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Falklands: Cooper PS minute to DS11 ("Incident in South Georgia") [Cooper sees risks from Artuso case; suggests making as much as possible of allegations against Astiz] [declassified Oct 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: DEFE13/1629 f57
Editorial comments:

Jeremy Campbell was the Evening Standard's Washington correspondent. The story appears to relate to the third torpedo fired by HMS Conqueror, besides the two that sunk the General Belgrano. The third torpedo struck the destroyer Bouchard, which was not its target. It did not detonate.

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: Media, Defence (Falklands)