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Defence: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("Sale of Airbus to Turkey") ["we suspect a degree of brinkmanship by Sir Ray Lygo - BAe are unwilling themselves to carry any share of the exposure... and their bankers have still not decided whether they will carry on their own account the risk on the £36 million loan amount not covered by ECGD"] [declassified Jan 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1186 f100
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 9pp
Themes: Industry, Privatized & state industries, Trade, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), European Union (general), Defence (general), British relations with Japan