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Broadcasting: Brittan minute to MT ("Direct Broadcasting by Satellite: the BBC/Unisat Project") ["We face the possibility of a public row and perhaps legal action in which the BBC and Unisat will blame each other and perhaps the Government... The outlook, therefore, is bleak"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1172 f176
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 13pp
Themes: Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, European Union (general), Media, Science & technology, Executive, Judiciary, Union of UK nations, British relations with France, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany