Archive

Large scale document archive

1984 Jun 1 - 1985 Jun 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1648
Trade (Export promotion: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); export credits; contract for second Bosphorus bridge) (Part 4)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 398
Any docs withheld?

Selections from this file

Showing items 1 - 20 of 59

Items per page
Date Value Title
84 Jun 7 Th Major Trade: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("US Protectionism") [restrictions harming export prospects of debtor countries] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 22 Fr Major Trade: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Arab-British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC)") [opening of new premises: Howe emphasises need for equal treatment of Arabs/Israel, in terms of UK government representation at official events] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jul 9 Mo Major Trade: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Car Prices") ["The Government has opposed cheaper car prices and the interests of the customers, and has attempted to thwart a sensible intervention from Brussels"; advice] [released Dec 2014]
84 Aug 21 Tu Major Trade: Channon letter to Whitelaw (legal case against Government's use of Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939) [case dropped] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 3 Mo Major Trade: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Export Promotion") [DTI paper deemed too insubstantial to merit dicussion in committee, given the need to justify the scale of expenditure] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 13 Th Minor Trade: Tebbit letter to Rees ("ATP Management") [aid & trade provision - changes in management framework] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 18 Tu Major Trade: UKREP Brussels telegram 2920 to FCO (1752Z) ("Foreign Affairs Council 17/18 September") ["Enlargement: Industrial Sector Tariffs"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 5 Fr Minor Trade: Treasury minute (internal) ("ECGD: Liability to 'Take-Out' Loans in US Dollars and DM") [ECGD officials to discuss with banks the possibility of "unacceptable consequences for the availability of dollar or deutschmark or problems in implementing the change without an increase in public expenditure"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Nov 28 We Major Trade: Rees letter to Channon ("Export Promotion") ["exporter's willingness to pay for those services which can be... charged out to him"; overall cost of Government support for exports] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 5 We Major Trade: Channon letter to Howe ("GATT Contracting Parties Meeting: 26-30 November") [report] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 14 Fr Major Trade: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 ("Export Credit Consensus: Tied Aid Credits") [Lawson request that MT raise issue with Reagan, "to accept what is on offer from the Community as a first step"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 18 Tu Major Trade: Channon PS letter to Rees PS ("ECGD Cover for Rescheduling Countries") [draft PQ reply & press release announcing new measures] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr Major Trade: Rees letter to Channon ("ATP Turkey: Second Bosphorus Bridge") ["no justification for any increase in ECGD's total exposure in Turkey, [but] I will not stand out against the relatively small increase... you propose"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 21 Mo Major Trade: Howe minute to Rees ("Turkey: Second Bosphorus Bridge") ["The Turks will certainly consider it very odd if we do not pull out all the stops to secure this business and will begin to question the seriousness of our oft-repeated wish to participate fully... in their economic rehabilitation"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 24 Th Major Trade: Richard Hickmet MP letter to MT ("Second Bosphorus Bridge, Turkey") [represents securing of the contract as vital for the UK bidder, for UK prestige, and for employment in the North East of England; requests meeting with MT] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jan 24 Th Major Trade: Rees letter to Channon ("The Second Bosphorus Bridge") [warned that your earlier decision to give priority to Airbus order would result in "difficult decisions because it would pre-empt almost all the available cover in a bad market"] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 5 Tu Major Trade: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bosphorus Bridge") ["Michael Fallon, MP, and Richard Hickmet, MP... to press the case for credit cover and ATP help for Cleveland Bridge to win the contract... They are up against heavily subsidised Japanese competition"; DTI & Treasury at odds: key points] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 5 Tu Major Trade: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Michael Fallon MP, Richard Hickmet MP) ["Second Bosphorus Bridge": credit cover and ATP help for Cleveland Bridge to win the contract] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 12 Tu Major Trade: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("2nd Bosphorus Bridge") [credit cover and ATP help] [released Dec 2014]
85 Feb 12 Tu Major Trade: No.10 briefing for MT ("EX") [key points for committee: Bosphorus Bridge contract/NEI bid; Iran; ECGD financial problems] [released Dec 2014]