1981 Mar 10 - 1984 Feb 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1205
Economic policy (Future of International Computers Limited (ICL)) (Part 2)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 291 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 May 8 Fr | Major | Economic policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("ICL") [International Computers Ltd: "if their hopes and plans go wrong, then a buyer is what they will have to look for... an unlimited source of Government funding... does not exist"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 May 8 Fr | Major | Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Keith Joseph, Kenneth Baker, Soames, Brittan, Cockfield, Reay Atkinson, Peter Carey, Gerald Watson, Bill Ryrie, Robert Armstrong, Robin Ibbs, David Wolfson) [International Computers Ltd (ICL)] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Jun 4 Th | Major | Economic policy: Kenneth Baker PS letter to No.10 ("ICL") [International Computers Ltd: announcement of major redundancy programme] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Jul 16 Th | Major | Economic policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Keith Joseph ("ICL: Preference Shares") [International Computers Ltd: conversion from Government loan guarantee: "With considerable reluctance... [and] misgivings, I am prepared to go along with the proposal"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Nov 20 Fr | Major | Economic policy: Department of Industry briefing for MT ("ICL Ardwick: meeting with Gerald Kaufman MP, 23 November") [closure of International Computers Ltd factory] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Nov 23 Mo | Major | Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Gerald Kaufman MP, Kenneth Baker) ["ICL, Plymouth Grove": threatened closure of International Computers Ltd factory in Manchester] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Nov 25 We | Major | Economic policy: Jenkin minute to MT ("ICL: collaboration with Fujitsu") ["I propose that Kenneth Baker should announce the tapered extension of the [Government] guarantee... on 27 November. This would spell out precisely the continued borrowing facilities which... [International Computers Ltd's] bankers are prepared to provide"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 81 Dec 15 Tu | Major | Economic policy: Kenneth Baker PS letter to No.10 (sale to Fujitsu of International Computers Ltd microsystems facility in West Gorton, Manchester) [briefing] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 82 Feb 19 Fr | Major | Economic policy: MT letter to Gerald Kaufman MP (closure of International Computers Ltd (ICL) factory at Plymouth Grove) ["the negotiations have all been unsuccessful"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Nov 24 Th | Major | Economic policy: Tebbit minute to MT ("ICL") ["a [potential] disastrous blow to public confidence in... [International Computers Ltd] caused by either the appointment of Edwardes... [prompting] the resignation of board members... or by a public failure to find a new Chairman"; BT purchasing decision] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Nov 25 Fr | Major | Economic policy: Tebbit minute to MT ("ICL") [chairmanship transition; BT purchasing choice between UK company International Computers Ltd and IBM] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Nov 26 Sa | Major | Economic policy: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("ICL") [International Computers Ltd; latest position] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Nov 28 Mo | Major | Economic policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("ICL") [consequences for UK company International Computers Ltd should BT procure IBM technology; future of ICL] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 1 Th | Major | Economic policy: Tebbit minute to MT ("ICL") [chairmanship transition; relationship between BT & International Computers Ltd] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 1 Th | Major | Economic policy: BT letter to No.10 (record of confidential discussion) [Robin Butler, Clive Priestley: "to confirm my understanding of the outcome"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 7 We | Major | Economic policy: No.10 briefing for MT (post-Cabinet meeting with Norman Tebbit) [topics, including INMOS and BT/International Computers Ltd (ICL)] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 8 Th | Major | Economic policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Tebbit) ["BT/ICL": International Computers Ltd; "fears about technological dependence on the US"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 9 Fr | Major | Economic policy: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("INMOS and BT/ICL") ["sale of INMOS and the placing of the major BT contract for computer systems [with either IBM or UK company International Computers Ltd (ICL)]... strength of the technological argument in each case"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 9 Fr | Major | Economic policy: British Telecom letter to No.10 (meeting in 10 Downing Street on 1 December) [proposed acquisition] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Feb 16 Th | Minor | Economic policy: No.10 minute to Information Technology Division, DTI (security classification of recent correspondence with No.10 regarding BT/International Computers Ltd) ["would be inappropriate to downgrade... to 'confidential'"] [declassified Jan 2014] |