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Falklands: Cooper PS minute to Cooper (Operation Corporate: Deployment of UK Nuclear Weapons) [line-up in OD(SA) - Pym firmly backs offloading, Nott wants to delay decision until next week] [declassified Oct 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE23/324 f61
Editorial comments:

Undated; estimated 7 April. The Chiefs of Staff met at 2pm on 7 and 8 April, and discussed the topic on both occasions. Possibly this slip was attached to the paper which immediately follows it, dated 7 Apr.

Signed 'S.W.' = Simon Webb, Private Secretary to Cooper as Permanent Under-Secretary of State. Read other documents selected from this file.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Defence (Falklands), Falklands War Cabinet papers