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1980 Sep 2 - 1981 Aug 4
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/434
Economic policy (Correspondence with Armand Hammer, chairman of Occidental Petroleum; meetings with Prime Minister; proposals for a polyethylene plant in Scotland; export licence for Leicester Codex)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 157
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Date Value Title
80 Jan 14 Mo Major Energy: Armand Hammer letter to MT (proposed supplementary petroleum tax) [Occidental Petroleum] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 2 Tu Major Energy: Armand Hammer letter to MT (Occidental Petroluem interests in UK continental shelf) [oil and gas] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 6 Sa Major Energy: Armand Hammer letter to MT (revenue from North Sea oil and gas) [Oil Taxation Act of 1975] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 6 Sa Major Energy: Armand Hammer letter to MT ("Occidental's Canvey Island Refinery") [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 6 Sa Major Energy: Armand Hammer letter to MT ("Occidental's Proposal for a Polyethylene Plant in Scotland") [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 17 We Major Energy: MT letter to Armand Hammer (thanks for hospitality during visit to Flotta Terminal) [Occidental Petroleum Corporation] [declassified 2011]
80 Sep 26 Fr Major Energy: Armand Hammer letter to MT (North Sea oil: seventh licensing round) [Occidental Petroleum Corporation; future of Gordon Reece] [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 2 Th Major Energy: MT letter to Armand Hammer (Occidental petrochemical development at Peterhead and refinery project at Canvey Island) [North Sea Oil] [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 3 Fr Major Energy: MT letter to Armand Hammer (Occidental gas gathering pipeline) [North Sea Oil] [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 3 Fr Major Energy: MT letter to Armand Hammer (revenue from North Sea oil and gas: Oil Taxation Act of 1975) [MT: "I cannot thank you enough for the confidence and faith you are putting in Britain's future"] [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 3 Fr Minor Energy: MT letter to Armand Hammer (Gordon Reece to join Occidental Petroleum) [MT: "We shall miss Gordon. He is full of infectious enthusiasm for his work"] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 12 We Major Energy: Armand Hammer letter to MT (revenue from North Sea oil and gas: Oil Taxation Act of 1975) [Occidental Petroleum] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 12 We Major Energy: Armand Hammer letter to MT (Orkney Flotta, Canvey Island Refinery Project, Peterhead Ethylene Project, Oil Taxation Act of 1975) [Occidental Petroleum] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 17 Mo Major Energy: MT letter to Armand Hammer (Oil Taxation Act of 1975) [Occidental Petroleum] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 31 Sa Minor Arts: Sir John Foster of the Armand Hammer Foundation minute to Armand Hammer ("The Codex Leicester") [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 5 Th Major Energy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Armand Hammer-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Howell-Pattison) [Occidental Petroleum Company, oil taxation] [declassified 2011]