Below is the text of Mr Major’s comments on the challenges of the Foreign Office after taking over as Foreign Secretary. The comments were made on 25th July 1989.
[Mr Major was asked what were the challenges ahead at the Foreign Office?]
There’s a great deal to be done in many areas of policy and tremendous opportunities to be taken as well in terms of East-West relationships where the field is changing very rapidly and I think the opportunities are tremendous and certainly in terms of Europe after the Single European Act, we’re in Europe, I’ll like to see us take a lead in Europe.