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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

Aerospace: Lord Cockfield letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("British Airways: sale of International Aeradio Ltd") ["IAL... needs new money.... I do not think we should provide it... The question of disposal is essentially... for the BA Board... I would expect to be consulted... clearly important that there is no avoidable criticism"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1162 f175
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 9pp
Themes: Industry, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, Media, Transport, Chancellor of the Exchequer’s minutes