Thatcher made secrecy pact with Saudi king over ‘corrupt’ arms deal

‘Margaret Thatcher promised Saudi Arabia secrecy ahead of a £43 billion arms deal thought to have been blighted by corruption, newly-released documents reveal.

The papers uncover correspondence between Saudi and British public figures and officials involved in the Yamamah deal brokered during the mid-1980s. As part of this clandestine arrangement, now-deceased Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government wanted Saudi Arabia to purchase Tornado and Hawk jets.

Many state documents relating to this era have been withheld or redacted, reportedly to avoid embarrassment.’

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