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1983 Jul 11 - 1984 Jan 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1325
Nationalised industries (Shipbuilding policy; prospects for British Shipbuilders) (Part 5)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 282
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83 Dec 23 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Conference (Scott Lithgow) ["must face up to the realities of the commercial world"; refutes case for Govt intervention in contract dispute with Britoil] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 11 We Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Norman Godman MP (Scott Lithgow) [cancellation of Britoil contract; performance & future of the Company] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 23 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Norman Godman MP (Scott Lithgow) [declines request for meeting to discuss cancellation of Britoil contract] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 23 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Sir William Lithgow (Scott Lithgow) [refuses to consider Govt intervention in contract dispute with Britoil but pledges Govt resources to minimise local impact should loss of contract lead to closure of the firm] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 24 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 briefing for MT ("Scott Lithgow") [background; papers; key questions] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 26 Th Minor Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (meeting with the Prime Minister) [MT rules out attendance of a wider group of local community representatives] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 3 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("British Shipbuilders - Borrowing Limits") [DTI proposal to raise limit; advice to MT should she have to adjudicate between Treasury & DTI] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 20 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Scott Lithgow and Beyond") [case against approving Younger's request for additional funding for Scottish Development Agency] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 24 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Scott Lithgow") ["If ever there was a case for not bailing out a public sector disaster, this is it"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 24 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Scott Lithgow") [MT's conditions for meeting with STUC] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 23 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Shipbuilding - EC Notification of UK Shipbuilding Aid") [comments on Tebbit proposals; MT unhappy with quality of DTI submission] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jul 13 We Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Michael Scholar ("British Shipbuilders: Corporate Plan 1983") [comments on Cecil Parkinson proposals; alternative recommendations] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 6 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit: Robert Young minute to Nicholas Owen ("British Shipbuilder' Pay Negotiations") [analysis of the settlement & its press coverage] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 25 We Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Younger, Walker, Jenkin, Tebbit, Rees, Redwood) ["Scott Lithgow"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Nov 23 We Major Nationalised Industries: Norman Lamont letter to MT (British Shipbuilders' figures in ship repair) [final monthly update] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 30 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Parkinson letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("British Shipbuilders: Borrowing Limits") [legislation to raise limit & question of the amount] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 14 We Major Nationalised Industries: Parkinson letter to Younger (Clydeside shipbuilding) [closure of Scott Lithgow & other shipyards; potential contracts] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Nov 10 Th Major Nationalised Industries: Prior letter to Rees ("Harland and Wolff Ltd: Blue Star Line Order") [outline of terms & case for their acceptance] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 13 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Prior minute to MT ("Shipbuilding: EC Notification of UK Aid") ["early notification... to support both British Shipbuilders and Harland and Wolff Ltd"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 11 We Major Nationalised Industries: Prior PS letter to No.10 ("Harland and Wolff: Publication of Accounts") [overview] [declassified Jan 2014]