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Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands") [enclosing advance copy of Carrington paper for OD] [declassified 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: FCO73: Documents released to the Margaret Thatcher Foundation per FOI request 0181-12, now contained in FCO73/713-16 (f80)
Editorial comments:

This document was derived from the Private Office files of Nick Ridley, as prepared for submission to the Franks Inquiry and released to the Margaret Thatcher Foundation under freedom of information in 2012. The originals were accessioned by TNA in 2018 and can now be found in FCO archives. Other documents from this collection can be seen here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 26pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Foreign policy (International organizations), Defence (Falklands)