imperialist states to recreate internal economic equilibrium themselves. It was. not un US economic aid through the Dawes young plans, ocgall to al on a large scale after 1923 that economic stabilily was restored. When US economic aid to Europe tas 1929 crash in ine 1929 crash for Westland against the national interest' had pressed him to pull his out. This would have left the way clear for the rival American bid 'Enter Michael Marshall, for Arundel, British Aerospace's narliamen tary adviser. Marshall is part of the network that once prompted the com. ment that " the Church ol England may be the Tory but aircraft industry is Tory party at work.
•Marshall, studied the • varying •aceouits. of the Thatcher contused meeting line by concluded that the discrepancies have arisen "misunderstandings' The exception was Lygo's claim that Brittan had urg ed him to withdraw BAe (British Aerospace) the European consortium.
•Last Wednesday Marshall told Brittan "perplexed"
referring not to a need for BAe to withdraw from the consortium altogether, but to pull back from its high antiappeared •American. In other words here too there had been a misunderstanding 'On Thursday the Marshall gIOS: the meeting was endorsed by the Commons...
'After this, said Marshall, were in business." Talks between representatives of the company and the industry department went on at the DTI (Department Trade and Industry) until nearly midnight on Thurs day and a deal appeared to have been done: Lygo and Brittan would exchang letters putting ferences down to "misunderstandings"
•Marshall almost wrecked the operation by prematurely announcing BBC Breakfast Time on Friday. Lygo was furious and new negotiations started on Friday morning about Lygo's behaviour. was after 5pm before the Central Office of Information was able to announce that the admiral and the minister had exchanged 'The damage limitation had succeeded just.
AFTER 10 days of confusion the Morning Star decided to take its editorial line in charge on Throughout the preceeding week the paper had been publicising Ken Gill, and TASS's, support American camp of Reagan and Thatcher The "Euroby far the weaker of the two con: testants within the ruling For finally it is not capitalist alternative, only a working class one, which can defeat WCSI and American capital in this continent.
for the 'European option' for Westland.
But on Saturday, sternly remembering that the Soviet leadership against the EEC and all its works, the Morning Star attempted to make a sharp 'clarification. The paper's editorial carried the nexolle! 'Private enterprise has failed.' But even 'then however, it couldn't help straying back toward th 'European' line. The Mor ning Star noted, after con demning Sikorski-Fiat's American bid, that: 'As for the so-called "EuroPean" deal championed by Heseltine, this has at least the merit of keeping the firm within the grip of British based multind tionals, though their brand of patriotism has never gone beyond what is best for their own profits.' Evidently the dreaded *Huropear option Marxismn Today continues 1o be a temptation even foi the. "anti-revisionists'. of • the, Morning Siar. •
Socialist Action 24 January 1986
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