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Broadcasting: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Parkinson ("STC and the TAT 8 Transatlantic Telecommunications Cable") ["I am not happy about Government taking on this kind of unpredictable, and potentially very costly, contingent liability"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1172 f281
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 22pp
Themes: Industry, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, European Union (general), Media, Science & technology, British relations with France, Chancellor of the Exchequer’s minutes