Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Defence: Heseltine letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Mobile Subscriber Equipment") [problems Plessey face in bidding for US Army battlefield communications system ... "The potential size of the contract is enormous ... an MOD scheme, as proposed by Plessey, under which we would agree to buy from them, at predetermined rates, all the dollars they received under the contract"] [declassified Jan 2014]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | PREM19/1186 f203 |
| Editorial comments: | Relevant supporting documents follow the main item. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-1186. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 11pp |
| Themes: | Employment, Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), European Union (general), Science & technology, Defence (general), British relations with France, British relations with the US |
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