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82 Aug 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Nott minute to MT (“SBAC Farnborough International 82 - EH101 and P110”) [joint venture with Italy, and investment in research] [declassified 2013]
83 Feb 23 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: UKE Rome to FCO (“Anglo-Italian Summit”) [Italian position on the EH101 Helicopter and Airbus] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 15 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine letter to Brittan (“The EH 101 Medium Helicopter”) [launch Aid for Westland] [declassified 2013]
83 Mar 21 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Pym minute to Jenkin (“EH 101 Helicopter”) [launch Aid for Westland] [declassified 2013]
83 Apr 11 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine letter to Brittan (“EH 101”) [launch Aid for Westland helicopter programme] [declassified 2013]
83 May 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy/Westland: Michael Heseltine minute to MT (“Events in Italy: impact on EH101 helicopter”) [fall of Fanfani government threatening the collaboration] [declassified Jan 2010]
83 Jun 24 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	India: Prime Minister Gandi of India letter to MT (India to purchase Westland Sea King and Sea Eagle helicopters) [released 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	India: MT letter to Prime Minister Gandhi of India (India to purchase Westland Sea Eagle and Sea King helicopters) [released 2013]
84 Jan 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: HMA Ambassdor to Italy despatch (“Italy: Annual Review for 1983”) [beginning of Craxi's premiership] [declassified Jul 2016]
84 Oct 8 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy/trade: Tebbit minute to MT (“Visit to Italy: 1-2 October 1984”) [account of visit; market large and worth exploiting] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 10 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: HMA Ambassdor to Italy despatch (“Italy: Annual Review for 1984”) [Craxi's first full year as PM - good economic record, but political costs for PSI and DC; death of PCI leader Berlinguer] [declassified Oct 2016]
85 Jan 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 3rd (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, coal strike, exchange rates, Type 22 Frigates) [Heseltine dissents from Type 22 decision] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 13 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	India: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi) [Sikhs; Sri Lanka; Afghanistan; Gorbachev; Westland] [declassified 2014]
85 Mar 13 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cold War: No.10 record of conversation (MT - General-Secretary Gorbachev) [Geneva talks & SDI; Gorbachev: “We must continue to meet and talk to one another and have exchanges of views”] [declassified 2014]
85 Mar 27 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Powell note to MT (Heseltine’s proposal for joint European response on SDI research) ["he wants [to] build up a body of opinion sceptical of SDI"] [declassified 2014]
85 Apr 18 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 13th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Economic Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (“Westland Helicopters”) [company difficulties; Bristow bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Tebbit minute for MT (“Westland Helicopters”) [less sanguine than Heseltine] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 17th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, coal industry, Bradford stadium fire) [most confidential record discussion of RPI] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 8 Sa	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Zambian President Kaunda letter to MT (Westland helicopters;) [asks for 12, to be financed wholly by British aid: MT hopes it can be done “very quickly”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Tebbit letter to Heseltine (“Westlands ”) [Bristow may drop bid unless government helps more] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to No.10 (“Westland”) [refusing Bristow terms, but suggests alternative to avoid company collapse, seeking urgent No.10 approval] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Treasury letter to DTI (“Westland”) [protest at DTI failure to warn Treasury in time for crisis meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Tebbit letter to Westland chairman (DTI conversations with Bristow) [offers made to Bristow; launch aid issue] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (‘Westland’) [late night crisis meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to No.10 (‘Westland’) [developments since ministerial meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 19 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to No.10 (‘Westlands’) [Bristow withdrawing bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 19 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (‘Westland’) [if Bristow withdraws, encourage creditors to instal new management] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: ?No.10 PMQ briefing (Westland) [situation now Bristow bid withdrawn; line to take] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jul 1 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Tebbit letter to Heseltine (‘Westland’) [approach from US group; does not find American ownership welcome, but may be no alternative] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jul 4 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to Tebbit (‘Westlands’) [“Like you I do not find the prospect of foreign ownership of Westland welcome”, but alternatives to receivership still exist] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jul 5 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 Policy Unit minute for MT (‘Westlands’) [treat as a commercial issue, in which the Government need not become involved] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jul 8 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 letter to DTI (Westland) [MT notes case against Marmon takeover, but “believes that a different American offer would have to be judged on its merits”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jul 22 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Zambian President Kaunda (Westland) [rejects his proposal to use aid funds to sell W30 helicopters to Zambia] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan minute for MT (‘Westland’) [examine European solution urgently; do not rule out Sikorsky if no alternative] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westlands’) [Heseltine organised meeting of European NADs] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 4 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westland’) [suggests meeting chaired by Chancellor] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 7 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 letter to DTI (‘Westland’) [MT thinks if Indian deal falls through “not necessarily a bad thing to allow the company to go into receivership”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 7 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Tebbit letter to Brittan (‘Westland’) [suspects European solution “may well owe more to an effort to keep Westland out of Sikorsky’s hands than to offer a lifeline to Westland”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI record of conversation (‘Westland’) [Brittan, Heseltine, Tebbit, MacGregor, Raison] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MODUK telegram to UKE Bonn (Heseltine-Woerner conversation) [Sikorsky threat to European helicopter industry] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI record of conversation (‘Westland’) [Brittan-Sir John Cuckney] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Oct 30 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: John MacGregor minute to MT (“Running Costs: Ministry of Defence”) [unable to agree limit with Heseltine] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Heseltine letter to John MacGregor (“MOD Running Costs”) [ongoing dispute over proposals] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: John MacGregor minute to MT (“Running Costs: Progress Report”) [“Mr Heseltine made a great fuss about this exercise”] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to Heseltine (“MOD Running Costs”) [proposed agreement] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 18 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Heseltine letter to John MacGregor (“MOD Running Costs”) [Heseltine sticks to his guns] [declassified 2014]
