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1985 Dec 10 - 1985 Dec 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1416
Aerospace (Westland Helicopters) (Part 1B)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 213
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85 Dec 16 Mon Westland: “Battle on the Westland front” (Rodney Cowton explains the Heseltine-Brittan clash)
85 Dec 16 Mon Westland: Brittan minute for MT (Westland) [seeks & receives approval from MT to make HC statement] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mon Westland: MOD letter to DTI (“Westland: Statement to the House”) [seeks amendments] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 16 Mon Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (‘Westlands’) [investigates Heseltine claim that cabinet committee meeting was cancelled] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tue Westland: “Brittan says ploy on Westland was overruled” (Commons statement)
85 Dec 17 Tue Westland: “Heseltine brushes aside resignation questions” (press conference in his MOD office)
85 Dec 17 Tue Westland: “A blur of blades” (second leader)
85 Dec 17 Tue Westland: MT letter to Sir John Cuckney (reply to his letter of 13 Dec) [refers him to Brittan statement 16 December] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 17 Tue Westland: Chief Secretary minute for MT (Westland) [“the European solution would mean less competition and therefore increased costs”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 18 Wed Westland: “Heseltine throws down gauntlet on Westland deal” (“Brittan accused by critics of ‘misleading Commons’”) [Haviland & Bevins articles]
85 Dec 18 Wed Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (Heseltine briefing press) [information from “my friend in the MOD”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Thu Westland: “MPs support Heseltine in Westland campaign” (“Rescue deal signed with Sikorsky”)
85 Dec 19 Thu Westland: Draft Cabinet minutes (“Westland plc”) [line discussed & agreed] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Thu Westland: Transcript of BBC Nine O’Clock News (Brittan interview) [Powell: “pretty inoffensive, though a technical breach of the ceasefire”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fri Westland: “European bid fuels Westland battle” (European consortium plan to be published today)
85 Dec 20 Fri Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (“Westland”) [European offer made - “has quite a lot both for the bankers and the shareholders”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 21 Sat Westland: “Rival bid for Westland ‘vindicates Heseltine’” (European rescue terms published)
85 Dec 23 Mon Westland: “Heseltine scents victory over Westland rescue” (Brittan “faces Cabinet isolation on the issue”)
85 Dec 23 Mon Westland: Wicks minute for MT (“Westland”) [Fanshawe conversation - Heseltine would resign if European offer not accepted; his “humiliation in Cabinet”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mon Westland: Heseltine letter & minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [“the Government should indicate, at least informally, that … it would prefer a British/European solution … will not be an easy one for you”] [declassified Dec 2014]