1980 Dec 12 - 1983 Mar 17
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1099
Parliament (Select Committee report on future of Concorde aircraft; financial aspects; discussions with French)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 289 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 27 of 27
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Feb 15 Tu | Major | Parliament: Lamont letter to Sproat ("The Future of Concorde") [draft PQ; draft reply to Sir John King; "Ministers have now come to the general view that Concorde should be kept flying"; talks with British Airways] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Feb 21 Mo | Major | Parliament: Rifkind letter to Lamont ("The Future of Concorde") ["significant difference of view between ourselves and the French... They want the ultimate decision on whether Concorde should continue to fly to remain a matter for governments, while you wish to leave this to the commercial judgement of British Airways"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Feb 21 Mo | Major | Parliament: Brittan letter to Lamont ("The Future of Concorde") [draft PQ; draft reply to Chair of BA; "I regard British Airways' conditions [for the handover]... as completely unacceptable"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Feb 24 Th | Major | Parliament: Iain Sproat letter to Lamont ("The Future of Concorde") [reply to Chair of British Airways; discussions with BA; draft PQ] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 2 We | Major | Parliament: Brittan letter to Rifkind ("The Future of Concorde") ["our objective is to withdraw completely from responsibility for Concorde"] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 4 Fr | Major | Parliament: Lamont letter to Iain Sproat ("Future of Concorde") ["formal notice of termination of the Government's contracts"; comments on PQ redraft; talks with British Airways] [declassified Aug 2013] |
| 83 Mar 17 Th | Major | Parliament: Rifkind letter to Tebbit ("Future of Concorde") ["I do not think that we can presume anything at this stage about our policy should the talks fail"] [declassified Aug 2013] |