1986 Jul 16 - 1986 Jul 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1969
South Africa (Internal situation; relations with UK) (Part 12)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Feb 19 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 266 |
| Any docs withheld? | 3 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 86 Jul 11 Fr | Major | South Africa: Malcolm Fraser letter to MT ("Southern Africa") [Howe visit to Southern Africa; analysis of Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons' negotiations breakdown; views on the way forward; sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 15 Tu | Major | South Africa: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Southern Africa") [cover minute referring to paper by officials "on the countries in the area which have important economic links with... South Africa" ] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: General Obasanjo letter to MT (Geoffrey Howe's mission to South Africa) ["exercise in futility"; Powell: "a disappointing and frankly unacceptable reply"; MT notes that it was Obasanjo who had suggested to her that she try to persuade Botha to release Mandela] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 note to MT (Lord Whitelaw statement on South Africa) [repudiation of media allegations] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 letter to Channon PS ("South Africa: EC Code of Conduct: White Paper") [No.10 clearance for publication subject to views of colleagues] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) [Howe visit to Southern Africa; Ewen Fergusson visit to South Africa/meeting with Pik Botha; public presentation of UK stance; further measures; Commonwealth Review Meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: Julian Amery MP memorandum to Howe (Foreign Secretary's visit to South Africa) [proposal for Botha & Buthelezi to agree to work together as a forerunner rather than as a consequence of Mandela's release; memo forwarded by Amery to MT for her personal attention in advance of Howe's trip] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 16 We | Major | South Africa: Centre for Policy Studies letter to MT ("The Commonwealth and Economic Sanctions") [background reading material in advance of Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 17 Th | Major | South Africa: No.10 minute to MT (Royal Commonwealth Society: invitation to give an address on South Africa) [MT declines] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 17 Th | Major | South Africa: President Kaunda letter to MT (South Africa) ["your rejection of comprehensive sanctions is of great concern to me and my colleagues in this region... I do not believe that Geoffrey Howe's trip to South Africa can achieve anything"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 17 Th | Major | South Africa: Howe PS letter to No.10 (Commonwealth: detention without trial) [information requested by No.10: note on Africa; note on India & Sri Lanka] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 17 Th | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington record of conversations (2359Z) (Howe, Shultz; Howe, Lugar) [US measures against South Africa; negotiations with South African Government; US investment in/withdrawal from South Africa; Commonwealth meeting; Congresional action; US ban on landing rights] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 17 Th | Major | South Africa: FCO telegram to UKE Harare ("South Africa: statement by the Prime Minister") [texts of MT & Howe statements to Parliament on 17th & 16th respectively; Howe visit to South Africa] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 18 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKHC Harare telegram to FCO ("FLS meeting") [messages from Howe to delegations] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 18 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("South Africa: Chancellor Kohl's views") [Ambassador Bullard record of conversation with Kohl: "ready to help at any time": MT annotation: "we must take up this offer"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 18 Fr | Major | South Africa: South African Embassy letter to No.10 (President Botha's letter to the Prime Minister) [cover note only, referring to an enclosed original copy of letter dated 1st July] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 18 Fr | Major | South Africa: UKE Washington record of conversation (2045Z) (Howe, Reagan, Shultz) [extradition treaty; South Africa: sanctions; Communist penetration of the ANC; Soviet Union/Gorbachev] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 18 Fr | Major | South Africa: Dr. James Barber letter to MT (development programme for black South Africans) [details of proposal "in contrast to the negative approach of punitive sanctions"] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 19 Sa | Major | South Africa: UKE Pretoria telegram to FCO ("Internal situation") [update on the State of Emergency] [declassified Feb 2016] |
| 86 Jul 19 Sa | Major | South Africa: No.10 minute to MT (Foreign Secretary's visit to Washington) [US stance on sanctions] [declassified Feb 2016] |