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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1903
Prime Minister (Meeting with Warren Hawksley MP to discuss procurement of Thyssen TM170 armoured personnel carriers for Berlin)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
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86 Jan 6 Mo Minor Prime Minister: No.10 minute to Heseltine PS (Purchase of Thyssen TM170 Armoured Personnel Carriers From Berlin Occupation Costs Budget (OCB)) [article in 'Jane's Defence Weekly'] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jan 16 Th Minor Prime Minister: Warren Hawksley MP letter to MT (Purchase of Thyssen TM170 Armoured Personnel Carriers From Berlin Occupation Costs Budget (OCB)) [article in 'Jane's Defence Weekly': request for meeting with MT] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jan 22 We Major Prime Minister: Ministry of Defence briefing for MT (meeting with Warren Hawksley MP to discuss Purchase of Thyssen TM170 Armoured Personnel Carriers From Berlin Occupation Costs Budget (OCB)) [defensive lines/clarification of the nature of the purchase] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jan 23 Th Minor Prime Minister: FCO briefing for MT ("Purchase of Thyssen TM170 Armoured Personnel Carriers from Berlin Occupation Costs Budget (OCB)") [stresses need for confidentiality, due to negative press coverage in West Germany] [released Feb 2016]
86 Feb 3 Mo Minor Prime Minister: Ministry of Defence briefing for MT (meeting with Warren Hawksley MP to discuss Berlin Brigade purchase of German APCs for use in Berlin) [revised briefing, address FRG government's concern about the proposed purchase] [released Feb 2016]
86 Feb 4 Tu Major Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, John Stanley, Warren Hawksley MP) ["Purchase of Thyssen TM170 Armoured Personnel Carriers From Berlin Occupation Costs Budget (OCB)"] [released Feb 2016]