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Falklands: Armstrong minute to MT (JIC Immediate Assessment) [Junta assessed not to have contrived the 19 March incident and to be aiming to use it to reopen sovereignty talks; will not adopt forcible measures unless Argentine civilians arrested or removed from South Georgia] [declassified 2025]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/657 f13
Editorial comments:

This document was extracted from the PM's Office Files and submitted to the Falkland Islands Review Committee (chaired by Lord Franks); it originally formed part of what is now PREM19/613. Read other documents selected from PREM19/657, The full file from which this item is taken can be seen Read full file - PREM19/657.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Executive, Defence (Falklands), Security services & intelligence