Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1145Z) (MT-Whitelaw-Nott-Parkinson-Havers-Lewin-Fieldhouse-Acland) [Rules of Engagement widened to permit attack on General Belgrano - Nott's copy] [top copy; this copy declassified Oct 2017]

1145Z = 1245 DST. Read other documents selected from this file.

The top copy (ie, original) of this letter was released in Oct 2017, but the copy in MT's papers has been available since 2012.

A note by Patrick Wright's of Acland's account of the decision, rung through at 1230Z, can be read here.

Later discussion among FCO officials of how the decision was made can be read here.

Copied without annotation to DNS file DEFE69/990 f104 where it was CNS Reproduction Copy 4 of 7 - i.e., a copy of a copy. It is also marked as SofS Reproduction copy 3 of 10. Clearly this document circulated much more widely in the MOD than the original circulation list implied.