1979 Aug 27 - 1979 Dec 21
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/13
Deaths (Lord Mountbatten)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2009 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Restricted |
| Page count: | 216 |
| Any docs withheld? | 2 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Major | Death of Mountbatten: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Explosion of Lord Mountbatten's Boat") [initial report] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Taoiseach John Lynch message to MT (condolences and condemnation) ["I was horrified and saddened at the news of the murder of Earl Mountbatten"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 27 Mo | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Text of proposed Younger statement (death of Earl Mountbatten) ["Not issued, on PM's instruction"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Message from Lord Chamberlain's Office (Queen commands mourning to be worn) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Peterson minute to MT (arrangements for Lord Mountbatten's funeral) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 28 Tu | Major | Death of Mountbatten: UKE Washington telegram 2451 to FCO (1830Z) (statement by the US State Department on death of Mountbatten) ["I reiterate in the strongest terms the condemnation of the US Government of all groups or organisations which seek their goals in Northern Ireland through violence"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 29 We | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Peterson minute to MT ("Lord Mountbatten's Funeral") [arrangements] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 29 We | Major | Death of Mountbatten: UKE Dublin to FCO ("Lord Mountbatten") [expressions of sorrow, shock and shame in the Republic of Ireland] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 30 Th | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Lord Mountbatten") [Chancellor Schmidt "deeply shocked" by murder] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 30 Th | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Peterson minute to Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone (seating arrangements for Mountbatten's funeral) [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Aug 31 Fr | Major | Death of Mountbatten: FCO letter to No.10 ("Death of Mountbatten: President Carter's Message") ["we have been struck by the lack of reference in [Carter's] message to the circumstances of Lord Mountbatten's death"] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Sep 3 Mo | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Peterson minute to James ("Lord Mountbatten's Funeral") [arrangements] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Sep 4 Tu | Major | Death of Mountbatten: No.10 note to Peterson ("Flowers") [wreath for Mountbatten] [declassified 2009] |
| 79 Nov 28 We | Major | Death of Mountbatten: Peterson minute to MT (memorial service for Lord Mountbatten, Lady Brabourne and Nicholas Knatchbull) [MT: "Yes - we must go"] [declassified 2009] |