1983 May 4 - 1984 Apr 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1187
Defence (Defence budget) (Part 10)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 121 |
| Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 83 May 12 Th | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Events in Italy: impact upon EH101 helicopter") ["potentially serious impact of the fall of Signor Fanfani's government"; MT agrees to write to Fanfani, though doubtful it will help] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 May 17 Tu | Major | Defence: MT letter to Prime Minister Fanfani (EH101 helicopter project) ["I hope... you will be able to use your personal influence... to ensure that sufficient funds are made available... If this could be done in Italy... [UK] would be prepared to do the same"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 May 19 Th | Major | Defence: Howe MP letter to Heseltine MP (handling of the issue of defence cuts during the election campaign) ["the principal points we need to watch"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jun 8 We | Major | Defence: Brittan letter to Jenkin ("EH 101") [Anglo-Italian helicopter project: "I am very reluctantly prepared to agree to launch aid [to Westland] of up to £65 million (cash)... on two conditions"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jun 20 Mo | Major | Defence: Prime Minister Fanfani letter to MT (EH101 helicopter project) ["I hereby confirm the commitment of the Italian government to the realization of the project"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jun 21 Tu | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Statement on the Defence Estimate 1983") [publication/Written Answer] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jun 29 We | Major | Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Defence and Public Expenditure") ["the prime candidate for reduction in expenditure, this year and for the foreseeable future, must be Defence... All these defects are obvious in the way Michael Heseltine has presented the Harm/Alarm decision"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jul 7 Th | Major | Defence: No.10 minute to MT ("British Atlantic Committee") [MT draft statement of support for inclusion in Committee's reissue of publicity brochure] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jul 22 Fr | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("EH101") [Anglo-Italian helicopter project; thanks for MT intervention & advice on next steps following Prime Minister Fanfani's reply to MT] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jul 29 Fr | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Foreign and Commonwealth Training Charges") ["proposals for making military assistance a more effective instrument of defence policy... the remaining problem is the level of our charges for military training"; MT requests further information of the definitions of "full" and "extra costs" and how costs compare to UK competitors] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Sep 22 Th | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT (Training Charges for Military Courses for Foreign and Commonwealth Personnel) ["[You] asked for a definition of the terms "extra costs" and "full costs" used in my minute of 29th July"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Oct 14 Fr | Major | Defence: No.10 minute to MT ("Training Charges for Military Courses for Foreign and Commonwealth Personnel") ["You asked for a definition of the terms "full costs" and "extra costs" and for information as to how our charges compared with those of our competitors who sell equipment"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Oct 20 Th | Major | Defence: No.10 letter to Lord Cockfield PS ("Public Expenditure Survery: Defence") [No.10 Policy Unit note for Lord Cockfield's role in Ministerial Group] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 19 Mo | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office note to No.10 (EH101 Anglo-Italian helicopter project) [Italian loan approval] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jan 12 Th | Major | Defence: Heseltine minute to MT ("Economy and Value in the MoD") [copy of letter from Chief of General Staff to HM The Queen] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jan 19 Th | Major | Defence: Tebbit letter to Rees ("EH101 Helicopter Project") [Westland acceptance of launch aid offer for Anglo-Italian project; terms & publicity] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jan 27 Fr | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Equipment collaboration with France and the FRG") [No.10 request for note on track record/prospects for future co-operation, for MT meeting with Mitterrand] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Apr 3 Tu | Major | Defence: Rees letter to Heseltine ("Statement on the Defence Estimates 1984") [draft White Paper: "a very positive document. We have an admirable story to tell on defence"; further comments on specific points] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Apr 4 We | Major | Defence: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Defence Estimates 1984") [comments on Heseltine White Paper; "show's Michael's determination to come to grips with the management problems"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Apr 4 We | Major | Defence: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Statement on the Defence Estimates 1984") [background to Heseltine draft White Paper; handling; conclusion] [declassified Jan 2014] |