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Falklands: FCO telegram 296 to UKE Bonn (0544Z) ("Falklands: SITREPs") [sent to MT in Bonn - Vulcan in Brazil; Astiz case; Galtieri interview; "relatively large number" likely killed on Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram] [declassified Dec 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/634 f66
Editorial comments:

0544. There is a second unmarked copy of the telegram on the file at f58. A later sitrep was sent to MT at 1313Z. The full file from which this item is taken can be seen here. Read other documents selected from this file.

An unannotated copy of the military sitrep is in DEFE25/481 f45, formatted differently but identical in content.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Foreign Secretary’s minutes, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), European Union (general), Defence (arms control), Defence (Falklands)

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