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Falklands: SIS UKE Buenos Aires signal to GCHQ (1640Z) (decrypted Argentine signal) [British Naval Attaché comments: "This looks serious and suggests a recce of an invasion beach on the West of East Falkland"] [declassified May 2023]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: HW92/15 f24
Editorial comments:

This decrypted signal was one of the earliest indications that an Argentine invasion was imminent. It seems to have been sent to the Argentine submarine Santa Fe.

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Importance ranking: Key
Word count: 1p
Themes: Defence (Falklands), Security services & intelligence