85 Nov 30 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to Heseltine (“Running Costs”) [“cannot accept that the Ministry of Defence should be exempt from the Cabinet decision”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Chief Secretary letter to Heseltine (‘Westland’) [‘disturbed’ to hear of NAD document; seeks its urgent withdrawal] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan minute for MT (‘Westland’) [abandon NAD recommendation, which would kill Sikorsky deal] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 3 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Westland likely to cut 750 jobs as Heseltine pushes rescue” (board “not enthusiastic ” about European grouping)
85 Dec 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland’) [defends European approach] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westland’) [choices before ministerial meeting tomorrow] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Policy Unit minute for Charles Powell (‘Westland’) [“Heseltine’s shotgun marriage of the European helicopter industry echoes Harold Wilson’s … of the motor industry”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office briefing for meeting (‘Westlands’) [background] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westlands’) [papers for meeting; urges MT reject NADs recommendation] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland Helicopters’) [BAe wish to join European consortium offer for Westland] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell letter to DTI (‘Westlands’) [commissions joint DTI-MOD paper for meeting tomorrow] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (‘Westland’) [MT, Whitelaw, Brittan, Heseltine, Tebbit, Lawson] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Heseltine letter to John MacGregor (“MOD Running Costs”) [“This is not simply a matter of accounting practice: it is a crucial issue… for the support of our defence capabilities”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Whitelaw minute for MT (‘Westland ’) [cannot attend meeting; allow Westland board to make up its own mind] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (‘Westland’) [MT, Whitelaw, Brittan, Heseltine, Tebbit, Lawson] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 8 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westland’) [“The struggle has continued over the weekend” attaches DTI-MOD papers for meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 8 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI record of conversation (“Telephone conversation between Sir Brian Hayes & Sir Raymond Lygo”) [BAe terms for investing in Westland] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 9 Mo	Chronology	Major	[Chronology]	Westland: press coverage of Brittan-Heseltine rift
85 Dec 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland’) [relative merits of proposals; no MOD market for Blackhawks] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan minute for MT (‘Westland’) [Heseltine minute goes against agreement; government should not impose its own judgment] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MOD record of conversation (Heseltine-Cuckney) [rival bids] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to Brittan (“Westland Helicopters”) [persuade company to release more information to European consortium] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: John Wakeham note for Nigel [Wicks] (talk with Heseltine) [Heseltine thinks meeting on Friday a “Constitutional Necessity”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office briefing for meeting (“Westlands E(A)(85)72”) [background] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to French, German & Italian Defence Ministers (“Future of the European Helicopter Industry”) [must finalise European bid by Friday; “the appropriate committee of the cabinet meets at 3pm that day”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wiggins minute for Unwin (‘Westlands’) [explains no EA meeting firmed up for Friday] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [GEC support] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MOD record of conversation (Heseltine-Woerner phone call) [German reservations] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan letter to Cuckney (deadline for European consortium) [if no “viable package” by 4pm Friday 13 Dec HMG will reject NAD recommendation] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 36th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Economic Affairs) [Heseltine raises Westland without notice] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Chronology	Major	[Chronology]	Westland: company board decided in favour of Sikorksky offer
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to Cuckney (European offer) [promises six extra Sea King orders & Europe only purchasing] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wiggins minute for Unwin (‘Westlands’) [“today’s instalment”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westland’) [“The Ministry of Defence’s game-plan today”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [“British Aerospace consortium”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westlands’) [phone conversation with Cuckney] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westlands’) [Westland board rejects European offer at 3pm] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for Powell (‘Westlands’) [information from Whitmore] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 14 Sa	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Westland rejects Heseltine package” (board in “head-on conflict with its principal customer”)
85 Dec 16 Mo	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Westland deal backed by cabinet” (board decision for Sikorksky deal “has the Government’s full endorsement and support”)
85 Dec 16 Mo	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Battle on the Westland front” (Rodney Cowton explains the Heseltine-Brittan clash)
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (‘Westlands’) [investigates Heseltine claim that cabinet committee meeting was cancelled] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan minute for MT (Westland) [seeks & receives approval from MT to make HC statement] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MOD letter to DTI (“Westland: Statement to the House”) [seeks amendments] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Chief Secretary minute for MT (Westland) [“the European solution would mean less competition and therefore increased costs”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Brittan says ploy on Westland was overruled” (Commons statement)
85 Dec 17 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Heseltine brushes aside resignation questions” (press conference in his MOD office)
85 Dec 17 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “A blur of blades” (second leader)
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Sir John Cuckney (reply to his letter of 13 Dec) [refers him to Brittan statement 16 December] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (Daily Mail)	Westland: “Defiant Heseltine puts job at risk” (“collision course” with MT)
85 Dec 17 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Alison note to MT (Michael Heseltine) [“he is not looking for an occasion to resign, & hopes - I judge - that he will not be sacked!”] [released 2015]
85 Dec 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Dec 17 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Radio Interview for BBC Radio 3
85 Dec 18 We	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Heseltine throws down gauntlet on Westland deal” (“Brittan accused by critics of ‘misleading Commons’”) [Haviland & Bevins articles]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (Heseltine briefing press) [information from “my friend in the MOD”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: John MacGregor letter to Heseltine (“MOD Running Costs”) [“there is no question of an attack on your block budget”] [declassified 2014]
85 Dec 18 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT letter to Michael Heseltine (ultimatum "drafted but not sent") [“In this situation no Minister should use his position to promote one commercial option in preference to another - so long as he remains in Government”] [released Jan 2017]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Draft Cabinet minutes (“Westland plc”) [line discussed & agreed] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Transcript of BBC Nine O’Clock News (Brittan interview) [Powell: “pretty inoffensive, though a technical breach of the ceasefire”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “MPs support Heseltine in Westland campaign” (“Rescue deal signed with Sikorsky”)
