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1984 Apr 1 - 1985 Jul 7
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1538
Industrial policy (Future of British Leyland: privatisation of UniPart; collaboration with Honda) (Part 9)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 219
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85 May 22 We Major Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("BL: Austin Rover Review (E(A)(85) 28 and 29)") [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 13 Th Major Industrial Policy: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 ("BL/Honda") [British Leyland: Government response to Corporate Plan; negotiations with Honda] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 10 Mo Major Industrial Policy: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 ("BL: Honda") [British Leyland: Tebbit intends to discuss developments with MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 8 We Major Industrial Policy: Foreign Secretary minute to MT ("Leyland Buses: Bangkok") ("Leyland Bus: Bangkok") [warns against breach of OECD "no-aid" rules] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 22 We Major Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("BL") [British Leyland corporate plan; Austin Rover Group and Honda; future of Land Rover-Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Tebbit") [British Leyland: Corporate Plan; British Steel] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 10 Mo Major Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (British Leyland/Honda negotiations: meeting with Tebbit) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 3 Mo Major Industrial Policy: No.10 letter to Department of Trade & Industry ("BL Corporate Plan") [draft letter to Honda on supply of engines] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 19 Fr Major Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Austin Rover Group: proposed meeting with Professor Bhattacharya) ["The ruse for seeing [Bhattacharya]...will not work"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 3 Fr Major Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Leyland Bus: Thai contract) [British response to Belgian bid; proposal for avoiding OECD "no-aid" rules] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major Industrial Policy: No.10 note to MT (British Leyland: Policy-Search Paper by Trevor Morse) [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 1 Mo Major Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Tebbit-Lamont-Gregson-Warry) ["British Leyland"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 10 Mo Major Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tebbit) ["BL/Honda": developments in British Leyland/Honda negotiations] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 13 Th Major Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tebbit-Chancellor of the Exchequer) ["BL/Honda"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 23 Th Major Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tebbit-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Young-Lamont-Wiggins) ["BL Corporate Plan"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jul 4 Th Major Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tebbit-Lamont) ["Land Rover-Leyland"; negotiations with General Motors] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tebbit-Moore-Gregson-Warry) ["British Leyland"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 7 Tu Major Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tebbit-Rees) ("Leyland Bus: Bangkok") [proposed negotiating position for Thai bus deal; MT concerned at failures to "clinch major export deals"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 3 Fr Major Industrial Policy: Rees minute to MT ("Leyland Bus: Bangkok") [warns against breaching OECD rules to win contract] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 3 We Major Industrial Policy: Tebbit manuscript minute to MT (Austin Rover and Honda) [draft memorandum of understanding, "for your eyes only at this stage"] [declassified Dec 2014]