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Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“Surface-to-surface guided weapons for the Royal Navy”) [case for favouring US over BAe bid] [declassified 2013]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/974 f87
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 20pp
Themes: Defence (general), Industry, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, European Union (general), Foreign policy (USA), Science & technology, British relations with the US