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Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("HMS Endurance") [Callaghan warned Gilmour yesterday he would urge retention of Endurance at PMQs; Armstrong agrees] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: CAB 164/1617-1 f178
Editorial comments:

Read other documents from the Cabinet Secretary's Falklands files here. Callaghan indeed raised the issue at PMQs on 9 Feb 1982. The annotation "I agree" would appear to be in the Cabinet Secretary's handwriting.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Defence (Falklands), Parliament, Labour Party & socialism