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 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Dec 13 Fr | Major | Westland: Heseltine minute for MT (‘Westland plc’) [“British Aerospace consortium”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 26 Th | Major | Westland: John Smith letter to MT (“Westland Helicopters”) [government should acquire “substantial holding”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 10 Tu | Major | Westland: John Wakeham note for Nigel [Wicks] (talk with Heseltine) [Heseltine thinks meeting on Friday a “Constitutional Necessity”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 16 Mo | Major | Westland: MOD letter to DTI (“Westland: Statement to the House”) [seeks amendments] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 12 Th | Major | Westland: MOD record of conversation (Heseltine-Woerner phone call) [German reservations] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Major | 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 27 Fr | Major | Westland: Press Association tape (developments) [new European move; bribery claim by Teddy Taylor] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 26 Th | Minor | Westland: Press Association tape (Heseltine cancels holiday) [needed at home] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 19 Th | Major | 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 23 Mo | Major | 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 13 Fr | Major | Westland: Wicks minute for Powell (‘Westlands’) [information from Whitmore] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 12 Th | Major | Westland: Wiggins minute for Unwin (‘Westlands’) [explains no EA meeting firmed up for Friday] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 13 Fr | Major | Westland: Wiggins minute for Unwin (‘Westlands’) [“today’s instalment”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Major | Westland: “A blur of blades” (second leader) |
| 85 Dec 16 Mo | Major | Westland: “Battle on the Westland front” (Rodney Cowton explains the Heseltine-Brittan clash) |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Major | Westland: “Brittan says ploy on Westland was overruled” (Commons statement) |
| 85 Dec 20 Fr | Major | Westland: “European bid fuels Westland battle” (European consortium plan to be published today) |
| 85 Dec 17 Tu | Major | Westland: “Heseltine brushes aside resignation questions” (press conference in his MOD office) |
| 85 Dec 29 Su | Major | Westland: “Heseltine pressures Thatcher on Westland ” (circulates cabinet memo urging government express preference for European package) |
| 85 Dec 23 Mo | Major | Westland: “Heseltine scents victory over Westland rescue” (Brittan “faces Cabinet isolation on the issue”) |