1982 Jul 19 - 1983 Jun 27
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1324
Nationalised industries (Shipbuilding policy; prospects for British Shipbuilders) (Part 4)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 256 |
| Any docs withheld? |
PREM19/1324 - download whole file (PDF, 35.27 MB)
Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 33 of 33
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Feb 9 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: Hurd letter to Jenkin ("British Shipbuilders Strategy and Finance") [European Commission: Intervention Fund assistance & loss financing] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Feb 11 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Sir Robert Atkinson: Monday 14 February at 1445 hours") [transition arrangements for new Chair of British Shipbuilders] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Mar 15 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT (objectives for the Chair of British Shipbuilders) [returning BS to private sector & reducing losses; set of draft objectives attached] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Mar 15 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: Lamont letter to Brittan (British Shipbuilders: loss target for 1983/84) [European Commission concern that "it amounts to an overt admission of intent to finance losses"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Mar 31 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Patrick Jenkin (draft objectives for the Chair of British Shipbuilders) [privatisation of warshipbuilding; yard closures & redundancies; merchant shipbuilding targets; cost reduction & efficiency programme] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 May 5 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: Michael Foot letter to MT (prospects for the shipbuilding industry) [proposals for Govt intervention] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 May 10 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT ("British Shipbuilders") [draft statement to Parliament in response to company's request for emergency funding] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 May 13 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: MT letter to Michael Foot MP (prospects for the UK shipbuilding industry) [defence of Government record; comments on Foot's proposals; long-term business plan; threat of industrial action] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 May 18 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: Jenkin minute to MT (objectives for the new Chair of British Shipbuilders) [warship building; report of losses; cost reduction programme; targets] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 May 23 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: Prior letter to Brittan ("Harland and Wolff: 1983/84 Funding and the Blue Star Order") [request for interim funding in order to prevent closure] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 May 26 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: Brittan letter to Prior ("Harland and Wolff") [Brittan unhappy with terms of Blue Star shipbuilding contract: agrees to deal, with two provisos] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jun 23 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Parkinson) [Telecommunications Bill; European Steel Council; Restrictive Practices Court; British Shipbuilders; trade figures; Atlantic Conveyor] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Jun 27 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: Department of Trade & Industry briefing for MT (British Shipbuilders) [background note & lines to take on recent poor performance] [declassified Jan 2014] |