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Defence: MT letter to King Fahd (sale of Tornado and Hawk aircraft to Saudi Arabia) ["I trust that the final negotiations... may now proceed... As a mark of my desire to bring this message directly to Your Majesty's attention, I have asked Michael Heseltine to bring it in person"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1186 f130 T187/84
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 10pp
Themes: Industry, Trade, Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), British relations with France, British relations with Italy, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, British relations with the US, MT messages to and from world leaders