1982 Apr 6 - 1982 Apr 8
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/615
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 4)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2012 Dec 28 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 233 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("The Falkland Isles") [military options and decisions to be made regarding operation of Task Force] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(82) 16th (0900Z) (Resignation of Carrington, Falkland Islands, Community Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Defence Estimates, International Conference Centre) [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("American Base on Ascension") [agreements governing Wideawake USAF Air Base] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: Pym minute for Whitelaw ("Falkland Islanders: Entry into the UK") [must give Commons assurance that any islanders wishing to settle in UK will be able to do so] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute for Coles (false reports that British intelligence had warning of invasion much earlier than we did) [MT "will want to be extremely careful about what she says [in public] on this"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: UKE Paris telegram 319 to FCO (1615Z) ("Falklands") [conversation with Foreign Minister Cheysson] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: Jacques Chirac message to MT (expressing his solidarity and best wishes) [MT: "We must reply"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [draft message to world leaders] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 6 Tu | Key | Falklands: MT message to world leaders (1846Z) ("Falkland Islands: economic measures against Argentina") [urges support for measures to bring Argentina to act on Security Council resolution] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1146 to FCO (0045Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversation with Haig] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1147 to FCO (0048Z) ("Falklands") [Haig says important US not tilt too much towards Britain so as not to lose credibility with Argentinians] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1154 to FCO (0215Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversation with Haig re: diplomacy; "the window of opportunity is even narrower than he had thought"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1155 to FCO (0220Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson conversations in Congress; support from Speaker O'Neill and House Majority leader, but not from Helms] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1157 to FCO (0230Z) ("Falklands") ["US press coverage remains very favourable and well ahead of the Administration"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1160 to FCO (0240Z) ("Falklands") [Weinberger call to Henderson; "monstrous to put a long-standing ally onto the same level as Argentinia"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute to Whitmore ("Cabinet: Thursday, 15 April") [MT approves pre-cabinet briefing session by Nott] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: Cabinet Office letter to FCO (naval deployments in the Falkland Isles in 1977) [Armstrong concern that letter breaches rules on disclosure to ministers of records of a predecessor government; no public use should be made] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: No.10 letter to MOD ("Illegal Landing on South Georgia: Chronology of Events") [encloses copy of paper prepared for MT's use at PMQs] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands Debate") [notes prepared for Nott's speech] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: FCO draft speech for Pym (opening Commons debate) [annotated by MT] [declassified Dec 2012] |