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Falklands: UKE Bonn telegram 408 to FCO (1640Z) ("FRG Attitude to the Falklands Crisis") ["Support for the UK here has taken a severe knock in the last 48 hours"; Schmidt and Genscher believe military conflict "out of proportion" with original aggression; FRG cabinet announced dismay and urgently appealed for ceasefire and negotiation] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/624 f62
Editorial comments:

1640. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, European Union (general), Defence (Falklands)