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(85) 37th (Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Home Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs) [Westland ‘ceasefire’] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell note (draft formula for cabinet) [concession to Heseltine on circulation of Westland paper; MT: "Not necessary - SofS did not so request"] [released Jan 2017]
85 Dec 19 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
85 Dec 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (“Westland”) [European offer made - “has quite a lot both for the bankers and the shareholders”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “European bid fuels Westland battle” (European consortium plan to be published today)
85 Dec 20 Fr	Press	Major	Commentary (Sun)	Westland: “Has Tarzan fallen out of his tree?” (profile)
85 Dec 20 Fr	Press	Major	Commentary (Daily Mail)	Westland: “Premier orders Heseltine to shut up” (“Cabinet backs Westland rescue by US firm”)
85 Dec 21 Sa	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Rival bid for Westland ‘vindicates Heseltine’” (European rescue terms published)
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter & minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [“the Government should indicate, at least informally, that … it would prefer a British/European solution … will not be an easy one for you”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for MT (“Westland”) [Fanshawe conversation - Heseltine would resign if European offer not accepted; his “humiliation in Cabinet”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo	Press	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: “Heseltine scents victory over Westland rescue” (Brittan “faces Cabinet isolation on the issue”)
85 Dec 24 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: David Norgrove minute (‘Westland’) [overt & covert arguments in the Heseltine memorandum] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 26 Th	Press	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Press Association tape (Heseltine cancels holiday) [needed at home] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 26 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: John Smith letter to MT (“Westland Helicopters”) [government should acquire “substantial holding”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 27 Fr	Press	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Press Association tape (developments) [new European move; bribery claim by Teddy Taylor] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan minute (“Westland plc”) [rejects Heseltine argument that government should express a European preference] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 27 Fr	Press	Major	Commentary (Sun)	Westland: “‘Tarzan’ swings it in war over copter firm” (MT said to be irritated at Brittan’s attitude)
85 Dec 28 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI note ("Westland: Agreement between Sikorsky and Shorts") [summary of key points] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 28 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT ("Westland") [how to handle story that Gordon Reece advising Westland, visited Xmas at Chequers?] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 29 Su	Press	Major	Commentary (Sunday Times)	Westland: “Heseltine pressures Thatcher on Westland ” (circulates cabinet memo urging government express preference for European package)
85 Dec 29 Su	Press	Major	Commentary (Sunday Express)	Westland: “Maggie fury over Heseltine” (“in a mood last night to sack him”; Gordon Reece role)
85 Dec 29 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for MT ("Westland Letters") [from Teddy Taylor, John Smith & John Cuckney] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney, next steps] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Brittan's PS ('Westland') [commissions reply to Cuckney letter] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Heseltine's PS ('Westland') [restates 19 December position] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Brittan's PS (letter from Alan Bristow) [Bristow withdraws interest] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Chief Secretary letter to MT (draft, with Treasury coverning minute) [rejects any expression of government preference for European solution] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Press	Major	Commentary (Daily Mail)	Westland: “Heseltine is ready to quit”
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General's PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [advises reply to Cuckney letter should state "the fact that there are indications" that European projects would be jeopardised by a Sikorsky deal] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses draft reply for MT to send to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [revised draft reply for MT to send to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) letter to Westland Board (sets out consortium proposal for Westland) [superior to UTC/Fiat proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI briefing for Brittan ("Westland: Aerospatiale") [French arguments for European solution; draft reply for MT to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI briefing for Brittan ("Westland: some notes on the alternative industrial proposals and on recent press reports") [CDP annotates for MT: "Some very useful material here, which you might like to see"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 1 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Sir John Cuckney (reply to his letter of 30 Dec) ["As long as Westland continues to carry on business in the UK, the Government will of course continue to regard it as a British and therefore a European company, and will support it in pursuing British interests in Europe"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: DTI record of conversation (Lagorce-Michell bilateral) [French position was that Westland should stay “European”; CDP notes 'illogicality' of French position] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 2 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to Sir John Cuckney (Westland)
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell minute (“Westland”) [Heseltine letter to Lloyds; CDP "encouraged DTI to counter-brief hard"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) (HMG's procurement plans for military helicopters) [no MOD requirement for Blackhawk, no export prospects] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: DTI fax to No.10 (“Westland”) [DTI briefing material on MT’s letter to Sir John Cuckney etc] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell minute (“Westland”) [Cuckney rang - Sikorsky offer improved, board "would strongly recommend it and would mount a strong campaign in support of it"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell minute (“Westland”) [original of CDP minute on securing a letter from the Solicitor-General - "I think this is worth doing but don't place great reliance on it"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Commentary (The Times)	Westland: Woodrow Wyatt article (“Bovver boy’s hover ploy”) [“all the evidence suggests that [Heseltine’s] intervention is on the wrong side”]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (Lord Hanson's position) [MT would wish to see Hanson letter to Wyatt] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney: Sikorksky offer improved, but "they have now shot their bolt"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [follow up to Chequers discussion - Solicitor-General finds Heseltine letter contains a "material inaccuracy"; Powell suggests Solicitor write to Heseltine requiring correction] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses briefing for DTI press office on MT letter to Cuckney & "Future European Collaboration"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 5 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney: board decision to recommend Sikorksky offer] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Westland: leak of Solicitor-General’s letter to Heseltine
