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Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("The Falkland Islands and Dependencies") [mode of government; British interests] [declassified Dec 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/620 f27
Editorial comments:

Undated, but an otherwise unmarked copy in Lewin's Private Office file, DEFE25/445 f30, gives a date in pen: "23 April 1982".

Mallaby to Jackling, 22 April 1982, encloses a draft for comment by 11am 23 April - see FCO7/4530 f66. The draft has only minor differences from the version sent to No.10. Mallaby would seem to have been the author.

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Copied without annotation to Armstrong's file, CAB164/1619 f122, stamped 26 April.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (Falklands)