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Falklands: State Department record of conversation (1700Z pre-dinner) (MT, Haig) [Falkland Islands Crisis] [published 2015]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: 10 Downing Street
Source: Foreign Relations of the United States 1981-89 (Volume XIII) Conflict in the South Atlantic (2015) p160
Editorial comments:

1700Z = 1800 DST. Excerpt from Foreign Relations of the United States 1981-89 (Volume XIII) Conflict in the South Atlantic (2015). Other documents from this volume can be seen here. Read the whole volume.

Published in 2015, but date of declassification unknown. The document may have been available for some time before inclusion in this volume.

The talks took place in the PM's study, according to a Lobby Briefing at 1935, which can be read here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: MT's meetings as PM, Foreign Secretary’s meetings, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (Falklands)