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Economy: Alan Walters diary (Railway Electrification) [Foster opposes electrification plan for BR; “ploy by Posner to bounce it through Cabinet”] [released 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS 3/1/1
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 37

Tuesday 24th March 1981

Saw Chris Foster- very convincing arguments against mass electrification plan for BR. No warrant for this new £1 Bn programme. Ploy by Posner to bounce it through Cabinet.

Esra [Esra Bennathan] - chatted about World Bank