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1981 Mar 4 - 1982 Mar 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/875
Posts and telecommunications (Future of Post Office: liberalisation of telecommunications monopoly; British Telecom's investment programme; BT and postal tariff increases) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Sep 24
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 282
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Date Value Title
81 Mar 11 We Major Posts and telecommunications: No.10 letter to Treasury (BT financing) [transition to privatisation] [declassified 2013]
81 Mar 19 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (BT financing) [No.10 rift with Treasury] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 2 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: Treasury briefing for MT (“British Telecommunications”) [BT concerns about government financing constraints] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 3 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: Joseph minute to MT (“Telecommunications liberalisation”) [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 10 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Joseph (“BT’s investment programme”) [“We need to ensure that the approach to cost-saving is radical and determined”] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 14 Tu Major Posts and telecommunications: Joseph PS letter to No.10 (“Telecommunications: liberalisation”) [declassified 2013]
81 Jun 18 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: Joseph minute to Whitelaw (“Liberalisation of the telecommunications monopoly”) ["your security interests"] [declassified 2013]
81 Jul 9 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: Joseph letter to BT Chairman (financing and investment) [“some progress at last in getting BT financing outside the PSBR”] [declassified 2013]
81 Jul 10 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: Joseph minute to MT (“British Telecommunications (BT) tariff increases”) [reaction to increased competition] [declassified 2013]
81 Jul 30 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: No.10 minute to MT (telecommunications liberalisation) [statement in Parliament] [declassified 2013]
81 Sep 1 Tu Major Posts and telecommunications: Baker letter to Sally Oppenheim (BT price increases) [transition to privatisation] [declassified 2013]
81 Sep 24 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: Jenkin letter to Brittan (“Postal tariffs”) [efficiency measures] [declassified 2013]
82 Mar 15 Mo Major Posts and telecommunications: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Future policy on telecommunications”) [transition to privatisation] [declassified 2013]
82 Mar 16 Tu Major Posts and telecommunications: Jenkin letter to Whitelaw (future telecommunications policy) [transition to privatisation] [declassified 2013]