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Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("A New Basic Trainer for the RAF") [possible arguments against Heseltine decision to award contract to Shorts; advice to endorse decision; date for privatising Shorts] [declassified Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1440 f132
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Charles Powell minutes, Defence (general), Northern Ireland, Industry, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, Science & technology