1985 Jan 2 - 1985 Oct 25
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1446
Defence (Defence sales) (Part 5)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2015 Jul 16 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 357 |
| Any docs withheld? | 30 |
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Showing items 41 - 60 of 62
| Date | Value |
Title |
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| 85 Jan 10 Th | Major | Defence: MT message to King Fahd (sale of Tornado & developments in the oil market) [MT "delighted" with sale, and promises discretion until details are finalised; notes that she has asked Peter Walker to meet with Sheikh Yamani "to discuss how our objectives in relation to oil prices might be met"] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Apr 2 Tu | Major | Defence: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Saudi Arabia: Tornado") [MT agrees to visit Saudi Arabia on her way back from South East Asia; Defence briefing attached] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 24 Th | Major | Defence: No.10 record of conversation ("MSE") [Charles Powell, Robert McFarlane] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Feb 18 Mo | Major | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prince Bandar bin Sultan al Saud) ["Saudi Arabia: Tornado"] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Aug 17 Sa | Major | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Prince Bandar bin Sultan al Saud) [sale of Tornado/Hawk aircraft; Middle East peace process] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Sep 30 Mo | Major | Defence: Prince Sultan letter to MT (UK/Saudi relations) [courtesy letter following visit to UK] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Sep 30 Mo | Major | Defence: Prince Sultan letter to MT letter to Saudi Ambassador (UK/Saudi relations) [courtesy letter following Prince Sultan's visit to UK] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Jan 9 We | Major | Defence: Rees letter to Channon ("Frigates for Pakistan") [export credit cover risks] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 May 22 We | Major | Defence: Rees letter to Heseltine ("Tornados for Oman") [response to Heseltine's case for concessions in the contract] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Feb 5 Tu | Major | Defence: Rees minute to MT ("Cover for Arms Sales") [latest Quarterly Report on Defence Sales: identifying "export credit cover beyond what... [is] prudent in the light of ECGD's deteriorating finances"] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Jun 5 We | Major | Defence: Rees minute to MT ("Defence Sales to Jordan") [willing to approve a "more modest" credit cover increase than Heseltine proposes; opposes softening of the terms of the loan] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Feb 5 Tu | Major | Defence: Robin Butler minute to Charles Powell ("Sale of Ptarmigan to the United States") [Lord Weinstock noting that media creating false impression of "a struggle between a wholly British and a wholly French system"] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Jun 7 Fr | Major | Defence: Tebbit minute to MT ("Defence Sales to Jordan") [opposed to Heseltine request for increase in credit cover amount; "You have instructed ECGD to be more rigorous"] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Jan 8 Tu | Major | Defence: UKE Jedda telegram 20 to FCO (1100Z) ("Tornado") [confusion over signal from Saudis of intention not to proceed with purchase] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Jan 14 Mo | Major | Defence: UKE Jedda telegram 27 to FCO (0545Z) ("Tornado") [conveyance of MT message to King Fahd & of her request for Fahd to visit UK; Peter Walker meeting with Yamani] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Aug 27 Tu | Major | Defence: UKE Jedda telegram 506 to FCO (0800Z) ("Message to King Fahd and Prince Sultan") [delivery] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Sep 23 Mo | Major | Defence: UKE Jedda telegram to FCO (0525Z) (Prince Sultan's visit to UK) [names of delegation; media representation] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Sep 19 Th | Major | Defence: UKE Riyadh telegram 104 to FCO (1200Z) ("Tornado Deal") [Saudi reactions to deal; outline programme for Prince Sultan's visit] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 22 Tu | Major | Defence: UKE Riyadh telegram U/N to MoD (1230Z) ("Observer Story on Tornado") [message from King Fahd] [declassified Jul 2015] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Major | Defence: UKE Washington telegram 2689 to FCO (1830Z) ("MSE") [status of bidding; advice for MT to intercede with Donald Regan] [declassified Jul 2015] |