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1983 Apr 12 - 1984 Jan 11
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1344
Posts and telecommunications (Future of the Post Office; telecommunications liberalisation and privatisation; Telecommunications Bill; draft licence for British Telecom (BT)) (Part 7)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 370
Any docs withheld? 1
Themes: Parliament, Privatized & state industries, Science & technology

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Date Value Title
83 Mar 27 Su Major Posts and telecommunications: Patrick Jenkin letter to David Howell ("Telecommunications Bill") [application of Telecommunications Code to particular operators; Howell concern regarding disruptive roadworks] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 May 4 We Major Posts and telecommunications: Michael Scholar minute to MT ("POEU Industrial Action") ["important to avoid a crisis in an Election campaign"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 May 5 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("British Telecom Purchase of Swedish Telecommunications Equipment") ["directly competitive with our own System X"; proposed handling] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jun 6 Mo Major Posts and telecommunications: Jenkin minute to MT ("Mercury") [access to international services] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jun 27 Mo Major Posts and telecommunications: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (privatisation of British Telecommunications) [Lord Weinstock's alternative proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Jul 29 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: Parkinson minute to MT ("Mercury Restructuring") [link with AT&T] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Aug 10 We Major Posts and telecommunications: Brittan minute to MT ("Mercury Re-Structuring") [security implications of including AT&T in consortium] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Aug 12 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: Howe minute to MT ("Mercury Restructuring: Possible AT & T Shareholding") [access to European networks; Government's role in representing/negotiating UK interests in international fora] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Aug 31 We Major Posts and telecommunications: Biffen letter to Parkinson ("Telecommunications Bill Timetable") [target date of 1 July 1984 for opening of Office of Telecommunications; Post Office Engineers Union] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 15 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: Parkinson minute to MT ("Mercury Restructuring") [Cable & Wireless not prepared to invest; C&W and BT prioritising finding UK over US partners; Telecommunications Bill; Mercury/US market] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 28 We Major Posts and telecommunications: Parkinson minute to MT ("BT Privatisation and Mercury POEU Action") [details; proposed Government reponse] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 30 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("POEU Action Against Mercury") [advice on position to be taken by Government] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 30 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("BT: Industrial Action") [situation analysis/advice/contingencies] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 4 Tu Major Posts and telecommunications: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("POEU Action") [update on BT threat to suspend workers & Mercury legal action] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 6 Th Major Posts and telecommunications: Parkinson minute to MT ("POEU Industrial Action: BT and Mercury") [situation report; proposed line to take] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 7 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: No.10 letter to Vice Chair of Goldman Sachs Ltd (sale of BT and Kleinwort, Benson shares to US) [request for Goldman Sachs views on opportunities] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 17 Mo Major Posts and telecommunications: Tebbit minute to MT ("POEU Action") ["two strands... one against privatisation and the other against Interconnection with Mercury... latest assessment [of impact]"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 19 We Major Posts and telecommunications: Tebbit minute to MT ("System X") [BT addresses MT concerns by cancelling plans to purchase foreign system, placing new orders with GEC/Plessey, and limiting future international orders] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 25 Tu Major Posts and telecommunications: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Cable and Wireless Share Sale") [sale of Government shares] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 28 Fr Major Posts and telecommunications: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("British Telecom Draft Licence") [summary; analysis; conclusions; Government's future policy on competition in telecommunications] [declassified Jan 2014]