1983 Mar 29 - 1983 Nov 23
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/974
Defence (Procurement of weapon systems: HARM/ALARM anti-radar missiles; rising cost of defence equipment; competition in defence procurement) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 291 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 38 of 38
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Jul 15 Fr | Major | Defence: General Secretary of APEX letter to MT (“HARM vs. ALARM missile programme”) [Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical & Computer staff] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 19 Tu | Major | Defence: No.10 minute to MT (“HARM and ALARM”) [Howe and Heseltine advice on procurement] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 19 Tu | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“Purchase of Super ADAC Homing Head for Exocet”) [political sensitivity: sales to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 19 Tu | Major | Defence: Howe minute to Heseltine (“Defence suppression weapon for the Royal Air Force”) [Howe seeking further concessions on US deal] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 21 Th | Major | Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Parkinson (“HARM/ALARM”) [concern about BAe capacity to deliver within projected budget] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 22 Fr | Major | Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT (“HARM vs. ALARM”) [concern about BAe capacity to deliver within projected budget] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 22 Fr | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“A defence suppression weapon for the Royal Air Force”) [BAe vs. US project] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 25 Mo | Major | Defence: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Heseltine) [procurement] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 28 Th | Major | Defence: Ministry of Defence letter to No.10 (Defence suppression weapon for the RAF) [Heseltine statement in Commons] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 29 Fr | Major | Defence: No.10 letter to Heseltine PS (Report on national capability-level defence technology) [MT request for Policy Unit adviser to be included in Report Group] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Sep 1 Th | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“Surface-to-surface guided weapons for the Royal Navy”) [case for favouring US over BAe bid] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Sep 16 Fr | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“Surface to surface guided weapons for the Royal Navy”) [Parkinson request for clarification of Heseltine US purchase proposal] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Sep 22 Th | Major | Defence: Heseltine letter to Parkinson (“Surface to surface guided weapons for the Royal Navy”) [reasons for buying US Harpoon rather than BAe Sea Eagle] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 4 Tu | Major | Defence: No.10 minute to MT (“Rising cost of defence equipment”) [value for money, new technology, Soviet spending] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 6 Th | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (“ALARM”) [British Aerospace monthly project status report] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 24 Mo | Major | Defence: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“The rising costs of defence procurement”) [cost-saving technology and comparison with Soviet spending] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 11 Fr | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (potential contract with major US company) [conversation between Robert Armstrong and Lucas Industries] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 23 We | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to John Stanley (“Competition in defence procurement”) [value for money] [declassified 2013] |