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

Falklands: DS17 minute to Cooper ("Deployment of Nuclear Weapons within the Falklands Task Group") [CINCFLEET deciding to move NDBs from Fort Austin and Resource so as to free them to take part in the landing operation; Hermes "chock full"] [declassified Oct 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE23/324 f24
Editorial comments:

The comment "Why ONE ..." is by Nott. The writing in green is that of the CDS. 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)