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PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("The Falkland Isles") [military options and decisions to be made regarding operation of Task Force] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 16th (0900Z) (Resignation of Carrington, Falkland Islands, Community Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Defence Estimates, International Conference Centre) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("American Base on Ascension") [agreements governing Wideawake USAF Air Base] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym minute for Whitelaw ("Falkland Islanders: Entry into the UK") [must give Commons assurance that any islanders wishing to settle in UK will be able to do so] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute for Coles (false reports that British intelligence had warning of invasion much earlier than we did) [MT "will want to be extremely careful about what she says [in public] on this"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 319 to FCO (1615Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Foreign Minister Cheysson] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Jacques Chirac message to MT (expressing his solidarity and best wishes) [MT: "We must reply"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [draft message to world leaders] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT message to world leaders (1846Z) ("Falkland Islands: economic measures against Argentina") [urges support for measures to bring Argentina to act on Security Council resolution] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1146 to FCO (0045Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversation with Haig] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1147 to FCO (0048Z) ("Falklands") [Haig says important US not tilt too much towards Britain so as not to lose credibility with Argentinians] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1154 to FCO (0215Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversation with Haig re: diplomacy; "the window of opportunity is even narrower than he had thought"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1155 to FCO (0220Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversations in Congress; support from Speaker O'Neill and House Majority leader, but not from Helms] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1157 to FCO (0230Z) ("Falklands") ["US press coverage remains very favourable and well ahead of the Administration"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1160 to FCO (0240Z) ("Falklands") [Weinberger call to Henderson; "monstrous to put a long-standing ally onto the same level as Argentinia"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute to Whitmore ("Cabinet: Thursday, 15 April") [MT approves pre-cabinet briefing session by Nott] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office letter to FCO (naval deployments in the Falkland Isles in 1977) [Armstrong concern that letter breaches rules on disclosure to ministers of records of a predecessor government; no public use should be made] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to MOD ("Illegal Landing on South Georgia: Chronology of Events") [encloses copy of paper prepared for MT's use at PMQs] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands Debate") [notes prepared for Nott's speech] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO draft speech for Pym (opening Commons debate) [annotated by MT] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (1110Z) (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [Schmidt rings to offer support] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Message from the Prime Minister to President Lopez Portillo of Mexico") [importance of Mexico "in the balance of South American opinion"; FCO draft, largely composed by the Ambassador] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Prime Minister Jorgensen of Denmark message for MT (the Danish Government's condemnation of the Argentine invasion) [condemnation of Argentine action] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: President Shagari of Nigeria message for MT (support for UNSCR502) [public statement] declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Sir Derek Rayner note to MT (support) ["warmest wishes for a good outcome"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram 75 to FCO (1305Z) ("Falklands/Chile") [military met last night - source "rather disappointed" at outcome] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Trivial Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 minute for MT ("Menu for Dinner for Mr Alexander Haig on 8 April") [seafood, steak and sorbet] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKDEL NATO telegram 168 to FCO (1655Z) ("The Falklands") [report from West German military attaché in Buenos Aires, given in confidence to UK] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE The Hague telegram 80 to FCO (1750Z) ("Economic Measures Against Argentina") [Ambassador's conversation with Van Agt; "the Dutch had often claimed to be Britain's best friend in Europe, now was the time to show that"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Trinidad telegram 57 to FCO (1900Z) ("Commonwealth Secretary General") [Ramphal called invasion "a gross, unprovoked and utterly unwarranted setback in the international legal order"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Chairman of the British Community Council in Argentina telegram to MT (urging peaceful solution) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1174 to FCO (2142Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson summarises US views; Haig: "there cannot be another Suez"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO briefing for Pym (meeting Haig on 8 Apr) [speaking note; background papers on international reaction, UN, economic measures and Argentine vulnerability to US pressure] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 145 to FCO (0515Z) ("Falkland Islands: Economic Measures") [Australians acceding to all British requests; banning all Argentine imports from midnight] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 146 to FCO (0528Z) ("Falkland Islands and Antarctica") [conversation with Australian Foreign Minister; British will participate in meetings with Argentinians] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU)") [new unit in Cabinet Office to "counter errors or inaccurate rumours concerning the Falkland Islands issue"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 163 to FCO (1150Z) ("Falkland Islands and ICRC") [ICRC decision to ask Argentine government for access to islands] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym minute to MT ("Falkland Islands: Air Services between UK and Argentina") [Pym recommends suspension of operating rights to Argentina Airlines] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MT message to President Lopez Portillo of Mexico (1529Z) (invasion of the islands) [appeal for help bringing home to Argentine government the seriousness of its actions] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO record of conversation (1600Z) (Pym-Haig) [Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Bridgetown telegram 101 to FCO (1615Z) ("President Reagan's Meeting of Caribbean Leaders") [Ramphal said he had urged Eastern Caribbean leaders to make it clear to Reagan that "more than an 'even handed' attitude ... was desirable"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 74 to FCO (1630Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Peruvian Foreign Minister - need to help Argentinians withdraw without losing face] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BIS Buenos Aires telegram 2 to FCO (1700Z via Berne) ("Atmosphere in Buenos Aires") ["great uncertainty and concern"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Dublin telegram 99 to FCO (1700Z) ("Irish Republic and the Falklands") [Irish attitudes: cherishing "the role of mediator"; large Irish-Argentine community; echoes of Ulster issue "set the Irish teeth on edge", explaining Taoiseach's Office giving negative briefing to Irish papers yesterday] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Goodchild minute for Coles ("Dinner for the Hon. Alexander M. Haig: List of Guests") [plus seating plan] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (1700Z) (MT-Haig) [pre-dinner meeting: Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands - MT annotations] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 330 to FCO (1823Z) ("Falklands: French Press Comment") [topic has "left the front pages", but substantial coverage of diplomacy still; parallels seen with French overseas possessions] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Prime Minister Pindling of the Bahamas letter for MT (1830Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["unequivocal rejection of the use of force as a means of settling disputes between states"] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Prime Minister of Guyana message for MT (1900Z) ("Falkland Islands") ["strongly condemned" invasion; full support for UNSCR502] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 78 to FCO (1912Z) ("Royal Marines") [no confirmation yet of their arrival here tomorrow] [declassified Dec 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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