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Defence: Richard Luce letter to Heseltine ("Libya: current Defence sales business") ["Marconi's contract for the sale to Libya of Martello Surveillance Radar... undertakings from France and Italy that they would not supply if we were to cancel the contract... inconclusive... [I] consider that we should place no further impediment in the way of this sale"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1186 f290
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 8pp
Themes: Industry, Trade, Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Defence (general), British relations with France, British relations with Italy, Charles Powell minutes