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Falklands: Cooper PS minute to SPC/CDS ("Radio Atlantico del Sur") [PUS has read summaries of output with interest; what evidence is there of its audience? mentioned by Argentine POWs?] [declassified Oct 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE23/231 f181
Editorial comments:

Radio Atlantico del Sur was a station set up by the Ministry of Defence broadcasting in Spanish to Argentine soldiers on the Falklands, using a requisitioned BBC transmitter. Read other documents selected from this file.

Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 1p
Themes: Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Media, Defence (Falklands)