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Prime Minister") [attaches "Fact Sheet"; important it should not be seen as a No.10 document] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) (Solicitor-General's letter) [no correction needed to Heseltine's earlier letter to Horne] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Norgrove minute for Powell ('Charles') [Heseltine quoted on news calling Solicitor-General's letter "an astonishing piece of legal pedantry"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Westland Board circular to shareholders and press release (EGM 14 Jan 1986) [board recommends Sikorsky offer] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute to Armstrong ('Westland') [commisions reply to Ashdown letters] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Foreign Secretary's PS ("Westland: Comments by Commissioner Narjes") [records Howe's commitment to investigate comments] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General letter to Heseltine ('Westland') ["material inaccuracies" in Heseltine's earlier letter to Horne which he should correct; Powell annotates it "very satisfactory"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to Solicitor-General ('Westland') [no "material inaccuracies" needing correction] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses briefing over last few days at MT's request, plus 24 Dec note on NH90 project] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [Heseltine wants government "to express again the preference it originally held for a European minority stake"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [company’s decision overshadowed by Heseltine letter] [released 2017]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: UKE Rome telegram to Foreign Office (Italian statement about Westland) ["implications of great relevance to the process of European collaboration"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Unwin minute for Powell (replying to Heseltine letter of 6 Jan) [assesses his claims about 9 Dec E(A) decision on NADS] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks ("Draft speaking note on Westland") [for MT in cabinet - "We cannot go on like this"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Wicks (improved European offer) [to be announced at 1600] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT (cabinet tomorrow) [arrangements for briefing press: "It will be important to move quickly on Westland"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Paddy Ashdown (reply to his letters) [Powell and Armstrong drafts] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General letter to Heseltine ('Westland') [glad that Heseltine is confident his earlier letter was accurate, judgment his responsibility; concern at leak however] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [“The story off the boil”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT speaking note for cabinet ("a word about Westland") ["We cannot go on like this … even questions of fact should be cleared through the Cabinet Office"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: FCO telegram to UKE Rome (Italian statement about Westland) [tell them "not helpful for governments to make statements about matters of this kind which are internal to the UK"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Westland: Cabinet Discussion") [revised draft speaking note] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Cabinet Office (request to concert replies to PMQs by Austin Mitchell MP) [encloses] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Heseltine's PS ('Westland') [MT refuses to reopen decision to express no preference between offers; drafts also] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Westland: Heseltine resigned; Younger replaced him at Defence; Rifkind joined the Cabinet as Scottish Secretary
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 1st (Parliamentary Affairs, Westland, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Economic Affairs, Local Government Finance Studies) [Heseltine resigns; confidential annex on local government finance] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Cabinet Office)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 1st (extract on Westland affair) [Heseltine resigns] [declassified 2010]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speaking notes (necessity of restoring collective responsibility) [“must restore govt’s standing & observe conclusions of 19th Dec”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Armstrong draft (cabinet conclusion) [“It is the policy of the government that it is for the shareholders of Westland to decide”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Wicks note to MT in cabinet ("A Lobby at 4") [“they have been told not to have one this morning without your permission”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Ingham note to Wicks ('Nigel') [Heseltine said he has resigned and promises statement later, presumably before 12.30] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing ("Resignation of Michael Heseltine over Westland Helicopters Affair") [12.10pm, including Downing Street statement] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Ingham MSS)	Press Office: Lobby Briefing ("Resignation of Mr Heseltine, Rates, Channel Fixed Link") [17.30pm, reaction to Heseltine press conference at MoD; "resigned on a very narrow point of procedure"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: No.10 press statement (Heseltine resignation) [“Mr Heseltine found himself unable to accept this procedure and left the Cabinet”]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland, economy) [“the battle on for Maggie’s crown”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 Press Office minute for Tebbit (media demands) [appearances at 1pm and on Question Time] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MOD telegram to UKE Paris, Bonn, Rome, The Hague (Heseltine announces his resignation to fellow Defence Ministers) ["issues for which we jointly worked are of paramount importance"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Michael Heseltine (resignation) [drafts as well as final text of letter] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Armstrong (MT meeting Amercian correspondents) ["If asked about Westlands" proposes she refers to attached statements] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT ("Handling of Heseltine's resignation") [over next few days and weekend media will be trying "to make life difficult for the Government, and yourself especially"; response] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to Michael Heseltine MP (resignation)
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Commentary (The Sun)	Westland: "Tarzan: My feuds with Maggie" (Heseltine resigns) ["amazing attack on Premier Margaret Thatcher"]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Sherbourne minute for MT ("Prime Minister") ["The most damaging effect … has been to show the Government and you looking, uncharacteristically, as though you are not in control"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Sherbourne minute for Powell & others ("Briefing for the Prime Minister after Mr Heseltine's Resignation") ["difficult questions which the PM can expect to get in the House" - list] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Heseltine resignation) [“Tarzan goes to war”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights for MT (Westland, economy) [“Heseltine’s resignation will dominate the weekend media”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Westland: Mr Heseltine's Statement") ["knocking copy … in rather polemical terms"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference for American correspondents in London
86 Jan 12 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT (“Meeting of Ministers: 13 January: Westland”) [points for decision - government statement on Monday? how to respond to Cuckney letter on NADS?] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Chronology	Major	[Chronology]	Westland: Brittan badly damaged by misleading statement to HC
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell minute (‘Westland’) [first draft of speech for Wednesday's debate] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT notes (speech preparation) [six points] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speech draft (“Mark 1A”) [draft of speech for 15 Jan debate] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speech draft (“Mark 2”) [draft of speech for 15 Jan debate] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: DTI letter to No.10 (“Westland: Statement”) [draft Brittan Commons statement] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [speculation over how MT will handle Heseltine’s allegations] [released 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [“Westlands will unfortunately dominate this week”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MacGregor letter to Younger (NADS recommendations) [important not to restrict ability to seek international competitive tender when purchasing helicopters] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Tebbit, Younger, Havers, Wakeham; Armstrong, Whitmore, Michelle) [Brittan to make HC statement that afternoon] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brittan draft HC statement (correcting earlier statement) [Sir Austin Pearce letter] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 13 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Press Conference for American Press (CSIS Group)
