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PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: FCO Press Office note to PS (Falkland Islands) [Argentine statements "reaffirming their line on sovereignty for them"; easy to discredit Ros tomorrow if you want us to] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [Parliament], Falkland Islands, ETB, Pope) ("it was still the British position that there could be no ceasefire without a commitment to a verifiable withdrawal") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: UKHC Nairobi telegram 242 to FCO (1001Z) (UNEP Special Session: Falklands) [statement by Argentine representative not explicitly referring to Falklands, so British minister will not refer to it in his speech either] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Francis Pym remarks outside No.10 (1030Z) (Falkland Islands) ["so promise of progress ... but ... many difficult problems still remain"]
PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1130Z) ("Repatriation of Argentinian Prisoners of War") (arrangements) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 press statement (1130Z) (Falkland Islands) [progress of the Task Force] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 press statement (1130Z) ("Prisoners of War from the Narwal") [arrangements for repatriation] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers ("Falkland Islands: 12 May 1982") ("We are continuing to work with maximum intensity at the United Nations") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Salaries, Falkland Islands) ("Ministers wanted to keep all military options open") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: UKE Washington telegram 1713 to FCO (1515Z) (Falkland Islands: Washington Post Interview with General Iglesias) (Iglesias quoted as saying "the practical exercise of our rights over the Islands as an integral part of the national territory") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office note to Private Secretaries (1523Z) (Falkland Islands) (BBC Monitoring report on Costa Mendez at Argentine cabinet) [told them that "all negotiations must lead to recognition of Argentine sovereignty over the Malvinas"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 12 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: President Figueiredo of Brazil message to MT (urges UK to adopt a "flexible and constructive attitude" at the UN) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Tam Dalyell MP (Argentina and nuclear weapons) [Government will keep problem of Argentine nuclear programme under close review] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Greta Thompson (thanks for message of support and contribution to cost of Fleet) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Hugh Thomas memorandum to MT (Thomas reports on conversation with Prime Minister Ulloa of Peru) [European sanctions against Argentina; Falkland Islands Company] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Hugh Thomas memorandum to MT ("The Projection of British policy in Latin America") [divisions between Latin American nations; Thomas suggests major information campaign "to put the British case"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Ministry of Defence press briefing (1115Z) (Falkland Islands) [damaged British ship, but no casualties] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [Parliament], Falklands: UN talks) ("they were in the thick of negotiations, grappling with a range of difficult problems") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1545Z) (Business, Falklands) (Biffen said "he had no evidence that the last stage of the last round of negotiations had been reached") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1610Z) (Falklands, TSRB) ("There must be no ceasefire without a verifiable commitment to withdrawal") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers ("Ltd Cdr Astiz") ("We are not at war with Argentina") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 13 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers ("Falkland Islands: 13 May") (Pym: "We have had our hopes raised several times before, only to be dashed") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [Parliament], PM's weekend, Falklands, EC Budget) ("A wide gap remains on a number of very important issues") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 15 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: FCO briefing for MT ("The Prime Minister's Telephone Call to Signor Spadolini") [Italian attitudes towards sanctions against Argentina] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 16 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute to MT ("IRN Interview") [briefing for interview with Peter Allen] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 16 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Whitmore note to MT (telegram to Parsons which MT "did not like" was drafted on Pym's instructions) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 16 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU) paper - SAPU(82) 16 (1700Z) (international support for Britain, 'A Change in Military Strategy?') [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Transcript of BBC segment ( From Our Own Correspondent : government's negotiating position) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UK peace proposals ("Interim Agreement") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: Britto note ("Public Opinion Background Note 113") [weekly survey note; Falklands crisis] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Sally Oppenheim (Robert Kee writes to The Times to object to Panorama coverage of opposition to Falklands campaign) ["a very courageous letter"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Cardinal Hume (moral justification of British response to Falklands crisis) ["I am sorry if you were puzzled by my last letter...I took [it] as meaning that you questioned whether our use of force was morally justified"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Michael Foot letter to MT (Falkland Islands) [fulfilment of UN Security Council resolution]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Morocco: King Hassan of Morocco letter to MT (King Hassan postpones his visit to the UK on account of MT's preoccupation with Falklands campaign) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [Parliament], PM's weekend, Falklands, EC sanctions, EC Budget) ("There is no reason for us to feel any more optimistic of the outcome than hitherto") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 17 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (PM's day, Mitterrand visit, UN negotiations, Reagan visit, Audience, Defence White Paper, London transport) ("We reaffirmed that Britain was not issuing deadlines over the UN talks") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.135 ("Visit of HM King Hassan II of Morocco") (visit postponed) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Jimmy Young Programme") [briefing for interview] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 18 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MT letter to Michael Foot (Falkland Islands) ["The Government is doing all it can to secure a negotiated solution to the Falklands dispute"]
PDF 82 May 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Michael Foot (role of Parliament in decisions about peace settlement and military escalation) ["it is for the Government to take the necessary decisions and then to answer to the House for its actions"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to John Cope MP (concern about television and radio coverage of Falklands dispute) ["The media in this country are free to broadcast what they wish without government interference"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU) paper - SAPU(82) 21 (MT interview with IRN Radio, Pym's press statement, Falkland Islands Company) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Falklands) ("in the event of a breakdown of the UN talks, we knew of no other diplomatic avenue") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.137 ("The Pope's Visit") ["the Pope would not, in the Government's view, demonstrate any particular stand on the Falkland Islands crisis"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Argentine peace proposals ("Argentine Counter-Proposals of 19 May") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Tony Benn MP (response to petition calling for halt to military action) ["we are searching for a peaceful solution"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 19 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Julian Amery MP (UN negotiations for peace settlement) ["The prospects...in New York look pretty bleak but we shall make one more effort there"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Armstrong note to MT (Armstrong speaks to Attali regarding statement by Mitterrand) ["The President wanted you to know that what he had said was not in any way intended to be critical of the British Government or of you personally"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Falklands, Pope, EC) ("The Task Force was now consolidated and we were not closing any options") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 19 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Falkland Islands, EC) ("we would not go along with Argentine attempts to 'string out' the process") [released 2013]

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