1985 Sep 3 - 1986 Mar 7
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1801
Industrial policy (Future of British Leyland) (Part 10)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 294 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
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| 86 Jan 27 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 ("BL: LRL and ARG") ["The effect of the heated debate on Westland has been to focus attention on the extent of US ownership of sectors of British industry"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 28 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: Rowe & Maw solicitors to MT ("The 'Keep Land Rover British' campaign") [recounts "disappointing" response from General Secretary of TGWU to his proposal that Unions "...be prepared to put up equity ..." for alternatives to GM bid] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 3 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: Peter Morrison PS letter to No.10 ("BL: possible alternative bids") [proposed lines to take for Morrison's meeting with Jack Straw on 4 March] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 4 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Peter Morrison, Gilroy Bevan MP, Reginald Eyre MP, Roger King MP, John Taylor MP, Anthony Beaumont-Dark MP) ["BL": sale of British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 6 Th | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Channon, Peter Morrison) [sale of British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 11 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Channon, Peter Morrison) [bids for British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Oct 3 Th | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Peter Morrison) ["BL": privatisation of British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 4 We | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Lawson, Peter Morrison) ["BL privatisation": "...the main issue was the treatment of debt relating to LRL..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 28 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Which road for Austin Rover?") [options for selling off; "...I cannot believe [the banks] know the full horror of the situation"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 5 We | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Land Rover-Leyland sale") [bids] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 26 We | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Land Rover management buy-out") [figures and offer deadline] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 6 Th | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Dependence of components suppliers on Austin Rover") [statistics] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 3 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Department of Trade and Industry - the next moves") [British Leyland privatisation; new brooms] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 27 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("British Leyland") [GM bid for Land Rover-Leyland/Ford bid for Austin Rover] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 21 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("British Leyland") [GM and other bids] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Oct 25 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("BL") [ailing British Leyland being taken in hand by Government; Unipart to be sold off] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 12 Th | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("BL privatisation: GM/Land Rover-Leyland") [Government & GM haggling over price] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Nov 29 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("BL privatisation - GM/Land Rover-Leyland") ["While we should press GM to increase their offer... if the businesses are not sold then losses will continue and borrowings mount. The equity injection will score against PSBR but this is little to pay compared to the long term savings..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 3 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("BL bids - is foreign ownership bad?") [British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Nov 29 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Bids for Unipart and Austin Rover") ["If both Ford for ARG and GM for LR-L are succssful, then BL could be history by the middle of 1986. The downside is the political difficulty... and... debt which could cost the contingency reserve £400m"] [declassified Dec 2014] |