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Ministry of Defence, Private Office files of Permanent Under-Secretary of State

Falklands: Acland letter to Cooper ("Falkland Islands: Nuclear Weapons") [glad to have Cooper's assurance that HMS Sheffield's surveillance round had been removed before it was sunk; asks about other ships] [declassified Oct 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE23/324 f23
Editorial comments:

Surveillance rounds were designed to measure wear on weapons. They carried no nuclear material. Read other documents selected from this file.

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