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speech draft (“Mark 2”) [draft of speech for 15 Jan debate, as annotated by MT] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: No.10 briefing (“Prime Minister's Questions, 14 January, 1986”) [line to take & notes for supplementaries] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland, Defence, Economy, Industry) [Brittan fighting for his political life] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute to MT (draft reply to Pearce) [Lygo meeting with Brittan, 9 Jan] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 14 Tu	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	House of Commons PQs
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Armstrong note for Wicks (“The Speech”) ["a little unhappy" about draft; make clear that MT said timetable would allow for further meeting] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Ingham note for Powell (‘Charles’) [how to characterise MT speech for lobby briefing at 11] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Wicks minute [for MT] (Whitelaw comment on 15 Jan speech draft; also Armstrong wording) [tone, balance & content right; suggests different wording on meeting that did not take place] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [Heseltine versus Brittan] [released 2017]
86 Jan 15 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Major	Margaret Thatcher	Letter to Sir Austin Pearce (Westland)
86 Jan 15 We	Multimedia	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Westland plc] [audio]
86 Jan 15 We	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	HC S: [Westland plc]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 2nd (cabinet membership, Parliamentary Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Northern Ireland, Channel Fixed Link) [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 16 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland, economy) [coverage of new Heseltine allegations] [released 2017]
86 Jan 17 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT letter to Lady Tilney (thanks for "marvelous letter") ["We shall be in rough water for some time I fear - and just when the economy is doing so well"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 17 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT letter to Lady Spencer (thanks for support "at a difficult time") ["People do not expect Conservatives to be quarrelling openly and they have a right to expect Cabinet to be united"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 17 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [Heseltine walks out of Channel 4 interview] [released 2017]
86 Jan 17 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Office Weekend Highlights for MT (Westland, Channel link, Ulster protest rally) [released 2017]
86 Jan 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [“Brittan’s chance to plunge knife into Heseltine”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [“The Channel Link and the RSG debate will today take over from Westland”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 21 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Channel Tunnel, economy, Westland) [rail link announced, but conflict with unions] [released 2017]
86 Jan 22 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Brian Griffiths letter to MT (support) [“The country is prepared to follow you, support you and re-elect you”; MT: "It is a fight all the time"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 22 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Stephen Sherbourne minute (YC invitation to Heseltine) [urges YCs be told to rescind invitation; MT: “I think it would be risky to do so”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 22 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [Brittan’s position in danger] [released 2017]
86 Jan 23 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 3rd (Westland, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Economic Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs) [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 23 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speech draft (23 Jan Commons statement) [early draft?] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 23 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: US Ambassador Charles Price card to MT (support) ["while there is understandable silence on the part of the Embassy, we are enthusiastically cheering for you on the sidelines"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 23 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [Cuckney says Brittan took neutral position on offers] [released 2017]
86 Jan 24 Fr	Chronology	Key	[Chronology]	Westland: Brittan resigned; Channon replaced him at DTI
86 Jan 24 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Letwin minute to Powell ("Policy Unit Draft 2") [MT speech 27 Jan] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 24 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Policy Unit minute to MT ("The Emergency Debate: 27 January 1986") ["Launch a counter-attack"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 24 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [Brittan’s future in doubt, many backbenchers want him gone] [released 2017]
86 Jan 25 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT draft speech (25 Jan draft) [extensive MT amendments] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 25 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [“Your crisis not over yet”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 25 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Reagan) [letting her know that “out here in the colonies” she had a friend] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 26 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Politics, Westland) [43 per cent think she should resign, 48 per cent stay] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 26 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Griffiths minute for MT (“Westland Speech: 27 January”) [suggested improvements] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell letter to MT (thanks for defending him and Bernard Ingham in speech) [offer to "slip away" if she would prefer "a less notorious Private Secretary"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT speech (final draft) [MT amendments & annotations, including "olive branch"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [“Maggie: I won’t be pushed out”] [released 2017]
86 Jan 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [Westland, Reagan’s state of the union address, OPEC meeting, rates reform, inner cities] [released 2017]
86 Jan 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Legal Secretary to the Attorney General minute for Powell (“Prime Minister’s Speech in the Debate on Westland - Monday 27 January 1986”) [suggested amendments by Solicitor-General] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brian Hayes letter to Wicks (amendments to MT’s draft speech in the debate on Westlands) ["there is clearly a conflict of testimony"] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for Wicks (result of DTI 'gossiping') [MT may be asked whether Ingham was active in getting the letter leaked] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Westland Debate: Leak Inquiries”) [notes for possible supplementaries at PMQs] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brian Hayes letter to Wicks (appreciation for MT’s statement on DTI’s involvement) ["scrupulously fair and accurate"] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for MT (“Westland: Attendance at Select Committees”) [DTI & Defence Committees - handling of requests] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Hurd PS to Wicks (transcript of BBC Today interview with Home Secretary, 28 Jan) [Hurd's remarks "inaccurately presented" in Evening Standard report of interview] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Younger letter to MacGregor (competitive tendering in defence procurement) [case by case approach] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: MT letter to Robin Butler (thanks for help) [“we have lived through a nightmare … it will be a relief to get back to normal problems”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT (“Westland: Defence Select Committee”) [plans