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Text 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 619 to FCO (0007Z) ("Your visit to New York") [itinerary and arrangements] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 620 to FCO (0009Z) ("Your visit to New York") [media handling; suggests Pym holds a press conference] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 617 to FCO (0010Z) ("Possibility of UN sanctions against Argentina") [gave interview suggesting UN sanctions could only work over the long-term] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 616 to FCO (0014Z) ("Falklands") [Costa Mendez's statements here today "a smart PR move", but "small beer" besides Haig's and Pym's, and Junta will be less diplomatic] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Canberra telegram 185 to FCO (0101Z) ("Falkland Islands") [record of conversation with PM Fraser - had strongly urged Vice-President Bush that US openly support Britain] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 622 to FCO (0131Z) ("UN Spokesman on Falklands") [Reuter reports UNSG to consult with Pym on possible 'mediation'; word 'mediation' in fact not used] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 623 to FCO (0133Z) ("Falklands") [no sign of anyone seeking an early move to the Security Council] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 Press Office minute for MT ("Falklands - Sunday Times Opinion Poll) [only 24 percent thought wishes of Falkland Islanders alone should determine British policy] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Media: Press Digest for MT (Falklands) [General welcome for USA's "coming off the fence"- at last] [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0630Z) [Secretary of State's movements; UN; world press reactions; US] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Cape Town telegram 302 to FCO (0900Z) ("Falklands: Arms Sales") [press reports of Soviet military aid to Argentina might help persuade South Africa not to supply arms, if we can confirm them] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 39th Meeting/82 (0900Z) (Operation Corporate, Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Special Forces) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 39th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (0900Z) (Vulcan attack on Port Stanley Airfield) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Facer note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 40 (Reinforcement: Requisitioning of Ships) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Facer note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 41 (Response to an Argentine Declaration of War) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: No.10 Duty Clerk to MT ("Sitrep on this morning's action") [Vulcan and Harrier attack on Port Stanley airport] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute ("Falklands: proposed message to the Brazilian Foreign Minister") [decision not to send one; little to say at present that would help] [declassified Spt 2016]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("Falkland Islands: Implementing Legislation") [whether draft agreement on Falklands administration would need legislation] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("US measures against Argentina") [Henderson suggests MT write personally to Reagan urging US ban Argentine imports; Pym agrees; proposal overtaken] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("Falklands: Rio Treaty meeting") [suggested reply to President of Organisation of American States; MT approved] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Foreign Secretary PS letter to No.10 ("Mrs Gandhi: Falklands") [suggests MT write seeking stronger support; MT demurs, preferring to wait] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Pym minute to MT ("Attack on Argentine Aircraft Carrier") [argues that Argentine Government should be notified prior to attack] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Pym minute to MT ("30 May Mandate Negotiation") [EC Budget negotiations: "the link between the Budget problem and CAP prices is the key to obtaining a satisfactory Budget settlement"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Coles minute to MT ("EC Mandate") [EC Budget negotiations: next steps] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: USE London telegram to State Department (1219Z) ("The Falklands Dispute: Pressing the Diplomatic Option") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Tokyo telegram 213 to FCO (1300Z) (Japanese response to US tilt) [no further economic sanctions] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram 234 to FCO (1430Z) (Spanish Government statement following British bombing of Port Stanley Airport) ["constitutes a serious escalation in the conflict"; "fundamental colonial problem"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: South Atlantic Presentation Unit briefing (1630Z) (SAPU(82)12 - issued at 1730) [raid on Port Stanley Airport; Pym visit to Washington and New York; role of UN; Costa Mendez] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1557 to FCO (1655Z) ("Falklands: US Press") [US tilt towards Britain "the one big story"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 626 to FCO (1733Z) ("Falklands: Security Council") [UK response to President of Security Council's urgent request for information] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Argentine Ambassador to the UN letter to President of the UNSCR (British air attacks) [repulsed by Argentine forces in self-defence under Article 51]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Speeches, interviews, etc. Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Galteiri speech (British air attacks)
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: State Dept Bureau of Intelligence memorandum ("Argentine Air Force Chief of Staff Rules Out Preemptive Strike") [but State notes considerable pressure on Argentine navy to attempt a major strike] [declassified 2000]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Burt memorandum to Eagleburger ("Exports to Argentina") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: Enders action memorandum to Haig ("Next Steps in Negotiation") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 1 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (Ingham MSS) Press Office: UKE Washington telegram 1562 to FCO (2025Z) (Falkland Islands) (Pym: "It is necessary for them to remove their forces from the Islands") [released 2013]
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