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PREM19/856
Nationalised industries (Prospects for the steel industry; British Steel Corporation (BSC) corporate plan; United States action against European Community steel imports; third country imports) (Part 11)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 150

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Date Value Title
82 Jun 3 Th Major Nationalised industries: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (“Duport Steels Ltd”) [government takes legal action] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 10 Th Major Nationalised industries: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (“Parliamentary statement on steel”) [“[EC] taking a very tough line”] [declassified 2012]
82 Jun 14 Mo Major Nationalised industries: Jenkin minute to MT (“BSC corporate plan”) [“strictly confidential” extra finance] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 26 Mo Major Nationalised industries: No.10 minute to MT (“Statement on US/Steel”) [EC/US failure to reach agreement] [declassified 2012]
82 Oct 22 Fr Major Nationalised industries: No.10 minute to MT (“Statement on Steel”) [EC/US agreement] [declassified 2012]
82 Nov 8 Mo Major Nationalised industries: Edwards letter to Howell (“Dispute between the British Steel Corporation and the British Transport Docks board”) [declassified 2012]
82 Nov 17 We Major Nationalised industries: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (Sheerness Steel) [MT: “We must do everything to help”] [declassified 2012]
82 Nov 19 Fr Major Nationalised industries: Jenkin PS letter to Biffen PS (“Steel: Parliamentary statement on 22 November”) [EC talks on global steel industry crisis] [declassified 2012]
82 Nov 22 Mo Major Nationalised industries: Jenkin letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“BSC: write-off of capital”) [ongoing losses] [declassified 2012]
82 Nov 24 We Major Nationalised industries: No.10 minute to MT (“Steel imports”) [industrial action against foreign steel] [declassified 2012]
82 Nov 30 Tu Major Nationalised industries: MT letter to Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (national steel appeal) [reduction of steel industry capacity] [declassified 2012]