1985 Sep 2 - 1985 Sep 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1643
South Africa (Internal situation: relations with UK) (Part 6)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 311 |
| Any docs withheld? | 5 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Sep 2 Mo | Major | South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“South Africa: Bishop Tutu”) [suggests he meet MT during his visit to the UK] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 2 Mo | Major | South Africa: FCO to UKE Luxembourg (“Political Committee Meeting: 3-4 September: South Africa”) [resist claim SA financial crisis improves case for economic sanctions] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 3 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2457 to FCO (2130Z) (“US-South Africa”) [US policy on SA "in tatters" since July, "now even worse"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 3 Tu | Minor | South Africa: MT letter to Lord Rothschild (his letter to President Botha) ["succinct and helpful"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 4 We | Major | South Africa: UKE Rome to FCO (“Visit by Troika to South Africa”) [Andreotti found visit "positive and very useful"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 4 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howe) [Ten might want to "study measures" against South African Government; MT rejects phrase] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 5 Th | Major | South Africa: UKHC Ottawa to FCO (“Canada and South Africa”) [Mulroney cautious on economic sanctions in tv interview] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 5 Th | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Rajiv Gandhi (situation in South Africa) [does not share his view about economic sanctions] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 6 Fr | Minor | South Africa: FCO to UKE Pretoria (Secretary of State’s radio interviews on South Africa) [transcript of Q&A] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 9 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2542 to FCO (2045Z) (“US-South Africa”) [Reagan signs executive order introducing sanctions against South Africa] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 9 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKE Bonn to FCO (“US Sanctions against South Africa”) [FRG taken by surprise, unlikely to introduce economic sanctions] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 9 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa: Internal Situation and Prospects”) [pressures mount on SAG, but little sign of flexibility from Botha] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 9 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2543 to FCO (2345Z) (“US-South Africa”) [Crocker says no change in US opposition to mandatory UN sanctions] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 9 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington telegram 2535 to FCO (0830Z) (“US-South Africa”) [Reagan to sign executive order distancing USG from apartheid while avoiding economically destructive measures] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 10 Tu | Major | South Africa: Powell minute for MT (“Seminar on South Africa: 13 September”) [Chairman’s notes on main issues] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 11 We | Major | South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“EC-South Africa: Cessation of Oil Exports”) [Powell: FCO forced to admit you are right, though tries hard not to] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 11 We | Major | South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Nelson Mandela”) [deterioration in his health - MT agrees private approach to SAG] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 11 We | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria minute for Howe (“South Africa: Edging backwards into Reform”) [27 Sep Fergusson cover note to Powell regrets "so much blood on the floor over attachés"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 12 Th | Major | South Africa: UKREP Brussels to FCO (“South Africa”) [Commission minded to act under Article 113] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 13 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“President’s Council Report on Influx Control and Urbanisation”) [widely welcomed by business & PFP] [declassified 2014] |