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PREM19/1186
Defence (Defence sales) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 454
Any docs withheld? 2

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84 Dec 6 Th Major Defence: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("Sale of Airbus to Turkey") ["we suspect a degree of brinkmanship by Sir Ray Lygo - BAe are unwilling themselves to carry any share of the exposure... and their bankers have still not decided whether they will carry on their own account the risk on the £36 million loan amount not covered by ECGD"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mo Major Defence: Channon minute to MT ("ECGD cover: Turkey and Pakistan") ["I would hope that we could review the whole position of cover in cases like this at the OD meeting on 22 October so that we do not lose other good potential business"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr Major Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Tornados for Turkey") [cover note for UKE Ankara telegram indicating that the Turkish army does not have the de facto autonomy over military expenditure that British Aerospace believes it to have] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Aug 21 Tu Major Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Tornados for Turkey") ["I do not think [Tebbit's proposed] course could be justified in terms of our policy of limiting ECGD's exposure in the most risky markets or in the light of ECGD's own precarious financial position... Recent developments in Turkey confirm the need for a cautious approach"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 11 Fr Major Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Howe ("Western European Union (WEU)") ["It is difficult to believe that yet another forum is needed to discuss defence matters"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 11 Fr Major Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Tebbit ("Tornados for Turkey") [MT "did not in fact raise this issue [at the Anglo-German Summit]... I am however seriously concerned about the way this proposal was put forward at the last minute without proper consultation"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Nov 2 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Attribution in Cabinet and Cabinet Committee minutes") [Lawson query regarding individual attributions in minutes of OD meeting on sale of Tornado to Turkey] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 31 We Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Tornados for Turkey") ["whether the revised BAe proposals are acceptable and what the division of credit exposure should be between public and private sector sources"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Oct 19 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("OD: Tornados for Turkey") [export credit support proposals: "dramatic increase in both the total contract value of the order... and the resulting... [UK] credit exposure"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Dec 28 Fr Major Defence: Baroness Young letter to Rees ("ECGD cover for Turkey") [sale of seven Airbus aircraft; second Bosphorus bridge contract] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Nov 12 Mo Major Defence: Adam Butler PS letter to No.10 ("Overhaul Contract for Phantom Engines") [MT approves awarding the contract to Greece following resolution of the question over sale of Tornado to Turkey] [declassified Jan 2014]