Papers and correspondence on Government relations with the defence industry and the attempted takeover of British Aerospace by GEC, including: correspondence with Sir Graham Day and Roland Smith, Acting Chairman and Chairman of British Aerospace; notes by John Eatwell [Economic Adviser to NK]; statement by Gordon Brown, Trade and Industry spokesman; briefing for a meeting; statement by Lord Young, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, on BAe’s proposed acquisition of the Government’s stake in Rover Group, 1988.