1985 Nov 1 - 1986 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1965
South Africa (Internal situation; relations with UK) (Part 8)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Feb 19 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 459 |
| Any docs withheld? | 7 |
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Showing items 41 - 60 of 68
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 86 Jan 8 We | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (reform and negotiations) [Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group visit; Botha's forthcoming address to Parliament; South African govt strategy to address violent conflict] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 9 Th | Major | South Africa: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("South Africa") [details of Reagan's newly-formed "South Africa Working Group" and of its proposal for twenty black College Presidents to visit S. Africa and to meet with MT in London on their way back] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 10 Fr | Major | South Africa: Prime Minister Mugabe letter to MT (Zimbabwe's relations with the ANC and South Africa) [angry response to perceived MT insinuation of Zimbabwean compliance in ANC attacks and "a threat you are delivering to me on behalf of South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 13 Mo | Major | South Africa: Claude Hankes-Drielsma letter to MT (Dr. Fritz Leutwiler meeting with the Prime Minister) ["to convey to you his personal impressions subsequent to his meeting with President Botha and many others in South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 20 Mo | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Nicholas Winterton MP (report on South Africa) [possible military coup] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 20 Mo | Major | South Africa: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Derek Tonkin farewell letter from Pretoria) [MT "found it a very interesting and well-written account, if rather depressing in its conclusions"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 22 We | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Robert Mugabe (South Africa) [corrects Mugabe's reading of her previous letter: "[we] accept that you do not allow or encourage ANC bases in Zimbabwe... Nor is there any question of my seeking to threaten Zimbabwe on behalf of South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 22 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Barber) [Nigerians insisting on meeting with Mandala as condition of joining visit to South Africa] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 24 Fr | Major | South Africa: President Botha letter to MT (the future of South Africa & the necessary conditions for dialogue) [opening address to Parliament; legislative change; sanctions; suspension of violence as a condition of power-sharing; Angola; Mozambique] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jan 30 Th | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Julian Amery MP (visit to South Africa) ["grateful to you for raising with the President the importance of seeing the Eminent Persons Group and the need to avoid cross-border raids"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 3 Mo | Major | South Africa: UKE Cape Town telegram to FCO ("Presidents Speech to Parliament") ["good but still not good enough"; advice on points to stress in UK response; "I continue to believe that the President's offer on Mandela should be taken seriously"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 3 Mo | Major | South Africa: No.10 minute to Howe PS ("South Africa: President Botha's Speech to Parliament") [MT "is concerned that our public line on this speech has been rather wan": proposed line to take if questioned in Parliament] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 5 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Dr. Fritz Leutwiler) [South Africa's financial problems] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 10 Mo | Major | South Africa: MT letter to President Botha (opening address to Parliament) ["I see your speech as both constructive and courageous... The legislative measures which you announced represent concrete steps to implement change"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 11 Tu | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Nicholas Elliott (visit to South Africa) [MT acknowledges letter and asks diary secretary to schedule a meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 12 We | Major | South Africa: Lord Rothschild letter to No.10 (President Botha open letter to media) [South Africa newspaper clipping] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 13 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE The Hague telegram to FCO ("European Political Cooperation: Political Committee: Presidency meeting with Pik Botha") [press statement: "grave concerns about developments in South Africa"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 14 Fr | Major | South Africa: Privy Council Office record of conversation (Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group) [Whitelaw, Malcolm Fraser: "[Fraser's] hunch was that the Group was likely to recommend further action - short of full-scale sanctions"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 17 Mo | Major | South Africa: MT letter to Premier Swan ("Bermuda: sanctions against South Africa") ["we remain firmly opposed to economic and trade boycotts"; MT initially reluctant to oppose Bermudan intentions to legislate] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Feb 18 Tu | Major | South Africa: FCO minute (internal): South African Department to Curran ("South Africa: Ability of the Government to Retain Control") ["getting across to blacks in South Africa and to other third world governments... the [long term] implications of sanctions for themselves"] [declassified Feb 2016] |