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1984 Mar 5 - 1984 Sep 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1163
Aerospace (Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Review; airline competition policy; position of British Caledonian and other independent airlines) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 313
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84 Jul 26 Th Major Aerospace: MT letter to Chairman of British Caledonian Airways Ltd. (Civil Aviation Authority report) ["I have asked... [Nicholas Ridley] to report the outcome of your discussions to me"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: No.10 briefing for MT ("CAA Review") [Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation: route transfers] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 10 Mo Major Aerospace: No.10 briefing for MT (Civil Aviation Authority review) [Howe comments; charter market firms] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 10 Tu Major Aerospace: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with the Chancellor, Mr. Tebbit and Mr. Ridley) [Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation; Sealink] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 5 Th Major Aerospace: No.10 briefing for MT (unscheduled meeting with Nicholas Ridley) [Civil Aviation Review: route transfers] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 20 Fr Major Aerospace: No.10 letter to Ridley PS ("CAA Review - British Caledonian") [Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation; request for advice on BCal Chairman's request for meeting with MT] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 12 We Major Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT ("The Nott Undertakings") ["You asked to see the context of the John Nott undertakings quoted in Lord King's letters to MPs"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Mar 8 Th Major Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation) ["Lord King's view that CAA could produce a report which would damage BA and make privatisation more difficult"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 8 Fr Major Aerospace: No.10 minute: Policy Unit to Turnbull ("British Airways - Employee Share Schemes") ["We like Mr Ridley's proposals"; Treasury disagrees] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 21 Tu Major Aerospace: No.10 minute: Sherbourne to Alison ("British Airways, BCal and independents") [note of conversation with James Moorhouse MEP] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 8 We Major Aerospace: No.10 minute: Sherbourne to Alison (Chairmen of the independent airlines) [request to meet with MT] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 31 Tu Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("BA, BCal and the CAA") [Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation; "The key issue is whether or not to transfer routes... We have advised you strenuously against this hitherto, and we still do so now"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 7 Fr Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Civil Aviation policy") ["We see nothing but trouble in Mr Ridley's key recommendations"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 26 We Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Civil Aviation policy: Prime Minister's meeting with Lord King on 27 September") [CAA review of airline competition policy: "We strongly support Mr Ridley's proposals"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 7 Fr Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Prime Minister's meeting with Mr Michael Bishop, British Midland Airways") ["it is still difficult to see precisely what Mr Bishop wants"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("British Caledonian") [Robert Young record of conversation with BCal Chairman, Sir Adam Thomson] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jul 10 Tu Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Civil Aviation Policy Review") ["the world at large will see our response to the CAA review as symbolic of our real intentions towards privatisation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit record of conversation ("British Caledonian") [Robert Young, Adam Thomson] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 26 We Major Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (airline competition review) [Robin Butler, Sir Adam Thomson: "Sir Adam said that he wanted you to know how unhappy he was with the proposals being put to him"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Sep 11 Tu Major Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Biffen, Tebbit, Ridley, Wakeham, Ian Percival) ["CAA Review"; Civil Aviation Authority review of the implications of British Airways privatisation] [declassified Jan 2014]