Falklands: USE Buenos Aires telegram 2780 to State Department (1522Z) ("Evacuation Contingency Planning") [senior source in Presidential Palace says mood has turned "very ugly" against the US; US blamed for locating Belgrano and authorising use of nuclear weapon against it; source advised one of US attaches to "get out of town"] [published 2015]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Foreign Relations of the United States 1981-89 (Volume XIII) Conflict in the South Atlantic (2015) p448 |
| Editorial comments: | 1522. 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. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 1p |
| Themes: | British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (Falklands) |
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