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PDF 82 May 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (2300Z) (Falkland Islands - HMS Brazen) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (Falklands: Peru, Mr Pym's ideas, Security Council, Negotiations, Prisoners, Belgrano) ["Very difficult to know if sinking of cruiser would change circumstances"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Falklands, Defence zone, World opinion, EEC, Belgrano, Argentina propaganda) ["We shoot to sink"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers (Falklands: EC Meeting, Brussels, 4 May 1982) [opportunity to brief EU colleagues] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers (Falklands: Irish Government statement) [Ireland will seek an immediate meeting of UN Security Council] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers (Falkland Islands: 4 May) ["Argentina must withraw ... the ultimate question of sovereignty must not be pre-judged"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to President Moi of Kenya (thanks for support) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Prime Minister Adams of Barbados (thanks for support) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to President Burnham of Guatemala (thanks for support) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: No.10 or FCO minute ("Points Put to Mr. Haig on 4 May by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary") [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: No.10 or FCO note ("Points to put to Mr. Haig on 4 May by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary") [UK negotiating position] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Opinion Polls: Britto note ("Public Opinion Background Note 111") [weekly survey note; Falklands crisis] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Germany: Anthony Royle letter to MT ("Visit to Bonn") [Royle meets with Helmut Kohl; Kohl supports MT on Falklands] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Carrington (Cabinet minutes record "profound regret and sense of loss" at Carrington's resignation) [Cabinet colleagues miss Carrington, "And me most of all"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1300Z) (Diplomatic moves, Military developments, Ceasefire) ["the proposals remained constructive and we were looking after our interests"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (2030Z) (HMS Sheffield) [MT "was obviously deeply concerned, not least for the families"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (2036Z) (MT commends US attitude toward Argentina, recommends further sanctions) ["We are all tremendously heartened by the way you have come out in our support"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (0204Z) (Reagan commends Haig's latest peace proposals) ["The decisions I made last Friday were aimed at putting you in the strongest position to achieve a peaceful settlement"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Reagan letter to MT (0204Z) (Reagan commends Haig's latest peace proposals) ["The decisions I made last Friday were aimed at putting you in the strongest position to achieve a peaceful settlement...I believe there is now a chance to realise that aim"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1597 to FCO (0400Z) ("Falklands") [Henderson has three-hour meeting with Haig to discuss Pym's proposals; Haig strongly urges UK to seek to negotiate a settlement] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1598 to FCO (0405Z) ("Falklands") [Haig's latest peace proposals] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1599 to FCO (0410Z) ("Falklands") [timetable for implementation of Haig's latest peace proposals] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Haig telegram 1600 to Pym (0415Z) (Haig urges UK to compromise and accept US peace proposal) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers (Falkland Islands: 5 May) ["We hope that these contacts may lead to early progress"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], Diplomatic moves, Cabinet, Ceasefire, Military developments, Prospects, World Opinion, Reagan) ["Our constructive response did not necessarily mean acceptance"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Army Historical Branch factsheet (1230Z) (Casualties in other British operations since WWII) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Pym statement to the House of Commons (1453-1523Z) ("Falklands: Statement by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary in the House of Commons on 5 May") [MT annotates: "Defence of Principle"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT message to President Jawara of the Gambia (1632Z) (congratulations on re-election and thanks for assistance with Falklands campaign) [RAF using Yundum airport] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT draft letter to Reagan (MT: "The letter to Reagan that was never sent...") [US proposals not "faithful to the basic principles we must protect"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Key Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Reagan (2030Z) (MT expresses serious concerns about US/Peruvian peace proposals; proposes amendments) ["I am writing to you...because I think you are the only person who will understand the significance of what I am trying to say"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1611 to FCO (2040Z) ("Falklands") [Haig accepts UK amendments to text of peace proposals] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1615 to FCO (2206Z) ("Falklands") [Enders on timetable for implentation of the ceasefire] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1619 to FCO (2250Z) ("Falklands") ["It looks as though Argentina will now be seeking to shift the focus of international discussion on the Falklands issue to the UN"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 658 to FCO (0220Z) ("Falkland Islands: Security Council") [account of UN Security Council consultations: "We were almost entirely isolated. No-one expressed support or understanding for the military action we are taking."] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 659 to FCO (0221Z) ("Falkland Islands: Security Council") [text of Presidential Statement agreed by the Security Council] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 660 to FCO (0222Z) ("Secretary General's Proposals on the Falkland Islands") [situation within the UN: "If we do not give a convincing appearance of playing along with the Secretary-General, we are going to be dangerously isolated here very quickly"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1629 to FCO (0300Z) ("Falklands") [Haig tells Henderson that Argentina are "no longer interested in the USA/Peruvian plan. They [are] bent on resorting to the UN route"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 note to press officers (Falkland Islands: 6 May) ["we are continuing our work with all urgency to achieve a negotiated settlement as soon as possible"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Gordon Reece (Woodward's remarks on Falklands campaign) ["I agree that it would have been better if he had upheld the traditions of the silent service"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Middle East: Prime Minister Begin of Israel message to MT (withdrawal from Sinai) ["we face difficulties since the Ides of March both from without and from within"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (0930Z) (Falkland Islands) [Task Force pay] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's day, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], All party talks, Falkland Islands) ["People were forgetting who fired the first shot"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: MoD press statement (1000Z) (Falkland Islands) [all-party talks] [released 2013]
Text 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1000Z) (Falkland Islands - HMS Sheffield) ["We are considering our options as to what to do with her"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: John Nott press conference (Falkland Islands) ["The support which we have received has greatly heartened us"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Falkland Islands - Last HM Ship Sunk in Enemy Action) [sunk 1945] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Falkland Islands - HMS Sheffield) [disciplinary action] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: BBC Radio Interview for World at One (Sir Anthony Williams on the Falklands) [Parsons: "We will put in substantive proposals, we will then see if there is a possibility of making progress here"] [this copy released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: No.10 Press Office minute (1100Z) (Falkland Islands - "Scrap" Vulcans) [proposed landing site] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Civil service pay, Media, Falkland Islands) [released 2013]

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