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PDF 86 Jan 8 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Department of Trade & Industry record of conversation ("Meeting with Sir Raymond Lygo: 8 January 1986") [Leon Brittan, Geoffrey Pattie, Lygo: Westland] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Powell minute for MT (“Meeting of Ministers: 13 January: Westland”) [points for decision - government statement on Monday? how to respond to Cuckney letter on NADS?] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Chairman of British Aerospace letter to MT (Westland: Sir Raymond Lygo and Sir Austin Pearce's meetings with Leon Brittan) [note of meetings on 13 Dec 1985 & 8 Jan 1986; emphasises BA's position on Westland issue in contrast to DTI's] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Cabinet Secretary letter to Heseltine (Westland: record of Cabinet discussion on 12 December 1985) [omission of Westland dicussion from minutes, referred to by Heseltine in Parliament on his resignation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Ministry of Defence letter to Chairman of Westland (Ministry of Defence policy on European consortium bid for helicopters contract) [answers to questions put to MoD by Sir John Cuckney] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Department of Trade & Industry letter to Chairman of Westland (UK Government policy on European consortium bid for helicopters contract) [reaffirmation of Government's position] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Ingham note to Charles Powell (Westland) ['New Statesman' article] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Westland") ["scenario for this afternoon" in Parliament; Leon Brittan statements to the House on his 8 January meeting with Chief Executive of British Aerospace] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: MacGregor letter to Younger (NADS recommendations) [important not to restrict ability to seek international competitive tender when purchasing helicopters] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Tebbit, Younger, Havers, Wakeham; Armstrong, Whitmore, Michelle) [Brittan to make HC statement that afternoon] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jan 13 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Brittan draft HC statement (correcting earlier statement) [Sir Austin Pearce letter] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jan 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Department of Energy press release ("Walker's Hopes for Heseltine") [Walker expresses support for Heseltine following latter's resignation over Westland affair] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Westland Helicopters: European Parliament Debate") ["Ministerial intervention might reach the press and highlight what may otherwise be a typical EP sideshow"; line to take for media] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Austin Pearce, Nigel Wicks) [release to media of MT/Pearce correspondence regarding Leon Brittan meeting with Chief Executive of British Aerospace on 8 January; DTI/Lygo records of meeting] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 14 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Westland: Wicks minute to MT (draft reply to Pearce) [Lygo meeting with Brittan, 9 Jan] [declassified 2016]
PDF 86 Jan 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Charles Powell note to MT (Westland: BAe Chief Executive's record of his meeting with Secretary of State for Trade & Industry on 8 January 1986) [publication; DTI note attached, offering analysis & comparison to official DTI record and to BAe Chair's version] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Head of Department of Trade & Industry Air Division minute to Leon Brittan PS ("Westland") [commentary on two versions - BAE Chair's summary of BAe Chief Executive's record & official DTI record - of the meeting between Chief Executive of BAe and Secretary of State for Trade & Industry on 8 January 1986] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 Parliamentary Clerk minute to Tim Flesher ("Official Box for Westland Debate") [list of officials to attend; Hansard record of Debate & subsequent Hansard records attached] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10, Amanda Ross note to Nigel Wicks (Westland: record of events on 8 January 1986) [copies retained/destroyed] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: MT letter to Chairman of British Aerospace (Westland: Secretary of State for Trade & Industry meeting with Chief Executive of BAe on 8 January 1986) [clarification/reaffirmation of Government's position, following conflicting accounts of the meeting, subsequent publications of those accounts & related correspondence, and addresses to Parliament] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (Westland: speech by Enoch Powell) [accuses MT of submitting to US blackmail] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 16 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Mark Addison minute to Nigel Wicks (Westland: letter from Chairman of British Aerospace to the Prime Minister concerning Leon Brittan's meeting with BA Chief Executive on 8 January 1986) [account of when letter arrived and when & to which staff it was subsequently relayed in No.10] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Leon Brittan PS letter to No.10 ("Westland: Exchange of Letters with Sir Raymond Lygo") [line drawn over disputed recollections of 8 January 1986 meeting; exchange to be released to the media later that day; copies attached] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Tim Flesher note to MT (Westland: Nicholas Ridley interview for BBC Radio 4, 16 January 1986) [transcript, following question put to MT in Parliament] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Charles Powell notes to MT (Westland) [no interest in prolonging the controversy] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Ministry of Defence record of conversation ("Westlands: Telephone Call From Mr Van Houwelingen, Netherlands Minister of State for Defence") [Lamont, Houwelingen: European collaboration on helicopters] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 17 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Tim Flesher minute to Ingham ("Information Released to the Press") [timing in relation to conveyance of same information to Parliament] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Leon Brittan letter to John Morris MP (Westland: Official Record of Meeting with the Chief Executive of British Aerospace, 8 January 1986) [request declined for sight of manuscript notes] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Cabinet Office Economic Secretariat minute to Cabinet Secretary PS ("Westland") ["release of documents and the procedure relating to leak enquiries"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Westland: Presentation of the Government's Case to Select Committees") [provision to Select Committee on Defence of documentation pertaining to helicopter procurement] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 20 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Charles Powell note to MT (Westland) [constitutional position & role of the Prime Minister] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Brittan PS letter to Cabinet Office ("Westland: Appearances Before the Select Committees") [press release announcing Trade & Industry committee inquiry & invite to Brittan to appear before the committee] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 22 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (Westland) [Heseltine, Tebbit: record of conversation on 20 January 1986, relayed to No.10 by Tebbit's office] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Department of Trade & Industry letter to Cabinet Office ("Westland") [Westland Chairman's diary released to media: DTI objects to Westland] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Westland") [release to Defence Select Committee of Westland Chairman's correspondence with MT] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: David Norgrove minute to Nigel Wicks ("Westland") [MT rules out Government publicising Heseltine conversations with UK/French industrial leaders, urging them to buy Westland shares] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 23 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: DTI briefing (1215Z) ("Background Situation") ["Note prepared by Mr M.J. Michell on the instructions of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry" 12.15pm 23/1] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Westland") [Q&A relating to the disclosure of the Solicitor-General's letter] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (resignation) [encloses Brittan's letter for release, with MT's reply, at 1800] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (Westland: inquiry into disclosure of Solicitor General's letter) [background information] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Release of Confidential Documents") [CDP doubts the idea, suggests MT seek Cabinet Office and cabinet advice] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: No.10 Policy Unit: Peter Warry minute to Brian Griffiths ("David Owen letter") [Westland affair: thoughts on advisability of replying to Owen in advance of debate in Parliament] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 86 Jan 24 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Aerospace: Charles Powell minute to Wicks ("Disclosure of the Solicitor-General's Letter") [main questions which arose in Commons yesterday to which MT will need to reply on Monday] [released Dec 2014]
Text 86 Jan 24 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Letter to Leon Brittan MP (resignation)
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