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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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 40 of 45
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Sep 13 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKHC Ottawa to FCO (“Canada and South Africa”) [Clark’s statement in the Parliament: full sanctions unless "tangible movement away from apartheid"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 13 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Brussels to FCO (“South Africa: Withdrawal of Military Attaches”) [Belgium withdrawing accreditation of SA Military Attaché] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 13 Fr | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (“Policy toward South Africa”) [Chequers seminar] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 15 Su | Minor | South Africa: MT letter to Julian Amery (South Africa, Middle East) [thanks for letter, book, Chequers conversation] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 17 Tu | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South African Incursion into Angola”) [operation against SWAPO] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 17 Tu | Major | South Africa: Howe to UKE Bonn (phone conversation with Genscher: South Africa, MBFR, WEU) [FRG agrees to oppose EC legislation on SA] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 18 We | Major | South Africa: Wicks minute for MT (“South Africa”) [conversation with Sir Jeffrey Sterling] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 21 Sa | Major | South Africa: UKHC Maputo to FCO (“South Africa-Mozambique: Continuing South African Help to Renamo”) [captured documents show continued breaches of Nkomati Accord] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 23 Mo | Major | South Africa: Powell minute to MT (“South Africa”) [EC package; MT objects on Defence Attachés; UK must not look as if it is being "whipped into line"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 23 Mo | Major | South Africa: FCO minute to No.10 (“Call on the Prime Minister by Bishop Tutu”) [committed opponent of violence so safe to see] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 23 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria to FCO (“South Africa-Mozambique”) [South African breaches of the Nkomati accord] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 23 Mo | Major | South Africa: FCO minute for Powell (“Policy towards South Africa”) [responses to his 14 Sep letter] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 23 Mo | Major | South Africa: Paul Channon’s PS minute for Powell (“Policy towards South Africa”) [follow up to Chequers seminar] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 23 Mo | Major | South Africa: Brittan letter to CBI President (apartheid, sanctions and the role of British business) [pleased broadly in line with HMG] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Harry Oppenheimer) [situation in South Africa; its future] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Major | South Africa: Powell letter to FCO (“Policy towards South Africa”) [MT sets conditions for lifting UK reserve on the package of restrictive measures] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Major | South Africa: FCO minute for Powell (“Policy towards South Africa”) [UK reserve on the package of restrictive measures] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Major | South Africa: Powell minute to MT (“Policy towards South Africa”) [Foreign Secretary’s recommendation on withdrawal of our Defence Attaché "very strong held"; asks if MT will reconsider] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Major | South Africa: Powell letter to FCO (“Policy towards South Africa”) [MT continues to regard withdrawal of Defence Attachés as "a futile gesture"] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Key | South Africa: Powell letter to FCO (“Policy towards South Africa” - Secret and Personal) [repeats that MT regards withdrawal of Defence Attachés as "a futile gesture", made "against her better judgment"] [declassified 2014] |