PREM19/1779
Government Machinery (Proposed merger of General Electric Company (GEC) and Plessey: possible referral to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission)

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Date	Value	Title
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]