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Trade: Charles Powell minute to MT (Second Bosphorus Bridge Project) [background note by British project consultant "shows that by most criteria the Japanese/Italian offer was lower: though it says nothing about how the Japanese offer was financed"] [released Dec 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1648 f118
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 12pp
Themes: MT messages to and from world leaders, Charles Powell minutes, British relations with Italy, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), Industry, Public spending & borrowing, Trade, Science & technology, British relations with Japan