Folder of photocopies of typed documentation "Department of Foreign Affairs Selected Briefing Material for week ending 12th February 1993", marked confidential, with cover letter from Kevin Conmy, Private Secretary to the Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, to Peter Ryan, Secretary to the President, for attention of President Mary Robinson. Consists of reports from various ambassadors and embassies to the Taoiseach including from Bonn, Germany, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Paris, France relating to currency and the EMU [Economic and Monetary Union]; from Washington, USA and Bonn in relation to visit to Washington by German Foreign Minister, Klaus Kinkel on 4th Feb 1993; from Rome, Italy relating to visit by Italian Foreign Minister Colombo to Bosnia and Croatia, 4th Feb 1993; from The Hague on EC [European Community] luncheon with new Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs at which Yugoslavia, EMU, Zaire and transparency in workings of the Community were discussed; from Madrid, Spain in relation to Spanish policy on Gibraltar; from Moscow, Russia in relation to ratification of START II Treaty by Russian Parliament; from Paris in relation to domestic situation in Morrocco, Western Sahara and Mahgreb Arab Union; from Lagos, Nigeria on new government structures in Nigeria, from Canberra, Australia on visit of Australian Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans, to Thailand and Cambodia, from Tokyo, Japan on efforts being made by Japan to develop closer ties with ASEAN countries [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] and from New Delhi, India on visit to India by UK Prime Minister, John Major, on 26 Jan 1993.
Ref: P143/4/4/4/1