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Falklands: Sir Robert Armstrong draft letter to Director-General of the BBC (Panorama Falklands Special 15 June) [BBC aware of need not to put operations at risk in its broadcasts, but has failed in this case; suggests they meet] [declassified Oct 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE23/231 f111
Editorial comments:

Undated; listed by date of Trethowan's letter. A copy of this draft was enclosed in a letter Armstrong sent to the Home Secretary's Private Office on 5 July, also in this file and published on this site. Read other documents selected from this file.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Media, Defence (Falklands), Security services & intelligence, Executive