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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 10 Tue Westland: Heseltine letter to Brittan (“Westland Helicopters”) [persuade company to release more information to European consortium] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 11 Wed Westland: Heseltine letter to French, German & Italian Defence Ministers (“Future of the European Helicopter Industry”) [must finalise European bid by Friday; “the appropriate committee of the cabinet meets at 3pm that day”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Thu Westland: Wiggins minute for Unwin (‘Westlands’) [explains no EA meeting firmed up for Friday] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 12 Thu Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [GEC support] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fri Westland: Charles Powell minute for MT (‘Westlands’) [Westland board rejects European offer at 3pm] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fri Westland: Heseltine letter to Cuckney (European offer) [promises six extra Sea King orders & Europe only purchasing] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fri Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [“British Aerospace consortium”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 13 Fri Westland: Wiggins minute for Unwin (‘Westlands’) [“today’s instalment”] [declassified Dec 2014]
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: 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: Charles Powell minute for MT (Heseltine briefing press) [information from “my friend in the MOD”] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 19 Thu Westland: Draft Cabinet minutes (“Westland plc”) [line discussed & agreed] [declassified Dec 2014]
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 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]
85 Dec 24 Tue Westland: David Norgrove minute (‘Westland’) [overt & covert arguments in the Heseltine memorandum] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 27 Fri Westland: Press Association tape (developments) [new European move; bribery claim by Teddy Taylor] [declassified Dec 2014]