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Falklands: Ministry of Defence record of conversation (1700Z) (Sir Frank Cooper-Fleet Street editors - meeting 2) ["Second briefing for editors on Falklands emergency"] [declassified Oct 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE23/231 f271
Editorial comments:

Sir Frank Cooper was the Permanent Under Secretary of State at the MOD, the head of its civil service component. Read other documents selected from this file.

Copied to Nott's Private Office file, DEFE13/1484 f165, marked 'JN'; para 3c has a line beside it marked by Omand - otherwise not annotated.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Media, Executive, Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Defence (Falklands)