to persuade Defence Committee not to persist in calling DTI & No.10 officials] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Clerk to the Defence Committee letter to Powell (invitation to give evidence) [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Powell (“Westland: Evidence at Select Committees”) [agrees with Hayes that junior DTI officials should not appear; Channon inclined otherwise] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Attorney General's Legal Secretary letter to Cabinet Office (“Westlands: Priority Written Questions for Answer by the Attorney General”) [draft answers] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Chief Whip (“Westland: Select Committees: Attendance of Officials”) [suggested line] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong letter to Henry Steel (invitation to Solicitor General to give evidence to the Defence Committee) [Armstrong suggests refusal] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brian Hayes letter to Clerk to the Defence Committee (invitation to give evidence to the Defence Committee) [will appear with Macdonald and O'Shea but not Bowe, Mogg or Mitchell] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 30 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(86) 4th (cabinet membership, Parliamentary Affairs, Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Community Affairs, Northern Ireland Affairs, Teachers’ Pay Dispute) [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 30 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [Select Committee hearing, European consortium’s offer] [released 2017]
86 Jan 30 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Defence Committee Press Notice (inquiry into Westland affair: official witnesses and scope)
86 Jan 30 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Acland letter to Hayes (“Westland: Documents of 4 and 18 October 1985”) [no objection to DTI document release] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 30 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Clive Whitmore minute for Hayes (“Westland: Documents of 4 and 18 October 1985”) [release of DTI documents] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 31 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Ingham minute for MT ("The Weekend Press") [“I said that the Westlands business had been damaging but that it had not done Labour much good either”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jan 31 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland, economy) [Westland board advises shareholders not to respond to European consortium’s offer] [released 2017]
86 Jan 31 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Addison minute for MT (Sir Raymond Lygo requests meeting) [MT happy to see him but only "when the future of Westland HAS BEEN decided"] [declassified 2016]
86 Jan 31 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Murdo MacLean (“Westland: Officials Appearing Before Select Committees”) [summary of their discussion that evening] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Bernard Ingham minute to MT (“The Week Ahead”) [“Westland will rumble on this week”] [released 2017]
86 Feb 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (fallout from Westland) [alleged plots to replace MT as leader] [released 2017]
86 Feb 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for Armstrong (four questions put to MT by Sir David Wolfson) [possible answers] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Neil Kinnock letter to MT (urging publication of inquiry evidence and report) [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Clerk to the Defence Committee letter to Powell (invitation to give evidence before the Defence Committee) [likely to be postponed] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (British Leyland, Westland) [talks over purchase of Austin Rover, Armstrong to give evidence to Defence Select Committe] [released 2017]
86 Feb 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute for Wicks (“Westland: Defence Select Committee”) [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute for Wicks (“Westland: Prime Minister’s Statements about the disclosure of the Solicitor General’s letter of 6 January and the Enquiry into that disclosure”) [questions & issues] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brian Hayes letter to Clerk to the Defence Committee (Westland inquiry evidence) [provides summaries of two documents] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Clerk to the Defence Committee letter to Armstrong (invitation to give evidence) [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Clerk to the Defence Committee ("Select Committee on Defence") [offering to give evidence in place of Mitchell, Mogg, Ingham, Powell and Bowe] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 5 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (British Leyland) [threats of Tory revolt, management split] [released 2017]
86 Feb 5 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Defence Select Committee transcript of evidence (Armstrong’s testimony) [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 6 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland) [Defence Select Committe investigations, blame laid on Brittan] [released 2017]
86 Feb 6 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong letter to Brittan (newspaper reports of his evidence to Defence Committee) [Wicks notes Brittan "very unhappy" with coverage in some papers] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	MT: Peter Taylor note to MT (support) ["When the deeds of the unworthy and the ungodly hurt the most/ Remember the love and affection of those who care"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Feb 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (British Leyland, Westland) [u-turn over sell-off, new Westland allegations] [released 2017]
86 Feb 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI record of conversation (Lansley call to Alan Bristow) [Bristow agreeing that Tebbit could refer to earlier conversation; Bristow unable to ignore Cuckney concert party accusation] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Alan Bristow message for MT (copies her his press statement on Westland) [offer of a knighthood not made with government authority] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 press notice (“Westland: A Statement by the Prime Minister”) [rejects claim that knighthood was offered to Alan Bristow to assist in negotiations] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (fallout from Westland) [“press portrays weekend as of hats being thrown into the ring for Tory leadership succession”] [released 2017]
86 Feb 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI record of conversation (Sir Brian Hayes, Sir Humphrey Atkins, John Gilbert) ["Discussion of the terms under which information was to be handed over [to] Sir Humphrey & Dr Gilbert"] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Wicks, Brittan) [Brittan critical of Armstrong evidence, "a flagrant steer … in a particular direction which he could not accept"] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Brian Hayes minute for Armstrong (“Meeting with Sir Humphrey Atkins and Dr. Gilbert”) [disagreement as to whether evidence could be published by Defence Committee without ministerial agreement] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (fallout from Westland) [backbenchers in favour of MT leading party into next election] [released 2017]
86 Feb 11 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong letter to Sir Brian Hayes (“Meeting with Sir Humphrey Atkins and Dr. Gilbert”) [agrees what to hand over to them, subject to approval by your Secretary of State] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (fallout from Westland) [“battling Thatcher back on top form”] [released 2017]
86 Feb 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Clerk to the Defence Committee (enclosing extracted DTI documents on Westland affair) [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong letter to Sir Brian Hayes (release of DTI documents to Defence Select Committee) [approves] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Wicks (“Westland: Lord Trefgarne”) [line to take over "mystery shareholders"] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 12 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong letter to Clerk of the Select Committee on Defence (corrections to transcript of his evidence) [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (economy, Westland) [shares at record level, Westland vote to accept Sikorsky rescue offer] [released 2017]
