1986 Jan 25 - 1986 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1669
Aerospace (Westland Helicopters) (Part 4)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Feb 19 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 483 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date |
Value |
Title |
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| 86 Feb 10 Mo | Key | Westland: No.10 record of telephone conversation (Wicks, Brittan) [Brittan critical of Armstrong evidence, "a flagrant steer … in a particular direction which he could not accept"] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Jan 25 Sa | Key | Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, President Reagan) [letting her know that “out here in the colonies” she had a friend] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 28 Fr | Major | Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (“Defence Committee”) [additional questions the committee wants to ask Armstrong - "a tremendous fishing expedition"] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 25 Tu | Major | Westland: Wicks minute for MT (Defence Select Commitee) [Chief Whip saw three Conservtive members of committee & thinks they will now drop plans to call Powell and Ingham as witnesses] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 25 Tu | Major | Westland: Department of Trade and Industry letter to Armstrong (memoranda for Defence Select Committee) [follow up to Hayes evidence] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 19 We | Major | Westland: Defence Committee letter to Department of Trade and Industry (press release of DTI documents) [encloses copy] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 17 Mo | Major | Westland: Armstrong minute for Wicks (inquiry into leak of Brittan minutes to Observer and BBC Panorama) [inconclusive, but came from Ministry of Defence; Heseltine had "the strongest motive and probably the best opportunity"] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 10 Mo | Major | Westland: DTI record of conversation (Sir Brian Hayes, Sir Humphrey Atkins, John Gilbert) ["Discussion of the terms under which information was to be handed over [to] Sir Humphrey & Dr Gilbert"] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 14 Fr | Major | Westland: Wicks minute for MT (draft response to Owen letter) [refusing demand for disciplinary action against Powell and Ingham] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 12 We | Major | Westland: DTI letter to Clerk to the Defence Committee (enclosing extracted DTI documents on Westland affair) [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 12 We | Major | Westland: Armstrong letter to Sir Brian Hayes (release of DTI documents to Defence Select Committee) [approves] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 12 We | Major | Westland: Powell minute for Wicks (“Westland: Lord Trefgarne”) [line to take over "mystery shareholders"] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 12 We | Major | Westland: Armstrong letter to Clerk of the Select Committee on Defence (corrections to transcript of his evidence) [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 11 Tu | Major | Westland: Armstrong letter to Sir Brian Hayes (“Meeting with Sir Humphrey Atkins and Dr. Gilbert”) [agrees what to hand over to them, subject to approval by your Secretary of State] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 10 Mo | Major | Westland: Brian Hayes minute for Armstrong (“Meeting with Sir Humphrey Atkins and Dr. Gilbert”) [disagreement as to whether evidence could be published by Defence Committee without ministerial agreement] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 7 Fr | Major | Westland: DTI record of conversation (Lansley call to Alan Bristow) [Bristow agreeing that Tebbit could refer to earlier conversation; Bristow unable to ignore Cuckney concert party accusation] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 7 Fr | Major | Westland: Alan Bristow message for MT (copies her his press statement on Westland) [offer of a knighthood not made with government authority] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 5 We | Major | Westland: Defence Select Committee transcript of evidence (Armstrong’s testimony) [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 6 Th | Major | Westland: Armstrong letter to Brittan (newspaper reports of his evidence to Defence Committee) [Wicks notes Brittan "very unhappy" with coverage in some papers] [declassified 2016] |
| 86 Feb 4 Tu | Major | Westland: Cabinet Office minute for Wicks (“Westland: Defence Select Committee”) [declassified 2016] |