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PDF 85 Apr 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howe minute to Ridley ("Channel Fixed Link (CFL)") [comments on draft Guidelines for proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Apr 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Chairman of the Channel Tunnel Group letter to MT (Channel Fixed Link) [request to meet with MT] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Channel Link - Meeting with Sir Nicholas Henderson") [endorsement of Channel Tunnel Group proposal; points to raise] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 May 10 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Department of Transport briefing for MT ("Channel Fixed Link") [Channel Tunnel Group proposal: line to take; background] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ingham minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Channel Fixed Link") [question of which side of the road vehicles will drive on] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("A Channel Fixed Link: Matters Requiring Decision") [frontier controls; security guidance/costs; duty-free facilities; price controls; compensation in event of 'political' cancellation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Jul 16 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Channel Fixed Link") [comments on Ridley proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ridley letter to Howe ("Channel Fixed Link: Compensation Between Governments: Compensation for Closure on Grounds of Defence and National Security") [UK/France Treaty negotiations] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ridley letter to Kenneth Baker ("Channel Fixed Link: Consultation") [proposed measures; handling of calls for public inquiry] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howe minute to Ridley ("Channel Fixed Link: Compensation Questions") [terms] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Oct 31 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: EuroRoute Consortium letter to MT ("EuroRoute") [Summary of Proposal] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 4 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howe minute to Ridley ("Channel Fixed Link: Liberalisation") [restrictions on lorry traffic: negotiations with the French] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howe minute to Ridley ("Channel Fixed Link: Consultation") [endorses Ridley's proposed approach; "essential... that we avoid... a public inquiry"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ridley minute to MT ("Channel Fixed Link: Assessment of Proposals") [details; key points] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 6 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 briefing for MT ("Channel Fixed Link") [Ridley request for meeting to discuss bids, concerns about public opposition, and traffic restrictions] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 briefing for MT (MT, Ridley) ["Channel Fixed Link": consideration of bids; traffic restrictions] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Nov 22 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ridley letter to Biffen ("Channel Fixed Link") [timing & form of Parliamentary Debate] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howe minute to Ridley ("CFL: Treaty") [Channel Fixed Link: request for FCO to be represented on Intergovernmental Commission; commercial & competition policy] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Hurd letter to Ridley ("Channel Fixed Link") ["security, policing, frontier control and jurisdictional questions"; representation on Intergovernmental Commission] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howe letter to Ridley ("Channel Fixed Link: Compensation") [distinction between cancellation for political & for defence reasons] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Channel Fixed Link - Hobson's Choice?") [MT rejects advice that she propose a voluntary merger between two of the bids] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 11 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: UKE Paris telegram 1111 to FCO (1224Z) ("Channel Fixed Link") [arrangements for MT/Mitterrand meeting] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Heseltine letter to Ridley ("Channel Fixed Link") [MoD representation on Intergovernmental Commission; compensation] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Channel Fixed Link (CFL)") [venues for MT/Mitterrand meetings to announce choice of project & sign Treaty] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Channel Fixed Link") [request for draft speech & historical background research in preparation for announcement of project] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 letter to Howe PS ("Channel Fixed Link: Possible Conflicts of Interest") [guidance for officials assessing project proposals] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: UKE Paris telegram 1121 to FCO (1717Z) ("Channel Fixed Link") [French media report on UK/French companies joint bid] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 17 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ridley letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Channel Fixed Link: Commercially Sensitive Aspects of the Assessment") [draft PQ on Government's position] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Howe minute to MacGregor ("Channel Fixed Link (CFL): A Possible EIB Loan") [European Investment Bank: "we should scrutinise carefully the guarantee arrangements which are proposed"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 20 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Channel Fixed Link") ["ultimate decision is left to the risk investors and the banks backing them... we have to decide now which of the three schemes should go forward to this ultimate market test"] [released Dec 2014]
PDF 85 Dec 23 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Transport: Ridley minute to MT ("Channel Fixed Link: Assessment Report") [note by UK officials for E(A) committee on 8 January] [released Dec 2014]
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