1979 May 25 - 1981 Oct 22
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/394
Broadcasting (BBC External Services)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 203 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 79 Nov 19 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Whitelaw minute to MT ("BBC External Services") [Whitelaw speaks with BBC Chairman Michael Swann] [declassified 2011] |
| 79 Nov 26 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: FCO letter to No.10 ("BBC External Services") [BBC capital expenditure to be cut in exchange for keeping External Services; MT: "If we go back on that there will only be another row"] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jan 25 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Armstrong briefing for MT ("BBC External Services (OD(80)1)") [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Feb 27 We | Major | Broadcasting: Carrington minute to MT (BBC External Services) [expenditure cuts] [declassified 2011] |
| 80 Jul 21 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Carrington minute to MT ("BBC External Services") [further progress on expenditure cuts] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 1 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Carrington minute to MT ("BBC External Services") [decisions required on expenditure cuts: "We must expect a row in the House of Commons"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 8 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Armstrong minute to Alexander ("BBC External Services") [Carrington's proposals on expenditure cuts] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 15 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: No.10 letter to FCO ("BBC External Services") [MT agrees to early Ministerial discussion of Carrington's proposals on expenditure cuts] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 18 Mo | Major | Broadcasting: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("BBC External Services") ["I have grave doubts about the wisdom of the approach [Carrington] advocates"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 May 29 Fr | Major | Broadcasting: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("BBC External Services (OD(81) 28)") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 8 We | Major | Broadcasting: Jopling minute to MT ("BBC External Services") ["I am becoming increasingly alarmed at the Party's reaction to these proposals"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Jul 23 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Nick Ridley circular letter (BBC External Services) [details of Government plans for BBC expenditure cuts] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 15 Tu | Major | Broadcasting: Whitelaw minute to MT ("BBC External Services") ["I believe that we now have to seek the best compromise we can get to avoid serious embarrassment in the House of Commons"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 17 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Armstrong briefing for MT ("BBC External Services (OD(81) 42 and 45)") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Oct 22 Th | Major | Broadcasting: Atkins message to Carrington ("BBC External Services") [opposition in Parliament to cuts to BBC expenditure; compromise solution] [declassified 2011] |