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1983 Apr 2 - 1983 Sep 16
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/952
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 34)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Secret
Page count: 313
Any docs withheld? 6

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83 May 4 We Major Falklands: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Italy/Argentina desparecidos”) [diplomatic row; Italian position on Falklands issues] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 14 We Major Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 2600 to FCO (0015Z) (“Mr Heseltine’s meeting with Shultz: Belize and the Falklands”) [Heseltine conversation with Shultz] [declassified 2013]
83 Aug 5 Fr Major Falklands: Raison telegram to British Interests Section Buenos Aires (“Argentina: commercial relations”) [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 29 Fr Major Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Brasilia (“Falklands: Landbridge”) [RAF flights via Brazil] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 12 Tu Major Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Brasilia (“Land bridge”) [landings by RAF aircraft in Brazil en route to Falkands] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 12 Tu Major Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Argentine next-of-kin: message from Destefanis to the Prime Minister”) [UK rejects Destefanis visa request; MT agrees no reply be sent to his message] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 12 Tu Major Falklands: Biffen PS letter to Heseltine PS (“Tam Dalyell and the General Belgrano”) [HMG declines to discuss further with Dalyell] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 4 Mo Major Falklands: UKE Rome telegram to FCO (“Falklands at the UN”) [text of Argentine draft resolution, via Italian government] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 2 Sa Major Falklands: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Chancellor of the Exchequer) [“Argentina: loans” - restrictions on dividend remittance by RTZ & Shell, possible UK retaliation at IMF] [declassified 2013]
83 May 20 Fr Major Falklands: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (delay over headstones for deceased Scots Guards repatriated from Falklands) [MT: "This won't do"] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 16 Fr Major Falklands: No.10 letter to Channon PS (“Embargo on imports from Argentina: books”) [MT endorses waiver in interests of UK] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 16 Fr Major Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands: search and rescue operations in the vicinity of the Falkland Islands Protection Zone (FIPZ)”) [“dangerous misunderstandings”] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 12 Mo Major Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands debate at the next General Assembly”) [comparison with French position on Comoro Islands] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 9 Fr Major Falklands: FCO telegram 436 to UKMIS New York (1100Z) (“Falklands at the United Nations: reply to Secretary-General’s letter of 20 July”) [UK takes a firm line] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 5 Mo Major Falklands: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Falklands at the United Nations”) [response to UN Secretary General’s call for negotiations] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 1 Th Major Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 770 to FCO (2345Z) (“Committee of 24: Falklands debate”) [declassified 2013]
83 Aug 17 We Major Falklands: FCO telegram 384 to UKMIS New York (1455Z) (“Falklands”) [reply to Argentina - UK maintains Falkland Islanders’ right to self-determination and UK protection] [declassified 2013]
83 Aug 16 Tu Major Falklands: Heseltine minute to MT (“Food supplies for the Falklands”) [MT aims to lessen reliance on foreign sources of supply] [declassified 2013]
83 Aug 9 Tu Major Falklands: UKE Santiago telegram to FCO (“Falklands at the UNGA”) [Chile to endorse Argentine call for negotiations] [declassified 2013]
83 Aug 8 Mo Major Falklands: No.10 letter to Howe PS (Argentine next-of-kin visit to Falkland Islands) [MT concerns] [declassified 2013]