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85 Dec 28 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI note ("Westland: Agreement between Sikorsky and Shorts") [summary of key points] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 28 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT ("Westland") [how to handle story that Gordon Reece advising Westland, visited Xmas at Chequers?] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 29 Su	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Wicks minute for MT ("Westland Letters") [from Teddy Taylor, John Smith & John Cuckney] [declassified 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney, next steps] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Brittan's PS ('Westland') [commissions reply to Cuckney letter] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Heseltine's PS ('Westland') [restates 19 December position] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Brittan's PS (letter from Alan Bristow) [Bristow withdraws interest] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 30 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Chief Secretary letter to MT (draft, with Treasury coverning minute) [rejects any expression of government preference for European solution] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General's PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [advises reply to Cuckney letter should state "the fact that there are indications" that European projects would be jeopardised by a Sikorsky deal] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses draft reply for MT to send to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [revised draft reply for MT to send to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) letter to Westland Board (sets out consortium proposal for Westland) [superior to UTC/Fiat proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI briefing for Brittan ("Westland: Aerospatiale") [French arguments for European solution; draft reply for MT to Cuckney] [declassified Feb 2016]
85 Dec 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI briefing for Brittan ("Westland: some notes on the alternative industrial proposals and on recent press reports") [CDP annotates for MT: "Some very useful material here, which you might like to see"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 1 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Sir John Cuckney (reply to his letter of 30 Dec) ["As long as Westland continues to carry on business in the UK, the Government will of course continue to regard it as a British and therefore a European company, and will support it in pursuing British interests in Europe"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) (HMG's procurement plans for military helicopters) [no MOD requirement for Blackhawk, no export prospects] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (Lord Hanson's position) [MT would wish to see Hanson letter to Wyatt] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney: Sikorksky offer improved, but "they have now shot their bolt"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [follow up to Chequers discussion - Solicitor-General finds Heseltine letter contains a "material inaccuracy"; Powell suggests Solicitor write to Heseltine requiring correction] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 4 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses briefing for DTI press office on MT letter to Cuckney & "Future European Collaboration"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 5 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ('Westland') [call from Cuckney: board decision to recommend Sikorksky offer] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Prime Minister") [attaches "Fact Sheet"; important it should not be seen as a No.10 document] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to David Horne (MD Lloyds Bank) (Solicitor-General's letter) [no correction needed to Heseltine's earlier letter to Horne] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Norgrove minute for Powell ('Charles') [Heseltine quoted on news calling Solicitor-General's letter "an astonishing piece of legal pedantry"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Westland Board circular to shareholders and press release (EGM 14 Jan 1986) [board recommends Sikorsky offer] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute to Armstrong ('Westland') [commisions reply to Ashdown letters] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Foreign Secretary's PS ("Westland: Comments by Commissioner Narjes") [records Howe's commitment to investigate comments] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General letter to Heseltine ('Westland') ["material inaccuracies" in Heseltine's earlier letter to Horne which he should correct; Powell annotates it "very satisfactory"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine letter to Solicitor-General ('Westland') [no "material inaccuracies" needing correction] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: DTI letter to Powell ('Westland') [encloses briefing over last few days at MT's request, plus 24 Dec note on NH90 project] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 6 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Heseltine PS letter to Powell ('Westland') [Heseltine wants government "to express again the preference it originally held for a European minority stake"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: UKE Rome telegram to Foreign Office (Italian statement about Westland) ["implications of great relevance to the process of European collaboration"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Unwin minute for Powell (replying to Heseltine letter of 6 Jan) [assesses his claims about 9 Dec E(A) decision on NADS] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks ("Draft speaking note on Westland") [for MT in cabinet - "We cannot go on like this"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Wicks (improved European offer) [to be announced at 1600] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT (cabinet tomorrow) [arrangements for briefing press: "It will be important to move quickly on Westland"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Paddy Ashdown (reply to his letters) [Powell and Armstrong drafts] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 7 Tu	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Solicitor-General letter to Heseltine ('Westland') [glad that Heseltine is confident his earlier letter was accurate, judgment his responsibility; concern at leak however] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT speaking note for cabinet ("a word about Westland") ["We cannot go on like this … even questions of fact should be cleared through the Cabinet Office"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: FCO telegram to UKE Rome (Italian statement about Westland) [tell them "not helpful for governments to make statements about matters of this kind which are internal to the UK"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Westland: Cabinet Discussion") [revised draft speaking note] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Cabinet Office (request to concert replies to PMQs by Austin Mitchell MP) [encloses] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 8 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell letter to Heseltine's PS ('Westland') [MT refuses to reopen decision to express no preference between offers; drafts also] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Westland: No.10 Press Office minute for Tebbit (media demands) [appearances at 1pm and on Question Time] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MOD telegram to UKE Paris, Bonn, Rome, The Hague (Heseltine announces his resignation to fellow Defence Ministers) ["issues for which we jointly worked are of paramount importance"] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Key	Archive (TNA)	Westland: MT letter to Michael Heseltine (resignation) [drafts as well as final text of letter] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for Armstrong (MT meeting Amercian correspondents) ["If asked about Westlands" proposes she refers to attached statements] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 9 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Ingham minute for MT ("Handling of Heseltine's resignation") [over next few days and weekend media will be trying "to make life difficult for the Government, and yourself especially"; response] [declassified Feb 2016]
86 Jan 10 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Westland: Powell minute for MT ("Westland: Mr Heseltine's Statement") ["knocking copy … in rather polemical terms"] [declassified Feb 2016]

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