About the Foundation

Foundation mission statement & sites to which we link

British relations with Italy

Code UKITA

European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 ("Paper on the Future of Europe") [distribution] [declassified Jan 2014]

Read more about European Policy: FCO letter to No.10 ("Paper on the Future of Europe") [distribution] [declassified Jan 2014]

European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Europe - the Future") ["The paper... has now been made available to all EC Heads of Government... has already met with some success..."; agreement to publication] [declassified Jan 2014]

Read more about European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Europe - the Future") ["The paper... has now been made available to all EC Heads of Government... has already met with some success..."; agreement to publication] [declassified Jan 2014]

European Policy: Ian Stewart letter to Howe ("Budget Council, 18, 19 & 20 July") ["Foreign Affairs Council will be discussing the 1984 Supplementary Budget and the 1985 Preliminary Draft Budget... following the deadlock today... a quick report on how the

Read more about European Policy: Ian Stewart letter to Howe ("Budget Council, 18, 19 & 20 July") ["Foreign Affairs Council will be discussing the 1984 Supplementary Budget and the 1985 Preliminary Draft Budget... following the deadlock today... a quick report on how the

European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("1983 Refunds") [legal advice, in advance of MT interview on 'Newsnight', regarding European Parliament blockage of refunds] [declassified Jan 2014]

Read more about European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("1983 Refunds") [legal advice, in advance of MT interview on 'Newsnight', regarding European Parliament blockage of refunds] [declassified Jan 2014]

European Policy: Howe minute to Ridley ("10 May Transport Council: Unfair Commercial Practices in Shipping Services") [response to French proposal] [declassified Jan 2014]

Read more about European Policy: Howe minute to Ridley ("10 May Transport Council: Unfair Commercial Practices in Shipping Services") [response to French proposal] [declassified Jan 2014]

European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet Office: Community Affairs") [Foreign Affairs Council 14/15 May: outcomes; reform of EC financing/UK refunds; Finance Ministers meeting 12/13 May: outcomes; Transport Council 10 May: outcomes; upcom

Read more about European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet Office: Community Affairs") [Foreign Affairs Council 14/15 May: outcomes; reform of EC financing/UK refunds; Finance Ministers meeting 12/13 May: outcomes; Transport Council 10 May: outcomes; upcom

European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("European Community Budget negotiations") [budgetary discipline; 1983 refunds; ecu loan from member states to cover 1984 budget overrun] [declassified Jan 2014]

Read more about European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("European Community Budget negotiations") [budgetary discipline; 1983 refunds; ecu loan from member states to cover 1984 budget overrun] [declassified Jan 2014]

European Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("EC Budget and Refunds") [Robert Armstrong, Jacques Attali; Armstrong: "even if the Council agreed the regulations today... There would be further opportunities... for the French Government to block

Read more about European Policy: Cabinet Office record of conversation ("EC Budget and Refunds") [Robert Armstrong, Jacques Attali; Armstrong: "even if the Council agreed the regulations today... There would be further opportunities... for the French Government to block

European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("EEC Budget and Refunds") ["The technical points on our refunds have been disposed of... Only the French are holding out... [Howe] suggested that you might authorise... me to ring Attali... will have to be done within

Read more about European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("EEC Budget and Refunds") ["The technical points on our refunds have been disposed of... Only the French are holding out... [Howe] suggested that you might authorise... me to ring Attali... will have to be done within

European Policy: Howe PS letter to Biffen PS ("EC Budget: contingency planning for withholding") ["against the possibility that we do not receive the bulk of our refunds for 1983 by the end of March... possible Parliamentary implications"] [declassified J

Read more about European Policy: Howe PS letter to Biffen PS ("EC Budget: contingency planning for withholding") ["against the possibility that we do not receive the bulk of our refunds for 1983 by the end of March... possible Parliamentary implications"] [declassified J

Pages