1986 Jan 12 - 1986 Jan 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1668
Aerospace (Westland Helicopters) (Part 3)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Feb 19 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 318 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 86 Jan 13 Mo | Major | Westland: Brittan draft HC statement (correcting earlier statement) [Sir Austin Pearce letter] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Jan 13 Mo | Major | Westland: MacGregor letter to Younger (NADS recommendations) [important not to restrict ability to seek international competitive tender when purchasing helicopters] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Jan 13 Mo | Major | Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Tebbit, Younger, Havers, Wakeham; Armstrong, Whitmore, Michelle) [Brittan to make HC statement that afternoon] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Jan 12 Su | Major | Westland: Powell minute for MT (“Meeting of Ministers: 13 January: Westland”) [points for decision - government statement on Monday? how to respond to Cuckney letter on NADS?] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Jan 14 Tu | Major | Westland: Wicks minute to MT (draft reply to Pearce) [Lygo meeting with Brittan, 9 Jan] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Jan 22 We | Major | Aerospace: Brittan PS letter to Cabinet Office ("Westland: Appearances Before the Select Committees") [press release announcing Trade & Industry committee inquiry & invite to Brittan to appear before the committee] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 24 Fr | Major | Aerospace: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (resignation) [encloses Brittan's letter for release, with MT's reply, at 1800] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 20 Mo | Major | Aerospace: Cabinet Office Economic Secretariat minute to Cabinet Secretary PS ("Westland") ["release of documents and the procedure relating to leak enquiries"] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 24 Fr | Major | Aerospace: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Westland") [Q&A relating to the disclosure of the Solicitor-General's letter] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 20 Mo | Major | Aerospace: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Westland: Presentation of the Government's Case to Select Committees") [provision to Select Committee on Defence of documentation pertaining to helicopter procurement] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 13 Mo | Major | Aerospace: Cabinet Secretary letter to Heseltine (Westland: record of Cabinet discussion on 12 December 1985) [omission of Westland dicussion from minutes, referred to by Heseltine in Parliament on his resignation] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 13 Mo | Major | Aerospace: Chairman of British Aerospace letter to MT (Westland: Sir Raymond Lygo and Sir Austin Pearce's meetings with Leon Brittan) [note of meetings on 13 Dec 1985 & 8 Jan 1986; emphasises BA's position on Westland issue in contrast to DTI's] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 13 Mo | Major | Aerospace: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Westland") ["scenario for this afternoon" in Parliament; Leon Brittan statements to the House on his 8 January meeting with Chief Executive of British Aerospace] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 24 Fr | Major | Aerospace: Charles Powell minute to Wicks ("Disclosure of the Solicitor-General's Letter") [main questions which arose in Commons yesterday to which MT will need to reply on Monday] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 20 Mo | Major | Aerospace: Charles Powell note to MT (Westland) [constitutional position & role of the Prime Minister] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 15 We | Major | Aerospace: Charles Powell note to MT (Westland: BAe Chief Executive's record of his meeting with Secretary of State for Trade & Industry on 8 January 1986) [publication; DTI note attached, offering analysis & comparison to official DTI record and to BAe Chair's version] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 17 Fr | Major | Aerospace: Charles Powell notes to MT (Westland) [no interest in prolonging the controversy] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 23 Th | Major | Aerospace: David Norgrove minute to Nigel Wicks ("Westland") [MT rules out Government publicising Heseltine conversations with UK/French industrial leaders, urging them to buy Westland shares] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 14 Tu | Major | Aerospace: Department of Energy press release ("Walker's Hopes for Heseltine") [Walker expresses support for Heseltine following latter's resignation over Westland affair] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 23 Th | Major | Aerospace: Department of Trade & Industry letter to Cabinet Office ("Westland") [Westland Chairman's diary released to media: DTI objects to Westland] [released Dec 2014] |