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1979 Aug 1 - 1980 Feb 6
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/155
Commonwealth (Heads of Government Meeting in Lusaka, August 1979) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 131
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Date Value Title
79 Aug 1 We Major Commonwealth: FCO to UKE Lusaka ("Possible Working Group on Marshall Plan for Developing Countries") ["this is a most unattractive idea"] [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 1 We Major Commonwealth: MT statement to Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Opening Session) [economy, Vietnamese refugees, Rhodesia] [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 2 Th Major Commonwealth: FCO record of conversation (Carrington-Canadian MP Flora MacDonald) [Rhodesia, Australian resolution on racialism, Namibia] [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 3 Fr Major Commonwealth: FCO record of conversation (Carrington-Foreign Minister Mishra of India) [Rhodesia, India internal situation, India-Pakistan, non-aligned conference] [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 3 Fr Major Commonwealth: MT statement to Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Speech on Southern Africa) [Rhodesia] [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 5 Su Major Commonwealth: Walden minute to Cartledge/Whitmore (response to Prime Minister Fraser's leak of information on plan for Rhodesia) [Carrington suggests immediate briefing of British press] [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 5 Su Major Commonwealth: Commonwealth Secretary-General Ramphal note to MT (Ramphal suggests an ad hoc meeting to secure agreement on statement on Rhodesia) [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 6 Mo Major Commonwealth: MT statement to Zambian Press Association (Lusaka CHOGM) [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 6 Mo Major Commonwealth: President Kaunda of Zambia statement to Zambian Press Association (Lusaka CHOGM, Rhodesia) [declassified 2010]
79 Aug 8 We Major Commonwealth: Newspaper extract from Times of Zambia (editorial comment on MT's performance at the Lusaka CHOGM) ["inside the iron casting is a soft heart"] [declassified 2010]
79 Oct 17 We Major Commonwealth: Commonwealth Coordination Department memorandum (Lusaka Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) [declassified 2010]