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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

Broadcasting: Tebbit minute to MT ("Direct Broadcasting by Satellite (DBS)") ["the project to launch DBS has suffered repeated delays... [further] delay of even 2-3 weeks may lose the chance of a 1987 launch... This is a high-cost, and a high-risk venture"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1172 f40
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, Media, Science & technology