Foreign and Commonwealth Office files, American & Latin American Department
Falklands: FCO briefing materials for OD(SA) at Chequers Sunday 2 May (incomplete draft) [force levels; "essential facts"; military options - favours air/sea blockade with reduced task force; requisitioning of further commercial shipping; Argentine aircraft carrier; special forces; Strategic Options paper; movement of 5 Brigade; departure further elements of amphibious force from Ascension] [declassified Dec 2012]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | FCO7/4566 f137 |
| Editorial comments: | Date estimated from reference to papers for 2 May. Clearly the briefing material is incomplete and perhaps in part superseded, judging from the pages crossed through. But the fact that the material was placed on file suggests that it was not regarded as merely ephemeral. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 36pp |
| Themes: | Defence (Falklands) |
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