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83 Dec 13 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("The Rising Costs of Defence Procurement") [proposal to set up interdeparmental working group to address Defence procurement value for money & scope for greater collaboration and standardisation withing NATO] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Dec 14 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Heseltine) ["Cost of Defence Equipment"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: John Coles minute to MT ("Competitiveness of the UK Defence Industry") [commissioning of paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("National Defence Technological Capabilities") [comments on working group report; information on technologies not covered by the report] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: John Coles minute to MT ("National Defence Technological Capabilities") [No.1o request for follow-up to work to working group report] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Geoffrey Pattie minute to MT (Defence contracts with the Netherlands) [UK purchase of Dutch Goalkeeper Close-In Weapon System in return for Dutch purchase of Rolls-Royce Spey engines] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 27 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (Competition in Defence Procurement) [overview of MoD measures & attached paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jan 31 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to John Coles ("Competition in Defence Procurement") [commends MoD policy] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 2 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Follow Up Work to the Report on Essential Defence Technologies") [advice on methodology & focus] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 2 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Surface-to-Surface Guided Weapons for the Royal Navy") [proposal that contract should go to US firm in preference to BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 4 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Surface-to-Surface Guided Weapons for the Royal Navy") [support for Heseltine proposal that contract should go to US firm in preference to BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Tebbit minute to MT ("Surface to Surface Guided Weapon") [agreement, with qualifications, to Heseltine proposal that contract should go to US firm in preference to BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Geoffrey Pattie PS minute to No.10 (Guided Weapons for the Royal Navy) [copy of statement to Parliament] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 11 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Value for Money in Defence Procurement") [recent Heseltine initiatives; comments on Essential Defence Technologies report recommendations; advice on next steps] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 12 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Heseltine) [promoting competitiveness in Defence procurement; NATO contracts for France] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jun 18 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (Paper on making Defence equipment procurement & supply more competitive; Prime Minister's query regarding France's right to tender for certain NATO contracts) [progress update on former; answer to latter] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 2 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Future Fighter Aircraft") [proposed feasibility study on collaboration with France, W. Germany, Italy & Spain] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (promoting competition in Defence procurement & supply) [paper requested by MT] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 19 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [agreement reached with France, West Germany, Spain & Italy to launch a 6-month collaborative Feasibility Study] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine letter to Rees (new basic trainer aircraft for the RAF) [announcement of the shortlisting of bids from four down to two - Shorts & BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 6 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Rees letter to Adam Butler ("Inertial Navigation System for Harrier GR5") [outline of reasons for choosing Ferranti over Litton] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 26 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["major and complex issues that the Government will need to consider"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 1 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Rees minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["proposed timetable, and the risk in relation to the BAe sale"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 5 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine letter to George Younger ("RAF Future Basic Trainer") [request for Younger's officials not to participate in Equipment and Policy Committee meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 8 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Hurd minute to Heseltine ("RAF Trainer") [merits of Shorts' Tucano bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 12 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Howe minute to Heseltine ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["We are fully agreed on the need to do everything we possibly can to make this major collaborative European project a successful reality"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: George Younger letter to Heseltine ("RAF Basic Trainer") [outline of the merits of BAe's PC-9 bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Tebbit letter to Heseltine ("European Fighter Aircraft (EFA)") [stresses need to agree on merits of collaborative strategy and on negotiating tactics, to avoid "exploitation" by France] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["We recommend that you should, at this juncture, sound a cautionary note"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 18 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine letter to Tebbit ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["Industrial factors, particularly... [BAe's] position relative to the French, will play a large part in determining the way forward"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 19 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("A New Basic Trainer for the Royal Air Force") [Shorts vs BAe: notification of reduction in cost of BAe bid; recommendation still to accept Shorts bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 20 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Tebbit PS letter to Heseltine PS ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["a short summary list of some of the issues that may arise"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 20 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Tebbit PS letter to Heseltine PS (new Basic Trainer for the RAF) [pitch for Swiss firm/BAe-produced PC9] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 20 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	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]
85 Mar 20 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("A New Basic Trainer for the Royal Air Force") [Heseltine recommendation to award contract to Shorts vs Younger preference for BAe] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 21 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 ("A New Basic Trainer for the RAF") [text of Heseltine statement to Parliament on successful bid] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 2 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Rees minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft (EFA)") [consideration of UK's defence needs, and relative merits of alternative options] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 4 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: MT letter to Chair of United Technologies Corporation (RAF Basic Trainer Aircraft) [background to Government's decision to place the order with Short Brothers, Belfast] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 15 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [key issues, for Cabinet meeting on 25 April] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 briefing for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") ["Aside from Trident this is the biggest procurement decision the Government will have taken"; key issues] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 26 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [Heseltine proposal: analysis & counter-arguments; alternative options] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 30 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Howe, Tebbit, Heseltine, Rees) ["European Fighter Aircraft"; plus closer circulation record on the politics of the decision] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [comments on Heseltine/Tebbit memorandum] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 3 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [background; UK conditions for proceeding with partnership project; alternative possibilities] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [Heseltine's views on recent negotiations between prospective partner countries] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 3 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine letter to Tebbit (Defence procurement: disclosure requirements and competitive bids) [BAe & the contract for Rapier missiles] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 18 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("European Fighter Aircraft") [report on outcome of recent meetings of partners countries' Defence Ministers] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 24 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine PS letter to Howe PS ("European Fighter Aircraft") [comments on draft telegram to partner countries' ambassadors, arguing case for proceeding without France] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 27 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Defence: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 ("European Fighter Aircraft") [Heseltine requests MT to raise issue bilaterally with Kohl, Mitterrand, Craxi and González: objectives; lines to take; background note] [declassified Dec 2014]

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