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Falklands: Gillmore minute for Pym ("Attack on Argentine Aircraft Carrier") [contingency draft for crippling or sinking outside TEZ without warning - "our case, in my view, is flimsy"] [declassified 28 Dec 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: FCO7/4565 f48
Editorial comments:

Gillmore's minute is plainly misdated: OD(SA)'s decision was taken on 30 April. Pym sent a memorandum on the lines suggested on 1 May.

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Defence (Falklands)