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1982 Mar 10 - 1984 Feb 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1162
Aerospace (Future and structure of British Airways; Price Waterhouse Report; privatisation) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 218
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82 Mar 16 Tue Aerospace: No.10 minute: Walters minute to Scholar ("British Airways: Price Waterhouse Report") ["This is a most depressing document"; advice on consequences of the Government taking on BA debt] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Mar 16 Tue Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (Prime Minister's meeting with Chairman of British Airways) [Hoskyns request to sit on meeting; MT declines - private meeting] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Mar 31 Wed Aerospace: Central Policy Review Staff letter to Biffen ("Draft objectives for British Airways and British Airports ") [outlines need for more precise objectives, to address BA financial crisis, than those presented in Biffen minute to MT of 10 March] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 5 Mon Aerospace: Biffen briefing for MT ("British Airways: Price Waterhouse report") ["I thought it would be helpful to let you have a few preliminary points in advance of our discussion with Sir John King on 8 April"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Apr 8 Thu Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (1330Z) (MT, Sir John King & Mr. Alex Dibbs, Lord Cockfield, Alan Wheatley of Price Waterhouse) ["British Airways": Price Waterhouse report; remit of Chairman & BA Board; remedial measures to address BA financial crisis] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 May 5 Wed Aerospace: Brittan letter to Lord Cockfield ("British Airways") ["The Price Waterhouse analysis of... [BA] deficiencies makes disturbing reading"; consequent remedial priorities] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 May 24 Mon Aerospace: Gow minute to MT ("British Airways") [Treasury dispute with Sir John King over proposed senior management salary] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 May 27 Thu Aerospace: Lord Cockfield letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("British Airways: sale of International Aeradio Ltd") ["IAL... needs new money.... I do not think we should provide it... The question of disposal is essentially... for the BA Board... I would expect to be consulted... clearly important that there is no avoidable criticism"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Jul 23 Fri Aerospace: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("British Airways") [current position; Corporate Plan; financial target for next three years] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Sep 1 Wed Aerospace: Lord Cockfield letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("British Airways' financial position") ["writing to alert you to the position expected to be shown in BA's forthcoming annual report and accounts"; MT: "why any increase in pay? We cannot just agree to every request which private companies could not afford"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Sep 10 Fri Aerospace: MT letter to Chairman of British Caledonian (British Airways privatisation and the future of the civil aviation industry) [response to concerns about impact of BA privatisation on British Caledonian] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Sep 10 Fri Aerospace: Brittan letter to Lord Cockfield ("British Airways financial position") ["massively insolvent. They are expecting the taxpayer to pick up the bill"; proposals for Government response to latest BA draft accounts; MT in favour of pay cuts & redundancies] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Oct 6 Wed Aerospace: Lord Cockfield minute to Brittan ("British Airways") [redundancy payments & pension liabilities; MT: "I feel we have been bounced"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Oct 10 Sun Aerospace: No.10 letter to Lord Cockfield PS ("British Airways") [MT "remains of the view that the redundancy terms are too generous... enquires whether it would be possible to change the Trust Deed governing the... [BA] pensions scheme"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Oct 13 Wed Aerospace: Brittan letter to Lord Cockfield ("British Airways") ["default clauses in the loan agreement could require the Treasury to make immediate repayment of a large proportion of BA's foreign debt"] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Oct 28 Thu Aerospace: MT letter to Lord McFadzean of Kelvinside (British Airways) [response to Lord McFadzean's defence of BA record] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 1 Mon Aerospace: Lord Cockfield minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Privatisation") ["British Airways; airports; and export credit insurance"; MT notes concerns about effect of BA capital restructuring on British Caledonian] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 4 Thu Aerospace: Lord Cockfield minute to MT ("British Airways") [privatisation] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 5 Fri Aerospace: Central Policy Review Staff minute to MT ("British Airways") [privatisation] [declassified Jan 2014]
82 Nov 8 Mon Aerospace: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("British Airways") [privatisation] [declassified Jan 2014]