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Text 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1308 to FCO (0240Z) ("Argentine request for satellite coverage of Falkland Islands") [Burt says US compelled to provide; Henderson tells Eagleburger "You are over-doing the neutrality"] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: Haig telegram for President Reagan (0330Z) ("Falkland Islands Crisis") [published 2015]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands, law and order) [Argentine fleet sails; reports "Reagan coming under mounting pressure in the USA to come off fence and back Britain"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO record of conversation (0620Z) (FCO Emergency Unit-Renwick) ("Message from Secretary Haig") [Costa Mendez says no Argentine submarine is in or is entering MEZ] [declassified Jun 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (0620Z) ("Message from Secretary Haig") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO Situation Report (0630Z) (Falkland Islands: Overnight Developments) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO Emergency Unit minute for Sinclair ("Possibility of Argentine action against the RN Task Force") [meeting with Nott at 10pm 15 April - he was concerned by reports of Argentine moves against Task Force, wants consideration of zone around South Georgia and some form of public statement of British ships' right of self-defence] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO Legal Adviser minute for Gillmore ("Possibility of Argentine action against the RN Task Force") [no legal need for further warning to Argentinians; no legal need for MEZ around South Georgia or further warning, but agreed following discussions with MOD to draft possible announcement if needed] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department to US Mission at UN (0639Z) (" Times report of Kirkpatrick interview on CBS Face the Nation ") [if Argentina owns Falklands, moving into them not armed aggression] [declassified 2002]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: BBC Radio 4 Interview for Today ("Tapes of Conversations between President Reagan and Mr Alexander Haig") [Jack Anderson interviewed about leaked tape]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MODUK signal to CTF317 (0849Z) ("Operation Corporate SSN Rules of Engagement") [amended to read 'any submarine detected not classified nuclear may be presumed to be Argentinian and may be attacked'] [declassified Feb 2018]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 21st Meeting/82 (0900Z) Intelligence Matters, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Belize) [full version declassified Aug 2017]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 21st Meeting/82 (0900Z) Intelligence Matters, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Belize) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 21st Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0900Z) (Intelligence, Public Relations) [Leach critical of JIC 'amateurism'] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Ure minute for Gillmore (0920Z) ("Maritime Exclusion Zone") [Costa Mendez seeking guidance through the Swiss whether it applied to merchant ships; draft reply] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Derek Howe note to MT (change in tenor of constituency correspondence on Falklands crisis) [shift from criticism of Carrington and Nott to support for MT's leadership] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Zambia: MT letter to President Kaunda of Zambia (DT postpones Zambia trip) ["with the Falkland Islands crisis so much on our minds here he feels it would be wrong for him to be out of the country"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Lady Palliser (thanks for message of support) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Peter Thorneycroft (thanks for message of support) ["The judgments we have to make are difficult and my hope is that we can uphold our principles"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: MT letter to Lord Lowry (thanks for message of support) [MT will not forget situation in Northern Ireland: "we must not let new problems crowd out our anxiety about the old ones"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Gibraltar: No.10 letter to TGWU (Naval dockyard closure) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Prime Minister Papandreou of Greece letter to MT (EC sanctions against Argentina) [Greece adopts all of the proposed economic sanctions] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Hugh Thomas minute to MT (Beagle Channel dispute between Chile and Argentina) ["Peruvian support for Argentina has some historical roots in their joint suspicion of Chile"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Heseltine minute to MT (“Reorganisation of the Metropolitan Authorities”) [report on implications] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Industrial Policy: Jenkin minute to MT (“BL’s future structure”) [restructuring and privatisation] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Critical Dates") [important future events in Falklands campaign] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (“Crown Agents Tribunal”) [MT concerns] [declassified 2014]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Whitelaw minute to MT (Emergency Powers (Falkland Islands) Bill) [Bill will allow expulsion from UK of "anyone whose expulsion appears...to be expedient"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Public spending: Leon Brittan letter to Keith Joseph (“Draft Paper for Expenditure Steering Group - Education”) [Public Expenditure Survey 1982 - cash planning] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Frozen Argentine Assets") ["substantial sums were transfered from London to New York in the first two days of April"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Defence: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("The AFPRB Report") [Armed Forces Pay Review Body: timing of publication] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong note circulated to Cabinet - C(82) 13 (Falkland Islands: Emergency Bill: First Revise) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD letter to No.10 ("Operation Corporate: Rules of Engagement") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to MOD ("Rules of Engagement for SSNs") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands Company") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 ("Falkland Islands Company") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) US: FCO letter to No.10 ("Visit of President Reagan") [revised programme] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Taoiseach message for MT (EC's joint action regarding the Falkland Islands conflict) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: Taoiseach Haughey message to MT (EC sanctions against Argentina) [Haughey "doubtful about the effectiveness of economic sanctions" but important to support collective Community action] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Prime Minister of Italy letter to MT (support for Britain amid the Falklands crisis) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: President Mitterrand letter to MT (economic measures against Argentina) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Falklands: President Mitterrand message to MT (EC sanctions against Argentina) [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Commonwealth Coordination Department report ("Commonwealth Governments' Reactions to Falklands Crisis") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: Lobby Briefing (1000Z) (PM's Day, PM's movements, Haig shuttle, Anderson tapes, Falkland public opinion, Messages of support from USA) ["Falklanders wishes of primary importance"] [released 2013]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 13 (Draft Rules of Engagement for Operation Paraquet) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Colvin note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 14 (Special Commission: United States Proposals) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 8th (1100Z) ("Situation in the South Atlantic") [ROEs for South Georgia] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: FCO note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 23 (Argentina: Threat to British Economic Interests in Other South American Countries) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 Apr 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: FCO note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 24 (Argentina: Economic Retaliation against the United Kingdom) [declassified 2012]

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