Archive

Archive (TNA)
Ministry of Defence, Private Office files of Permanent Under-Secretary of State

Falklands: Cooper letter to Acland ("Falkland Islands: Nuclear Weapons") [nuclear weapons in Task Force now concentrated on carriers and RFA Regent, including the two surveillance rounds] [declassified Oct 2019]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE23/324 f26
Editorial comments:

The handwritten material in the supporting notes is by Simon Webb, Cooper's PS. 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: 3pp
Themes: Defence (Falklands)