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Defence: Brittan letter to Heseltine (“A defence suppression weapon for the RAF”) [procurement: BAe vs. US contract] [declassified 2013]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/974 f260
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 9pp
Themes: Defence (general), Employment, Industry, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, Foreign policy (USA), Science & technology, British relations with the US