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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 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 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: 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 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 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: Patrick Wright letter to MOD (FCO legal advice on possible Exclusion Zone) [issues arising at 5th and 6th meetings of Chiefs of Staff; encloses two notes from FCO Legal Adviser, who believes declaration of war would be necessary before action against Argentine mainland] [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 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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 11 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Agenda for MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 14th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Exclusion Zone, Nuclear Matters) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 16th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 110/742/1 (0900Z) ("Operation Corporate - Operations and Support Planning Assumptions") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Note circulated to members of Chiefs of Staff Committee for 16th Meeting/82 of COS - COS(Misc) 111/742/1 (0900Z) ("Rules of Engagement for Surface Ships and Aircraft in Operation Corporate") [draft RoEs] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 16th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (Operation Corporate, Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, OD(SA), Gibraltar) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 18 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 23rd Meeting/82 (0900Z) (intelligence matters, own forces, public relations, decisions required, major decision points, prisoners of war, battle casualty replacements, Chile) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 30th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 35th Meeting/82 (1000Z) (MBFR; UKMILREP Brussels; Joint Logistic Plan; Operation Corporate - intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required, force levels, the Argentine aircraft carrier, the threat to Ascension Island, South Georgia) [full text] [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 43rd Meeting/82 (1000Z) (Operation Corporate - intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required, military options, concept of operations, rules of engagement, active service, honours and awards) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 May 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 55th Meeting/82 (1040Z) (Operation Corporate - intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required, Hercules minelaying capability, air defence of Ascension Island, Lieutenant-Commander Astiz) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 May 23 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 57th Meeting/82 (0830Z) (Operation Corporate - intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 May 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 59th Meeting/82 (0800Z) (Operation Corporate - security, intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required, future garrison of the Falkland Islands) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 May 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 60th Meeting/82 (0800Z) (Operation Corporate - intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 May 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 61st Meeting/82 (1000Z) (Operation Corporate - intelligence, own forces, public relations, actions and decisions required, Atlantic Conveyor, rules of engagement) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Jun 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 67th Meeting/82 (1430Z) (Operation Corporate - replacement of stores and equipment, long-term measures) [declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Jun 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 71st Meeting/82 (1500Z) (Operation Corporate - shore-based air operations after the repossession of Port Stanley, future force levels) [declassified Aug 2017]
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