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Text 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department telegram to USE London & USE Buenos Aires (0149Z) ("Deputy Secretary's Meeting with Argentine and UK Ambassadors") [published 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) El Salvador: UKE Washington telegram 1025 to FCO (0042Z) ("El Salvador") ["The administration have been greatly relieved by the results of the elections"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Carrington visit seen as rebuff to PLO” [Israeli Foreign Ministry denying it ever thought he would cancel visit]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Press Major Commentary (The Times) “Carrington to speak on Falklands” [returning from Brussels to make Lords statement rather than flying directly to Israel]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (EEC, El Salvador, Falklands, Law & Order) [Falklands: Telegraph condemns FCO for "determination not to comment"; Sun "urges toughness in negotiations"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (0830Z) (MT-Taoiseach Haughey) [situation in Ireland, Anglo-Irish relations, Pope's visit to UK, Northern Ireland, Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1024 to FCO (0900Z) ("South Georgia") [account of Henderson's conversation with Deputy Secretary Stoessel; suggestion of US inclination toward neutrality in dispute] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (MT's day, Falklands statements, European Council, Answers of Interest [in Parliament], meeting with Haughey, HMS Endurance) [refused to comment on stories of a reprieve for the ship] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: ACDS(Ops) minute to Nott ("Air reinforcement of the Falkland Islands") ["not a practicable proposition, irrespective of the threat at the time"] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("South Georgia: Mr Davidoff's Contract") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Draft Conclusions of Brussels European Council [annotated by MT] [declassified 2012]
Text 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (European Union) EC: Brussels European Council (Presidency Conclusions)
Text 82 Mar 30 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Press Conference after Brussels European Council (1300Z)
Text 82 Mar 30 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for BBC (Brussels European Council)
Text 82 Mar 30 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher TV Interview for ITN (Brussels European Council)
Text 82 Mar 30 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for BBC (Brussels European Council)
Info only 82 Mar 30 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Margaret Thatcher Radio Interview for IRN (Brussels European Council)
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 600 to UKE Washington (1400Z) ("South Georgia") [Carrington meeting with US Charge D'Affaires Streator] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (CIA) Central America: CIA National Intelligence Daily ("El Salvador: Elections Returns") [Christian Democrats winning large plurality but rightist attempt to deny them a majority] [declassified Aug 2010]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires Naval Attaché signal to MODUK Navy (1425Z) ("South Georgia - Deployment Argentine Navy") ["2 destroyers, 2 corvettes and 1 submarine despatched South Georgia"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO draft Commons statement for Luce (South Georgia) [repeats statement made in Lords] [declassified 2012]
Text 82 Mar 30 Tu Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Hansard Falklands: Richard Luce House of Commons Statement on South Georgia (1431Z) (Richard Luce, Denis Healey, James Callaghan & others) [Callaghan reveals earlier Royal Navy deployment]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pattison minute to MT (exchanges in the House of Commons regarding South Georgia) [attack on Luce by Healey; little support for government position; Enoch Powell] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: John Weston minute to Carrington PS ("South Georgia: Ships") [draft minute for FCO & MOD ministers to send MT urging despatch of a third SSN] [declassified Aug 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Joint FCO/MOD minute to MT ("South Georgia") [drafts - options for reinforcing the Falklands] [declassified Oct 2017]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Joint FCO/MOD minute to MT ("South Georgia") [options for reinforcing the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1500Z) (Falklands, European Council) [refused to discuss options or back up for HMS Endurance] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Note by the Secretaries circulated to OD Committee - OD(82) 17 (Falkland Islands: HMS Endurance) [memos by Carrington and Wiggin] [declassified 2011]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: UKREP Brussels telegram 1297 to FCO (1545Z) (account of Brussels European Council: minutes, press conferences and conclusions) [Brussels European Council] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of meeting of Defence Operations Executive (1600Z) (Falkland Islands) [Argentine landing in South Georgia, options for military defence of Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: CIA telegram to Multiple Recipients (1612Z) ("Argentine Army and Navy Assessment of the Current Status and Prospects of the Dispute with the United Kingdom over Islands in the South Atlantic") [Argentine naval intelligence sources doubting Argentine capacity to act; Camilion told US Ambassador Junta playing up incident to buy "political space" for Galtieri] [published 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 77 to UKE Buenos Aires (1700Z) (Carrington message to Costa Mendez - "South Georgia") ["The potentially dangerous position which has now developed has in no way been of our seeking" - MT copy] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 77 to UKE Buenos Aires (1700Z) ("South Georgia") [Carrington message to Argentine Foreign Minister Costa Mendez: "I would propose sending a senior official as my personal Emmisary to Buenos Aires"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 126 to FCO (2050Z) (South Georgia) [US colleague says Costa Mendez gave "wholly negative" reaction to idea of US good offices in present incident] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Buenos Aires telegram 126 to FCO (2050Z) (Argentine Foreign Minister Costa Mendez meeting with US Ambassador to Buenos Aires) ["It appears that Costa Mendez's reaction was wholly negative" to Stoessel offer of US good offices; questions whether proposal to send UK emissary too conciliatory at this point] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 98 to UKE Tel Aviv (for Carrington PS) (2120Z) ("South Georgia") [two reports from secret sources of Argentine intentions; Anaya briefing to naval staff on 28 March saying incident was not contrived but had come "at a wonderful time"] [declassified Mar 2016]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 79 to UKE Buenos Aires (2320Z) ("South Georgia") [ITN reports departure of British submarine for Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Cold War: Secretary of State Haig's Evening Report ("Status of Security Council Debate on Nicaragua, European Council Meeting, March 29-30, The Mood in Congress: Troop Withdrawals") [declassified 2016]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) South Korea: Biffen minute to MT (Prime Minister's tour of the Far East) [proposed inclusion of S. Korea to boost trade links] [declassified Jul 2016]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Hungary: Bank of England record of conversation between Deputy Governor & Leutwiler (“Hungary”) [full authorisation of BIS faciility now waiting on UK; US attitude] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Hungary: Bank of England record of conversation between Deputy Governor & Loehnis (“Hungary”) [commercial banks disappointed at scale of BIS help] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Hungary: Bank of England record of conversation between Deputy Governor & UKE Washington (“Hungary”) [US decision not to oppose Hungarian IMF membership or BIS rescue] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Bank of England) Hungary: Bank of England record of conversation between Governor & Sir Jeremy Morse (“Hungary”) [clearing bankers briefed on BIS operation] [declassified 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit of President Reagan") [Americans put forward revised programme] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Trivial Archive (Thatcher MSS) Conservative Party: Gaisman note to Joan Porter ("Christmas Cards - 1981") [cost of MT's official Christmas cards] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Morocco: MT letter to King Hassan of Morocco (UK-Morocco relations) [MT invites Hassan to visit UK] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) National Health: Younger minute for MT (“Possible Enquiry into Medical Ethics”) [declassified 2015]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: No.10 letter to Ministry of Agriculture ("30 May Mandate and Prices Fixing") [EC Budget and CAP] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Hancock minute to Coles ("Bilateral Talks with the Elysee") [EC Budget negotiations: report of meeting with Mitterrand representative] [declassified 2012]

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