1986 Jan 17 - 1986 Jun 10
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1779
Government Machinery (Proposed merger of General Electric Company (GEC) and Plessey: possible referral to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 19 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 86 Jan 17 Fr | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Proposed Merger of GEC and Plessey") [arguments in support of referral to Monopolies & Mergers Commission] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 22 We | Major | Government Machinery: Charles Powell minute to MT ("GEC") [Jim Prior & Lord Weinstock's request for a meeting with MT "to try to restore GEC's standing in your eyes" post-Westland affair] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 May 1 Th | Major | Government Machinery: Jim Prior letter to MT ("GEC") [Jim Prior & Lord Weinstock's request for a meeting with MT] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jun 9 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Lord Weinstock and the Rt. Hon. James Prior") [Sizewell; GEC/Plessey merger; MoD tendering policy; Nimrod; diesels for BR; foreign tenders for BT equipment; aid/trade] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jun 9 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("GEC") ["[GEC's] basic strategy is the same, to become the dominant or sole British supplier... not necessarily... good for the customer or the UK"] [released Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jun 10 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Jim Prior, Lord Weinstock) [General Election; Westland; nuclear power; Rihand power station, India; Nimrod; MoD competitive procurement policy] [released Dec 2014] |