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PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 1 (Composition and Terms of Reference) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Pym memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 2 (Diplomatic Action Following the Invasion of the Falkland Islands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Nott memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 3 (Military Action Following the Invasion of the Falkland Islands) [list of options] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 1st (0800Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 4 (Possible Notification of Exclusion Zone) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 2nd (1800Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 5 (Rules of Engagement) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 3rd (1000Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD draft paper for OD(SA) ("Removal of Nuclear Weapons from the Task Group") [OD(SA)(82) 6 - Chiefs of Staff recommend consolidating in the carriers but not removing the weapons] [declassified Oct 2019]
PDF 82 Apr 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 4th (1800Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 8 (Formal Consequences of a State of War Between the United Kingdom and Argentina) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 5th (1000Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 9 (Original United States Draft Proposals) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 10 (Revised Draft Proposals) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 6th (1520Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 11 (Formal Consequence of a State of War Between the United Kingdom and Argentina) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 12 (Final Paragraph of Draft Agreed Memorandum) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 7th (0915Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [War Cabinet briefed at Ministry of Defence] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 13 (Draft Rules of Engagement for Operation Paraquet) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 14 (Special Commission: United States Proposals) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 8th (1100Z) ("Situation in the South Atlantic") [ROEs for South Georgia] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Weston briefing for Acland ("ODSA: 9am 20 April") [ROEs on High Seas & suggested 48 hour delay of Operation Paraquet while diplomacy continues] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD briefing for Nott ("OD(SA)") [diplomatic situation; UN resolutions; ROEs for SSNs; High Seas ROEs; Operation Paraquet; Vulcans] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 9th (1015Z) ("Situation in the South Atlantic") [possible breakdown in Haig shuttle] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 15 ("Military Decisions: 20 April") [ROEs for South Georgia and High Seas] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 10th (2100Z) ("Situation in the South Atlantic") [Haig shuttle] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: SCDS briefing for CDS (1100Z) ("OD(SA)(82) meeting at 1200 hrs Tuesday 20 April 1982") [topics] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 11th (1100Z) (Situation in the South Atlantic) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 16 (Mr Haig's Negotiations in Buenos Aires) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 17 (United Nations Resolutions Invoked by Argentina) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 18 (Comparison of the Draft Agreements of 13 and 19 April 1982) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 19 (Exchange of Notes Concerning Communications Between the Falkland Islands the Argentine Mainland (1971)) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 20 (Mr Haig's Negotiations in Buenos Aires and Commentary on the Draft Agreement) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 20 (Mr Haig's Negotiations in Buenos Aires and Commentary on the Draft Agreement) [text annotated by MT] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 12th (1730Z) ("Situation in the South Atlantic") [decision made irreversibly to authorise repossession of South Georgia; Haig to be told in advance] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 13th (0830Z) ("Situation in the South Atlantic") [Haig negotiations] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym PS minute to FCO News Department ("Falkland Islands: Foreign Secretary's Visit to Washington") [debating points for press interviews] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: SCDS briefing for CDS (0800Z) ("OD(SA)(82) meeting in COBR at 0900 on Thursday 22 Apr 1982") [briefs from A-X; suggests Pym should delay visit to Washington until after Paraquet] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD briefing for OD(SA) (0800Z) (military planning) [SSN operations outside MEZ; Argentine capability to withstand a blockade; landing options in the Falklands] [declassified Spt 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 14th (0900Z) ("Situation in the South Atlantic") [decisions on sailing of amphibious forces, TEZ and special forces to be delayed until after Pym's return early next week] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 21 ("Composition and Terms of Reference") [composition revised to include proper ministerial titles] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Nott memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 22 ("Falklands - selective call out of reservists") [plans to recall a small number of specialists, involving statement to Parliament] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Mr Pym's Visit to Washington") [MT's comments on FCO drafts - original letter, with FCO annotation] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Falklands: Jay minute to Mallaby ("Secretary of State's Visit to Washington: US attitudes to the Falklands Crisis") [additional points for Pym briefing] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 803 to UKE Washington (1900Z) ("Following from PUS for Private Secretary: Falkland Islands") [Pym's briefing does not reflect latest OD(SA) conclusions with regard to US guarantee] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: FCO memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 23 (Falkland Islands: UN Involvement After Argentine Withdrawal) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Facer note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 24 (Rules of Engagement for Total Exclusion Zone) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Weston briefing for Acland (0930Z) ("Brief for Sir Robert Armstrong's meeting at 10.30am on 23 April") [ROEs for enforcement of MEZ; ROEs against surveillance aircraft; Vulcan attack on Port Stanley runway; Operation Corporate - Strategic Options] [declassified Dcr 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 24 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Pym memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 25 (Falkland Islands: Washington Discussion with Mr Haig) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Facer note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 26 (Comparison of Draft Proposals) [declassified 2012]

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