1982 Apr 1 - 1982 Apr 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/614
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 3)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 236 |
| Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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Showing items 41 - 60 of 92
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: Coles minute for Pattison ("Falkland Islands") [MT wants Nott to speak in the next debate; will have to be another Falklands statement tomorrow] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: Coles minute for Whitmore (First Sea Lord's request for a meeting with MT) [has a suggestion re: HMS Invincible; MT asks him to talk with Whitmore] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [MT asked today "what scope there might be for increasing internal opposition to the Argentine regime"; BBC External Services broadcasting] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: No.10 minute to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [need to examine charge that analysis of Argentine public statements and press should have given warning of invasion] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: No.10 letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [text of message of thanks to President Mitterrand] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw) [MT concern that tv appearances by "armchair strategists" might prejudice military options; Whitelaw undertaking to act] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Minor | Falklands: FCO minute ('Argentina') [Edmund Vestey's offer to make contact with authorities in Argentina if useful] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Minor | Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute to No.10 ("Falkland: Security Council") [draft message of thanks to President Mitterrand] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: Nott minute to MT (chartering of passenger line Canberra for use as troop transport) [has already decided to charter the ship; needs to lay order in council today] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 295 to FCO (1120Z) ("Falkland Islands") [German Ambassador's conversation with Galtieri; if Argentina's western friends did not support her "she would accept military assistance from any other source"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: Carrington telegram 60 to UKE Bogota (1210Z) (and Lima, Mexico City, Ottawa, Quito) ("Falkland Islands: Contingency Planning") [seeks advice as to whether their governments would agree staging and/or overflights in connection with current operation] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: UKE Lima telegram 65 to FCO (1441Z) ("Falkland Islands: Communiqué") [Peruvian Government "(A) reiterates its support for the recovery by the Argentine Republic of the Malvinas Islands (B) ... international controversies must be resolved peacefully"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: UKE Panama City telegram 29 to FCO (1615Z) (Falkland Islands: Panamanian Government's Declaration) ["full support to the restoration of Argentinian sovereignty over the Malvinas"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: UKE Caracas telegram 89 to FCO (1735Z) ("Falkland Islands: Communiqué") [Venezuelan Government "reiterates her solidarity with the just claim of the sister republic of Argentina", but "necessary to have recourse to peaceful means"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 634 to UKE Washington (1800Z) ("Likely UK Requirements at Ascension Island") [thank Americans for their offer; "on present plans we shall be making considerable on US facilities on the island"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 636 to UKE Washington (1830Z) ("Falklands") [Nott's account on TV of fighting at Grytviken] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 4 Su | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1111 to FCO (1926Z) ("Falkland Islands") [text of Washington Post editorial "Argentina's Aggression"; "The Brits have nothing to apologise for in the Falklands"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 393 to FCO (0045Z) ("Security Council: Falkland Islands") [two important factors at UN (1) antipathy to use of force (2) "we have virtually no support on the substance of the dispute"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKHC Wellington telegram 101 to FCO (0415Z) ("Falklands") [New Zealand breaking diplomatic relations with Argentina and ending flights from Argentine airlines] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 5 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKHC Port Louis telegram 67 to FCO (0540Z) (Mauritius Government statement on invasion) ["deplores and condemns unreservedly the aggression"] [declassified Dec 2012] |