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Falklands: BDS Washington to FCO (1730Z) ("Possible covert attack on Ascension Island aircraft facilities") [USAF acknowledges reports based on analysis, not hard intelligence] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/622 f127
Editorial comments:

1730. BDS = British Defence Staff, a large component of the UK's Washington Embassy. Read other documents selected from this file. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here - PREM19-0622.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Defence (Falklands), Security services & intelligence, British relations with the US