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PDF 82 Jun 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MOD press release ("MOD Press Release - 8th June") [latest military developments] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Defence: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falklands: SITREPS") [arrangements for transmission of diplomatic and military SITREPs to MT while attending NATO Summit: "at Versailles the sitreps were frequently late"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 8 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Ministry of Defence press release (0955Z) (Falklands situation report) ["British troops are patrolling forward territory and consolidating their positions"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Publications, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Pym broadcast, Reagan visit, Falklands, Mr Biffen's speech) ["we said we were preparing to take Port Stanley"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Ministry of Defence PUS press briefing for American reporters (1500Z) (Falklands situation report) ["We are being very quiet about where we stand"] [this text released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Reagan visit, UN, Falklands, Gas pipeline) ["We rejected suggestions of a fundamental difference between the US and the UK"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Ministry of Defence press statement (0600Z) (Argentine air attack) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (0900Z) ("Vulcan Detained in Brazil") [diplomatic negotiations continuing for release of RAF Vulcan that landed due to fuel shortage] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Michael Foot letter to MT (Falklands, UN Security Council) ["is it not worth giving the Argentines an undertaking that discussions will reopen as soon as they complete their withdrawal?"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Gow minute to MT ("Falkland Islands - Briefing for Ministers Not in Cabinet") [request for MT to lead briefings] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Muldoon of New Zealand message to MT (forwarded message from Colonel Baker, Commandant of the Legion of Frontiersmen of the Commonwealth (New Zealand Division)) [admiration for MT's leadership; reflection on patriotism] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Publications, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], US disarmament talks at New York City, Talks, Peace-keeping force, Ceasefire, Foreign Unit in No 10) ["We were hopeful of working together with the US over achieving a ceasefire"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Ministry of Defence press statement (1100Z) (US tanker Hercules) [suspicion that it was attacked by Argentine C130 aircraft] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU) paper - SAPU(82) 31 (1215-1245Z) (MT interviews for US television) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (PM's American interviews, Reagan talks, Argentine attitude, NATO base in South Atlantic?) ["In the face of continued Argentine aggression we would expect continued US support"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT message to President Turbay of Colombia (1630Z) (seeking peace with Argentina) ["it was Argentine aggression which provoked the fighting and it is for the Argentines to leave the Islands in order to stop the fighting"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office Bulletin No.148 ("Container Ships' Flag Change") [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Digest (Pay, Falklands, Arms Sales, Argentina, US, Mitterrand, Middle East) [main story is the attack on Galahad and Tristram] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answer of Interest [in Parliament], NATO Summit, Falklands) ["MoD have been consistent in not giving operational details"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 10 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MT statement to NATO Summit (history, purpose of the Alliance) ["Let us beware complacency - eternal vigilance is surely a small price to pay for our freedom"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing by Lord President (1525Z) (Northern Ireland Bill, Middle-East, Industrial relations, Falklands) [Biffen could not say why MoD had changed its mind over releasing details of casualties] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 10 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1610Z) (Falklands) ["it should not be assumed that beacuse of MoD's decision the number of casualties is very large"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office press guidance note ("Safety of Civilians at Port Stanley") ["We are ... very conscious of the need to take all possible steps to safeguard the civilians on the Falkland Islands"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Digest (Falklands, Military, Diplomatic, Middle East, Economy, Pay) [reporting of information on latest casualties] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office minute (0845Z) ("Death of Sgt Ian Hunt, Royal Marines") ["killed in action"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MT letter to Michael Foot (Falklands) ["I cannot agree with you that there would be any advantage to be gained by seeking now to return to the Security Council"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Michael Foot (Falklands crisis) ["Since our landings and the losses which we have incurred it would be unthinkable to negotiate about the future of the Islands as if everything were still as it had been before"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Tam Dalyell (US views to the Falklands dispute) [MT has no doubt about the whole-hearted support of the US for the British cause] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Jock Stallard MP (burial of those killed during Falklands campaign) [traditional to bury servicemen "close to where they fall"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT message to King Hussein of Jordan (UN Security Council debate on Falklands; Israeli-Lebanon conflict) [MT thanks Hussein for Lebanon's "helpful position" on draft resolution] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Prime Minister Muldoon of New Zealand (thanks for forwarding message from Colonel Baker of the Legion of Frontiersmen of the Commonwealth) [response of Commonwealth peoples to Falklands conflict "has convinced me that patriotism is a strong plant, not a weed"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Gow note to MT ("Meeting with the Executive of the 1922 Committee - Monday 14 June 1982 at 3.10 P.M. in your room at the House") [agenda] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Falklands, New Statesman's article, Middle East) [MoD casualty reports] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: President Hurtado of Ecuador telegram 70 to MT and MT's response (1011Z) (Hurtado urges ceasefire and peace negotiations; MT emphasises that the onus is on Argentina to compromise) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Ministry of Defence press statement (1140Z) (Falklands) ["our forces continued to consolidate their positions"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office minute (1430Z) ("Lt Cdr Astiz") [payment for air ticket to Brazil] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office minute (1530Z) ("Acquisition of Point Defence Gun Systems for RN ASW Carriers") [acquisition is "a normal defence procurement," not "direct US assistance in the Falklands context"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office minute (1530Z) ("Lt Cdr Astiz") [arrangements for travel to Brazil] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office minute (1700Z) ("Falkland Islands - Mistaken Identity") [identity of casualty, survivor] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 11 Fr Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Francis Pym TV interview for News at Ten transcript (2100Z) (Falklands) ["We are indeed talking about the restoration of British administration"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Ingham minute to MT ("Media tomorrow") [MT should not speak to press until final victory] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: Britto note ("Public Opinion Background Note 117") [weekly survey note; Falklands crisis] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: No.10 note to MT (HMS Glamorgan struck by suspected EXOCET missile) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: No.10 note to MT (Mitterrand expresses sympathy over recent Falklands casualties) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Pattison note to MT ("Anglican Cathedral Arrangements") [Port Stanley cathedral and the Red Cross] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office minute (1105Z) ("Falkland Islands - Fixed Wing aircraft losses which are now public knowledge") ["Do not volunteer the names of pilots"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Cecil Parkinson interview for BBC Radio World at One (1200Z) (Falklands) [the Argentines "are the ones who have been totally intransigent throughout this whole episode"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Ministry of Defence press statement (1730Z) (Falklands) [MT, Nott, Lewin visit Northwood for briefing on latest position] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 12 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: John Nott press statement (1930Z) (Falklands) [attack on Argentine positions to the West of Port Stanley] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Jun 13 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: John Nott press statement (Falklands) ["our forces have been consolidating their successful attack on the high ground to the West of Port Stanley"] [released 2013]

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