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1980 Dec 5 - 1985 Aug 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1505
Foreign Policy (British policy in the Antarctic)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Top Secret
Page count: 197
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80 Dec 5 Fr Major Foreign policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("British Policy in the Antarctic (OD(80)72)") [approach to Antarctic Treaty meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
81 Feb 20 Fr Major Foreign policy: Cabinet Secretary minute to No.10 ("British Policy in the Antarctic - Minerals") [approach to Antarctic Treaty meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
81 Jun 18 Th Major Foreign policy: Cabinet Secretary minute to No.10 ("British Policy in the Antarctic - Minerals") [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Mar 1 Mo Major Foreign policy: No.10 letter to FCO ("British Policy in the Antarctic: Minerals") [MT approves Carrington's approach to negotiation] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 May 26 We Major Foreign policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Foreign Secretary ("OD(82)56: British Policy in the Antarctic") [grant to British Antarctic Survey] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jun 4 Fr Major Foreign policy: Pym and Lawson paper circulated to OD Committee - OD(82) 51 ("British Policy in the Antarctic: Minerals") [extract with MT comment: "I hope this has been done in consultation with the BAS?"] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jun 28 Mo Major Foreign policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("British Antarctic Survey (OD(82) 56)") [FCO proposal of increased funding to B.A.S.] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jun 28 Mo Major Foreign policy: No.10 note to MT (proposal to increase grant to British Antarctic Survey) [MT: "I must talk to those who decide the allowance of research money"] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jun 29 Tu Major Foreign policy: Cockfield minute to MT ("British Policy in the Antarctic: British Antarctic Survey Activities") [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 6 Tu Minor Foreign policy: Sir Vivian Fuchs letter to MT (request for clearance to attend conference on Antarctic resources in Chile) [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 12 Mo Major Foreign policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Brief for the Prime Minister's meeting with Sir Alec Merrison and Sir Hermann Bondi on the British Antarctic Survey: Monday 12 July 1982") [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 12 Mo Major Foreign policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Joseph-Sir Herman Bondi & Sir Alec Merrison) [National Research Council funding for the British Antarctic Survey] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 13 Tu Major Foreign policy: FCO letter to No.10 ("Antarctic Resources Policy Conference") [suggested response to Sir Vivian Fuchs' request to attend] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 14 We Minor Foreign policy: No.10 note to MT (Antarctic Resources Policy Conference: FCO advice on response to Sir Vivian Fuchs) [MT: "Can we offer any help with transport (e.g. to the Falklands or to Chile)"] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 19 Mo Minor Foreign policy: MT letter to Sir Vivian Fuchs (Antarctic Resources Policy Conference) ["My I...say how impressed I have been with the manner in which British Antarctic Survey personnel...conducted themselves in some very difficult times"] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 22 Th Major Foreign policy: DES letter to No.10 ("British Antarctic Survey") [increased funding to the B.A.S.] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 22 Th Major Foreign policy: Brittan PS letter to No.10 ("British Antarctic Survey") [increased funding to the B.A.S.] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Aug 2 Mo Major Foreign policy: No.10 minute to MT ("British Antarctic Survey") [increased funding to the B.A.S.] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Aug 2 Mo Major Foreign policy: Brittan minute to MT ("British Antarctic Survey") [increased funding to the B.A.S.] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Aug 4 We Major Foreign policy: No.10 letter to Joseph PS ("British Antarctic Survey") [increased funding to the B.A.S.; MT agrees with Brittan's approach] [declassified Dec 2014]