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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
CABINET
CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet held at 10 Downing Street on
THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER 1989
at 10.30 am
FIDENTIAL CONFIDÉ
PRESENT
The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP Prime Minister
The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe
Lord President of the Council
The Rt Hon Douglas Hurd MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Rt Hon Peter Walker MP Secretary of State for Wales
The Rt Hon Tom King MP Secretary of State for Defence
The Rt Hon Kenneth Baker MP Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Rt Hon John MacGregor MP Secretary of State for Education and Science
The Rt Hon Cecil Parkinson MP Secretary of State for Transport
The Rt Hon The Lord Belstead Lord Privy Seal
The Rt Hon Christopher Patten MP Secretary of State for the Environment
The Rt Hon John Selwyn Gummer MP Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food
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The Rt Hon Nigel Lawson MP Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Rt Hon John Major MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Rt Hon Norman Fowler MP
cretary of State for Employment
The Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
The Rt Vion Kenneth Clarke QC MP Secretary of State for Health
The Rt Hon Malcolm Rifkind QC MP Secretary of State for Scotland
The Rt Hon John Wakeham MP Secretary of State for Energy
The Rt Hon Antony New Secretary of State for
P
al Security
The Rt Hon Peter Brooke Secretary of State for Nohem Ireland
The Rt Hon Norman Lamont MP Chief Secretary, Treasury
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