86 Feb 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Ingham minute for MT ("Panorama Interview") [“show the public that you are still fit and well, in charge, and as determined as ever”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Feb 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Stephen Sherbourne minute (leaders from popular press) [“It is time the Tories got their act together”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Feb 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for MT (draft response to Owen letter) [refusing demand for disciplinary action against Powell and Ingham] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 17 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (inquiry into leak of Brittan minutes to Observer and BBC Panorama) [inconclusive, but came from Ministry of Defence; Heseltine had "the strongest motive and probably the best opportunity"] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 17 Mo	Speeches, interviews, etc.	Key	Margaret Thatcher	TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama
86 Feb 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Budget) [MT seen to have hinted that thresholds will rise] [released 2017]
86 Feb 19 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Sellafield, economy) [Garret FitzGerald to raise Irish concerns over plant, pound rallies] [released 2017]
86 Feb 19 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Defence Committee letter to Department of Trade and Industry (press release of DTI documents) [encloses copy] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 20 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservatism: Ingham minute for MT ("Language/Vision") [“your domination of politics and intellectual argument - need to maintain flow of ideas and for "new and more appealing language … the, to you, hateful word 'vision'”] [released Jan 2017]
86 Feb 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Sellafield) [safety experts to audit plant, argument over who ordered inquiry] [released 2017]
86 Feb 21 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (British Leyland) [Cabinet rebellion against another American takeover] [released 2017]
86 Feb 25 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Department of Trade and Industry letter to Armstrong (memoranda for Defence Select Committee) [follow up to Hayes evidence] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 25 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for MT (Defence Select Commitee) [Chief Whip saw three Conservtive members of committee & thinks they will now drop plans to call Powell and Ingham as witnesses] [declassified 2016]
86 Feb 26 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Cabinet Office note for the record (Robert Armstrong’s evidence to the Treasury & Civil Service Select Committee) [role of civil servants; implications of Westland affair] [declassified 2014]
86 Feb 27 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Labour party) [Liverpool militants] [released 2017]
86 Feb 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (JMB scandal) [reignited after customs gold bullion swoop] [released 2017]
86 Feb 28 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (“Defence Committee”) [additional questions the committee wants to ask Armstrong - "a tremendous fishing expedition"] [declassified 2016]
86 Mar 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (“Defence Select Committee”) [Westland: oral evidence] [declassified 2016]
86 Mar 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Conservatism: Stephen Sherbourne minute ("Central Council speech") [MT should set out "'vision' (for want of a better word), your 'agenda for the nineties'"] [released 2017]
86 Mar 4 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Select Committee”) [Westland] [declassified 2016]
86 Mar 6 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (British Leyland) [takeover bid] [released 2017]
86 Mar 6 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Department of Trade & Industry letter to Clerk to the Defence Committee (memoranda on the Westland affair) [declassified 2016]
86 Mar 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Italy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Anglo/Italian Summit") [arms control; G5; industrial joint ventures; arms sales to Argentina; oil prices; CAP reform; Middle East] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Mar 7 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office letter to Department of Trade & Industry (books on Westland affair) [policy on requests to officials for interviews] [declassified 2016]
86 Mar 10 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Stark minute to No.10 (Defence Select Committee: Westland inquiry) [Robert Armstrong oral evidence] [declassified 2016]
86 Mar 12 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Italy: MT draft opening statement for press conference (Anglo-Italian Summit in Florence) ["...we found ourselves substantially in agreement..."; deletes joke about Sikorsky helicopter] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Mar 14 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: UKHC New Delhi telegram to FCO (“Westlands”) [trade deal confirmed] [declassified 2016]
86 Mar 20 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Rajiv Gandhi (Westlands helicopter contract) [declassified 2016]
86 Mar 27 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute to MT (Trade & Industry Select Committee: Westland inquiry) [Alan Bristow’s refusal to disclose two names] [declassified 2016]
86 Apr 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute to MT (Trade & Industry Select Committee: Westland inquiry) [Dalyell calls for prosecutions and Speaker rejects complaint from Committee] [declassified 2016]
86 Apr 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Prime Minister/DTI: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with Secretary of State for Trade and Industry") [Channon in post for two months - "purpose of this general chat is to hear from him his current concerns"; shipbuilding; manifesto] [released Jul 2017]
86 Apr 21 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Defence Committee letter to No.10 (Westland inquiry) [transcript of evidence] [declassified 2016]
86 May 7 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Report of the Privileges Committee") ["... leak of the draft Report of the Environment Committee on Radioactive Waste... It is a rather odd principle that a journalist should be punished and the leaker should go free... But, however cogent Bernard's arguments, Government members must be seen to vote in favour of the report, given that the Lord Privy Seal is the Chairman and the Attorney General is a member"] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jul 7 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: No.10 letter to Whitelaw PS (“Response to the TCSC report on ‘Civil Servants and Ministers: Duties and Responsibilities’”) [timing of publication of response to TCSC report and Defence Select Committee report on Westland] [declassified 2014]
86 Jul 15 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Select Committee on Defence: Westland report) [MT on press leaks: “We do nothing. This report is like any other”] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 15 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to Ingham (Select Committee on Defence: Westland inquiry) [promotion of Brittan’s former PPS] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute to MT (“Westland Report - media handling”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Legal Secretary to the Attorney General letter to No.10 (“Report of the Select Committee on Defence on Westland”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 17 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“The Westland Report - media handling”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 18 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute to Ingham (“Westland Reports - media handling”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 21 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, Queen’s position, Westland, economy) [released 2017]
86 Jul 21 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to Chief Whip (“Response to Select Committee on Defence Reports on Westland”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 22 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Civil Service: Richard Luce letter to No.10 (Seventh Report from the Treasury and Civil Service Committee on ‘Civil Servants and Ministers: Duties and Responsibilities’) [Government response: publication of White Paper] [declassified 2014]
