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PDF 83 Apr 21 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO letter to No.10 ("Grenada") [Commonwealth Secretary-General forwards letter from Government of Grenada asking for assistance "in the prevention of aggression by the United States against Grenada"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 May 5 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO letter to No.10 ("Grenada") [Commonwealth Secretary-General's circulated letter regarding supposed US aggression toward Grenada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada") [situation in Grenada; plot to kill Prime Minister Bishop] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada: Regional Reactions") [reactions to death of Maurice Bishop] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: No.10 Duty Clerk note to MT ("Situation in Grenada as at 1730 hours") [indication that "OECS Heads of Government have agreed to send a united military force to Grenada"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Luce, MT-Whitelaw, MT-Heseltine) [response to proposals by CARICOM states for intervention in Grenada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Meeting with George Price") [Belize asked to contribute to OECS/CARICOM force] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3078 to FCO (1510Z) ("Grenada") [US military manoeuvres; possible evacuation of British citizens] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3076 to FCO (1510Z) ("Grenada") [US military manoeuvres; possible evacuation of British citizens] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Meeting with George Price") [Belize asked to contribute to OECS/CARICOM force] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO to UK High Commission Bridgetown ("Grenada") [seeks information on possibility of negotiated solution to situation which does not involve military operations] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3084 to FCO (2150Z) ("Grenada") ["Admiral Howe told head of Chancery this afternoon that the conclusion of the NSC meeting was that the U.S. should proceed very cautiously"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3084 to FCO (2150Z) ("Grenada") ["Admiral Howe told head of Chancery this afternoon that the conclusion of the NSC meeting was that the U.S. should proceed very cautiously"] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Grenada: FCO to UK High Commission Bridgetown ("Grenada") [seeks information on possibility of negotiated solution to situation which does not involve military operations] [released 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada") [assessment of positions of "ruling few" within Grenada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada") [assessment of positions of "ruling few" within Grenada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada") [Prime Minister Adams of Barbados reports to Bullard on thinking of CARICOM governments] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3087 to FCO (2125Z) ("Grenada") [report on further interagency meeting in Washington: "No decisions have been taken on further action"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada: Governor General") [Deputy High Commissioner General Montgomery calls on Grenada Governor General] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada") [Bullard speaks with Prime Minister Adams of Barbados: "He had particularly in mind an SAS operation to ensure the Governor General's safety"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada: General Impressions") [further details of Deputy High Commissioner General Montgomery's visit to Grenada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada - Revolutionary Council") [personality sketches of members of the Revolutionary Military Council] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO Sitrep ("ODEM: 1000, 24 October, 1983") [situation in Grenada and international response] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO telegram 1759 to UKE Washington (1350Z) ("Grenada") ["I and my colleagues see no grounds on which military intervention could be justified internationally unless it were required to protect lives"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: Howe draft statement to House of Commons (situation in Grenada) [MT annotation: "No reason to think that military intervention is likely to take place"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: Reagan message to MT (OECS request US participation in "collective security effort" in Grenada) ["I am giving serious consideration to the OECS request"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to FCO ("Grenada") [text of OECS statement: "The Authority of the OECS wishes to establish a peace keeping force...to restore on Grenada conditions of tranquility"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: UK High Commission Bridgetown to MODUK ("Grenada: From Col Beaumont in Bridgetown for Cossec") [details of US intervention plan] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO letter to No.10 ("Grenada") [MT draft message to Reagan: "In short, I have serious doubts about mounting a military operation"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 24 Mo Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: Reagan message to MT (situation in Grenada: US intervention) ["I have decided to respond positively" to OECS request for US intervention in Grenada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: MT message to Reagan (US intervention in Grenada) ["I must tell you at once that the decision which you describe causes us the gravest concern"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: No.10 letter to FCO (“Grenada”) [record of No.10 meetings & decisions 24-25 Oct] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [US intervention in Grenada; Reagan to MT: "We are already at zero"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO telegram 1768 to UKE Washington (0224Z) ("Grenada") [tell "the Americans that we look to them to protect British lives and property"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3104 to FCO (0315Z) ("Grenada") [Wright passes message to Eagleburger regarding need for US to protect British lives and property] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO to UK High Commission Bridgetown ("Grenada") ["we should not (not) wish [British personnel] to be involved in offensive operations against Grenada"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: Reagan message to MT (US intervention in Grenada) ["I well appreciate the dangers inherent in a military operation...but, on balance, I see this as the lesser of two risks"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: Text of Reagan's statement on intervention in Grenada [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3111 to FCO (1415Z) ("Grenada: President Reagan's Press Conference") [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO telegram 1774 to UKE Washington (1620Z) ("Grenada: Conversation with Shultz") [update on situation in Grenada; Howe outlines his concerns about US intervention to Shultz] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3115 to FCO (1657Z) ("Grenada") [US and Caribbean forces secure airport; Governor General missing] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3118 to FCO (1709Z) ("Grenada") [Dam meets with Luce to discuss US intervention in Grenada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO telegram 305 to UKHC Bridgetown (1720Z) ("Grenada") ["The PUS has telephoned to the Embassy in Washington instructing them to make it clear to the Americans...that the constitutional position of the Governor General...must (repeat must) be respected"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: FCO Sitrep ("Grenada: Sitrep No 1: 25 October 1983 (2030 hours GMT)") [landings in Grenada; Reagan's statement; position of the Governor; international reactions] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3130 to FCO (2319Z) ("Grenada: Secretary Shultz's Press Conference") [Shultz sets out US rationale for intervention] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3134 to FCO (0430Z) ("Grenada: Debate in the House") [US Administration "will not understand it if we publicly criticise their actions while their troops are still engaged"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Washington telegram 3135 to FCO (0435Z) ("Grenada") ["The fact is that feelings are very sore on both sides. But this is now part of history"] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Prime Minister Adams of Barbados) [US intervention in Grenada] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Grenada: UKE Kingston to FCO ("Grenada") [Prime Minister Seaga of Jamaica angry at MT's comments in debate on Grenada operation] [declassified 2013]
PDF 83 Oct 26 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Grenada: No.10 record of telephone conversation (MT-Reagan) [US intervention in Grenada: Reagan said he "very much regretted the embarrassment that had been caused" to HMG] [declassified 2013]

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