1982 Jan 11 - 1983 Aug 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1060
India (Orissa steel plant)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 106 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 82 Feb 11 Th | Major | India: Biffen PS letter to No.10 ("India: Orissa Steel Plant: French aid shortfall") [progress report; MT: "We must keep this contract"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Mar 3 We | Major | India: Biffen PS letter to No.10 ("India: Orissa Steel Plant: French aid shortfall) [MT: "It is not worth putting a contract of this size in jeopardy for £5m. It would be better to offer £20m"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Nov 30 Tu | Major | India: Lord Cockfield minute to Brittan ("India: Orissa Steel Project") ["I am as concerned as you are to provide the minimum aid necessary to secure substantial UK participation, but the tactics of how we deploy what we are prepared to give must, in my view, depend on how the Indians respond to our proposals"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Nov 2 Tu | Major | India: Lord Cockfield minute to MT ("India: Orissa Steel Project") [follow-up to MT discussion with Indira Gandhi on equipment to be supplied by UK industry; subsidy from aid programme] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Jul 16 Fr | Major | India: Lord Cockfield PS letter to No.10 ("Orissa Steel Plant") [recent developments] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Nov 15 Mo | Major | India: Lord Cockfield PS minute to No.10 (Lunch for Mr Rajiv Gandhi: brief on Orissa Steel Plan) [details of additional guest] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Sep 10 Fr | Major | India: MT letter to Chairman of Davy Corporation Limited (Orissa Steel Project) [latest position] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 May 21 Fr | Major | India: MT letter to Chairman of Davy Corporation Ltd (Orissa Steel Plant) [project's future uncertain] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Jun 29 Tu | Major | India: No.10 minute (internal) to Coles ("Orissa Steel Plant") [draft message from Dept. of Trade for MT to Indira Gandhi] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Feb 12 Fr | Major | India: No.10 minute to Department of Trade (Orissa Steel Plant) [major civil overseas contracts] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Apr 30 Fr | Major | India: No.10 minute to Rees PS (Orissa Steel Plant) [briefing for MT on status of Davy Corporation Ltd's negotiations] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Aug 5 Fr | Major | India: Raison PS letter to No.10 ("India: Orissa Steel Plant") ["written off for the forseeable future... still retain a strong interest in modernising the large steel plant in Durgapur"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 May 7 Fr | Major | India: Rees letter to MT ("India: Orissa Steel Plant") [project's future uncertain; UK Government financial aid under consideration] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 May 19 We | Major | India: Rees PS letter to No.10 ("Orissa Steel Plant") [project's future uncertain: line to take for UK High Commissioner's meeting with Indira Gandhi] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 May 14 Fr | Major | India: Rees PS letter to No.10 ("Orissa Steel Plant") [project's future uncertain] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Aug 13 Fr | Major | India: UKHC New Delhi letter to Department of Trade ("Orissa Steel Plant") ["I gather you would like a considered view from here on the progress achieved during your visit"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 May 12 We | Major | India: UKHC New Delhi telegram 203 to Department of Trade (1230Z) ("Orissa Steel Plant") [project's future uncertain] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Oct 18 Mo | Major | India: UKHC New Delhi telegram to Department of Trade ("Daitari Steel") [latest position on Orissa project] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Jan 11 Mo | Major | India: UKHC New Delhi telegram to Department of Trade ("Orissa Steel Plant") ["I am beginning to hear disquieting noises about whether the Indians will go ahead with the project"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Jun 17 Th | Major | India: UKHC New Delhi telegram to Department of Trade ("Orissa Steel Plant") [UK High Commissioner record of conversation with Indira Ghandi's Principal Secretary] [declassified Aug 2013] |