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Falklands: Defense Intelligence Agency telegram to the White House (1740Z) (Falklands conflict) [Argentine officer blames Haig for failure of his shuttle; pins hopes on Reagan persuading MT to accept negotiated settlement] [declassified 2010; published 2015]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Foreign Relations of the United States 1981-89 (Volume XIII) Conflict in the South Atlantic (2015) p676
Editorial comments:

1740. 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 2010. The copy in the Reagan Library (NSC Cable File Box 33) makes it clear that an Argentine Air Force General was the source of the information.

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

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