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Aerospace: MT letter to Chairman of British Aerospace (Westland: Secretary of State for Trade & Industry meeting with Chief Executive of BAe on 8 January 1986) [clarification/reaffirmation of Government's position, following conflicting accounts of the meeting, subsequent publications of those accounts & related correspondence, and addresses to Parliament] [released Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1668 f167
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 45pp
Themes: Labour Party & socialism, Media, Judiciary, Parliament, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (International organizations), European Union (general), Defence (general), Industry, Privatized & state industries, Trade