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PDF 79 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, Rowlands) [Falklands financial matters] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 18 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Lyne minute to Duggan ("Falkland Islands") [suggested redrafting of minute to MT on options for the Falklands; need to frame leaseback positively] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [Carrington's copy] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 20 Th Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [MT comments on leaseback scheme: "I could not possibly agree to the line the Foreign Secretary is proposing"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Secretary minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [MT comment on leaseback scheme: "I cannot possibly agree to the proposed course of action"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Department of Trade letter to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [future negotiations with Argentina] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 21 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Lord Chancellor's Office letter to FCO (Hailsham's response to Carrington's minute on the Falklands) [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 22 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Howell minute to MT (Carrington's minute to MT on the Falklands) [consequences of Carrington's suggestions on UK access to hydrocarbons] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Lyne minute to Duggan ("Falkland Islands") [comments by Ministers on Carrington's minute to MT on the Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Nick Ridley PS note (Falklands contingencies) [economic harrassment, shipping interference, invasion] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Watkins minute to Nick Ridley PS (costs of Falklands garrison and HMS Endurance) [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [Howe comments on leaseback scheme: "I confess to some political anxieties about this idea"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 585 to UKMIS New York (1810Z) ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [MT wants to slow negotiation process] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 25 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 585 to UKMIS New York (1810Z) ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [Nick Ridley message to Carrington: has discussed OD paper with MT, she wants full consideration at OD] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Sep 27 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Berrill letter to Howell ("Falkland Islands") [access to possible oil and gas discoveries] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Oct 3 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO to UKE Buenos Aires ("Secretary of State's Meeting with Argentine Foreign Minister: New York: 26 September") [account of meeting] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Oct 4 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Harding minute to Ure ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [enclosing advance copy of Carrington paper for OD] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Carrington memo circulated to OD Committee - OD(79) 31 (Falkland Islands) [declassified 2009]
PDF 79 Oct 12 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [draft paper for OD Committee on the Falklands; heavily annotated by MT] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Oct 15 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 note to FCO ("Falkland Islands") [MT wishes to postpone OD discussion of Falklands "until after the Rhodesian issue has been settled"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Oct 24 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Italy: FCO record of conversation (Nicholas Ridley, Italian Ambassador) [Argentinians for the present “being extremely charming to us” over the Falklands] [declassified Dec 2009]
PDF 79 Oct 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Harding minute to Ure ("Falkland Islands: Views of the VCNS") [Vice Chief of the Naval Staff] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Duggan minute to Harding ("Argentine Threat to the Falkland Islands: draft JIC Assessment") [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 12 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Anglo/Argentine Relations") [Argentina proposes Ridley-Cavandoli meeting; possible responses] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Carless despatch to FCO ("Subversion, Repression and Human Rights in Argentina") [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 15 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Carless letter to Harding ("Argentina and the Falklands") ["the danger of naval impatience being expressed in stronger terms than mere criticism of the Foreign Ministry should never be forgotten"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram to UKE Buenos Aires ("Argentine Threat to the Falkland Islands and Dependencies") [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram to FCO ("JIC Assessment on the Argentine Threat to the Falkland Islands and Dependencies") [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Fearn minute to Harding ("Southern Thule: Radio Hams") ["the Argentine amateur radio station on Southern Thule has started operating again"; suggested response] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Fearn minute to Duggan & Cowling ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Nov 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO briefing for Ridley ("Visit by Mr Ridley to the Falkland Islands: 22-29 November 1980") [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Dec 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cowling minute to Duggan & Fearn ("Falkland Islands") [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Dec 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Duggan minute to Fearn and Harding ("Falkland Islands: Examples of Shared Sovereignty") [other examples of shared sovereignty; comparison to Falklands situation] [declassified 2012]
PDF 79 Dec 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Chile: Lord Carrington minute to MT ("Chile") [restoration of Ambassadorial relations] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 80 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Parker letter to Duggan ("Falkland Islands: Sovereignty") [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Falklands Governor James Parker minute to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Sovereignty") [comments on leaseback option] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 11 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Fearn briefing for Ridley ("First Call on Minister of State by Argentine Ambassador: Monday, 14 January, 3:30 PM") [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Ridley, new Argentine Ambassador) [UN Commission on Human Rights; the Falkland Islands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Dept Bureau of Intelligence memorandum ("Argentina: New Army Commander will provide continuity") [Galtieri appointment "a victory for moderates"] [declassified 2002]
PDF 80 Jan 15 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Port Stanley telegram to FCO ("Falkland Islands: Negotiations") [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute ("Falkland Islands: Points Arising from Mr Ridley's Dinner on 16 January") [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 16 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Fearn minute to Harding ("Falkland Islands: Mr Ridley's Dinner on 16 January 1980") [briefing documents for informal meeting to discuss options for resolving Falklands dispute] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 17 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (CIA) Argentina: CIA Information Report (1934Z) ("Alleged belief of the Argentine Government that the current US Administration is trying to 'destabilize' it by using the human rights campaign") ["knee-jerk rationalisation among elements within the GOA"] [declassified 2018]
PDF 80 Jan 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute ("Falkland Islands: Points Arising from Mr Ridley's Dinner on 16 January") [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [need to start exploratory talks with Argentina] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 24 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Carrington minute to MT ("Falkland Islands") [options for talks with Argentina] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 25 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Cabinet Secretary briefing for MT ("Falkland Islands (OD(79) 31)") [postponed discussion] [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Parker valedictory despatch to FCO ("Last Impressions of the Falklands") [declassified 2012]
PDF 80 Jan 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Fearn minute for Ridley ("Falkland Islands: PQ") [declassified 2012]

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