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Text 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (Thatcher MSS) MT Engagement Diary
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 747 to FCO (0047Z) ("Falklands: Narval and Puma") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 748 to FCO (0110Z) ("Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 749 to FCO (0115Z) ("Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Reagan Library) Falklands: State Department telegram to Haig (0247Z) ("Meeting with Henderson") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (State Department) Falklands: State Department telegram for Haig (0310Z) ("Next Steps in the Falklands") [published 2015]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Press Major Commentary (The Times) Falklands: “Crisis puts Cabinet unity under strain” [MT “seen by her admirers and her opponents, both inside and outside the Conservative Party, as being at odds with the majority of her Cabinet”]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO Sitrep (0600Z) (0700 14 May 1982) [further details of UN negotiations; "Parsons employed delaying tactics successfully"; "Secretary-General is very worried and close to the end of his tether"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Minutes of OD Sub-Committee on South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands - OD(SA)(82) 34th (0900Z) (Diplomatic and Military Issues) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Alexander, Middleton and Spivey note circulated to the Official OD Sub-Committee on the South Atlantic and Falkland Islands - ODO(SA)(82) 40 (Argentina: Economic Impact of the Falklands Crisis) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Armstrong, Wade-Gery and Facer note circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 47 (Rationalisation of Rules of Engagement) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Pym memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 51 (Falkland Islands: The New York Negotiations) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Pym memorandum circulated to OD(SA) Committee - OD(SA)(82) 52 (Falkland Islands: Consequences for British Interests and British Subjects in Latin America) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Wade-Gery briefing for MT ("Falklands: OD(SA) on 16th May") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Whitmore note to MT ("Meeting of OD(SA) on Tuesday 18 May") [18 May meeting of OD(SA) is "a critical one", "given the decision which we at present think Ministers will have to take on that occasion" Lewin asks that all three Chiefs of Staff attend alongside him; MT approves] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Whitmore minute to MT ("Landing on the Falkland Islands") [concern about weakness of air defence of Task Force ships] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Armstrong minute to MT ("Argentina and the Falkland Islands") [role of intelligence in the lead-up to Argentine invasion of the Falklands] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) EC: Walker minute to MT ("30 May Mandate: UK Policy During the Next Phase") [EC Budget negotiations] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Local authority current expenditure 1982-83 and 1983-84”) [curtailing overspend] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Local government: Brittan letter to Heseltine (“Local authority budgets: housing revenue account surpluses”) [curtailing overspend] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO minute to No.10 (MT's reply to Chairman of the British Community Council in Argentina) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO letter to No.10 (proposed letter to PW Botha regarding South African offer of support facilities) [urges against making letter "warmer"] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) France: FCO briefing for MT (“Prime Minister’s Meetings with President Mitterrand and M. Mauroy”) [declassified 2014]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD minute to FCO (conversion of the Bahia Paraiso as a hospital ship) [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: MOD letter to Department of Trade ("Non-Combat Aircraft: Contingency Press Release") [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Manpower: Fowler letter to Whitelaw (entitlement to unemployment benefits) [declassified 2014]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Wade-Gery minute to Whitmore ("Argentine Mainland") [Fieldhouse will not seek authority to attack Argentine mainland] [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) India: Rees PS letter to No.10 ("Orissa Steel Plant") [project's future uncertain] [declassified Aug 2013]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Cabinet: Heseltine memo circulated to Cabinet - C(82) 23 (Sporting Contracts with Argentina: The World Cup) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield letter to Jenkin (speech to the British Standards Society on new policy initiative) [declassified 2014]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: Minutes of MOD Chiefs of Staff Committee - COS 50th Meeting/82 (1000Z) (Operation Corporate, Intelligence, Own Forces, Public Relations, Decisions Required, Military Options) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO notes of 50th Meeting/82 of Chiefs of Staff Committee (1000Z) (Intelligence Briefing, Gurkhas, POWs) [declassified 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Stockholm telegram 254 to FCO (1100Z) ("Falklands: Astiz") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Yugoslavia: MT message to Prime Minister Planinc of Yugoslavia (1115Z) ("Messages of Congratulation to the New Yugoslav Government") [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (Thatcher MSS) Yugoslavia: MT message to President Planinc of Yugoslavia (1115Z) (congratulations on appointment as President of the Federal Executive Council) [released 2013]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 121 to UKE Brasilia (1145Z) ("Lieutenant Commander Astiz") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 121 to UKE Brasilia (1145Z) ("Lieutenant Commander Astiz") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Moscow telegram 279 to FCO ("Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Madrid telegram 273 to FCO (1321Z) ("Spanish Media Coverage of Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKHC Delhi telegram 468 to FCO (1352Z) ("India and the Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Montevideo telegram 306 to FCO (1412Z) ("Argentina: Sanctions") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Rome telegram 260 to FCO (1415Z) ("Arms Supplies to Argentina through Third Countries") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Caracas telegram 167 to FCO (1500Z) ("Venezuela and Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Caracas telegram 167 to FCO (1500Z) ("Venezuela and Falklands") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE The Hague telegram 124 to FCO (1515Z) ("Falklands: Bunkering/Repair Facilities at Curacao") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 750 to FCO (1521Z) ("Falklands: Statements to the Press") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO record of conversation (Pym, Cheysson) (1535Z) [update on negotiations; EC arms sales to Latin America; Cheysson personally helpful] [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: FCO telegram 168 to UKMIS Geneva (1545Z) ("Falklands: Prisoners of War") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 163 to FCO (1600Z) ("Message from Brazilian President") [declassified Dec 2012]
PDF 82 May 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Falklands: UKE Brasilia telegram 163 to FCO (1600Z) ("Message from Brazilian President") [influenced by his talks with Reagan in Washington] [declassified Spt 2016]

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