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 7 We | Major | Falklands: No.10 record of telephone conversation (1110Z) (MT-Chancellor Schmidt) [Schmidt rings to offer support] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Message from the Prime Minister to President Lopez Portillo of Mexico") [importance of Mexico "in the balance of South American opinion"; FCO draft, largely composed by the Ambassador] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: Prime Minister Jorgensen of Denmark message for MT (the Danish Government's condemnation of the Argentine invasion) [condemnation of Argentine action] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: President Shagari of Nigeria message for MT (support for UNSCR502) [public statement] declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Minor | Falklands: Sir Derek Rayner note to MT (support) ["warmest wishes for a good outcome"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram 75 to FCO (1305Z) ("Falklands/Chile") [military met last night - source "rather disappointed" at outcome] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Trivial | Falklands: No.10 minute for MT ("Menu for Dinner for Mr Alexander Haig on 8 April") [seafood, steak and sorbet] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKDEL NATO telegram 168 to FCO (1655Z) ("The Falklands") [report from West German military attaché in Buenos Aires, given in confidence to UK] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE The Hague telegram 80 to FCO (1750Z) ("Economic Measures Against Argentina") [Ambassador's conversation with Van Agt; "the Dutch had often claimed to be Britain's best friend in Europe, now was the time to show that"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKHC Trinidad telegram 57 to FCO (1900Z) ("Commonwealth Secretary General") [Ramphal called invasion "a gross, unprovoked and utterly unwarranted setback in the international legal order"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Minor | Falklands: Chairman of the British Community Council in Argentina telegram to MT (urging peaceful solution) [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1174 to FCO (2142Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson summarises US views; Haig: "there cannot be another Suez"] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 7 We | Major | Falklands: FCO briefing for Pym (meeting Haig on 8 Apr) [speaking note; background papers on international reaction, UN, economic measures and Argentine vulnerability to US pressure] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Major | Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 145 to FCO (0515Z) ("Falkland Islands: Economic Measures") [Australians acceding to all British requests; banning all Argentine imports from midnight] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Major | Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 146 to FCO (0528Z) ("Falkland Islands and Antarctica") [conversation with Australian Foreign Minister; British will participate in meetings with Argentinians] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Major | Falklands: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("South Atlantic Presentation Unit (SAPU)") [new unit in Cabinet Office to "counter errors or inaccurate rumours concerning the Falkland Islands issue"] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Major | Falklands: UKMIS Geneva telegram 163 to FCO (1150Z) ("Falkland Islands and ICRC") [ICRC decision to ask Argentine government for access to islands] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Major | Falklands: Pym minute to MT ("Falkland Islands: Air Services between UK and Argentina") [Pym recommends suspension of operating rights to Argentina Airlines] [declassified 2012] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Major | Falklands: MT message to President Lopez Portillo of Mexico (1529Z) (invasion of the islands) [appeal for help bringing home to Argentine government the seriousness of its actions] [declassified Dec 2012] |
| 82 Apr 8 Th | Major | Falklands: FCO record of conversation (1600Z) (Pym-Haig) [Anglo-US responses to the invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012] |