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PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Chief of Naval Staff PS minute to CDS and other Chiefs ("South Georgia - Draft Minute to Prime Minister") [Leach's detailed amendments] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Defence Staff briefing for Nott ("Defence & Overseas Policy Committee Meeting on Thursday 1st April at 11.30AM") [South Georgia] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Defence Operations Executive - DOE 2nd Meeting/82 (1300Z) (Intelligence, HMS Endurance, Message to the Falklands Governor, Air Defence) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 31 We Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: Acting Chief of Defence Staff briefing for Nott (?before 1700Z) ("Falkland Islands") [updated military options before OD tomorrow; plus draft and criticism of it as too negative] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) JT Lord note ("Sanctions and Military Retaliations Against Argentina") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Defence Operations Executive - DOE 3rd Meeting/82 (1400Z) (Action Resulting from OD Meeting; Future Planning Options; Public Relations; Rules of Engagement; Future Meetings and Manning Levels) [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD notes of Defence Operations Executive - DOE 3rd Meeting/82 (1400Z) (Action Resulting from OD Meeting; Future Planning Options; Public Relations; Rules of Engagement; Future Meetings and Manning Levels) [declassified Feb 2019]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 2nd Meeting/82 (1410Z) (Falklands Situation, Operation Corporate, Decisions Required, Chile, Other Business) [full text, including list of attendees] [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 2 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 2nd Meeting/82 (1410Z) (Falklands Situation, Operation Corporate, Decisions Required, Chile, Other Business) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 3rd Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Intelligence Update, Own Forces, Disclosure of Information, Decisions Required) [full text, including list of attendees] [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 3rd Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Intelligence Update, Own Forces, Disclosure of Information, Decisions Required) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 4th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Intelligence Assessment, Own Forces, Military Appreciation, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Special Boat Section, Argentine Presence in the UK, SAS) [partly redacted text, with material also on SAS] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 4th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Intelligence Assessment, Own Forces, Military Appreciation, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Special Boat Section, Argentine Presence in the UK, SAS) [full text, including list of attendees] [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 4th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0830Z) (relations with Argentina, South Africa, HMS Endurance, Gurkhas, Gibraltar etc) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 4 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Defence Staff record of conversation (0830Z) (remarks at Chiefs of Staff Committee) ["Falkland Islands - NATO aspects"; CAS asking what we tell NATO, Nott replying] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Defence Staff note for Lewin ("Soviet Naval Activity in the Southern Atlantic - 5 April") ["no apparent reaction by the Soviet Navy" to the invasion, "all movements seen are normal and were expected"] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 5th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (intelligence assessment, own forces, public relations, decisions required, SSN rules of engagement, military appreciation, withdrawal from Belize, use of Gurkhas with 5 Infantry Brigade) [full text, including list of attendees] [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 5th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0830Z) (refuelling, rules of engagement, military options, South Georgia, Defence White Paper, Ghurkas [sic], Gibraltar) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 6th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 85/742/1 ("Falkland Islands - Military Appreciation") [first draft for consideration 1400 on 5 Apr] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 6th Meeting/82 (1300Z) (military appreciation, rules of engagement for SSNs) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 6th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 85/742/1 ("Falkland Islands - Military Appreciation") [first draft for consideration 1400 on 5 Apr - as annotated by FCO officials] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 7th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (intelligence assessment, public relations, decisions required, military appreciation, rules of engagement for SSNs, dissemination of information, Argentine communications, Gibraltar) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 7th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0830Z) (refuelling facilities in Brazil, military appreciation, Soviet submarines, Tierra del Fuego, rules of engagement for submarines, Gibraltar) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Chiefs of Staffs Committee paper (COS(Misc) 90/742/1: "Falkland Islands: Military Appreciation") [revised paper for finalisation by 1700 7 Apr] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 8th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 93/742/1 (1300Z) ("Airfields in the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 8th Meeting/82 (1300Z) (intelligence matters, ODSA debrief, instructions to overseas representatives, signal to military commanders, amphibious operations appreciation, public relations, tactical nuclear weapons; forecast of decisions or actions required) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 11th and 12th Meetings/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 105/742/1 (1500Z, 0900Z) ("Operational and Support Planning - Operation Corporate") [planning assumptions] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS(Misc) 94/742/1 ("Directive to Commander British Forces Support Unit Ascension Island") [forward logistic support for Task Force] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 12th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 96/742/1 (0900Z) ("Operation Corporate - Military Appreciation") [as prepared by ACDS(Pol)] [declassified 31 Oct 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minutes of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 9th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Operation Corporate, OD(SA) Debrief, Whitehall Procedures, Own Forces, Public Relations, Military Appreciation, Gibraltar) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 9th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0830Z) (amphibious operations against South Georgia and the Falklands, Argentine Zone of Operations, Rules of Engagement, Gibraltar) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Wright minute for Gillmore ("Exclusion Zone and South Georgia") [concern that zone does not include South Georgia; notes "the Navy's preference for a plan involving the initial seizure of South Georgia", "the Chiefs of Staff preference"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 10th Meeting/82 (1300Z) (Operation Corporate, Nuclear Depth Bombs, Falkland Islands think tank) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Papers circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 11th and 12th/Meetings 82 of COS (1500Z, 0900Z) (Operation Corporate, Operation Paraquet (99/742/1), Falkland Islands Landing Operations (96/742/1)) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS(Misc) 95/742/1 (1500Z) ("Draft Directive to CINCFLEET - Military Appreciation") [for consideration at 11th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 11th Meeting/82 (1500Z) (Operation Corporate, Amphibious Operations against South Georgia and Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 11th Meeting/82 (1500Z) (Operation Corporate, Amphibious Operations against South Georgia and Falkland Islands) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 11th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (1500Z) (amphibious operations against South Georgia and the Falklands, Psyops) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Wright minute for Pym PS ("SSN: Rules of Engagement") [understands Pym strongly agreed with Onslow; Wright discussed privately with CDS] [declassified 28 Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 12th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 102/742/1 (0900Z) ("Defence of Gibraltar") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 12th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 103/742/1 (0900Z) ("Disembarrassment of nuclear weapons from TG 317.8 - preparations") [declassified Oct 2019]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 12th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (Operation Corporate, Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Operation Paraquet, Amphibious Operations, Gibraltar, Nuclear Depth Bombs) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 12th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0900Z) (Panama Canal, Gibraltar, Belize, political adviser for task force) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 14th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 101/742/1 (0900Z) ("Draft operational objective to CINCFLEET - Operation Corporate") [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 12th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (Operation Corporate, Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Operation Paraquet, Amphibious Operations, Gibraltar, Nuclear Depth Bombs) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS(Misc) 100/742/1 (0900Z) ("Operation Corporate - Landing Operations") [Directive to ACDS(Pol) agreed by Chiefs] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Agenda for MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 13th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Nuclear Matters) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 13th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 13th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0900Z) (intelligence on Argentina ships, off-loading, Chile) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 10 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: SCDS(A)1 notes for CDS on 13th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0900Z) (Port Stanley airfield, pressing US SR71 recce, Ascension communications improved, possible Vulcan mission) ["The meeting was quiet"] [declassified Spt 2017]

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