 20 Fr Major 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 22 Su Major 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 19 Th Major European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
89 Oct 21 Sa Major European Policy: No.10 Press Office (cuttings faxed to PM's team in Kuala Lumpur) [Walters, EMS] [these copies declassified Jul 2018]
89 Sep 6 We Major 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 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 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 20 Fr Major 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]