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Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("China - Project 051") ["contracts signed on 10th November 1982 with UK Industry... We confirmed our approval... but the Chinese have so far withheld theirs"; attached letter from Heseltine to Chinese Minister of Defense] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1185 f373
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Industry, Privatized & state industries, Trade, Foreign policy (Asia), Defence (general)