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Falklands: Flag Officer Submarines (FOSM) signal to GCHQ (0827Z) ("Ref request for San Luis/Spartan movements") [British SSN seeking to attack Argentine submarine] [declassified May 2023]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: HW92/17 f49
Editorial comments:

FOSM commanded British SSNs at Northwood. SIGINT about the San Luis was the subject of a possible security breach on 15 April. Correspondence on this topic may be read here.

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 1p
Themes: Defence (Falklands), Security services & intelligence