Falklands: White House record of telephone conversation (2200-2225Z) (Reagan-MT) [President calls MT urging ceasefire plan] [declassified 2016]

1800-1825 EST. A full text of this telcon was released in 2016 and precedes the earlier redacted version, which is retained on this site to illuminate the nature of redaction, and as a visual reminder of how one-sided this conversation became.

Several documents follow the telcon. A set of undated Talking Points is at the end of the document. From internal evidence these were prepared for Reagan's earlier call to MT on 13 May.

A shorter British record can also be found on the site, drawing on MT's recall rather than a tape, as well as a newspaper account of the conversation. It quotes phrases identical to some in this document, which presumably fell into the hands of the press.