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Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (Quarterly Report on Defence Sales: July - September 1983) ["Since 1979 defence exports have grown by an average of almost 10% a year in real terms, and there is every prospect that this will be repeated in 1983"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1185 f119
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 41pp
Themes: Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Africa), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (Asia), Foreign policy (Middle East), European Union (general), Defence (general), British relations with France, British relations with the US, British relations with Japan