1982 Dec 1 - 1983 Jun 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1095
Nationalised industries (Prospects for the steel industry; plant closures; future of Ian MacGregor, chairman of British Steel Corporation (BSC)) (Part 12)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 368 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Title |
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| 82 Dec 6 Mo | Major | Nationalised industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe, Jenkin, Younger, Edwards, Brittan, Cockfield, Tebbit) ["BSC future strategy"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 3 Fr | Major | Nationalised industries: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("BSC future strategy") ["the most obvious candidate for closure is Ravenscraig... [but] We need to maintain our present capacity for the time being to secure a fair... slice of the total European market"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 3 Fr | Major | Nationalised industries: No.10 minute to MT (successor to Sir Peter Carey) [views on MT's preferred candidate] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 3 Fr | Major | Nationalised industries: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 ("Letters to the Prime Minister from Dr Jeremy Bray") [case against closure of Ravenscraig steelworks] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 10 Fr | Major | Nationalised industries: Jenkin PS briefing for MT (meeting with Ian MacGregor) ["our views on the suggestion that MacGregor might... combine the chairmanship of BSC with the chairmanship of the NCB"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 10 Fr | Major | Nationalised industries: Jenkin minute to MT ("BSC: future strategy") [cash requirement projections for next three years based on four alternative options for Ravenscraig & Port Talbot] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 3 Fr | Major | Nationalised industries: Jenkin minute to MT ("BSC future strategy") ["It is very clear that the case for deferring the closure of Ravenscraig is not commercial and financial but political... the decision should not be at the expense of Llanwern"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 3 Fr | Major | Nationalised industries: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("British Steel Corporation future strategy") [options for addressing ongoing losses, including closure of Ravenscraig] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 2 Th | Major | Nationalised industries: Jenkin minute to MT ("BSC future strategy") ["I attach a paper describing the current outlook for the BSC and the guidance I believe we should give them"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 82 Dec 15 We | Minor | Nationalised industries: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (British Steel Corporation: Plan for 1983/86) [timing of Parliamentary debate on steel] [declassified Aug 2013] |