86 Jul 22 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to Attorney General (Westland inquiry) [disclosure of the Solicitor General’s letter] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 22 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“The Reports of the Select Committee on Defence on Westland”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 22 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tebbit, Biffen, Wakeham) [Select Committee on Defence: Westland report] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 23 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Attorney General minute to Cabinet Office (Westland inquiry) [his statement on disclosure of the Solicitor General’s letter] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 23 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute to Ingham (“Westland - Immediate Response”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 23 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“Reports of the Select Committee on Defence on Westland”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 24 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Westland: Charles Powell letter to MT (thanks for defending her officials in speech) ["characteristically brave and generous of you"] [released Jan 2017]
86 Jul 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute to Wicks (Westland reports) [briefing notes to media] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Tam Dalyell letter to MT (Westland Select Committee reports: adjournment debate) [calls on MT to appear rather than delegate] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 24 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute to Wicks (“Westland”) [press briefing on Select Committee reports] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 25 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Westland, Defence Select Committee, 1922 Committee, Palace row) [released 2017]
86 Jul 28 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, Palace row, Commonwealth Games, Tebbit on unemployment) [released 2017]
86 Jul 28 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Channon letter to Younger (“Westland”) [risk of helicopter business closure and redundancies] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 28 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“The Government’s response to the Reports of the Select Committee on Defence and on Westland”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 28 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Home Office note to No.10 (Westland reports: Adjournment Debate - Minister’s response) [transcript] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 29 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“The Government’s response to the Reports of the Select Committee on Defence about Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 30 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (South Africa, Howe’s mission rebuffed, latest polls) [released 2017]
86 Jul 30 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to MT (Westland inquiry) [Attorney General’s role in disclosure of Solicitor General’s letter] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 31 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Younger PS letter to No.10 (“Westland”) [relative costs of Sea King procurement and redundancies] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 31 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Attorney General letter to Tam Dalyell MP (Westland inquiry) [circumstances of the disclosure of the Solicitor General’s letter] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 31 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Attorney General letter to John Gilbert MP (Westland inquiry) [circumstances of the disclosure of the Solicitor General’s letter] [declassified 2016]
86 Jul 31 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (Defence Select Committee: Westland reports) [response] [declassified 2016]
86 Aug 1 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Kenneth Stowe letter to MT (Defence Committee: Westland report) [criticism of Robert Armstrong] [declassified 2016]
86 Aug 4 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Kenneth Stowe (Defence Committee: Westland report) [criticism of Robert Armstrong] [declassified 2016]
86 Sep 23 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Fourth Report on Westland plc”) [Government draft response] [declassified 2016]
86 Sep 23 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Younger minute to MT (“Westland plc”) [prospects] [declassified 2016]
86 Sep 24 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft government reply - MT determined not to resign] [declassified 2016]
86 Sep 25 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Channon PS minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft Government response] [declassified 2016]
86 Sep 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [Government response to report] [declassified 2016]
86 Sep 29 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Richard Luce minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
86 Sep 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Jerry Wiggin MP letter to MT (the future of Westland helicopters) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Chairman of Westland plc letter to MT (future of Westland) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham, Armstrong) [Defence Committee: Westland plc: Government’s response] [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [Government’s draft response] [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [draft Government response] [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Chairman of Westland plc (future of Westland) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Younger PS minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc”) [clearance of draft response to report] [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Defence Committee: Westland plc: Question and Answer Brief”) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Defence Committee Reports on Westland: Government Reply”) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 13 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (“Defence Committee Reports: Question and Answer briefing”) [Westland] [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 14 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, Westland) [released 2017]
86 Oct 15 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Reagan-Gorbachev talks, interest rates, industry) [released 2017]
86 Oct 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office internal minute (Defence Committee: Westland reports) [responses] [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 20 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Cabinet Office letter to Department of Trade and Industry (“Westland: Sunday Times interest”) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 21 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 minute to MT (“The Motion for the Westland Debate”) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 22 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Defence Committee letter (“Information for the Press: for Immediate Release”) [Government response to Westland report] [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 24 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ministry of Defence briefing to No.10 (Westland debate) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 27 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Jeffrey Archer resignation, Labour party divisions, tax cuts, industry) [released 2017]
86 Oct 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Biffen PS letter to Cabinet Office (Lord Privy Seal’s draft speech for the Westland debate) [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 28 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Younger PS letter to No.10 (Westlands debate) [draft opening speech] [declassified 2016]
86 Oct 29 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (murder trial, Syria, housing, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
86 Oct 30 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands fisheries, Westland, teachers’ pay) [released 2017]
86 Nov 13 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (Thatcher MSS)	Media: Nigel Wicks minute for MT (points for meeting with Tebbit) [“I see a danger of some elements of this episode repeating the Westland troubles. A colleague with an obsession, doing things difficult to reconcile with collective responsibility”] [released 2017]
86 Nov 19 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Younger letter to Jerry Wiggin (future of Westland Helicopters) [declassified 2016]

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