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Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (Quarterly Report on Defence Sales: July - September 1983) ["Since 1979 defence exports have grown by an average of almost 10% a year in real terms, and there is every prospect that this will be repeated in 1983"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1185 f119
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 41pp
Themes: Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (Asia), Foreign policy (Middle East), European Union (general), Defence (general), British relations with France, British relations with the US