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Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Export credit for Pakistan") ["Given Pakistan's financial position, this proposal comes very close to aid, in military form. Pakistan is a poor risk... The prime object of exporting is to get paid, not to win pres

Read more about Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Export credit for Pakistan") ["Given Pakistan's financial position, this proposal comes very close to aid, in military form. Pakistan is a poor risk... The prime object of exporting is to get paid, not to win pres

Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Quarterly Report on Defence Sales and Prospects 1st January 1984 - 31st March 1984") ["disappointing following our highly successful achievements in 1983"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Read more about Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Quarterly Report on Defence Sales and Prospects 1st January 1984 - 31st March 1984") ["disappointing following our highly successful achievements in 1983"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Defence: Heseltine minute to Howe ("Libya - current Defence sales business") [results of review undertaken "with the aim of terminating any contracts... of potential benefit to terrorist activity"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Read more about Defence: Heseltine minute to Howe ("Libya - current Defence sales business") [results of review undertaken "with the aim of terminating any contracts... of potential benefit to terrorist activity"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Defence: No.10 minute to MT ("Libya: Defence Sales") ["contracts of potential benefit to terrorists... Martello Surveillance Radars... The Lord Chancellor... thinks that we should try to get other countries to undertake not to supply the radars. Only if t

Read more about Defence: No.10 minute to MT ("Libya: Defence Sales") ["contracts of potential benefit to terrorists... Martello Surveillance Radars... The Lord Chancellor... thinks that we should try to get other countries to undertake not to supply the radars. Only if t

Defence: Managing Director of British Aerospace PLC letter to Tebbit ("Tornados for Turkey") ["as a result of my visit to Turkey... they have indicated an intention to proceed... subject to confirmation of the terms offered in my letter... I would like to

Read more about Defence: Managing Director of British Aerospace PLC letter to Tebbit ("Tornados for Turkey") ["as a result of my visit to Turkey... they have indicated an intention to proceed... subject to confirmation of the terms offered in my letter... I would like to

Defence: No.10 minute to MT ("Libya - current Defence sales business") [Marconi contract for supply of Martello Surveillance Radars: "should be allowed to go ahead only if... France and Italy would not supply... if we cancelled the contract"] [declassifie

Read more about Defence: No.10 minute to MT ("Libya - current Defence sales business") [Marconi contract for supply of Martello Surveillance Radars: "should be allowed to go ahead only if... France and Italy would not supply... if we cancelled the contract"] [declassifie

Defence: Richard Luce letter to Heseltine ("Libya: current Defence sales business") ["Marconi's contract for the sale to Libya of Martello Surveillance Radar... undertakings from France and Italy that they would not supply if we were to cancel the contrac

Read more about Defence: Richard Luce letter to Heseltine ("Libya: current Defence sales business") ["Marconi's contract for the sale to Libya of Martello Surveillance Radar... undertakings from France and Italy that they would not supply if we were to cancel the contrac

Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Tornados for Turkey") ["I do not think [Tebbit's proposed] course could be justified in terms of our policy of limiting ECGD's exposure in the most risky markets or in the light of ECGD's own precarious

Read more about Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Tornados for Turkey") ["I do not think [Tebbit's proposed] course could be justified in terms of our policy of limiting ECGD's exposure in the most risky markets or in the light of ECGD's own precarious

Defence: MT letter to President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd (sale of Tornado aircraft to Turkey) ["in terms of our risk exposure... It will need careful consideration to determine where the balance of national advantage lies"] [decla

Read more about Defence: MT letter to President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd (sale of Tornado aircraft to Turkey) ["in terms of our risk exposure... It will need careful consideration to determine where the balance of national advantage lies"] [decla

Defence: Tebbit minute to MT ("Tornados for Turkey") [export credit support: arguments for and against HMG support] [declassified Jan 2014]

Read more about Defence: Tebbit minute to MT ("Tornados for Turkey") [export credit support: arguments for and against HMG support] [declassified Jan 2014]

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