1983 Mar 1 - 1984 Nov 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1298
Legal procedure (United States anti-trust investigation into allegations of price fixing against British airlines, following collapse of Laker Airways) (Part 1)
Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
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Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
Classification: | Secret |
Page count: | 359 |
Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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84 Oct 2 Tu | Major | Legal Procedure: Attorney General letter to Ridley ("US Grand Jury Investigation and Laker Case: Attorney General's Lunch with US Ambassador on 1 October") [Havers, Price, Deal, Ayling: record of discussion] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Sep 17 Mo | Major | Legal Procedure: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (Laker case) [proposed message from MT to Reagan] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Nov 8 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: No.10 letter to US Embassy, London (Laker case) ["the procedure if British Airways were to plead no contest"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 15 Tu | Major | Legal Procedure: Chair of British Caledonian letter to MT (British Airlines: US Anti-Trust Action) [Grand Jury investigation; plea for UK Govt to take action] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Oct 30 Tu | Major | Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3221 to FCO (2159Z) ("Laker") [Wright, Dam: record of conversation: US/UK consultations on future arrangements] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Nov 15 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: Ridley letter to Howe ("Aviation and US Antitrust: The "Laker" Issue") [settlement on future working of Bermuda 2 agreement] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Apr 7 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: Lord Cockfield PS letter to No.10 ("United States Airline Antitrust Investigation") [urgent advice & draft reply following Reagan refusal to halt investigation] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 30 We | Major | Legal Procedure: Lord Cockfield PS minute to No.10 ("The Laker Suit") [strategy for Govt intervention; lifting of injunction against liquidator] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Jun 16 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: Tom King letter to Cecil Parkinson ("US Anti Trust Action Against British Airlines - Use of the Protection of Trading Interests (PTI) Act") ["need to establish clearly the position in English law... to negotiate satisfactory future arrangements to prevent such disputes recurring"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 31 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: MT letter to Chair of British Caledonian (United States Airline Antitrust Investigation) [UK countermeasures] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Apr 6 We | Major | Legal Procedure: President Reagan message to MT (White House telegram to Cabinet Office, 1656Z) (United States Airline Antitrust Investigation) [refusal to halt investigation] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Nov 22 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3480 to FCO (0027Z) ("Laker: Leg 2") ["Limited progress in dealing with status of predatory behaviour allegation"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Nov 22 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: Ridley minute to MT ("Aviation and Anti Trust: The Laker Issue") [US/UK discussions on US anti trust law: scope for liberalisation] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Oct 31 We | Major | Legal Procedure: Ridley PS letter to Howe PS ("Aviation and US Antitrust: The 'Laker' Issue") [report on talks with US] [declassified Jan 2014] |
84 Nov 10 Sa | Major | Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 3355 to FCO (0023Z) ("Laker: Future Arrangements") [US/UK discussions on "relationship between US anti-trust law and bilateral aviation"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 29 Tu | Major | Legal Procedure: MT message to President Reagan (1105Z) (US Department of Justice Airline Antitrust Investigation) [MT pleads for talks and warns of potential damage to US/UK relations if case proceeds] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 17 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: UKE Washington telegram 664 to FCO (1545Z) ("British Airlines: US Anti-Trust Action") ["if anything, attitudes here have hardened"; options] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 28 Mo | Major | Legal Procedure: Lord Cockfield PS letter to No.10 (Aviation: US Grand Jury Investigation) [draft MT letter of intervention to Reagan] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 Mar 31 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: Attorney General letter to MT ("British Airways and British Caledonian -v- Laker") [interim injunction] [declassified Jan 2014] |
83 May 26 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: FCO briefing for MT ("US-Anti-Trust Action Against British Airlines") [background] [declassified Jan 2014] |