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Falklands: Arnold-Forster minute for Nicholls ("Illegal landing South Georgia") [Wiggin conversation with Luce, passing on discontent at HMS Endurance being prevented from using its helicopter freely; Luce agreed non-provocative intelligence gathering can be carried out - Blaker copy] [declassified Oct 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE13/1552 f286
Editorial comments:

Date hard to make out, but identified as Sunday 28 March by reference to signal from HMS Endurance at 2245 last night. This signal was sent on 27 March (see DEFE24/2394 f81). A clearly dated copy can also be found on DEFE24/2394 at f76. Read other documents selected from this file belonging to Peter Blaker, Minister of State.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Defence (Falklands)