PREM19/2010
Aerospace (European Airbus) (Part 2)

Date	Value	Title
86 Mar 18 Tu	Major	Trade: Channon PS minute to Charles Powell ("Airbus: Talks with US Officials") [US believes Airbus partner countries have inappropriately "politically intervened" to promote sales] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jun 24 Tu	Major	Trade: Pattie PS minute to Charles Powell ("US/Airbus Talks in Geneva on 25/26 June 1986") ["protectionist pressure in Congress against Airbus"] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Jul 25 Fr	Major	Trade: Paul Channon minute to MT ("Airbus A330/A340 Projects") [BAe application for launch aid] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Aug 4 Mo	Major	Trade: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Airbus A330/A340 Projects") [should not agree to "any significant degree" of launch aid to BAe's Airbus projects] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Aug 6 We	Major	Trade: Channon PS minute to David Norgrove ("Airbus A330/A340 Projects") [support for BAe production should not be given] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Aug 28 Th	Minor	Trade: Cabinet Office minute ("Airbus A330/A340 Projects") [press reports on British participation - DTI low key response] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Oct 7 Tu	Minor	Trade: Cabinet Office minute ("Airbus") [expect launch aid application from BAe; disappointing sales for A320] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Oct 31 Fr	Major	Trade: Channon PS minute to David Norgrove ("Airbus A330/A340 Project: Progress Report") [BAe asks for launch aid of £750m] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Nov 19 We	Major	Trade: MT letter to Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone (All Nippon Airways) [potential purchase of aircraft: Airbus A320 "a very competitive option"] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 24 We	Major	Trade: MT letter to Portugese PM Anibal Cavaco Silva ("TAP and Airbus 310") [potential purchase of aircraft] [declassified Jul 2016]
86 Dec 30 Tu	Minor	Trade: UKE Lisbon telegram 399 to FCO (1039Z) ("Sale of Airbus to Portugal") [awaiting decision on purchase of aircraft] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Jan 14 We	Minor	Trade: UKE Lisbon telegram 009 to FCO (1152Z) ("Sale of Airbus to Portugal") [announcement on purchase of three aircraft] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 10 Tu	Minor	Trade: Channon PS minute to David Norgrove ("Airbus") ["line to take" for MT following press reports goverment would provide launch aid to BAE] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 20 Fr	Minor	Trade: David Norgrove minute for MT ("Space and Airbus") [arrangements for meetings to discuss support for BAe, Westlands, space projects] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 24 Tu	Major	Trade: Paul Channon note ("Airbus A330/340") [government should share BAe risks on project up to £420m, ie, 50 percent of esimated development costs] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 24 Tu	Major	Trade: Paul Channon minute to MT ("Airbus and Space") [seeks authorisation to offer up to 50 percent launch aid for BAe Airbus projects; case for increasing UK spending on space] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 25 We	Major	Trade: John MacGregor minute to MT ("Airbus Launch Aid and Space") [position on "massive additional expenditure bids" - ready to contribute "relatively small sums" to BAe; doubts value of any addition to space budget] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 25 We	Major	Trade: George Guise minute to MT ("Space and Airbus") [banks not prepared to lend to project without government backed guarantees] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 25 We	Major	Trade: Cabinet Office briefing to MT ("The UK National Space Plan: Launch Aid for the A330 and A340 projects") [proposals "a very considerable bid for new spending"; need to decide in what form to bring the issue to E(A)] [declassified Jul 2016]
87 Feb 26 Th	Major	Trade: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Channon, Whitelaw, Lawson, MacGregor, Guise, Unwin) [decision on Airbus launch aid "likely to be very controversial"; Channon could offer 35 percent and should not go as far as 50 percent without further reference to colleagues] [declassified Jul 2016]