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PREM19/821
Japan (Commercial relations with Japan; proposed Nissan car plant in the UK) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 248
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80 Aug 6 Wed Industrial Policy: Joseph minute to MT (“Possible Japanese investment in the motor industry”) [MT: “Agree very strongly about the need to use our components”] [declassified 2012]
80 Sep 30 Tue Industrial Policy: Joseph minute to MT (“Possible Japanese investment in the motor industry”) [Nissan invitation to officials] [declassified 2012]
80 Oct 28 Tue Industrial Policy: Joseph minute to MT (“Nissan”) [inward investment] [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 20 Thu Industrial Policy: Joseph minute to MT (“Nissan”) [inward investment] [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 26 Wed Industrial Policy: Howe minute to MT (“Nissan”) [inward investment] [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 28 Fri Industrial Policy: Joseph letter to Nott (“Nissan”) [inward investment] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 9 Tue Industrial Policy: Joseph minute to MT (“Nissan”) [inward investment] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 10 Wed Industrial Policy: Policy Unit minute to MT (“Nissan”) [“unions are quite likely to object”] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 11 Thu Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Joseph, Howe, Nott, Gilmour) [“Nissan”] [declassified 2012]
80 Dec 22 Mon Industrial Policy: Joseph minute to MT (“Nissan”) [Nissan UK manufacturing operation] [declassified 2012]
81 Jan 16 Fri Industrial Policy: Joseph letter to Prior (“Quicksilver”) [Nissan UK manufacturing operation] [declassified 2012]
81 Jan 27 Tue Industrial Policy: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 (“Nissan”) [annoucement of UK manufacturing operation] [declassified 2012]
81 Feb 10 Tue Industrial Policy: Joseph PS letter to No.10 (Inward investment from Japan) [regarding the interests of established manufacturers] [declassified 2012]
81 Feb 24 Tue Industrial Policy: Joseph minute to MT (Nicholas Edwards visit to Japan: Nissan) [alleged diplomatic misstep] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 9 Mon Industrial Policy: Chief Executive of Lucas letter to Department of Industry (Nissan UK manufacturing proposals) [MT “concerned… that we may have negotiated too leniently”] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 20 Fri Industrial Policy: No.10 note to MT (interview with Bob Lutz, Chairman of Ford of Europe) [competition from Japan] [declassified 2012]
81 Apr 3 Fri Industrial Policy: Joseph PS letter to No.10 (“Nissan: local content”) [negotiations] [declassified 2012]
81 May 6 Wed Industrial Policy: Edwards letter to MT (“Inward Investment Missions”) [report on visits to Japan and USA] [declassified 2012]
81 May 7 Thu Industrial Policy: FCO letter to No.10 (“Counsellor for Science and Technology at Tokyo”) [advice to FCO and No.10] [declassified 2012]
81 May 14 Thu Industrial Policy: Biffen letter to Joseph (Foreign Affairs Council meeting: trade with Japan) [balance of trade deficit] [declassified 2012]