Search

Search

Searched for: 1982cac. Subject: Defence (Falklands). Date range: 25 Apr 198214 Jun 1982.

Showing items 1 - 50 of 461.

PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Kydd minute to Ingham ("Panorama") [results of Panorama poll on attitudes to Falklands crisis] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Ingham minute to MT ("Panorama") [further briefing for interview with Kee and Lindley] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands - Politics, Military, Treatment, Argentina, UK) ["Observer says that Americans fear war is inevitable/ News of the World alleges that there is to be a sell out"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Nott statement (recapture of South Georgia) ["The White Ensign flies alongside the Union Jack"; annotated by MT] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT: Hoskyns letter to MT (Hoskyns thanks MT for farewell dinner on his departure from Policy Unit) [the evening "was the most enormously generous and thoughtful send-off and all the more appreciated in the present very difficult circumstances"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: CND letter to MT (Falkland Islands) ["concern over the threats to peace in the South Atlantic and the need for a peaceful solution"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: Britto note ("Public Opinion Background Note 110") [weekly survey note; Falklands crisis] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press briefing (1100Z) (Falkands) [submarine attack, "new Defensive Area", Task Force rules of engagement] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Ships from the reserve) ["There is no such thing as the reserve, these are ships which would normally be for disposal"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statement (1100Z) (Falkand Islands) ["British helicopters today attacked a hostile Argentine submarine"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD and No.10 joint press statement (1605Z) (Falkand Islands) [attack on Argentine submarine - "Unattributably we added that the submarine was on the surface but of course was in a position to fire torpedos [sic]"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1700Z) (Redundancies, Falkland Islands - Rundown at Portsmouth and Chatham) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statement (1700Z) (Falklands) ["British forces are now ashore in South Georgia"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Minor Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Reuters telegram (1736Z) ("Marines sank Argentinian craft, claim") [owner of Falkland Times claims that Royal Marines sank Argentinian landing craft during invasion] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statement (1900Z) (Falklands) [Argentine submarine alongside jetty at King Edward Point, "smoking, leaking oil and listing to port"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office statement (Falkand Islands) [MEZ: "any approach on the part of Argentine warships ... which could amount to a threat to interfere with the mission of British forces ... will encounter the appropriate response"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (2200Z) ("Operations on and around South Georgia") [points to make in any briefing; chronology of events 24/25 Apr] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: John Nott press statement (2015Z) (Falkand Islands) [British troops landed on South Georgia] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MOD press statement (recapture of South Georgia) [MT & Nott remarks plus additional paragraph] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 25 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press release (2400Z) (Falkland Islands) [establishment of Maritime Exclusion Zone] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Clipping from The Times ("Marines go in: South Georgia recaptured") [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands- Treatment, Politics, US, Argentina, UK) ["Treatment is almost entirely triumphant with the Mirror, Guardian and FT least europhic"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press digest for MT ("This Week - Highlights") [Falklands: re-capture of South Georgia] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers (Argentines on South Georgia: Prisoners of War Question) [application of Geneva conventions] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers ("South Georgia/Falkland Islands: 26 April") [on the record line to take] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Argentine Instrument of Surrender (surrender of Argentine forces on South Georgia) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MT message to Commander-in-Chief, Fleet (recapture of South Georgia) [congratulations to "the men in the Armed Forces under your command on the successful outcome of this operation"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to President Mitterrand (thanks for help with EC sanctions against Argentina) ["the Japanese have up to now not been persuaded to take effective action"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Muldoon of New Zealand message to MT (recovery of South Georgia) ["this has been a splendid feat of British arms"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: FCO notes for supplementary questions in Commons ("Notes for Supplementaries") [US, UN, Falklands population, mediation, Venezuela/Guyana border dispute, Argentine POWs] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Sherman minute to MT ("Politics and war in the Falklands: after South Georgia") [war and political strategy; US position; dealing with the UN] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], South Georgia, OAS, Du Cann, Negotiation, Brits in Argentina, US atttitude, HM Queen) ["we thought the South Georgia action would strengthen our negotiating position"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1515Z) (Cabinet, Urgency, Negotiations, Pressure, Haig, MoD announcements) ["We could not rule out future military action before or during negotiations"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (briefing for MT's Panorama interview) [the "disappeared" in Argentina, possible action by the OAS] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Hoskyns minute to Ingham ("Panorama Interview: Falklands") [important to get tone right: "This is not a battle for our homeland and civilisation..."Ring out the bells" brings us to the edge of black farce for the South Georgia operation"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 570 to FCO (2345Z) ("Falkland Islands in the UN") [developments in the UN: Secretary-General's call for "escalation of the situation" to be halted; pressure for UN peace initiative "is mounting"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands- Treatment, Military, Diplomatic, International Reaction, South Georgia) ["Time is running out ... the conflict could soon escalate on to the Falklands itself"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.127 ("Falkland Islands: Message from the Pope to the Queen") ["the Pope hoped that the Government would make every effort to favour a peaceful solution"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Press Office bulletin No.128 ("Appeal by UN Secretary General") [Parsons "does not want us to leak the fact that the Secretary General apologised for his statement"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT message to President Shagari of Nigeria (thanks for support; concern about oil prices) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Prime Minister Muldoon of New Zealand (thanks for message of support on recapture of South Georgia) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Admiral John Fieldhouse (thanks for "invaluable briefing" on 23 April) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Bill Luxton (thanks for message of support) ["It is good to know that we have your support, and the support of all true Kelpers"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Coles minute to Ingham ("Appeal by UN Secretary General") [response to Perez de Cuellar's statement on Falklands situation: Parsons doesn't want HMG "to leak that the Secretary General apologised for this statement"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Falklands, Cabinet) ["there certainly had been no British casualties reported"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Francis Pym press conference (Falkland Islands, Middle East) [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Falkland Islands - Disciplinary Action, Requisition of Ships, Sales of Phantoms to Chile, HMS Intrepid and Bayleaf, Casualties) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (EC, Falkland Islands, Second Lobby [statement by UN Secretary-General]) ["the UN had been unable to secure compliance with its own mandatory resolution"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: BBC2 TV Interview for Newsnight (David Steel on the Falkands) [role of the UN] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers (2345Z) (Appeal to Britain and the Argentine by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 26 April 1982) ["In our view the appeal was low key and the least that the Secretary-General could do given the pressure he was under"] [released 2013]

Documents lie at the core of this website, each one dated and sorted chronologically (by default) in search results. Most are images in PDF format of original paper documents scanned or filmed for the site. There also transcripts of speeches and interviews, press articles, photos, videos, and more. The document database contains tens of thousands of items and permits complex searching.

Files are multi-page PDFs from which most of the documents on the site are selected. All of Mrs Thatcher’s official files from No.10 are available in full on this site (paper copies are stored at the National Archives in the series PREM19), as well as most of those of Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor (stored at TNA as series T639 and T640).

Guides are articles about key events and topics. Many were written to accompany annual releases of Mrs Thatcher’s private and party papers at the Churchill Archive Centre in Cambridge.

Legend

  • Full Text Full text on site
  • PDF PDF
  • Photo Photo
  • Video Video
  • Audio Audio
  • Info Only Info only (no text available)
  • CD Only Text on CD only