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Falklands: UK Ambassador to Buenos Aires letter to Fearn ("Falkland Islands Dispute") [stresses importance of leaseback plan and laments intransigence of Islanders: "If I go to the Islands I can at least wake councillors up by making their flesh creep with expert advice about potential Argentine frightfulness"] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: ALW 040/325/2 Part B 76 - 150. Documents released to the Margaret Thatcher Foundation per FOI request 0181-12.
Editorial comments: 1230. This document was derived from the Private Office files of Lord Carrington, as prepared for submission to the Franks Inquiry. The originals are due to be accessioned in due course by TNA where they will be found within FCO archives.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 4pp
Themes: Defence (Falklands)