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Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Sale of Tornado and Hawk to Saudi Arabia") [report on visit to Saudi Arabia/talks with King Fahd & Prince Sultan; criticism of Saudi royal family in British press; "I do not believe that the deal is necessarily lost, but I am not optimistic about the outcome"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1186 f119
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Industry, Privatized & state industries, Trade, Foreign policy (Middle East), Media, Defence (general), British relations with France, British relations with the US, Charles Powell minutes