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1983 Dec 13 - 1985 Jun 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1440
Defence (Procurement of weapon systems: national defence technological capabilities; rising cost of defence equipment; participation in European Fighter Aircraft project) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 314
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85 Mar 20 We Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("A New Basic Trainer for the Royal Air Force") [Heseltine recommendation to award contract to Shorts vs Younger preference for BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 3 Fr Major Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [background; UK conditions for proceeding with partnership project; alternative possibilities] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 19 Th Major Defence: Geoffrey Pattie minute to MT (Defence contracts with the Netherlands) [UK purchase of Dutch Goalkeeper Close-In Weapon System in return for Dutch purchase of Rolls-Royce Spey engines] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 11 We Major Defence: Geoffrey Pattie PS minute to No.10 (Guided Weapons for the Royal Navy) [copy of statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th Major Defence: George Younger letter to Heseltine ("RAF Basic Trainer") [outline of the merits of BAe's PC-9 bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 5 Tu Major Defence: Heseltine letter to George Younger ("RAF Future Basic Trainer") [request for Younger's officials not to participate in Equipment and Policy Committee meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 18 Tu Major Defence: Heseltine letter to Rees (new basic trainer aircraft for the RAF) [announcement of the shortlisting of bids from four down to two - Shorts & BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 18 Mo Major Defence: Heseltine letter to Tebbit ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["Industrial factors, particularly... [BAe's] position relative to the French, will play a large part in determining the way forward"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 3 Mo Major Defence: Heseltine letter to Tebbit (Defence procurement: disclosure requirements and competitive bids) [BAe & the contract for Rapier missiles] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 19 Tu Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("A New Basic Trainer for the Royal Air Force") [Shorts vs BAe: notification of reduction in cost of BAe bid; recommendation still to accept Shorts bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 26 Tu Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["major and complex issues that the Government will need to consider"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 19 Th Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [agreement reached with France, West Germany, Spain & Italy to launch a 6-month collaborative Feasibility Study] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [Heseltine's views on recent negotiations between prospective partner countries] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 15 Mo Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [key issues, for Cabinet meeting on 25 April] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 18 Tu Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [report on outcome of recent meetings of partners countries' Defence Ministers] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 2 Mo Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Future Fighter Aircraft") [proposed feasibility study on collaboration with France, W. Germany, Italy & Spain] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 6 Fr Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("National Defence Technological Capabilities") [comments on working group report; information on technologies not covered by the report] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 2 Mo Major Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Surface-to-Surface Guided Weapons for the Royal Navy") [proposal that contract should go to US firm in preference to BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 24 Mo Major Defence: Heseltine PS letter to Howe PS ("European Fighter Aircraft") [comments on draft telegram to partner countries' ambassadors, arguing case for proceeding without France] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 21 Th Major Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 ("A New Basic Trainer for the RAF") [text of Heseltine statement to Parliament on successful bid] [declassified Dec 2014]