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Economy: Alan Walters diary (Gas pipeline) [Bank of Scotland finance for pipeline, but wants guarantee][released 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS 3/1/1
Editorial comments: Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 31
Themes: Monetary policy

Wednesday 2nd September 1981

Started PM s speech to Australia - great difficulty in finding a start.

Bank of Scotland finance for £700m for pipeline - but wanted completion guarantee and guarantee on throughput ( bankable Gas)