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PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT draft message for EC leaders (thanks for help in securing common action in response to Falklands invasion) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1830Z) (MT-Haig) [dinner conversation: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BRITDEFAT Montevideo telegram to MoDUK (0205Z) ("Military Sitrep") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Tokyo telegram 178 to FCO (0300Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Japanese response to Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Kathmandu telegram 49 to FCO (0500Z) ("Gurkhas: Task Force") [use of Gurkhas in Falklands combat] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Bangkok telegram 209 to FCO (0641Z) ("Falkland Islands") [Thai position on Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 313 to FCO (0845Z) ("Falklands") [Genscher seeks information on British strategy; German position on Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Argentina") [draft reply for MT to Chairman of British Community Council in Buenos Aires] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Australian Economic Measures") [draft reply for MT to Prime Minister Fraser of Australia] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Sinclair minute to Cabinet Office ("Formal Consequences of a State of War Between the UK and Argentina: Note by the FCO Legal Adviser") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Salisbury telegram 204 to FCO (1020Z) ("Falklands") [Zimbabwean position on Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Lisbon telegram 59 to FCO (1415Z) ("Falklands") [Portuguese Foreign Minister tells Argentine ambassador that "British military preparations and intentions" are "in earnest"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Port of Spain telegram 59 to FCO (1430Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["very feeble" Trinidad statement on Falklands invasion] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 331 to FCO (1438Z) ("French Press Comment") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BRITNAVAT Brasilia telegram to MODUK Navy (1545Z) (Brazilian position on Falklands Task Force) [Brazil "anxious to avoid being drawn into the Falklands military operations in any way"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 75 to FCO (1650Z) ("Falklands") [report that Peruvian Foreign Minister suggests establishment of an international presence on the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1215 to FCO (1850Z) ("Falklands: Argentine Approach to Canadian Ambassador in Washington") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1216 to FCO (1855Z) ("Falklands: Call by Nobel Peace Prize Winner") [Adolfo Perez Esquivel, winner of 1980 Nobel prize for literature] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Dakar telegram 78 to FCO (2020Z) ("Falkland Islands: Mr Haig's Technical Stop in Dakar") [Haig had one hour talks with Senegalese Foreign Minister; US diplomat said Haig not very optimistic of chances of success for his mission] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Berne telegram 41 to FCO (2030Z) (reports from British Interests Section of Swiss Embassy in Buenos Aires) [press reports 22 marines on Argentine navy ship; diplomatic property leases in Buenos Aires] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Bridgetown telegram 103 to FCO (2030Z) ("President Reagan's Meeting with Eastern Caribbean Leaders") [leaders spoke out strongly against Argentine invasion] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1218 to FCO (2109Z) ("Travel to the Falkland Islands") [ABC team wishes to travel to Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1219 to FCO (2320Z) ("Falklands") [US sources suggest Britain may not have capacity to sustain naval blockade] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1220 to FCO (2325Z) ("Falkland Islands: Possible Visit by US Official to Port Stanley") [well being of US citizens in Port Stanley] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 436 to FCO (0026Z) ("Falkland Islands at the UN") [current situation] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1225 to FCO (0055Z) ("Use of US Facilities on Ascension Island") [Eagleburger seeks information on British requests] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Hong Kong Government telegram 330 to FCO (0225Z) ("Invasion of the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Moscow telegram 188 to FCO (0845Z) ("Falkland Islands: Soviet Attitude") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pattison minute to MT (Falklands conflict: draft speaking notes for Minister) [SAPU(82)1] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Berne telegram 42 to FCO (0930Z) (reports from British Interests Section of Swiss Embassy in Buenos Aires) [Keller letter; diplomatic bank accounts; anxiety among British community in Argentina] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 159 to FCO (0950Z) (Italy agrees to ban on Argentine imports) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 334 to FCO (1000Z) ("Falkland Islands: French Press") [Le Matin claims Mitchell, Love and Heathcote were working for British intelligence in Buenos Aires] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Dakar telegram 80 to FCO (1045Z) ("Flights to Ascension") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Swiss Embassy, Buenos Aires to FCO (1545Z) (situation report via Berne) [asks what kind of reporting desired; preparations for rally in Plaza del Mayo] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1227 to FCO (1720Z) ("Falklands, Possible Visit by US Official") [UK objections to possible visit by US official to Falklands in Argentine military aircraft] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 93 to FCO (1725Z) ("Falklands Letter") [evacuation request by Falkland Islanders] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram 91 to FCO (1815Z) ("Falklands/Argentina/Chile") [Chilean military position] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegrams 439-440 to FCO (2320-2325Z) (UK declaration of maritime exclusion zone) [draft note for delivery to President of Security Council] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 87 to FCO (2330Z) ("Falklands: Telecon: Flynn-Segar Emergency Unit") [President Figueiredo of Brazil to make personal appeal to MT] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Haig message to MT (0645Z) (proposal arising from Haig's discussions with the Argentine Government) ["I am sure you would agree that any military confrontation must be avoided at all costs until you have been able to consider this draft proposal"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pattison minute to Whitmore (arrangements for MT-Haig meeting) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Falkland Islands: Mr Haig's Visit of 12 April") [briefing; unredacted text] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit paper - SAPU(82)2 (speaking notes for Ministers) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to South Atlantic Presentation Unit ("South Atlantic Presentation Unit") [MT's comments on SAPU notes for Ministers] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: John Cheek (Falklands Legislative Council Member) letter to MT ("A possible future for the Falkland Islands after the withdrawal of Argentine forces") [Andorra-type solution] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym interview for BBC's World This Weekend (c1200Z) (Haig's latest proposals) [does not expect any Argentine ships to be inside MEZ when it goes into effect] [this copy declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1230 to FCO (1540Z) ("Falklands: Soviet-Argentinian Collusion") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT message to Haig (1540Z) (maritime exclusion zone) ["Argentina is the aggressor ... The right way to prevent naval incidents is therefore for Argentina to remove all her naval vessels from the MEZ"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 94 to FCO (1643Z) ("British Interests Section in Buenos Aires") [letter received by safe hand from BIS; Argentine authorities presently "are trying to protect all things British" in their country, but this could "change rapidly once the British fleet is in the area"] [declassified 2012]

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Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

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