Folder of typed documentation "Department of Foreign Affairs Selected Briefing Material for week ending 5 March 1993", marked confidential. Consists of reports from various ambassadors and embassies to the Taoiseach including from Copenhagen, Denmark in relation to second Danish referendum on Maastricht Treaty, from Bonn, Germany on the state of the German economy, from Paris, France on French attitudes to the GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] negotiations, from Brussels, Belgium in relation to relations between the EC [European Community] and Central America, from London, England, United Kingdom on Prime Minister John Major's visit to Washington, USA, from Bonn and Athens, Greece in relation to former Yugoslavia, and from Cairo, Egypt and Tehran, Iran in relation to the Middle East including visit of US Secretary of State Warren Christopher to Egypt and of meeting in Tehran of EC Heads of Mission at which the reported assassination attempt on Rafsanjani, the case of Salman Rushdie, the Iranian economy and Iran/EC relations were discussed.
Ref: P143/4/4/4/9